Ten walks doomed the Cavs. Roberts pitched well in the 1st but gave up two walks and a single in the 2nd. Bettinger came in with the bases loaded and none out. He allowed one run on a fielders choice and another on a passed ball. He pitched two more innings and did not give up a hit.. Doyle came in and gave up 3 runs on 4 hits. Sousa pitched well for 1 inning and was replaced by Cummins who gave up 2 runs on 1 hit. Haseley pitched two shut out innings. UVA loaded the bases in the bottom of the 9th but could not score.

From UVa:

Virginia Win Streak Ends with 7-6 Loss to VMI
Towns leads Cavaliers with three hits

The Virginia baseball team's five-game win streak came to a halt Wednesday with a 7-6 defeat to VMI at Davenport Field. The No. 12 Cavaliers (19-9) walked 10 batters and hit two more, as VMI came to Charlottesville and won for the second straight season. Will Malbon's two-out, two-run single in the seventh inning gave the Keydets (7-15) the lead for good.

Virginia recorded 11 hits, with Kenny Towns (Sr., Burke, Va.) picking up three, while freshmen Pavin Smith (Jupiter, Fla.) and Christian Lowry (Chesapeake, Va.) and sophomore Matt Thaiss (Jackson, N.J.) each recorded two. VMI finished with eight hits.

Virginia used six pitchers in the game - four freshmen as well as Jack Roberts (So., Richmond, Va.), who made his first college start. In his first college outing, Riley Cummins (Fr., Vienna, Va.) was tagged with the loss after giving up a pair of seventh-inning runs. VMI also used six pitchers, and reliever Kyle Staats (1-1) was credited with the win after recording a pair of outs to wrap up the sixth inning. Tyler Edens shut the Cavaliers out over the final 2 1/3 innings to earn his fourth save.

Virginia grabbed an early 1-0 lead when Daniel Pinero (So., Toronto, Ontario) homered off the façade of the left-field bleachers in the first inning. VMI countered with a pair of runs in the second inning. Roberts walked the first two batters and after a single loaded the bases with none out, Alec Bettinger (So., Woodbridge, Va.) took over in relief. Jacob Jaye grounded out to bring in the tying run, and a Bettinger wild pitch allowed a second run to cross the plate.

UVa knotted the score in the third inning on a two-out Towns single to bring home Lowry and then took the lead in the fourth inning on a Kevin Doherty (Jr., Laytonsville, Md.) groundout to plate Robbie Coman (Jr., Lake Worth, Fla.), who reached on a two-base throwing error to start the frame.

VMI batted around and scored three runs against Tommy Doyle (Fr., Vienna, Va.) in the fifth inning. The Keydets took the lead on a two-run home run by Jordan Tarsovich. After a Brandon Angus single and a walk to Tyler Tharp, Doyle got Matt Winn to fly out to right. Will Connerley followed with a single to left to bring Angus home and give VMI a 5-3 edge.

The Cavaliers tied the game in the bottom of the inning against Micah Gorman. With one out, Thaiss and Towns hit back-to-back singles and a throwing error allowed both runners to move up a base. Facing reliever Jack Gomersall, Smith hit the first pitch inside third base and into left field for a double to score both runners.

UVa moved ahead in the sixth on a two-out Thaiss single to bring Lowry home. VMI again responded in the seventh as Cummins hit the leadoff batter, Connerley, with a pitch and gave up a single to Jaye. Adam Haseley (Fr., Windermere, Fla.) moved from center field to the mound for his first college pitching outing. Thomas Stallings bunted the runners over and Malbon followed with a single to center to score the tying and go-ahead runs.

Virginia threatened in the ninth, getting back-to-back one-out singles from Towns and Smith to put runners on the corners with one out. Smith stole second base, but Edens bounced back to strike out Coman looking. Ernie Clement (Fr., Rochester, N.Y.) was hit by a pitch to load the bases, but Doherty flied out to center to end the game.

The Cavaliers remain home this weekend for a key ACC weekend series against No. 7 Louisville in the first-ever baseball games between the two schools, both of which reached the 2014 College World Series. The teams play at 4 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Monday. The Monday night contest airs on ESPNU.

http://www.streakingthelawn.com/2015/4/1/8323655/virginia-announces-disbanding-of-football-doubling-down-on-basketball-april-fools


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UVA loses 7-6 to Keydets

On Friday night, Levonta Taylor, the top rated DB in the country, will announce his commitment. He isn't using hats and doesn't have an official list of top schools but some of the schools he said he is considering are Georgia, LSU, Virginia, Florida, Florida State, UCLA, USC, Clemson and Ohio State.

In the article linked below he broke down some of the schools that he has been linked to most.

My pick is FSU but we'll see how things shake out on Friday night.

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I may be one of the few but looked around for some spring football info this morning and read an article on virginiasports it focused on Jay Whitmier(sp) and Borbs approach. I like the idea of keeping it "kindgarten simple" and the fact the oline has so many experienced bodies has got to mean a little something. At times last year and basically since Wach was oline coach the oline looked good in pass pro but struggled to open holes consistently in run game. Was that more of a scheme or talent issue? Maybe my memory is was way off but I seem to remember Borbs first stint at UVA the running game at least being somewhat consistent but very limited passing game. Good talent at WR, experience and what appears to be some talent at Qb (still think Lambert has great upside), hopefully Borbs can help mold this group into a serviceable to strong oline by the time fall rolls around. Say what you want about Smoke but he has gotten better each year at RB, I would expect more of the same this year if oline can open up a few holes. Any actual thoughts? I say actual because everyone is fully aware the shape of the program thoughtless negative slams aren't really needed.

http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/033015aae.html

As of now, Louisville won't have Terry Rozier, Montrezl Harrell, Wayne Blackshear, Chris Jones, and Anton Gill back next year and there are rumors of more transfers (Aaron, for one.) That doesn't leave a whole lot left: Quentin Snider at guard and a bunch of young, unproven big men. I'll never count Rick Pitino out, but it's clear that he'll have to go out aggressively this spring in the recruiting circles. We'll have a huge experience advantage on them, but, since we'll play them late in the year, that'll give Pitino time to mold whatever he ends up with. Oh, and how could I forget to mention that they'll have that deadly, long-range shooter back - Magok Mathiang.

Hopefully we will see more of these types of plays from him on the field this year!… Check the link

http://virginiasportstv.com/football/1UU8

From UVa:

Casey, Cavaliers Earn 5-3 Win at VCU
No. 12 Cavaliers earn fifth straight win - all on the road

Behind seven strong innings from starter Derek Casey, the No. 12 Virginia baseball team earned a 5-3 road win over VCU Tuesday evening in front of 3,233 spectators at The Diamond in Richmond, Va. The win was the fifth straight for Virginia (19-8), with each coming on the road. UVa now is 17-4 in games away from home this season.

"The story of the game was Derek Casey," Virginia head coach Brian O'Connor said. "Coming back to your hometown in front of a great crowd like this, that's a lot of pressure. He really responded and pitched seven great innings while showing a lot of poise. This was a big grow-up day for him. It was great to see and you can see why he was so highly thought of coming out of high school."

A native of nearby Mechanicsville, Va., and Hanover High School, the freshman Casey (2-1) worked a career-high seven innings, allowing a run, four hits and two walks while striking out four as he earned his second straight win. Josh Sborz (Jr., McLean, Va.) pitched the final 1 1/3 innings to earn his eighth save.

VCU starter Daniel Concepcion (1-2) pitched 4 1/3 innings, giving up four runs (two earned), five hits and a pair of walks while striking out four in taking the loss for the Rams (15-12).

Virginia finished with 11 hits, with Adam Haseley (Fr., Windermere, Fla.) going 3-for-5 with a pair of runs scored. Haseley now is 13 for his last 23, which encompasses the five-game road swing. Daniel Pinero (So., Toronto, Ontario) and Kenny Towns (Sr., Burke, Va.) each had two hits and two RBI for Virginia.

After going hitless through the first 2 2/3 innings, Virginia strung together a pair of hits in the third to score the game's first run. Haseley singled to center with two outs and hustled to second when left fielder Jimmy Kerrigan misplayed the ball. Pinero followed with a single to left to bring Haseley home.

The Cavaliers pushed three runs across in the fourth inning. Singles from Kevin Doherty (Jr., Laytonsville, Md.) and Haseley put runners on the corners with one out. Pinero bounced a single up the middle to plate Doherty and after Matt Thaiss (So., Jackson, N.J.) reached on an error to load the bases, Towns lined a single to left to score two and up the lead to 4-0.

UVa pushed its lead to 5-0 in the eighth inning on an RBI single from Haseley, but VCU countered by scoring three runs in its half of the eighth. Casey walked the first batter before giving way to Doherty, who gave up an RBI single to Logan Farrar and a two-run double to Matt Davis. With Davis at second and two out, Sborz took over and got a grounder to short from Darian Carpenter to end the inning.

The Rams threatened again with two outs in the ninth inning, as Cody Acker singled and pinch hitter Ryan Coale reached on an error, but Sborz struck out pinch hitter Shane Dressler to end the game.

The Cavaliers return home at 4 p.m. Wednesday to play VMI in a rescheduled game at Davenport Field; the game originally was scheduled for March 4 but was rained out.

Tickets for the originally scheduled game will be accepted for admission to the rescheduled contest on Wednesday. Fans also may exchange their tickets in advance for a General Admission ticket to any other regular season game by calling the Virginia Athletics Ticket Office at (800) 542-8821 during regular business hours, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. They also can bring their ticket to the gate for General Admission seating at any remaining regular-season home game, subject to seat availability at the time of arrival.

Here's our in-depth story with UVa linebacker commit Landan Word, who says he decided last week that it was time for him to join Virginia's 2016 class. In the end, he knew where he wanted to be.

Word talks about committing to the Hoos

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Rivals250 OL Clark Yarbrough is visiting Stanford and Cal this coming weekend and will likely name a top five following those visits. He says a recent trip to South Carolina and Clemson brought him some clarity and he is almost ready to narrow things down. Clemson, Duke and Virginia are the three schools he is in touch with most.

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Per Seth Davis, the firm leading the Texas coaching search reached out to UVa's Tony Bennett about the job but he said no.
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Casey had a shut out through 7 innings. He gave up a walk to the lead off batter in the 8th, and Doherty came in to pitch. He allowed the base runner to score and two others. Sborz came in to get the last out in the 8th and kept VCU from scoring in the 9th. Haseley continues to swing a hot bat for UVA.

shooting? And please tell me his hands are stronger than Tobey's.

http://nypost.com/2015/03/20/the-refreshing-transparency-of-education-shunning-kentucky/

I've never seen a more honest article.

The Truth

Word is that UVa will be hosting four-star wing Markelle Fultz from DeMatha on an unofficial visit today. Sources had pointed to a few visitors coming up but I wasn't able to confirm names. Will be interesting to see where this one goes...

From UVa:

John La Prise Sidelined Following Hip Surgery
Junior will be sidelined approximately six months

Virginia infielder/outfielder John La Prise (Jr., Exton, Pa.) will miss approximately six months because of hip surgery, which is scheduled for Wednesday (April 1).

La Prise played in just four games early this season while battling the injury. In 50 games last season, La Prise batted .348 with 10 doubles and 17 RBI. He was fifth on the team with 62 hits and had the second-most hits of any returning Cavalier this year.

In three seasons at UVa, La Prise is batting .317 in 73 games.

Virginia (18-8, 6-6 ACC) plays at VCU at 7 p.m. Tuesday before returning home Wednesday for a 4 p.m. game with VMI.

Per his Twitter feed, three-star Florida wide receiver Neru N'Shaka has committed to UVa. He's the fifth member of Virginia's 2016 class.

Named head coach at DePaul

The only likable team of the bunch is Wisconsin and I suspect the majority of folks here are rooting for them based on the similarities to our program in terms of style of play, etc. A few years ago, I might have thought Michigan State had some likability, but that has all changed in the past two years. Duke is entirely unlikable for obvious reasons, though in theory we should kind of root for them since they represent the ACC. And Kentucky, well, there are lots of obvious reasons to dislike them, their coach and their program. I just can't remember a final four which had more teams that I legitimately dislike than this year.

Who do you root for in Duke vs. Michigan St? I have a long, deep hatred of Duke but Michigan St has quickly become enemy 1b for me right behind them. Very conflicted on this one.

Of course they get to the Four. Not bitching about the draw but this was a 4-6 seed, not a 7. If I see them on a line before the eight next year I may quit watching basketball. They were a underrated draw two years in a row.

From UVa:

Brogdon and Anderson Named NABC All-Americans
Duo becomes first pair of Virginia teammates to earn All-America honors in same season since 1981

Virginia's Malcolm Brogdon (Atlanta, Ga.) and Justin Anderson (Montross, Va.) have earned All-America honors from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), the organization announced Monday (March 30).

Brogdon was named to the NABC All-America Second Team, while Anderson earned a spot on the NABC All-America Third Team. Brogdon and Anderson become the first Virginia teammates to earn All-America honors in the same season since Ralph Sampson and Jeff Lamp were honored by several organizations in 1981. Brogdon and Anderson also become the first Cavaliers to earn NABC All-America honors since Sean Singletary in 2007. In addition, Virginia joined Kentucky and Gonzaga as the only teams with multiple honorees.

Brogdon led the Cavaliers in scoring at 14 points per game and free throw percentage at 87.9 percent. He scored in double figures in 27 games, including five 20-point games, highlighted by a career-high 25 points against North Carolina in the ACC Tournament semifinals. Brogdon has also earned USBWA All-America second-team honors and All-ACC first-team honors from the media and coaches.

Anderson earns his first All-America honor despite missing eight games of the season due to a fractured finger suffered on Feb. 7 and an appendectomy on March 5. He was second on the team in scoring at 12.2 points per game and was leading the ACC in 3-point percentage at 48.4 percent before he was injured.

Brogdon and Anderson helped Virginia to a school-record tying 30 wins and its second consecutive ACC regular-season title. The Cavaliers earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the third round.

NABC All-America First Team
Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky
Jerian Grant, Notre Dame
Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin
Jahlil Okafor, Duke
D'Angelo Russell, Ohio State

NABC All-America Second Team
Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia
Karl-Anthony Towns, Kentucky
Seth Tuttle, Northern Iowa
Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga
Delon Wright, Utah

NABC All-America Third Team
Justin Anderson, Virginia
Buddy Hield, Oklahoma
Stanley Johnson, Arizona
Georges Niang, Iowa State
Kevin Pangos, Gonzaga

Will start by saying I worked in college athletics for almost 10 years, worked the NCAAT five years in a row at different sites thanks to friends around the country, and with the scattering of New Years Day bowl games all over the calendar the first two rounds of the tourney are undeniably the best four days of sports in America hands down.

I haven't substantially watched any more hoops after the Hoos lost. That loss just absolutely took it out of me. I flipped on Duke-Zags for about 3 minutes and couldn't stomach any more of it. I don't know that I've ever had a loss sting like that one, and I even saw it coming as I had a terrible feeling all day Saturday and Sunday that our season was about to end (so it wasn't a shock in the least).

Just curious if anyone else has a similar sour taste regarding the subsequent proceedings in Bracketville ...

Hard to believe we only have Duke left and I am having a hard time pulling for Duke. Guess I will try, and vomit later if they win.