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Virginia Advances to Regional Final Behind Parker’s Gem

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia (47-12) moved to 2-0 in the Charlottesville Regional thanks to a 2-1 win over ECU (46-18) on Saturday (June 3) in front of a sellout crowd at Disharoon Park. Graduate student Nick Parker pitched seven innings of one-run baseball and struck out five batters to earn his eighth win of the season.

Parker, who tossed eight shutout innings against the Pirates in last year’s Greenville Regional while pitching for his alma mater Coastal Carolina, threw five more shutout frames before surrendering a ECU run in the sixth. In total, Parker has pitched 15 innings, allowed one run and struck out 15 batters in two career NCAA Tournament starts against East Carolina

Sophomore Ethan Anderson plated the go-ahead run for UVA in the bottom of the seventh with a two-out single to right field, allowing Ethan O’Donnell to score easily from third base. Anderson reached base twice in the contest and went 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI. He has a team-high four RBI in two regional games.

Virginia will play the winner of ECU and Oklahoma on Sunday (June 4) in the regional final at 6 p.m. The Sooners and Pirates will square off in an elimination game on Sunday at noon.

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HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Kyle Teel put UVA on the scoreboard first for the second-straight day with an RBI single in the third inning that allowed Jake Gelof to score from second. Gelof reached on a one-out double that was inches away from his 23rd home run. Pirate center fielder Lane Hoover leaped at the wall where the batted ball tipped off his glove and ricocheted back into play.
  • After surrendering a two-out single in the first inning, Nick Parker retired 12-straight batters until a single to right in the fifth. He stranded two runners in the fifth with his fourth strikeout of the day.
  • The 1-0 lead held until the sixth. All ECU three runners were safe on the single by Ryley Johnson but Cam Clonch was caught in a pickle between second and third base long enough to allow Carter Cunnninghan to score the tying run.
  • Anderson came up big for the Hoos again, this time with two outs in the seventh. O’Donnell earned a lead-off walk and stole second to get into scoring position with one out. He then moved to third on a ground out by Teel. Anderson deposited a 1-0 pitch in front of the right fielder to give UVA the 2-1 advantage.
  • Parker struck out his fifth batter of the day on his 100th and final pitch of the night, stranding a Pirate runner on first to close out the seventh inning.
  • Reliever Jake Berry finished off the win for the Cavaliers by retiring all six batters he faced, including two by way of strikeout, over the final two innings to earn his sixth save of the season 

ADDITIONAL NOTES

  • O’Ferrall briefly tied Teel for the second most hits ever by a Cavalier in a single season with his 96th hit to lead off the bottom of the first. Two batters later Teel tallied hit No. 97 for the year. The school mark is held by Phil Gosselin who compiled 100 in 2010.
  • All three of O’Ferrall’s four hits in the regional have come in the first inning, two in the first against Army on Friday and one in his first at bat on Saturday.
  • O’Donnell recorded his team-best, 18th stolen base of the year. The 18 stolen bases are the most in a season by a Cavalier Jake McCarthy in 2017 (27).
  • Casey Saucke put together his second-straight three-hit performance and is 6-for-9 with two runs scored and two RBI in two regional games.
  • Virginia improved to 6-2 in one-run games this season.
  • The Cavaliers matched the program’s single-game attendance record with a sellout crowd of 5,919 fans at Disharoon Park.
  • The quality start by Parker was his fourth of the year. UVA is 12-2 in games that Parker starts this season.

UP NEXT

The Cavaliers need one win to clinch its eighth NCAA Regional Championship and will await the winner of Oklahoma and East Carolina. UVA will play at 6 p.m. on Sunday (June 4) and a television designation will be announced on Sunday morning.





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Obituary for Virginia Frances Stoots at Beckley Peace Chapel

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Virginia Frances Stoots, age 81, of Beckley, WV received her heavenly promotion to be eternally with the Lord on Saturday, November 16, 2024. Born in Hotchkiss, WV on May 11, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Arnold Hatfield and Margaret Archie. Virginia was a retired manager from Ginos



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15-year-old accused of shooting teen near Lake Edward in Virginia Beach

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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A 15-year-old boy is charged with shooting a teen over a week ago near Lake Edward in Virginia Beach, police say.

The shooting happened just before 7 p.m. on Sunday, November 10 in the 5000 block of W. Hastings Arch.

Police say officers responded to the shooting following an alert from ShotSpotter, which is technology that can detect gunshots.

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Officers then found a 15-year-old boy from Virginia Beach who had been shot, police say. He was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

Last Thursday, police charged a boy — also a 15-year-old from Virginia Beach — in connection to the shooting. He’s charged with malicious wounding and use of a firearm in commission of a felony, police added.

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The shooting is still under investigation. Police ask anyone with information to call detectives at 757-385-4101 or Crime Solvers at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.





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Bowl Projections: West Virginia’s Stock Takes Big Hit Following Latest Loss

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Bowl Projections: West Virginia’s Stock Takes Big Hit Following Latest Loss


Another wasted opportunity at home for the West Virginia Mountaineers this past weekend as they fell to the Baylor Bears, 49-35.

Much of the conversation entering the week was about who head coach Neal Brown would start at quarterback. He turned back to Garrett Greene, who had an okay day throwing the football but did add over 120 yards on the ground to help fuel the Mountaineers’ offensive attack. It wasn’t his best overall performance, but it was more than enough to win.

Unfortunately, West Virginia’s defense returned to its struggling ways, allowing 512 yards of offense, 329 of which came through the air. Baylor’s 35 first-half points were the most of any Big 12 team in a league game this season.

With the loss, the Mountaineers essentially eliminated themselves from a spot in the Big 12 championship game, and their bowl stock took a massive hit.

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The Mountaineers have two games remaining in the regular season and must notch one more win to become bowl-eligible. This week, they’ll play host to the UCF Knights, who were everyone’s dark horse to win the Big 12 back in August. After getting out to a 3-0 start, the Knights lost five straight.

Despite most sportsbooks opening this week’s game with UCF as the favorite, I like West Virginia’s chances to get the win. They are a run-heavy team, and that’s the one thing the Mountaineer defense does fairly well.

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If they fail to collect win No. 6 this weekend, it’ll all come down to their trip to Lubbock the following week. Texas Tech has Oklahoma State this Saturday and will likely be gunning for win No. 8 when West Virginia comes to town. If the Red Raiders win out, that will be their best regular season finish since 2009.

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