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Virginia pitcher Silverstein creates a better ACC tournament memory this time
DURHAM, N.C. — In 2012, Virginia’s hopes for a repeat ACC baseball championship all but expired with Scott Silverstein on the mound. This year, it was Silverstein who revived them. Silverstein, a fifth-year senior who twice has undergone Tommy John elbow surgery, came within one out of a complete game Thursday as the Cavaliers defeated Georgia Tech 8-2 in pool play. That was in stark contrast to their meeting in last year’s ACC Tournament, in which Silverstein didn’t survive the third inning and the Cavaliers fell 17-5, their most lopsided ACC Tournament loss in Brian O’Connor ’s 10 seasons as head coach. “That was last year’s Scott Silverstein,” O’Connor said Thursday.
ACC announces early-season kickoff times for Virginia, Tech football
Virginia’s marquee nonconference football game against Oregon this fall will get a prime TV slot, one of two dozen early-season kickoff times the ACC announced Thursday. The Cavaliers’ game against the Ducks in Scott Stadium on Sept. 7 will start at 3:30 p.m.
In the region: Virginia's Jenkins makes quarterfinals in NCAA tennis
URBANA, Ill. - Virginia's Jamere Jenkins advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA singles championships with a wild 7-6 (8), 2-6, 6-4 win over Ray Sarmiento of USC on Friday at the University of Illinois. Jenkins won it after a breaking Sarmiento's serve to go up 5-4 in the third set. Jenkins becomes the first Cavalier since Somdev Davvarmen in 2007 to advance this far into the singles tournament. In
In the region: Ellenbogan, Swanson card 74s in NCAA women's golf tournament
ATHENS, Ga. - Blacksburg graduate Courtney Ellenbogen of Duke and Hidden Valley graduate Meredith Swanson of South Carolina each carded a 2-over-par 74 in the third round of the NCAA Championships at the par-72 University of Georgia Golf Course. Duke moved up to second in the team standings after a third-round 1-under 287. Duke sits 17 strokes of first-place Southern California at 862. South Carolina moved up one spot to
Chad Pinder, Virginia Tech hammer Virginia in ACC baseball tournament
DURHAM, N.C. — Whatever happened Wednesday at the ACC baseball tournament, it was going to top Virginia Tech’s experience the previous two years. “It was terrible,” said Tech junior shortstop Chad Pinder, who had never played in an ACC tournament before this year. “I couldn’t even watch it on TV. “Missing it by one game both years … it was a tough pill to swallow. Being here this year was
Frank lifts Cavaliers to NCAA tennis title
URBANA, Ill. — Virginia finally took that last step and won an NCAA men’s tennis championship. After losing in the championship match the last two seasons, the second-seeded Cavaliers defeated top-seeded UCLA 4-3 Tuesday to win their first NCAA title after the Bruins let a potential match point slip away. “Outside of having four children with a great wife, it’s the next best feeling I’ve had in my life,” Virginia
US players excelling in NCAA tennis title game
College tennis is increasingly becoming more of an international game, yet an American-born player has won the NCAA singles title four straight years. Virginia’s Jarmere Jenkins, the No. 3 seed, believes Americans have additional motivation to win another title when the NCAA singles tournament begins Wednesday in Urbana, Ill. U.S. citizens who win the NCAA singles championship are given “strong consideration” for wild-card berths to the U.S. Open, though they
Virginia, Tech players named to All-ACC baseball team
Virginia's Brian O'Connor has been named the ACC coach of the year, while UVa outfielder Joe McCarthy was voted the freshman of the year. The All-ACC first team included four Cavaliers and two Hokies. O'Connor has steered fifth-ranked UVa to 45 wins, including a league-high 22 ACC wins. McCarthy is batting .333 with 47 RBIs. The All-ACC first team included UVa second baseman Reed Gragnani (.310, 48 RBIs); UVa outfielder
Virginia tops Georgia to advance to NCAA men's tennis championship match
URBANA, Ill. - The Virginia men's tennis team advanced to the NCAA final for the third straight year, defeating Georgia 4-1 in a semifinal Monday. The second-seeded Cavaliers (29-0) will face top-seeded UCLA (29-1) for the championship at 2 p.m. today. UVa lost to Southern Cal in the final the past two years. Virginia has never won the NCAA team title. UVa won two doubles matches to claim the doubles
Tech, Virginia to meet in the ACC baseball tournament for the first time
In its ninth season of ACC baseball play, Virginia Tech will face Virginia for the first time in ACC Tournament play. Third-seeded UVa (45-9, 22-8 overall) and sixth-seeded Tech (35-19, 15-14) will meet at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The Cavaliers and Hokies are in Pool B with second-seeded Florida State (44-11, 20-10) and seventh-seeded Georgia Tech (33-23, 15-15). Teams will play the other three teams in
NFL 'grind' over for former Virginia, Cave Spring star Ronde Barber
They played a combined 26 seasons in the most violent of professional team sports, yet the worst injury sustained by Roanoke’s Barber twins may have occurred on a bicycle. “You might be right,” said Tiki Barber, who, as a pre-teen, spent most of one summer in a cast after trying to descend the hill in back of the Hardee’s on Brambleton. Throw in their playoff and all-star appearances and the
Papi saves the day as Virginia baseball holds off North Carolina
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — If the Virginia-North Carolina baseball game actually had meant something, it might have been an instant classic. And, don’t think that the principals will be forgetting UVa’s 8-7 victory any time soon. North Carolina rallied from a three-run deficit to send the game into extra innings and was on the verge of overcoming a four-run deficit in the 11th inning when UVa sophomore Mike Papi caught
No. 3 tailback Richardson leaves Virginia football team
Clifton Richardson, listed as Virginia's No. 3 tailback at the end of spring drills, has received a release from his scholarship after two seasons at UVa.p Richardson carried 72 times for 366 yards and two touchdowns in 2011, when he played in all 13 games as a freshman on UVa's Chick-Fil-A Bowl team. However, injuries limited him to seven games and 24 carries last season. "Clifton will be leaving the
Virginia softball coach resigns
Virginia announced the resignation of Eileen Schmidt, who was the coach at her alma mater for six seasons. Schmidt was 145-168, including 38-81 in ACC play. UVa won only one ACC tournament game in her reign but made the NCAA tournament in 2010. UVa was 21-28, 4-17 this season. Schmidt, who played for UVa from 1991-94, was previously the coach at Northwestern State and Kentucky. "I have decided to retire
UVa a lock to make NCAA baseball tournament
College baseball’s regular season is rounding third and heading for home, and while many teams will spend the next three weeks jockeying for position in the NCAA tournament, five have shown they are a cut above the rest. North Carolina (41-4), Vanderbilt (39-6), LSU (39-6), Virginia (38-8) and Oregon State (34-8) look to be locks for national seeds. There are eight of those coveted seeds, and Cal State Fullerton (36-7),
Coach Tony Bennett says UVa ‘at a good spot’
CHARLOTTESVILLE —After winning 22 and 23 games in back-to-back seasons, Virginia men’s basketball has moved the bar to a new height as Tony Bennett prepares for his fifth season as head coach. Anything short of a third straight 20-win season probably would be viewed as a disappointment, but it would be the first time for the Cavaliers to accomplish that feat in more than 20 years. “Of course, next year
Loss to Tar Heels in ACC lacrosse tournament final ends Virginia's season
CHARLOTTESVILLE — A semifinal victory over the No. 1 seed did not ensure a successful weekend for the Virginia men’s lacrosse team. UVa coach Dom Starsia’s program was not built on silver linings. In almost any other year, the Cavaliers would have headed home to begin NCAA tournament preparations following a 16-13 loss to North Carolina in the ACC title game. Instead, they’ll be clearing out their lockers. Virginia would
Virginia Aboushi drafted by N.Y. Jets
The New York Jets must think there’s something special about left offensive tackles from Virginia. Nine years after taking Cavalier left tackle and future Pro Bowler D’Brickashaw Ferguson in the first round, the Jets may have found his eventual successor in another UVa left tackle, Oday Aboushi. What’s more, they’re both New Yorkers, Ferguson from Freeport on Long Island and Aboushi from Staten Island. Aboushi (6-foot -5, 308 pounds) was
Mantiply sets up Hokies' doubleheader sweep of Virginia
BLACKSBURG — It was getting to be the late innings, Joe Mantiply’s pitch count was continuing to mount and still there was no activity in the Virginia Tech bullpen. With its season possibly on the line, Tech stuck with its ace in the first game of a double-header and he didn’t let the Hokies down. Mantiply, who had thrown 118 pitches through six innings, worked a 1-2-3 seventh and the
Virginia lineman taking an uncommon path
Until now, everything has gone according to Oday Aboushi’s plan. “I graduated in 3 ½ years,” said Aboushi, who accepted his University of Virginia degree in December. “That was absolutely one of my goals when I got there. “I wanted to be able to take that second semester and focus on training.” Aboushi, an offensive lineman from Brooklyn, N.Y., played in six games as a true freshman in 2009 and then
Improved offensive line center of Cavs' attention
Prior to the release of Virginia’s post-spring football depth chart, most of the anticipation surrounded the identity of the player who would be taking snaps from center. There was some news Monday involving the center-quarterback exchange, but it concerned the snapper. Jackson Matteo, a redshirt freshman walk-on from Broad Run High School in Loudoun County, was listed No. 1 at center. Luke Bowanko, the Cavaliers’ starting center in 2012, was
Loudoun County defensive end commits to Virginia
Virginia took a football commitment Sunday from J.J. Jackson, a 6-foot-4, 220-pound defensive end at Woodgrove High School in Loudoun County. Jackson had 80 tackles as a junior, including 13 sacks. Jackson gives Virginia four commitments for the class of 2014. In the last week, the Cavaliers had broken off ties with Lakeland, Fla., defensive lineman Chris Nelson, who had reopened his recruiting after an earlier commitment to UVa. Jackson, originally from Ohio,
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2. Virginia Tech advances to ACC baseball title game; awaits winner of UNC-NC State
3. FloydFest mourns integral member
4. Roanoke clerk says convenience store robbed at gunpoint Friday
5. Virginia Tech professor gets hand with TV cooking show audition
6. Retail, apartment project breaks ground in Roanoke
7. Restaurant slated to open in downtown Roanoke in mid-June
8. Roanoke police seek man missing from retirement home
9. Man pleads no contest in Roanoke Molotov cocktail attack
10. Roanoke Rampage football players on tear to national championship
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