Final Four-bound: UVa. men's lacrosse upsets #2 Cornell

Chris Graham

Behind seven points by Steele Stanwick, the No. 7 seeded Virginia Cavaliers (11-5) stormed past the No. 2 seeded Cornell Big Red (14-3) in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament, 13-9, in front of 13,447 fans inside Hofstra’s James M. Shuart Stadium. The win gives Virginia head coach Dom Starsia 327 career victories, passing…

Reality check for UVa. baseball

Chris Graham

Still-for-the-moment #1 Virginia is probably the most wounded 45-9 team in college-baseball history. Consider: Friday-night starter Danny Hultzen has lost three of his last four after starting the year 8-0 and starting his UVa. career 28-2. Total run support for Hultzen in the three losses (to N.C. State, Miami and UNC): 5.

#13 UNC clinches series with 2-1 win over #1 UVa., Hultzen

Chris Graham

No. 13 North Carolina scratched across two runs in the eighth inning to rally and defeat the No. 1-ranked Virginia baseball team, 2-1, on Friday night at Boshamer Stadium. UNC (43-12, 19-10) clinched the series, marking the Cavaliers’ first series loss this season and breaking a streak of 15 straight ACC series wins, dating to…

City police joining Click It or Ticket patrols

Chris Graham

Waynesboro Police will join local and national law enforcement officers and highway safety advocates all across Virginia and the country for the 2011 national Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement mobilization that begins Sunday, May 22. During the mobilization, which runs through June 6, law enforcement throughout the Commonwealth will be cracking down on…

#13 UNC blanks #1 UVa.

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No. 13 North Carolina scored five times in the sixth inning to break open a scoreless game on its way to a 6-0 win over the No. 1-ranked Virginia baseball team Thursday night at Boshamer Stadium. UVa (45-7, 22-6 ACC) was shut out for the first time this season and the first time in the…

UVa. to play in Paradise Jam

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The Virginia men’s basketball team will participate with seven other teams in the 2011 U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam in November. The tournament is scheduled for Nov. 18-21 and will be played at the University of the Virgin Islands in St. Thomas, USVI. Four games are scheduled for Nov. 18, two each on Nov. 19…

State, Northrop Grumman reach agreement on compensation for computer outage

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Northrop Grumman will provide $4.748 million in financial compensation and operational improvements to the Commonwealth for losses from the computer outage last August that impacted several state agencies, including the Department of Motor Vehicles. In addition, Northrop Grumman has agreed to implement a corrective action plan that addresses the findings and recommendations in the independent…