Virginia
No. 13 Virginia Hosts No. 20 Duke in Coastal Division Showdown
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – No. 13 Virginia (34-9, 12-9 ACC) will host a three-game sequence towards No. 20 Duke (29-12, 12-8 ACC) at Disharoon Park. The sequence opener is scheduled for Friday (April 28) at 8 p.m. and can broadcast stay on ACC Community.
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: ACC Community (Friday) | ACCNX (Saturday & Sunday)
RADIO: WINA (98.9 FM/1070 AM/WINA.com) – Friday & Saturday solely
LIVE STATS: VirginiaSports.com
WEEKEND PROMOS
Friday: Pajama Evening – Youth Pillowcase Giveaway, UVA Scholar Fanny Pack Giveaway, Sabre Rewards Evening
Saturday: Seashore Social gathering – Beachnik Giveaway to first 1,000 followers
Sunday: Youth Day
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PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP
Friday – 8 p.m.
Duke: RHP Alex Gow (3-2, 4.50 ERA, 38.0 IP, 20 BB, 42 SO)
Virginia: RHP Brian Edgington (6-2, 3.13 ERA, 54.2 IP, 17 BB, 55 SO)
Saturday – 4 p.m.
Duke: RHP Ryan Higgins (3-0, 2.97 ERA, 30.1 IP, 9 BB, 27 SO)
Virginia: RHP Nick Parker (3-0, 4.86 ERA, 37.0 IP, 14 BB, 46 SO)
Sunday – 1 p.m.
Duke: TBA
Virginia: RHP Jack O’Connor (4-2, 3.65 ERA, 37.0 IP, 14 BB, 46 SO)
LEADING OFF
- Going into the weekend Duke, Virginia and Miami all sit atop the Coastal Division standings with 12 ACC wins. Duke leads the division by profitable share (.600), having performed one much less recreation than UVA and Miami.
- Duke would be the third nationally ranked group on UVA’s schedule this 12 months. UVA boasts a 7-2 file towards top-25 groups this season and are 3-0 towards nationally ranked foes at residence in 2023. The Cavaliers subsequent ACC sequence is Might 12-14 can be towards Louisville, at present No. 21 within the D1Baseball nationwide ballot.
- Virginia (No. 6) and Duke (No. 12) each rank within the top-15 in RPI. Together with Wake Forest (No. 3) and Boston Faculty (No. 13), the ACC has 4 groups within the top-15.
- UVA’s 34 wins this season are tied for the second-most within the nation and path solely Wake Forest’s 35. Virginia was the primary group in school baseball to eclipse the 30-win ma achieve this with a 16-4 win over Mount St. Mary’s on April 12.
- UVA’s .791 profitable share is the fifth highest of any program within the nation. UVA is one among six groups nationally with out double-digit losses.
- Virginia and Duke are each ranked within the top-10 in group ERA. The Blue Devils are ranked fourth with a 3.42 ERA whereas the Cavaliers sport a 3.57 ERA, the seventh lowest within the nation.
- UVA is the one group within the nation to rank within the top-15 in BOTH batting common (2nd – .335) and ERA (seventh – 3.57)
HOME COOKING
- Virginia boasts a 25-2 mark at residence this season and is tied with Arkansas, Tennessee and Texas Tech for essentially the most residence wins within the nation. Texas Tech is the one one of many 4 groups on the highway this weekend.
- UVA has received 25 or extra video games at residence 14 of the final 20 seasons underneath head coach Brian O’Connor.
- The Cavaliers have received over 77 % of their video games (562-167) at Disharoon Park because the facility opened in 2002.
- UVA is amid an 11-game homestand, the longest stint at residence this season. After returning residence from Notre Dame, UVA won’t go away the Commonwealth for 23 days till its last highway sequence of the common season towards Georgia Tech (Might 18-20).
AGAINST THE BLUE DEVILS
- Virginia is 106-66-1 towards Duke in an all-time sequence that was first performed in 1926, an 8-2 Cavalier victory. Friday’s assembly would be the 173rd all-time assembly between the 2 colleges.
- UVA has 100 all-time wins towards 5 colleges, Duke (106), North Carolina (116), Virginia Tech (107), Maryland (113) and VMI (109).
- Virginia has received 13 of the 14 ACC three-game sequence towards Duke courting again to 1991.
- The Cavaliers opened up ACC play final season by taking two out of three towards the Blue Devils in Durham. UVA clinched the sequence with a 13-1 win over Duke within the opening recreation of a Sunday doubleheader. The Blue Devils halted UVA’s 14-game win streak and prevented the sequence sweep with a 7-6 win within the nightcap.
MIDWEEK SUCCESS
- The Cavaliers went 2-0 within the midweek with a 7-4 win over Liberty on Tuesday and a 13-4 victory over Towson on Wednesday.
- The potent Cavalier offense was held hitless over the primary 5 innings towards Liberty and trailed 4-1 after six innings. UVA scored seven unanswered runs to return away with the victory. It was the primary win after trailing after the sixth inning in 29 video games courting again to final season.
- The Cavaliers pounded out 19 hits towards Towson on Wednesday, the fifth time UVA has recorded 19 or extra hits in a recreation this season. Kyle Teel turned the third Cavalier since 2013 and the second this season to file 5 hits in a recreation.
- Virginia is 22-0 this season towards non-conference opponents and has received 26-straight common season video games towards non-conference foes courting again to final season. The Cavaliers are the one group within the nation with no loss in non-conference play in 2023.
OFFENSIVE FIREPOWER
- Virginia enters the weekend No. 1 within the nation in hits (515) and doubles (120). The Cavaliers .335 group batting common is the second highest of any group in NCAA D-I.
- The Cavaliers have scored 399 runs this season the third-most of any group within the nation and are averaging 9.3 runs per recreation, essentially the most within the ACC and the seventh-most within the nation.
- There are 37 gamers in D-I baseball batting over the .400 mark, two of them are within the Cavalier lineup – Kyle Teel (.424) and Griff O’Ferrall (.413). UVA is one among 4 colleges with a number of gamers batting .400 (Omaha – 2, Sam Houston – 2, Wofford – 2).
- No different duo within the nation has extra hits mixed than Teel (73) and O’Ferrall (71). Teel is in a three-way tie for the nationwide lead in hits.
- Virginia has struck out 275 instances as a group this season, the fewest of any group within the ACC.
- Virginia has the fourth largest scoring/run differential within the nation.
Highest DI Scoring Margin/Run Differential
1. | Wake Forest | +6.2 |
2 | South Carolina | +5.7 |
3. | LSU | +5.5 |
4 | Virginia | +5.2 |
5. | Campbell | +4.9 |
ON THE MOUND
- The Cavalier pitching employees boasts the seventh-lowest group ERA (3.57) within the nation.
- Of the 384 strikeouts (Eighth most in NCAA) recorded by Cavalier pitching, 146 have come trying, essentially the most of any employees within the nation.
- The Cavalier hurlers additionally boast school baseball’s Eighth-best strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.15) and rank 14th in WHIP (1.29).
- Brian Edgington has gone 5 or extra innings in eight of his 10 begins this season. He’s looking for his seventh win which might set up a brand new career-high in his fifth 12 months of faculty baseball.
- Edgington comes into Friday night time with the ninth-lowest ERA within the ACC. Amongst lively pitchers, his 241 profession strikeouts are tied with LSU’s Paul Skenes for the 16h most within the school baseball. Solely Rhett Lowder has extra profession Ks than Edgington of lively ACC pitchers.
- The Cavaliers are 7-2 in video games that Nick Parker has began this season, solely dropping a 6-4 choice towards Pitt and a one-run loss final weekend at Notre Dame.
- Parker has allowed 12 earned runs in ACC play this season, tied for the eighth-fewest amongst certified ACC pitchers. Solely one of many 4 runs that crossed towards him at Notre Dame was earned in 4.2 innings of labor, his longest outing since getting back from harm.
- Jack O’Connor acquired the nod within the opening recreation of final Sunday’s doubleheader at Notre Dame and struck out six over 4 innigns of labor. 5 of the ten hits he allowed went for additional bases, together with a pair of homers.
- O’Connor’s 3.65 ERA is the third lowest of any power-5 freshman this season and ranks eleventh within the ACC.
PLAYER NOTABLES
- Anticipated to make his 102nd-straight begin as UVA’s catcher on Friday, Teel leads the ACC in batting common (.424), doubles (19), hits (73) and hits per recreation (1.70). He reached base safely in all however two video games this season. Teel is in a three-way tie for the nationwide lead in hits (Jonah Cox – Oral Roberts;
Ryan Galanie – Wofford). - Casey Saucke has put collectively a multi-hit effort in 5 of the final six video games and is 11-for-23 with eight runs scored, a house run and 5 RBI in that span. He recreation UVA one among its two leads within the sequence finale at Notre Dame with an reverse subject, two-run homer.
- Sophomore Griff O’Ferrall began all 101 of UVA’s video games at shortstop the previous two seasons and batted leadoff in 100 of them. He has scored a run in 19 of his final 21 video games and ranks second within the ACC with 53 runs scored. O’Ferrall lead the group and ranks sixth within the ACC with 14 stolen bases. He’s been profitable in 31 of his 34 profession makes an attempt (91 %), the second highest of any Cavalier with over 30 stolen bases.
- Ethan Anderson moved into second on the group in RBI with a four-RBI night time towards Towson, upping his season complete to 44. He ranks fourth within the ACC in hits (67) and seventh within the ACC in RBI (44).
GELOF CHASING MORE HISTORY
- Regardless of being restricted to 1 RBI in his final 4 video games, Jake Gelof maintains his nationwide RBI lead with 68.
- Already this system’s single-season file holder in RBI with 81 final season, he’s trying to change into the primary Cavalier with two seasons of 70 or extra RBI. Presently solely Gelof and UVA Baseball Corridor of Famer Phil Gosselin are the one two Cavaliers to have two seasons of 60 or extra RBI.
Most RBI in Single Season in UVA Historical past
1. | 81 – Jake Gelof – 2022 | |
2. | 77 – Pavin Smith – 2017 | |
3. | 71 – Alex Tappen – 2022 | |
4. | 68 – Jake Gelof – 2023 | |
5. | 67 – Kenny Cities – 2015 | |
67 – Joe Koshansky – 2004 |
Most Profession RBI in UVA Historical past
1. | Steven Proscia (2009-11) | 182 |
2. | Pavin Smith (2015-17) | 178 |
3. | Sean Doolittle (2005-07) | 167 |
4. | Ryan Gilleland (1995-98) | 166 |
Invoice Narleski (1984-87) | 166 | |
6. | Jake Gelof (2021-present) | 163 |
Virginia
‘It’s devastating:’ Recovery efforts continue in VA following Hurricane Helene
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) – Down trees, destroyed roads, communities underwater. These are just some of the chilling impacts Helene had in the Commonwealth.
“Our hearts go out to all those people in those communities that are going to be recovering for quite a while,” said Kristopher Dumschat with the Red Cross of Virginia.
The category four hurricane made landfall in Florida Thursday, leaving neighborhoods in utter disarray.
“It’s devastating. From houses that have been flooded or completely damaged to people who have no place to sleep anymore or don’t have the ability to take a shower or cook in their home,” Dumschat said.
Helene’s remnants eventually making its way to Virginia, where the southwest region got hit the hardest.
“This is a very rural area, so many of these homes may not be part of a neighborhood per say, so that adds some challenges on top of communications issues that we’re experiencing and just navigating some of these communities that have roadways that are washed out due to mudslides,” said Jonathan McNamara with the Red Cross of Virginia.
Governor Glenn Youngkin made stops in those communities. His team announced Sunday that the governor’s request for assistance from FEMA was approved.
Meanwhile, crews with the Red Cross of Virginia are on the ground helping those residents in whatever way they can.
“Supporting emergency shelters, going into areas to speak with families to understand what damage they have experienced and get a sense for what resources from not only the red cross, but those other relief agencies can be put to bare to help them recover,” McNamara said.
Despite the destruction here at home, Virginians are still assisting people in other states.
Dumschat and dozens of other Red Cross volunteers loaded trucks with food, water and clean up kits in Florida.
“I have a line of ERVs [emergency response vehicles] waiting to come in and as they come in they are getting loaded up by our volunteers and then they’re going out to the communities to drop off those much needed supplies,” Dumschat said.
The Red Cross is seeking help from the public. They’re in need of donations, volunteers and blood.
“There’s dozens of blood drives cancelled up and down the east coast. We feel that here in Richmond, but we feel that exponentially greater in those communities that have been impacted. You want to make sure we don’t a second crisis on our hand,” McNamara said.
Click here if you’re interested in helping the Red Cross of Virginia.
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Virginia jury awards $300 million to women alleging sexual abuse at children's hospital – Times of India
A Richmond jury has ruled in favour of three women who alleged they were sexually abused while patients at Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents in Virginia, awarding them a total of $300 million in damages, as per the news agency AP.
According to WTVR-TV, the jury awarded each woman $60 million in compensatory damages and $40 million in punitive damages.
The trial, held in Richmond Circuit Court, is the first in a series of lawsuits brought by 46 former patients against the hospital and Dr. Daniel Davidow, its longtime medical director. The women accused Davidow of inappropriately touching them during femoral pulse exams while under his care.
Kevin Biniazan, the lawyer representing the women, expressed the emotional significance of the verdict, stating, “To have a group of strangers look at them, listen to them, and tell them they believe them… it broke them down in tears immediately. It broke us all down in tears.”
Davidow, however, has denied all allegations. His lawyer, Bob Donnelly, claimed in court that the femoral pulse examination, a standard medical procedure from the 1960s and 1970s, was used. Donnelly stated, “Davidow firmly denies the allegations of sexual assault.”
Earlier this year, Davidow was acquitted of felony sex abuse charges involving two other former patients after a criminal trial in April. Despite his acquittal, civil lawsuits against him and the hospital continue, with the next trial scheduled for March.
Virginia
UVA Football: Who Are Virginia’s Most Important Players Moving Forward
The football program at Virginia has come off to a relatively good start, garnering three wins and only dropping one contest against Maryland. The cavaliers will have to rely on a number of key players to keep this success afloat.
QB Anthony Colandrea
Colandrea is no surprise here. He is the starting quarterback and the engine of this Cavalier offense. The sophomore has been clocking an encouraging upward trend in his completion percentage and touchdown numbers. His completion percentage was around 75% for the first two games of the season before a drop to 56% against Maryland. Colandrea picked it up against Coastal Carolina, clocking in at 65%. He also threw for two touchdowns against Coastal Carolina and Richmond, three against Wake Forest. but threw for zero against Maryland. He will have to make sure to limit turnovers, however, as he threw two interceptions each against Wake Forest and Maryland. Colandrea’s ability to protect the ball on offense and continue to improve will determine the future of the Cavalier football season.
WR Malachi Fields
Malachi Fields has been the leader on the receiving front for Virginia. He collected two touchdowns against Coastal Carolina and had 100+ receiving yards versus Richmond and Wake Forest. The 6’4 Charlottesville native seems to be picking up steam, which could be invaluable for the Cavaliers if he can keep it up. Fields must stay cool under pressure as he will continue to draw the top cover-guys from ACC squads and be tested in the latter part of the schedule.
RB Xavier Brown
Xavier Brown had a killer performance against Coast Carolina. He rushed for 171 yards with his longest run going for 75 yards . This was the definition of a breakout game, as he had not recorded over 100 rushing yards in a single game in his career. This showing may be enough to make him the starter at running back. Can he continue to put together strong rushing numbers as the season progresses? His ability to do so would be invaluable to the Cavaliers.
TE Tyler Neville
Tyler Neville represents a new age for Virginia. He notably collected two touchdowns against Wake Forest. The Cavaliers have not utilized tight ends in the passing game often since Jelani Woods in 2021. He racked up 57 receiving yards against Maryland as well but only had 31 receiving yards against Coastal Carolina. His performance against Wake Forest is certainly an indicator of the great potential Neville holds. If the Cavaliers can find a consistent place for Neville in their passing game, they will find themselves with a sneaky weapon to utilize.
Safeties Jonas Sanker and Antonio Clary
Jonas Sanker and Antonio Clary are important as duo and leaders of the defense. There’s an argument to be made that these two make up one of the best, if not the best, safety tandem in the ACC currently. These two need to chase the ball and force takeaways, however. Clary recorded an interception against Coastal Carolina, the first of the season for the UVA defense. Sanker and Clary have made over 70 tackles between the two of them. Their ability to cause turnovers and make interceptions will give Virginia the turning-point advantage that they really need.
LB Kam Robinson
Kam Robinson was a notable absence in the Hoos’ only loss of the season versus Maryland. The defeat was not exactly a defensive issue, but Robinson would certainly have been able to provide a greater chance of victory. The linebacker has made 15 tackles in 3 games, including a sack against Wake Forest. His potential is high and his true impact has not been fully revealed as of yet.
DE Kam Butler
Kam Butler is a player that could be invaluable to the Hoos if he rises to the occasion. The remarkable seventh-year player has the opportunity to put pressure on opposing QBs, which will give the team a much needed boost in the pass-rushing department for the next stretch of the season. So far, he has made 15 tackles with one sack at Coastal Carolina. He’ll have to utilize his experience and game-sense in order to fuel an effective pass rush for the Cavalier for the rest of the season.
Bonus: Grady Brosterhous
We have to give a shoutout to the leader of the Grady Bunch. The junior quarterback is something of a QB sneak specialist. He has recorded just 10 yards over the whole season, but these have led to three touchdowns. If Brosterhous can be a consistent goal line playmaker for the Cavaliers this will prove to be a valuable tool on 4th and short situations.
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