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Virginia Wesleyan, Christopher Newport open Super Regionals with wins
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA (WTKR)- Eight teams will get a chance to take the field in the Division III Women’s College World Series. Could two of those programs hail from Hampton Roads?
Virginia Wesleyan and Christopher Newport each took a big first step Thursday afternoon, winning the first game of their respective Super Regionals. The Marlins downed Muskingum, 6-1, while the Captains shut out Rowan, 6-0.
“The first one is huge and it’s the hardest one, for sure,” head coach Brandon Elliott said. “They’re a good ball club. You get to the Super Regional for a reason and you now make them come the second day and try to sweep you and that’s tough for anybody to do.”
“We definitely didn’t want that feeling that we had last year,” Marlins’ sophomore Alison Pollack said, referring to the team’s Super Regional loss. “This year, we’re at home and we got that first win. It’s really important because it puts the other team at a disadvantage, so we’re one win away and we’re just looking forward to that tomorrow.”
VWU fell down 1-0 in the first inning, but responded with a run in the third on an RBI groundout by Laci Campbell. The Marlins took the lead in the fourth, when Pollack belted a solo home run over the left field wall and Sam Smith scored on a throwing error after a Joslyn Woodard single.
Wesleyan slammed the door with three more runs in the sixth. After Campbell was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, Mackenzie Myers singled on a line drive to left field, plating the final two scores of the day.
Emma Adams picked up the win in the circle with a complete game, allowing just the one run on three hits. She struck out four Muskies on the afternoon.
Christopher Newport hit the road to Glassboro, New Jersey, but still looked as comfortable as it did on its home field last week. The Captains scored all six of their runs in the third inning and cruised to the game one win.
Brooke Greaver got things started with a two-run double to right-center with the bases loaded and Katie Currin followed that up with an RBI double of her own to give CNU the 3-0 lead.
Caroline Pollock added an RBI single, with Meredith Brickner and Brooke Childress knocking in runs as well to cap off the difference-making third frame.
Jamie Martin kept the Profs at bay on the mound, throwing a complete game shutout with seven strikeouts. She scattered five hits and walked two batters.
Candace Slaw, Jules Donnelly, Currin and Brickner each picked up two hits to help fuel the Captain offense.
The victory marked career win number 700 for CNU head coach Keith Parr.
Both Virginia Wesleyan and Christopher Newport take the field Friday at 1:00 for game two of their respective Super Regionals. With opponent victories, a deciding game three would be held at 3:30 in each series.
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FAIRFAX, Va. (7News) — Virginia State Police have identified the man who was shot and killed by a trooper after a crash ended in a stabbing attack on Interstate 495 Sunday afternoon.
Jared Llamado, 32, of McLean, died at the hospital on Sunday after he was shot.
RELATED | 2 dead, dog killed after stabbing spree, trooper shooting on I-495 in Fairfax County
Investigators said Llamado was confronted by the trooper who opened fire around 1:17 p.m. The trooper was responding to a report of a road rage incident and found Llamado with a knife, according to a news release.
Four stabbing victims, all women, were also found at the scene, along with a dog that was also stabbed.
Michelle Adams, 39, died from her injuries. The dog also did not survive. The three other women were all taken to the hospital with serious injuries, according to VSP. 7News is not identifying the surviving victims.
Investigators said the stabbings stemmed from a crash in the southbound lanes of I-495.
The trooper who opened fire was not hurt and is on leave pending the outcome of the investigation into the use of force.
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Investigators said they do not believe the attack is connected to terrorism.
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Two dead after I-495 road rage incident leads to stabbing, Virginia State Police shooting – WTOP News
A road rage incident led to a shooting involving the Virginia State Police on Sunday on Interstate 495. Four individuals were also stabbed.
Two people are dead Sunday in Annandale, Virginia, after a road rage incident led to a shooting involving Virginia State Police on Interstate 495.
A release issued by the Virginia State Police said a trooper fatally shot a man after responding to a report of a road rage incident on the southbound lanes of I-495 just before 1:30 p.m. at exit 52, near the Little River Turnpike.
The man, transferred to a hospital with serious injuries, has been pronounced dead. VSP said the trooper shot in self-defense after the man confronted him with a knife.
The trooper did not suffer any injuries during the altercation.
Officials found four stabbing victims at the scene, but only identified a 39-year-old woman and a dog. Both the woman and the dog died.
Early findings suggest the stabbings took place after a crash on the Capital Beltway. The crash remains under investigation.
The VSP’s release comes after the main lanes of the Capital Beltway Outer Loop, before Little River Turnpike, were closed to traffic for several hours, only recently opening the express lanes. Main lanes between Arlington Boulevard and the Little River Turnpike remain closed.
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