Women's tennis: Virginia sophomore Danielle Collins, a transfer from Florida, came from nowhere as the No. 32-ranked player in the nation to win the NCAA singles championship Monday over California's Lynn Chi, 6-2, 7-5. Collins was down 5-3 in the second set when she won 11 straight points to take control of the
match. To win the title, Collins went 6-0 in the NCAA tournament, defeating the No. 43-ranked player, No. 18, No. 2, No. 7, No. 27, and Chi, who was ranked No. 24. Collins is the first UVa women's tennis player to win a singles title and the first UVa tennis player to win a singles title since Somdev Devvarman in 2008. The women's team had its best season in program history, getting to the quarterfinals before losing to Stanford. Only one of its top six singles players graduated.
Baseball: The Cavaliers gave a lackluster performance at the ACC tournament over the weekend in Greensboro, N.C., going just 1-2. Virginia started in tournament play with a 7-6 loss to Maryland on Thursday. Artie Lewicki gave up four runs on five hits and Maryland had four homers overall. UVa rebounded the next day with a tight, 3-2 win over North Carolina in a game started by Brandon Waddell. Whit Mayberry picked up the win, though, in relief when Virginia snapped a 2-2 tie in the eighth inning. Mayberry got into a jam in the bottom of the frame but closer Nick Howard came in and closed things out, pitching the final 1 1/3 innings. On Saturday, Virginia starter Nathan Kirby went six innings and gave up one run (zero earned) in six innings to Florida State. Things fell apart in the bullpen when Connor Jones and Josh Sborz gave up four runs in the seventh inning. Even the normally stingy Howard gave up an insurance run in the eighth and the Wahoos lost a game 6-4 that they had led 4-1.
Despite the slide -- Virginia has lost four of six -- UVa is the No. 3 overall seed in the NCAA tournament. In the Charlottesville Regional, things get underway Friday when Virginia faces No. 4 seed Bucknell (30-19-1) at 2 p.m. No. 2 seed Arkansas (38-23) and No. 3 seed Liberty (41-16) play each other at 7 p.m. The ACC got seven teams in the tournament, second only to the SEC's 10. Miami and Florida State are also No. 1 seeds. Maryland is a two seed after a run to the ACC championship game, while North Carolina, Clemson, and Georgia Tech all are No. 3 seeds. Georgia Tech probably would not have made the field if not for winning the ACC tournament, which it did, 9-4, over the Terrapins. Georgia Tech came in as just the eighth seed in the tournament and had to win an extra game against Wake Forest just to get to the pool-play part of the tournament.
I'll have more on the the Charlottesville Regional teams in a later blog post.
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Baseball: The Cavaliers gave a lackluster performance at the ACC tournament over the weekend in Greensboro, N.C., going just 1-2. Virginia started in tournament play with a 7-6 loss to Maryland on Thursday. Artie Lewicki gave up four runs on five hits and Maryland had four homers overall. UVa rebounded the next day with a tight, 3-2 win over North Carolina in a game started by Brandon Waddell. Whit Mayberry picked up the win, though, in relief when Virginia snapped a 2-2 tie in the eighth inning. Mayberry got into a jam in the bottom of the frame but closer Nick Howard came in and closed things out, pitching the final 1 1/3 innings. On Saturday, Virginia starter Nathan Kirby went six innings and gave up one run (zero earned) in six innings to Florida State. Things fell apart in the bullpen when Connor Jones and Josh Sborz gave up four runs in the seventh inning. Even the normally stingy Howard gave up an insurance run in the eighth and the Wahoos lost a game 6-4 that they had led 4-1.
Despite the slide -- Virginia has lost four of six -- UVa is the No. 3 overall seed in the NCAA tournament. In the Charlottesville Regional, things get underway Friday when Virginia faces No. 4 seed Bucknell (30-19-1) at 2 p.m. No. 2 seed Arkansas (38-23) and No. 3 seed Liberty (41-16) play each other at 7 p.m. The ACC got seven teams in the tournament, second only to the SEC's 10. Miami and Florida State are also No. 1 seeds. Maryland is a two seed after a run to the ACC championship game, while North Carolina, Clemson, and Georgia Tech all are No. 3 seeds. Georgia Tech probably would not have made the field if not for winning the ACC tournament, which it did, 9-4, over the Terrapins. Georgia Tech came in as just the eighth seed in the tournament and had to win an extra game against Wake Forest just to get to the pool-play part of the tournament.
I'll have more on the the Charlottesville Regional teams in a later blog post.
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