Looks like Leon Bond will head into the portal soon, making him UVA’s first non-graduation departure of the off-season. His departure would give UVa two open scholarships to play with, pending future departures/changes.

On Episode 559 of the CavsCorner Podcast (“Hashtag Not Committed”), we talk Spring Game takeaways, the wait UVa fans are dealing with following Trent Perry’s OV, and the latest on the portal targets.

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Interesting that he signed with Stanford to play hoops as a grad transfer. He is a UVa lax player for those who do not know/follow.

I can confirm Jon Rothsteins report that St. Marys transfer Aidan Mahaney is visiting Virginia tomorrow, 4-23-24.

Home runs by Whalen (first as a Hoo), Saucke, Ford, and Didawick were part of the 13 hits by Virginia in a seven inning Mercy Rule game. Anderson was 3 for 3, and Whalen and Ference were both 2 for 3. The entire team was 13 for 29 for a team .448 batting average. Moore started on the mound for Virginia and pitched the first two innings; he gave up two solo home runs in the 2nd inning. Osinski came in to pitch the next two innings and gave up just one hit and no runs; he improved his record to 4-1. Augustin pitched the 5th inning and allowed 2 runs on 3 hits. Tonas pitched the 6th, and Barker pitched the final inning. The Hoos made no errors and made several excellent plays.

Willem Thurber, 2025 TE from Deerfield Academy has announced his commitment to UVa. He chose UVa over offers from Duke, Syracuse, Wake Forest and others. The Hoos now have 9 commits for the 2025 class and currently rank 25th on Rivals.

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Harris departs for the portal this evening, opening up a 4th scholarship on the roster.

Saw a pretty interesting piece about his offense being the secret sauce behind UConn’s success. Will like get a head coaching gig soon. Bill Murray’s son

Tried listening to the first few but our pitching is so bad. Very difficult to see is making post season noise with these arms

Following his recent visit to UVa, four-star guard Derek Dixon talked to @HoustonWilson about the experience and what stood out to him about his time on Grounds.

On the heels of UVa’s Spring Game on Saturday, @justin ferber breaks down a few takeaways including the main headlines and which players stood out the most.

Offers from UVa, BC, Vandy and others:

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An outstanding day at the plate by O'Ferrall was not enough. He was 5 for 5 and scored 5 times while adding 2 RBI. Anderson was 3 forr 4 and scored twice, and Saucke was 2 for 5 with 4 RBI. They got 10 of Virginia's 13 hits. Virginia scored 3 times in the 1st inning but never scored more than 2 runs in any of the subsequent innings.
Virginia us seven different pitchers, and six had a minimum of around 9.0 ERA for the game as they combined for 13 earned runs on 25 hits allowed.

Greetings from Scott Stadium! It's a beautiful April day, and a great day for football. The Blue/White game should get started in about 20 minutes or so, and the players are on the field warming up now. We'll have in-game updates here, though no official stats today, but Brad and I will do our best.

Players I see that aren't in uniform (most of these aren't surprises):
Chris Tyree
TyLyric Coleman
James Jackson
Jaden Gibson
Brian Stevens
Drake Metcalf
Ben Smiley
Miles Greene
TeKai Kirby
Michael Diatta
Ty Furnish
Dre Walker
Elijah Gaines
Kendren Smith

There are probably a few more that I didn't catch but I'll add them as we go.

As an aside, the new scoreboard is going to be a massive improvement. They've started putting the beams up, and it's going to be so much bigger than the old one.

UVa’s first portal visitor of the spring, former Saint Mary’s forward Joshua Jefferson talked to @HoustonWilson about his trip to Charlottesville, what stood out about Tony Bennett’s message to him, and how he thinks he might fit in with the Wahoos.

Rally from down 13-10 to take a 17-14 lead. Fail to score over the last 7+ minutes while allowing 4 goals. Some sloppy play and poor decisions late lead to a tough loss. Back to back losses.

Shortly after four-star point guard Trent Perry picked up an offer from UVa on Thursday, he talked to @HoustonWilson about getting to know Tony Bennett, watching the Hoos and fellow California native Kihei Clark, and much more.

Coady started on the mound for Virginia and pitched 4.1 innings and gave up 2 runs on 2 hits, 5 walks, and 1 hit batter He was replaced by Woolfolk wit 1 out in the 5th inning. Woolfolk did not allow a base runner in the 5th or 6th inning but got into trouble in the 7th inning ; an error, walk and a double produced a run. Tonas came in to pitch; he faced one batter whose single plated 2 more runs He was replaced by Hungate who gave up 2 hits and allowed 1 more run before getting out of the inning. He then pitched the next 4 innings allowing only a singe run in the 9th inning..
After Tech scored a run in the 2hd inning, Ference led off in the bottom of the inning with a home run. The Yellow Jackers scored once in the 3rd inning and took a 2-1 lead into the 6th inning. The Cavs got 3 runs when Whalen was hit by a pitch, Saucke singled, and both scored on a home run by Ford. A single by Anderson, 2 walks, an error, and sacrifice fly by O'Ferrall added three more runs and gave Virginia a 7-2 lead. Tech scored 4 runs in the 7th inning to narrow the lead to 7-6 before Tech knotted the score at 7 in the 9th inning. Neither team seriously threatened until the 11th inning. Hanson led off with a double, went to third on a long fly, and scored the winning run on a single up the middle by Whalen.
Georgia Tech out hit Virginia 10 to 9, but Virginia had the only 2 home runs in the game. Hungate was the winning pitcher and improved his record to 4-0.

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Virginia's starting pitcher was relieved after throwing 181 pitches.

Ouch. Absolutely destroyed by GT

There are several reports out that Dante Harris has entered the portal?

Following his trip to UVa last weekend, @Dylan Callaghan-Croley caught up with in-state ATH Montino Williams to talk about the visit and what stood out to him about his time on Grounds.

How many people here predicted this a year ago? Everyone? LOL