UVa. baseball completes sweep of Monmouth

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The Virginia baseball team finished off a three-game series sweep over Monmouth Sunday afternoon with a 13-1 win at Davenport Field. Whit Mayberry (Jr., Alexandria, Va.) pitched six shutout innings, and the Cavaliers (5-1-1) pounded out 18 hits to support him. Virginia outscored Monmouth (3-3) 37-6 in the series. Reed Gragnani (Jr., Richmond, Va.) went…

EMU baseball posts another win

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A day after combining for 50 runs over 16 innings, it looked like EMU and Southern Vermont would settle into a low-scoring affair.  Then the seventh inning happened as the two teams put up nine runs.  The Royals held the edge again on Sunday, completing a three-game sweep of SVC with a 12-9 win. Each…

UVa. women knock off Florida State

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In the regular-season finale for both teams, Virginia defeated Florida State, 66-57. Senior guard Ariana Moorer (Woodbridge, Va.) scored 23 points to lead four Cavaliers that scored in double figures. With the win, Virginia improved to 21-9 overall and finished the regular-season with a 9-7 mark in Atlantic Coast Conference action. Florida State’s record dropped…

VCU tops Mason, 89-77

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The George Mason men’s basketball team closed out the 2011-12 regular season on Saturday night, falling 89-77 to Colonial Athletic Association rival VCU at the Siegel Center. Mason (23-8, 14-4) suffered its first double-digit loss in conference this season, earning the third seed in next week’s conference tournament. The Rams (25-6, 15-3) avenged a one-point…

Silverstein pitches gem to push UVa. to 7-1 win over Monmouth

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Scott Silverstein (Sr., Olney, Md.) pitched seven innings of one-run baseball as the Virginia baseball team notched a 7-1 triumph over Monmouth Saturday afternoon at Davenport Field. Silverstein (1-0) struck out a career-high eight batters while limiting the Hawks to three hits in the longest outing of his UVa career. Virginia (4-1-1) goes for the…

#1 UVa. men’s lax tops Stony Brook

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Colin Briggs scored a career-high seven points and Steele Stanwick joined the exclusive 100/100 club as the No. 1 Virginia Cavaliers (3-0) topped the visiting Stony Brook Seawolves (0-2) Saturday afternoon, 12-5, inside Klöckner Stadium. “It was a really nice day here,” said Virginia head coach Dom Starsia. “We saw in the game that we…

#7 UNC 54, #25 UVa. 51

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Senior forward Tyler Zeller scored a game-high 20 points and had six rebounds, and junior forward John Henson had a double-double with 15 points and a game-high 11 rebounds to lead North Carolina to a 54-51 Atlantic Coast Conference victory over Virginia Saturday (Feb. 25) at John Paul Jones Arena. Junior guard Jontel Evans led…

Guilford edges Lady Royals in OT

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Despite a dramatic last-second shot to force overtime, a trip to the ODAC Championship game was not to be for the Eastern Mennonite women, as they fell 62-59 Saturday afternoon to third-seeded Guilford. The Royals had beaten GC twice during the regular season, but couldn’t come up big in the most important meeting of the…

UVa. women rally to beat Wake

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The Virginia women’s basketball team defeated Wake Forest, 61-55, in the final regular-season home game for seniors Chelsea Shine (Wayne, Pa.) and Ariana Moorer (Woodbridge, Va.). Each senior reached a milestone, as Shine recorded her1,000th career point and Moorer moved into 20th place on Virginia’s all-time scoring list (1,170 points).