Virginia trailed 2-1 until the 7th inning when O'Donnell hit a 3-run home run to give the Hoos a 4-2 lead. Stephan added another 3-run home run in the 8th to expand the lead to 7-2. ECU score a run in the bottom of the inning to cut the lead to 7-3. Teel topped off a 4 for 5 game with a solo home run in the 9th.
Early started on the mound and went 6.1 innings; he gave up 7 hits and 2 runs while striking out 10. Berry closed out the win by pitching a 3 up and 3 down 9th.

After reading the write up on the recent OV by Chase Morrison, I have become very interested in his status and potential college choice. He appears to be a perfect fit for UVA. What is his situation, timing and potential for a UVA commitment?

I see that Duke won the series against UVA when they played at the Dish a month ago. Anyone watch that or follow the team? Wondering what to watch for in the super regional.

If you think the NIL world as related to college football and basketball is wild, crazy, and out of control now, wait until the Saudi-backed PIF decides to get involved in that as well. Discussion today has addressed the possibility of them providing NIL for college golfers. What's to say that would only be the beginning of their involvement in college athletics? Good bye amateurism.

The 3-2-1: @justin ferber takes a look at Reece Beekman’s return to UVa and breaks down what it means for the Hoos going deeper into the offseason and beyond.

UVa has picked up a commitment from three-star OL Grant Ellinger.

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The same nine position players and designated hitter started all three games. While batting averages over any three games are not indicative of the importance of any particular player and do not reflect extra base hits, walks, and other positive at bats, I calculated the averages from first to worst. Teel 7-12 .583, Saucke 6-12 .500, Stephan 5-12 .416, O'Ferrall 5-14 .357, Godbout 4-13 .308, Gelof and Anderson 3-11 .273, O'Donnell 1-9 .111, and Tuft 1-10 .100.

Just checked the score - an absolute blowout!

Following his official visit to UVa this past weekend, a decision is coming soon for Georgia DE Chase Morrison. Ahead of his commitment on Wednesday, he talked to @BigGriff about his time on Grounds and why it blew him away.

Denny is leading the Memorial through 7 at 8-under. He's a shot up on Rory and has two shots on a group at -6. It's on CBS

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When we win this game, who do we host in Super Regional?

Disclaimer: I want to preface this post by saying that I LOVE the podcast the Cavs Corner team puts on. Its by far the best in the UVA mediasphere and the reason why I subscribe to rivals -- to show my support for the product they are putting out weekly.

All of that said, I'm not sure I can handle Brad's line of argument that has been trotted out several times over the last 2 months that "anyone who watched Kadin Shedrick knows why he was benched" and the implication that we are a better team without Shedrick. That statement is not objective fact - as he claims - for several reasons:

• Debate Across UVA Fans - There is significant debate in the UVA fandom around Tony's decision to bench Shedrick in favor for BVP. Tony is the best coach to ever lead the program - that is not for debate, but Tony can make mistakes. In my opinion, he made a massive mistake in taking BVP as a transfer this year, thereby marginalizing our best post player (Shedrick) and best underclassman prospect (Traudt). Yes BVP had a great game against UNC and unlocked the triangle offense as a scheme until the ACC figured out it could switch defenders and dare BVP to shoot. By all accounts, BVP was great in the locker room. But playing him as long as he did brought imbalance to the team, especially after it was clear that BVP had a hurt back. We lacked rim protection and we failed to utilize the pick and roll that would have been lethal with Beekman and Shedrick running it.
• SHEDRICK PLAYED WELL! - Shedrick was arguably our 2nd best player to start the season in Vegas. He was arguably our best player to end the season vs Furman. Advanced statistics objectively identified him as our first or 2nd best player on the team over the course of the entire season (e.g. Bart Torvik had him leading the team and 3rd in the ACC in BPM at 7.4). Yes, Shedrick had a fouling problem and looked awkward at times, but he was among the most efficient defensive and offensive players in the country objectively. And he was objectively our best rim runner and rim protector on the team.
• We Did Not Win The Offseason - Brad on the most recent podcast said that UVA did not put up an L in the offseason and tried to argue that the transfer portal made us better. While getting Beekman back makes us an NCAA tournament team again and Rhode looks very promising, we likely took a net negative impact in the transfer portal (not counting Beekman's NBA decision). Groves and Minor are great players and I will root for them, but would anyone take them over Traudt or Shedrick? In both cases they seem like the lite version of the legacy players that left in terms of raw skill, size, and familiarity with the system. In my opinion, had we kept those 2 and Beekman, we'd be NCAA title competitors next year instead of just a top tier ACC team (which is a great accomplishment in and of itself!). Our ceiling is lowered because of this season's transfer portal comings and goings.

I humbly ask the podcast crew - and Brad in particular - to refrain from making the declarative statements that Shedrick was "obviously" a poor performer who should know why he was benched. That's not an objective fact and the continued assertion that it is makes the podcast hard to listen to. Again, I love the podcast, but this has been gnawing at me for weeks and I can't stand to hear it argued over and over again.

Beats ECU 2-1

Jeff interviewed Mox on this week’s Wahoo Central podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wahoo-central-podcast/id749082889
Three players are recovering/rehabbing but should be back and healthy. I also didn’t realize they let go of the strength coach midway through the season. Lots of talk about how the new strength coach/program should help them stay healthier this year. Very exciting to hear her go through player by player and explain how they all fit together. Going to be an exciting year.

Three-star Matoaca DL Caleb Williams (2025) talked to @BigGriff about his recruitment thus far, the connections he’s made with UVa, his summer plans, and more.

9/2 vs Tennessee: Noon, ABC
9/9 vs JMU: Noon, ESPNU
9/15 (FRI) at Maryland: 7pm, FS1

Reminder - #2 vs #3 ND today at 2:30 in Philly for a trip to the championship game! Watch on espn2.
Wah🥍🥍wa!

Looks like we’ll be the 7-seed and play the 2-seed in the quarterfinals tomorrow.

https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=26002

UVA is ranked #57. Per the site – “On3's Team Transfer Portal Index utilizes the On3 (P)erformance score to measure a team’s production during the transfer process, compared relative against its roster and not a comparison against other schools. This proprietary algorithm determines if a school has improved its overall team talent, stayed the same, or declined in talent during the transfer window.”. Looks like it’s some combination of the high school recruiting stars that you had and the net change based on transfers. The change in NIL value is also included in the table. Not sure if that factors or not.
2023 College Football Team Transfer Portal Rankings

On Episode 513 of the CavsCorner Podcast (“Key Cog in the Wheel”), we talk about Reece Beekman returning to UVa, what it means for the Hoos this year and beyond, and much more.

Site: https://virginia.rivals.com/news/cavscorner-podcast-episode-513

: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cavscorner-podcast/id1072370337?I=1000615241891

Overcast: https://overcast.fm/+F0vg481mw

Is going to be a monster this season. His shot looks so improved

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Any updates on his decision?

Preview: @justin ferber takes a look at this weekend’s Regional in Charlottesville as UVa begins its quest for a return trip to Omaha.

This morning @justin ferber takes a look at UVa's next two non-conference slates and how they help shape the type of seasons the Hoos could have.