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Region/state roundup: UVA baseball player from Virginia Beach named second-team Preseason All-American
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Virginia juniors Ethan Anderson, a Cox High graduate from Virginia Beach, and Griff O’Ferrall were named second-team Preseason All-Americans by D1Baseball.com. UVA is one of four ACC programs with multiple preseason All-Americans across the first, second and third teams.
Anderson had a breakout sophomore season last year, starting all 65 games at first base. He batted .375 (97 for 259) with 71 runs, 26 doubles, 15 home runs and 66 RBIs. Anderson led the ACC, ranked fourth in the country and broke UVA’s single-season record with 26 doubles. He was a third-team All-ACC selection.
In ACC and NCAA Tournament play, Anderson hit six home runs – two in the ACC Tournament, one in the Charlottesville Regional, two in the Charlottesville Super Regional and one at the College World Series. He became the first Cavalier ever with a homer in all four stages of the postseason.
O’Ferrall, from Richmond, broke the single-season UVA record for hits with 108.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
UVA to play spring game April 20
Virginia announced that its annual spring football game will be held Saturday, April 20, at Scott Stadium. Admission will be free and open to the public.
Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. Broadcast information will be released by the Atlantic Coast Conference later.
Counting the spring game, the Cavaliers will have 15 practices. The first practice is set for March 19.
JMU’s Kromah to play in Shrine Bowl
James Madison defensive lineman Jamree Kromah accepted an invitation to compete at the 99th annual East-West Shrine Bowl in Frisco, Texas, on Thursday. He is one of four Sun Belt players on the East roster.
In 2023, he had 60 tackles, 20.5 tackles for loss, 11 sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.
Previously committed to the game were Virginia wide receiver Malik Washington and Liberty guard X’Zauvea Gadlin.
Springer commits to CNU
Christopher Newport landed a commitment from defensive lineman Tim Jones Jr. of Class 6 state runner-up Highland Springs High. He’s a 6-foot, 275-pound nose guard who also helped the Springers win the 2022 state Class 5 title.
COLLEGE MEN’S LACROSSE
Six Cavaliers gain preseason A-A nods
Six Virginia players were named preseason All-Americans by Inside Lacrosse.
Connor Shellenberger and Cole Kastner represented the Hoos on the first team. Payton Cormier, Griffin Schutz and Chase Yager were named third-team selections. Noah Chizmar garnered honorable mention.
The Cavaliers will open their season at noon Feb. 10 by hosting Michigan.
COLLEGE WOMEN’S LACROSSE
JMU sixth, UVA 16th in preseason poll
James Madison was ranked sixth, Virginia 16th and Richmond 19th in the preseason Division I coaches’ poll.
The Dukes, who finished last season at No. 6, will start their season in Harrisonburg at noon Feb. 10 against No. 3 North Carolina.
In the Division III poll, Christopher Newport was tabbed 24th. CNU will open its season at No. 7 Washington & Lee on Feb. 21. Defending NCAA champion Middlebury, which was unbeaten last season, opens the year at No. 1.
COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD
Captains gain C2C weekly honors
CNU’s Eliza Dana and Ashley Eley swept the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference Women’s Track and Field Athlete of the Week honors, while Wade Dunkelberger was celebrated as the men’s Field Athlete of the Week after the Camel City Invitational in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, last weekend.
Dana, the Track Athlete of the Week, anchored the women’s distance medley relay, which finished in 12:36.75 to set a C2C record. She ran the final 1,600 meters in 5:21.06.
Eley, the Field Athlete of the Week, cleared 1.55 meters (about 5 feet, 1 inch) in the high jump, the best among Division III competitors at the meet, and triple-jumped 10.72 meters (about 35 feet, 2 inches). Dunkelberger cleared 2 meters in the high jump, third overall and best among D-III entrants.
COLLEGE MEN’S TENNIS
UVA’s recruiting class ranked No. 1
Virginia’s recruiting class for the 2024-25 season was listed No. 1 in the nation in rankings released Monday by the Tennis Recruiting Network.
Coach Andrés Pedroso signed four players to join the team next season. The combined class garnered 18 of 19 possible first-place votes from a panel of college tennis followers, including Sonny Dearth of The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press.
The class is led by Brazilian Joao Fonseca, who finished 2023 as the No. 1-ranked boy in the International Tennis Federation Junior Rankings. He reached the quarterfinals or better in all four junior Grand Slams, including winning the singles title at the 2023 Junior U.S. Open.
The class also includes, according to the ITF Junior Rankings, No. 11 Rafael Jodar of Spain and No. 32 Keegan Rice. It also has Stiles Brockett of Fairfax, who is the No. 10 overall recruit in the nation.
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Virginia vs. Manhattan Live Updates | NCAA Men’s Basketball
Virginia (3-2) is set to host Manhattan (3-2) on Tuesday night at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia. Follow along with score updates, play-by-play, and live analysis for the game in the thread below. Updates will be posted at each timeout in reverse chronological order with the most recent updates at the top of the article. Refresh the page for updates.
As we await our 7pm tip between Virginia and Manhattan on the ACC Network, read a full preview of the game here: Virginia Basketball vs. Manhattan Game Preview, Score Prediction
Virginia has posted its starting five for tonight’s game:
– Dai Dai Ames
– Isaac McKneely
– Andrew Rohde
– Elijah Saunders
– Blake Buchanan
Notably, TJ Power has been replaced by Andrew Rohde in the starting lineup after starting the first five games of the season. Power is shooting 25% from three (4/16), while Rohde is currently shooting 50% from beyond the arc (7/14).
- Virginia and Manhattan will meet on Tuesday night for just the second time ever and first time since March 19th, 1993, when the Cavaliers defeated the Jaspers 78-66 in the first round of the 1993 NCAA Tournament.
- UVA is 9-0 against current members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
- Virginia’s last game against a MAAC team was back in 2012, when the Cavaliers defeated Fairfield 54-45 at John Paul Jones Arena.
- UVA is 2-0 at John Paul Jones Arena this season and 3-0 against unranked opponents this season.
Read more Virginia men’s basketball news and content in the links below:
UVA Basketball: Ten Things We Learned About Virginia in The Bahamas
Virginia Basketball Falls to St. John’s 80-55 | Key Takeaways
The Plus/Minus: Virginia Gets Skunked by Tennessee in The Bahamas
Virginia Basketball Falls to Tennessee 64-42 | Key Takeaways
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Suspect steals property from store, assaults employee in Virginia
LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. – A man has been arrested after entering a store in McLean, stealing merchandise and assaulting an employee.
The suspect has been identified as Calvin Hughes Jr, of Washington D.C.
Leesburg Pike robbery suspect
Police responded to the 8300 block of Leesburg Pike in McLean for a commercial robbery on November 21 around 11:00 a.m. According to police, the suspect entered the store, stole merchandise, and assaulted an employee.
Hughes Jr. was identified and arrested nearby for robbery and is being held without bond.
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Sunshine State Bound Wolverines Ready for Virginia Tech at Fort Myers Tipoff – University of Michigan Athletics
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan men’s basketball team (4-1) hits the road to take on Virginia Tech (3-2) at the Fort Myers Myers Tip-Off on Monday (Nov. 25) at Suncoast Credit Union Arena. Opening tip is scheduled for 6 p.m., and the game will be broadcast live on FS1.
Notes
• There will be eight teams in two divisions competing in the Fort Myers Tipoff. Michigan is among four teams in the Beach Division along with South Carolina, Virginia Tech and Xavier. The Palms Division features Miami (Ohio), Jacksonville, Mercer and Siena.
• The Maize and Blue faces Virginia Tech in its Beach Division opener on Monday. After a prep day, Michigan plays either South Carolina or Xavier in the consolation (6 p.m.) or championship (8:30 p.m.) on Wednesday (Nov. 27).
• After Thanksgiving, the Michigan women’s team plays at the Fort Myers Tipoff, in Shell Division play. Kim Barnes Arico’s Wolverines open with Belmont (Nov. 29; 2 p.m.) and play either Virginia Tech or Davidson on Saturday (Nov. 30) in the consolation (2 p.m.) or championship (5 p.m.).
• Michigan is 4-2 all-time against Virginia Tech. After winning the first four games in the series, the Wolverines have dropped the last two. U-M faces Virginia Tech for the first time in eight years, last playing in 2016 ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Crisler Center. All six games in this series have been part of a tournament or specialty event.
• Michigan is 3-3 all-time against South Carolina. The Wolverines could face the Gamecocks for the first time in six years, with the teams having faced off in the second game of a home-and-home series played in 2018. There have been three games in Ann Arbor, and two in Columbia. The lone neutral-site game was the championship of the 2006 NIT in Madison Square Garden (U-M lost 76-64).
• Michigan is 3-1 all-time against Xavier. Two of the four games have been played in the postseason. The first came in the 1984 NIT quarterfinals — a 63-62 U-M win — as the Wolverines went on to claim their first NIT title. The second was in the 1989 NCAA first round — a 92-87 U-M win — which was the launching point for the Maize and Blue on its way its first national championship. The last meeting between the Wolverines and Musketeers was in the 2015 Gavitt Games (Big Ten vs. Big East) at Crisler Center — nine years ago (U-M lost 86-70).
• ?Michigan wrapped up a three-game homestand (3-0) and improved to 4-1 overall. Now, U-M plays five of its next six games on the road. The Wolverines will be away from Ann Arbor for seven of its next 10 games.
• U-M is shooting 52.8 percent from the field, which ranks 15th nationally. Seven Wolverines are shooting above 50 percent as Tre Donaldson leads U-M shooting 62.2 percent (23-for-37).
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