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UVA Spring Sports Roundup 4/16

UVA Spring Sports Roundup 4/16

By Josh Burton


The spring sports season is rapidly approaching its end as the UVA programs are all gearing up for what should be a very exciting postseason across Grounds. Let's take a look at where things currently stand.

Baseball

UVA Baseball picked up yet another 2-1 series win at Louisville over the weekend, and made it back to #10 in the D1 poll in doing so. This weekend featured more of the same for the Hoos, tying a program record 47 runs across a 3-game ACC series, with multiple players having multi-homer games and Ethan Anderson potentially breaking his cold spell by going an incredible 5-5 in the series opener. 

 

 

Unfortunately, the hot hitting wasn’t the only trend to continue. Pitching issues and fielding miscues cost the Cavaliers the sweep with a loss on Saturday. Arms have been a major issue all season, particularly for starting pitching. 

At this point Evan Blanco has cemented himself as the only sure thing starter each weekend, with both other days being wide open. Watch for Owen Coady to potentially claim a spot, as he’s been pretty good for Hoos when he’s pitched so far. Outside of that, it’s a very open race. The final weekend game could become a staff day where they go with matchups and feel. Either way, it’ll be very interesting to see how it plays out and if this historically good hitting squad can mash their way to Omaha. 

The Hoos have a big week with 5 games scheduled. They’ll be at ODU tonight (6 pm) before beginning a 5-game homestand tomorrow against George Mason (4/17, 6 pm). They will then play host to Georgia Tech for a weekend series beginning Friday (4/19, 6 pm).

Softball

UVA Softball saw a mixed week as they went 2-2, picking up a huge 2-1 series win over NC State while also dropping a midweek contest to Liberty. Although they have one more home contest on the schedule, Sunday served as a very memorable Senior Day for the Hoos. Weather conditions around Palmer Park were perfect and the Wahoos picked up a huge walk off victory off a sac fly from Abby Weaver. The victory marked a program record 5th three-game ACC series victory for a team that has postseason aspirations. Once polls are released, it wouldn’t be too surprising to see the Hoos ranked as they have been playing very well. 

The Hoos will host Virginia Tech tonight (6 pm) before traveling to Duke for a weekend series beginning Friday (4/19, 6 pm).

Men’s Tennis 

#3 Men’s Tennis finished up their regular season with victories at Clemson (4/11) and Georgia Tech (4/13). They’ll now set their sights on the postseason, with the ACC tournament being this weekend. Quarterfinals will begin on Friday (4/19), with the Hoos beginning play at 10 am.

I wanted to do a highlight for Men’s Tennis for a very special accomplishment by the 4th years. With the weekend sweep they finished out an unblemished 48-0 conference record over their 4 seasons as Wahoos, earning a 4th straight regular season title. Hats off to Inaki Montes, Chris Rodesch, Alex Kiefer and Jeffrey von der Schulenburg on the amazing accomplishment. 

 

 

Roundup

#5 Women’s Tennis also finished out their regular season with victories over #19 Miami (4/12) and #23 Florida State (4/14). With the pair of victories, the Hoos picked up a share of the ACC regular-season title for just the second time in program history. They’ll now set their sights on the ACC tournament, with their first contest scheduled for the quarterfinals (4/19, 6 pm). 

#2 Men’s Lacrosse suffered just their second defeat of the season at Duke on Sunday. They’ll next play the penultimate game of the regular season on Saturday at Syracuse (4/20, 2 pm). This one will air nationally on ESPNU. Also of note, USA Lacrosse Magazine published an article on Wahoo star Connor Shellenberger last week, you can check it out here

#6 Women’s Lacrosse picked up a huge OT victory over then #3 Boston College on Senior Day over the weekend. Madison Alaimo scored the winning goal in OT. Their regular season finale will be tomorrow night at Virginia Tech (4/17, 7 pm). This game will air on ACC Network

(Featured Image Credit: Grace Landini/UVA Athletics) 

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