Tag: Nick Howard
Two UVA teams ready to make run for national titles?
The fifth-ranked UVA basketball team is already 11 games into its march toward the NCAA Tournament. This week, the Virginia baseball team, still a few weeks away from the start of its season, was ranked third in the preseason Collegiate Baseball poll.
UVA pitching coach Karl Kuhn named Collegiate Baseball National Pitching Coach of the Year
UVA assistant coach Karl Kuhn has been named Collegiate Baseball’s 2014 National Pitching Coach of the Year, as announced Monday by the publication.
Late homer lifts Vandy over UVA, 3-2, in College World Series title game
John Norwood hit a tiebreaking solo homer off UVA closer Nick Howard in the top of the eighth, Vandy closer Adam Ravenelle got out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the bottom of the eighth, and then Ravenelle closed the ninth with a pair of strikeouts, to give Vanderbilt a 3-2 win over the ‘Hoos that clinched the 2014 College World Series championship.
Live Blog: UVA vs. Vandy for the College World Series championship
Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham will lead a live blog during Game 3 of the 2014 College World Series between UVA (53-15) and Vanderbilt (50-21).
Unsung hero: Brandon Waddell has UVA on the brink of national title
Nathan Kirby is the ACC co-pitcher of the year. Nick Howard is the first-round draft pick. Artie Lewicki might be the best all-around pitcher on the UVA staff. But make no mistake about it: Brandon Waddell is its heart and soul.
Waddell pitches UVA into Game 3, ‘Hoos top Vandy, 7-2
After a rough start from ace Nathan Kirby in a 9-8 Game 1 loss to Vanderbilt, UVA needed Brandon Waddell to go deep in Game 2 to keep the ‘Hoos hopes for the program’s first national title alive.
College World Series: Breaking down UVA-Vandy
UVA and Vanderbilt can both put runs on the board. Vandy is scoring 5.64 runs per game in 2014; UVA scores 5.47 runs per game. But it’s in run prevention that both excel.
UVA tops Ole Miss, 4-1, advances to College World Series final
UVA got three runs in the fourth to take the lead, and Josh Sborz, Artie Lewicki and Nick Howard put it away from there as the Cavs defeated Ole Miss, 4-1, on Saturday to advance to the College World Series Finals.
Transcript: UVA College World Series press conference
UVA baseball coach Brian O’Connor and players Branden Cogswell, Daniel Pinero and Nick Howard talk with reporters after the Cavs’ 3-2, 15-inning win over TCU on Tuesday in the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.
Press Conference: UVA baseball after epic College World Series win
Brian O’Connor, Daniel Pinero, Branden Cogswell and Nick Howard talk about the epic 3-2 UVA win over TCU in 15 innings. Pinero drove in the game-winning run with a sacrifice fly to give the Cavaliers a 2-0 record in the CWS.
Marathon: UVA outlasts TCU in 15 innings, 3-2
Daniel Pinero hit a liner to deep center with one out in the bottom of the 15th, and pinch-runner Thomas Woodruff tagged up and scored from third with the winning run for UVA in a dramatic 3-2 College World Series win over TCU on Tuesday.
Muddle in the middle: The weak link in the UVA baseball chain?
Middle relief has been the weak link for UVA baseball’s run toward a national title in recent weeks, even as UVA coach Brian O’Connor has done his best to mask the issue with the front door of his bullpen.
Chris Graham: UVA baseball handles expectations on way to CWS
It wasn’t just the preseason #1 ranking. The heralded 2011 UVA baseball signing class has had to carry the weight of expectations for three years.
Rolls of the dice: Sborz outduels Ruse to fuel UVA win
Brian O’Connor went to bed Saturday night after his UVA baseball team had dropped Game 1 of its Super Regional series to Maryland knowing that he would use his Game 3 starter, Artie Lewicki, to get whatever late key outs he needed in Game 2.
Chris Graham: UVA played like there was no tomorrow
Artie Lewicki was warming up in the bullpen. #3 seed UVA was up 2-1 in the sixth inning, and though starter Brandon Waddell was in the area of 70 pitches for the game, he was clearly nearing the end of his effectiveness.
Three more UVA baseball players taken on Day 2 of MLB Draft
Three members of the UVA baseball team were selected Friday in the second day of the 2014 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.
UVA’s Nick Howard, Derek Fisher, Mike Papi taken in MLB Draft
Three members of the UVA baseball team, Nick Howard (Jr., Olney, Md.), Derek Fisher (Jr., Rexmont, Pa.) and Mike Papi (Jr., Tunkhannock, Pa.), were selected in the first round of the 2014 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Thursday.
UVA wins, but: Do you lift Nathan Kirby after eight?
Nathan Kirby was dealing. Only once, in the fifth, did Arkansas threaten the UVA lefty, who gave up one hit in eight innings.
Press Conference: UVA-Arkansas NCAA Charlottesville Regional
Postgame press conferences with players and coaches following the 3-0 victory for #3 national seed UVA over Arkansas in the 2014 NCAA Charlottesville Regional.
UVA’s Kirby, Howard named to All-America baseball team
UVA’s Nathan Kirby (So., Midlothian, Va.) and Nick Howard (Jr., Olney, Md.) were named to the 2014 Louisville Slugger All-America Team, announced Thursday by Collegiate Baseball.
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