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No. 7 Virginia Hosts Richmond, Mount St. Mary’s in Midweek Action
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – No. 7 Virginia (28-4) continues its homestand with midweek contests towards Richmond (14-18) and Mount St. Mary’s (15-15) at Disharoon Park on Tuesday (April 11) and Wednesday (April 12), respectively. First pitch for each contests is scheduled for 4 p.m.
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: ACCNX
RADIO: Virginia Sports activities App/VirginiaSports.com
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PROMOTIONAL SCHEDULE
TACO TUESDAY – Followers can take pleasure in $3 tacos on the concession stand for your complete recreation (whereas provides final).
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP
Tuesday – 4 p.m.
Richmond: LHP Brian Reinke (0-0, 15.19 ERA, 5.1 IP, 5 BB, 9 SO)
Virginia: LHP Connelly Early (6-1, 3.26 ERA, 30.1 IP, 10 BB, 39 SO)
Wednesday – 4 p.m.
Mount St. Mary’s: RHP Danny Salisbury (1-0, 8.06 ERA, 22.1 IP, 6 BB, 8 SO)
Virginia: RHP Cullen McKay (0-0, 5.19 ERA, 8.2 IP, 3 BB, 15 SO)
LEADING OFF
- Virginia has gained all 17 non-conference video games this season and have gained 21-straight towards non-conference foes courting again to final season.
- The Cavaliers personal the nation’s longest dwelling successful streak having gained 21-consecutive video games at Disharoon Park courting again to final season. UVA broke the college report over the weekend towards surpassing its mark of 19-straight dwelling video games set in 2009 and 2022.
- Virginia owns a 20-0 mark at dwelling this season, the seventeenth time within the final 22 years that the Cavaliers have gained 20 video games at Disharoon Park. UVA has gained 77 % (557-165) of its video games at Disharoon park because the facility opened in 2002.
- Virginia held regular within the D1Baseball Prime-25, coming in at No. 7 for the second-straight week. The Cavaliers have been contained in the top-10 for four-consecutive weeks, the longest since garnering a No. 3 rating from D1Baseball over the primary 5 weeks of the 2015 Nationwide Championship season.
- Virginia has gained 28 or extra video games via its first 32 video games thrice in program historical past – 2011 (30 wins), 2013 (29 wins), 2023 (28 wins).
- Virginia, Wake Forest and South Carolina are tied for probably the most wins (28) and the best successful proportion within the nation (.875). The three packages all have equivalent data at 28-4 and are additionally tied for the fewest losses in school baseball.
- The Cavaliers are amid an eight-game homestand and can play 16 of the 20 video games within the confines of Disharoon Park. Solely seven true common season highway video games are left to play in 2023.
- Virginia comes into the midweek ranked No. 1 within the nation in hits (384), No. 2 in staff batting common (.333) and No. 3 in ERA (3.11). UVA is just staff within the nation to rank within the top-15 in each staff batting common and earned run common. Virginia can be the one staff within the nation to rank within the top-15 in batting common, earned run common and fielding proportion (fifteenth – .980).
SERIES HISTORY – RICHMOND/MOUNT ST. MARY’S
- The primary ever recreation on report in Virginia baseball historical past got here towards Richmond, a 13-4 victory within the 1889 season opener.
- The Cavaliers personal an 89-59-2 report towards Richmond. The 89 wins are the third-most towards a Commonwealth opponent (William & Mary – 109; Virginia Tech – 107).
- Virginia has gained 18 of the final 19 conferences towards Richmond and are 17-1 towards the Spiders beneath head coach Brian O’Connor.
- The final 13 conferences between Virginia and Richmond have taken place in Charlottesville.
- UVA has gained the earlier two conferences towards Mount St. Mary’s a 6-3 win in 2006 and an 11-1 resolution in 2008.
- Within the 2006 assembly between The Mount and UVA, the Cavaliers scored 4 runs within the ninth inning and walked-off the Mountaineers with a three-run homer off the bat of Brandon Guyer.
ON THE MOUND
- Tuesday’s projected starter, Connelly Early is slated to take the mound for the primary time in 10 days after he was thrust into the weekend rotation at Virginia Tech after Nick Parker went down with an damage. He began the second recreation towards the Hokies and surrendered a career-high six earned runs.
- Early is 6-0 with a 1.01 ERA in his six midweek begins this season. His greatest outing of the season got here towards Excessive Level on March 21 the place he fanned a career-high 10 batters over 6.2 innings of labor.
- Early is tied for fourth within the nation and tied for second within the ACC with six wins. The lefthander is trying to be a part of an unique corps of three pitchers nationally with seven or extra wins.
- Early is one among two, six-win pitchers on the UVA employees. Campbell, Virginia and Wake Forest are the one packages within the nation to have a number of pitchers with six wins on the yr.
- Cullen McKay will make the beginning on the mound Wednesday, his second of his profession and second in as many weeks. In his first collegiate begin was final Tuesday at Liberty. The righthander was dominant, fanning six batters in three innings pitched. It was solely his sixth look of the season and he’d labored solely 5.2 innings up till that time.
- McKay struck out the primary two batters of the sport and ended the second and third innings with strikeouts. McKay was the third UVA freshman to earn a begin on the mound this season.
- Within the three-game sequence towards Miami, the Cavalier bullpen allowed solely two earned runs in 10.2 innings pitched. The UVA bullpen has not surrendered a run in its final 6.2 innings pitched.
- Virginia is ranked thirteenth within the nation with 332 strikeouts as a employees. The Cavaliers have struck out 10 or extra batters in three of the final 4 video games.
- UVA has the seventh-best strikeout-to-walk ration within the nation (3.19).
PRODUCTION AT THE PLATE
- The Cavaliers are averaging 9.2 runs per recreation, tenth most within the nation and have the fourth largest scoring margin in school baseball.
- Virginia has struck out 201 instances as a staff this season, the fewest of any staff within the ACC.
- UVA has 5 batters ranked within the top-10 within the ACC in batting common, no different college has two.
Highest DI Scoring Margin/Run Differential
| 1. | LSU | +6.5 |
| 2. | Wake Forest | +6.2 |
| 3. | South Carolina | +6.2 |
| 4. | Virginia | +5.7 |
| 5. | Vanderbilt | +4.8 |
HISTORY ON THE HORIZON
- Jake Gelof tied E.J. Anderson (1995-98) for probably the most profession dwelling runs (37) in UVA historical past because of a three-homer weekend towards Miami. Within the sequence finale, the Cavalier slugger hit two dwelling runs and drove in 4 of the six UVA runs to finish the sequence sweep. The multi-homer recreation was his sixth of his profession.
- Gelof has homered in nine-straight ACC sequence courting again to final season.
- This previous weekend was the third time in his profession he homered thrice in a three-game sequence (2022 vs. Cornell & 2022 vs. Boston Faculty)
- Gelof leads the staff with 12 dwelling runs this season, third-most within the ACC.
- Solely six gamers in UVA historical past have 30 profession dwelling runs and the final Cavalier to eclipse the 30-home run mark was Mark Reynolds (2002-04).
Most Profession Residence Runs in UVA Historical past
| Rk | Participant | HR |
| 1. | E.J. Anderson (1995-98) | 37 |
| Jake Gelof (2021-present) | 37 | |
| 3. | Mark Reynolds (2002-04) | 35 |
| Jon Benick (1998-01) | 35 | |
| 5. | Mike Lindner (1987-90) | 33 |
PLAYER NOTES
- Kyle Teel leads the ACC in batting common (.445), hits (57), hits per recreation (1.78) and on-base proportion (.510). He has reached base safely in all 32 video games this season, the second-longest stretch of his profession. As a freshman he reached base in 44-straight on the finish of the 2021 season and the primary 17 video games of the 2022 season, the second-longest streak of any Cavaliers since 1998.
- Griff O’Ferrall hit an astounding, .611 (11-for-18) scored seven runs and drove in a pair of runs from the leadoff place in 4 video games final week. O’Ferrall has reached base in 23-straight video games and has hit safely in his final 9.
- Gelof was rewarded for his record-tying weekend by being named the ACC Participant of the Week, the second of his profession and first ACC weekly honor by a Cavaliers this season. In three-games towards Miami he went 7-for-14 with a double, triple, three dwelling runs and 9 RBI.
- Gelof enters midweek motion because the nationwide chief in RBI (53) and ranks fifth within the nation in whole bases (104). He additionally leads the ACC in doubles (14), triples (3) and slugging proportion (.806).
A large fire consumed multiple buildings Friday morning on the former Virginia Intermont College campus in what one city official called “a tragedy for our city.”
Videos shared on social media and captured by local news outlets show the massive blaze engulfing structures at the historic college campus. Located in Bristol in western Virginia along the Tennessee border, Virginia Intermont College closed in 2014.
Neal Osborne, a city councilman in Bristol, shared video of the blaze on Facebook, which he said had become “a full inferno” of the college’s main hall by 1:15 a.m.
“There’s no way around it – this is very bad and this is a tragedy for our city, this is a tragedy for our neighborhood, this is a tragedy for everyone who attended Virginia Intermont College,” Osborne said in the post. “This is heartbreaking to see this.”
USA TODAY left a phone message Friday morning with the Bristol Fire Department seeking an update on the fire.
City councilman: Property owners ‘will have to answer’ for why fire erupted
The fire could be seen in videos burning the main building on campus, as well as adjacent structures. News crews with WJHL-TV reported observing the building collapse after 2 a.m.
Bristol police and firefighters were at the scene, and Osborne said in his video that firefighters from surrounding localities and departments also responded to provide additional aid.
Osborne said he and other city officials had for years pushed the owners of the private property to care for the aging infrastructure, but that those concerns “fell on deaf ears every single time.”
“They will have to answer for this in my mind,” Osborne said. “They will have to answer for why this property was not secured, why they did not take proactive steps to prevent this from happening.”
What is the Virginia Intermont College?
Constructed within view of the Blue Ridge Mountain range, Virginia Intermont College was founded in the late 1800s as an institute for women to get a higher education. It later become coeducational before it was finally shuttered in May 20, 2014 due to financial failure and the loss of its accreditation, the Roanoke Times reported.
Friday morning’s blaze is not the first time a fire has broken out on the closed campus.
Following a previous fire in November, Bristol Fire Chief Mike Armstrong told WJHL that the site was “dangerous” and said his crews prioritized fighting fires without stepping foot inside the aging buildings.
“The floors are rotten, the windows are broken out, the roofs are rotten. And it’s just not safe to be in there with all the debris, the broken glass,” Armstrong said. “I can tell you within the last 12 months, we’ve had multiple fires up here.”
Bristol Vice-Mayor Jake Holmes told WJHL that the site had fallen into disrepair and had become “a hazard.”
Eric Lagatta covers breaking and trending news for USA TODAY. Reach him at elagatta@gannett.com
An Egyptian man living in Virginia who was slated to be deported has been charged with planning an attack on the Israeli consulate in New York City.
Abdullah Azz al-Din Taha Muhammad Hassan allegedly provided bomb-making instructions and plans on how to attack the Manhattan consulate to an undercover FBI source, according to court documents. He was arrested Tuesday, the FBI told Fox News Digital.
Hassan is charged with distribution of information relating to explosives, destructive devices and weapons of mass destruction in furtherance of the commission of a federal crime.
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“The FBI’s New York Office wants to reassure our Jewish community here in New York that our office — along with our law enforcement partners — remains vigilant in our efforts to identify, investigate and disrupt potential threats to our community, using every tool at our disposal to do so. As always, we urge all community members to report suspicious activity to law enforcement and call 911 in cases of imminent violence or threats to life,” the FBI said in a statement.
“We will continue working to ensure our communities remain safe places for all, and we thank the public for their continued trust and partnership.”
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Hassan caught the FBI’s attention after the Fairfax County Police Department informed federal authorities that a tipster alerted police about his social media posts on X. The tipster said the account engaged in “radical and terrorist-leaning behavior.”
In several posts, Hassan praised the Islamic State terror group and other radical figures, federal prosecutors said. In August, he began messaging with an FBI confidential source whom he believed he recruited to conduct a “mass casualty attack,” authorities said.
Demonstrators attend an “emergency rally for Gaza” outside the Israeli Consulate in New York City, Oct. 9, 2023. (Jennifer Mitchell for Fox News Digital)
Over several weeks, Hassan directed the informant on how to make a bomb, acquire weapons and how to make a “martyrdom video,” authorities said. In November, he allegedly selected the Consulate General of Israel as the target of the attack, saying it would be easier to commit an attack using small arms and be “martyred” by the police.
He believed New York would be “a gold mine of targets” for an attack, prosecutors said. As the pair planned the attack, Hassan also allegedly told him to book flights to countries without extradition agreements with the United States. During the attack, Hassan said the source could either murder people at the consulate with an assault rifle or detonate an explosive vest while standing in a group of targets, court documents state.
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Hassan also asked for the source to livestream the attack so he could watch it in real time, authorities said.
In a statement, Jonathan Harounoff, the international spokesperson for Israel’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, said the Jewish state “will not cower to terror.”
“We will not be silent in the face of hate and violence,” he said. “We will not stop in our pursuit of justice and peace. We will continue in our fight to return all 100 of our hostages still being held in Hamas terror tunnels in Gaza.”
Sara Netanyahu and Ofir Akunis, consul general of Israel, attend Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the 79th session of the General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Ofir Akunis, Israel’s consul general in New York, expressed gratitude to authorities for thwarting the alleged attack.
“This attempted attack by terror organizations is an attack on the sovereign soil of the State of Israel in its entirety,” he wrote on X. “It’s proof that terror knows no boundaries and that we must fight it everywhere and every time. The threat it poses to the western world and its values must be fought together by all western democracies alike. Together we will prevail.”
Two top 10 teams will be in historic Gallagher-Iba Arena as the #6 Hokies try to slow down the red hot #3 Cowboys in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Both teams are undefeated as Oklahoma State is currently 5-0 while Virginia Tech is 3-0. The two programs also wrestled at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational earlier this month. The Cowboys ran away with the team trophy in Vegas, placing first by a margin of 77 points, while Virginia Tech placed fourth.
Tonight’s matchup is shaping up to be one of the most competitive duals of the first semester. We’ll keep you informed with live updates of the contest as they happen in real time!
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125: #2 Troy Spratley, OSU vs #4 Eddie Ventresca, VT
133: #18 Reece Witcraft, OSU vs #12 Connor McGonagle, VT
141: #4 Tagen Jamison, OSU vs #12 Sam Latona, VT
149: #15 Carter Young, OSU vs #1 Caleb Henson, VT
157: #14 Caleb Fish, OSU vs #13 Rafael Hipolito, VT
165: #6 Cameron Amine, OSU vs #21 Mac Church, VT
174: #3 Dean Hamiti, OSU vs #4 Lennox Wolak, VT
184: #3 Dustin Plott, OSU vs #20 TJ Stewart, VT
197: #12 Luke Surber, OSU vs #10 Andy Smith, VT
285: #3 Wyatt Hendrickson, OSU vs #15 Jim Mullen, VT
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