COLLEGES
Softball:
Mackenzie Wooten (2-0), a Virginia freshman from Isle of Wight Academy, pitched two scoreless innings of relief for the victory as the Cavaliers edged Maine 1-0 at the Wings Etc. Classic in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Sophomore Donna Friedman delivered a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the sixth inning for U.Va. against the Black Bears (1-1).
Sophomore starter Aly Rayle and Wooten combined to toss Virginia’s first shutout of the season.
No. 21 James Madison (4-2) split two games at the Georgia Classic in Athens. The Dukes beat Austin Peay 13-2 but then lost 19-11 to the No. 19 Bulldogs, the tournament’s host team.
Every JMU starter reached base safely against Austin Peay, and the Dukes scored four sixth-inning runs to complete the game.
The Dukes led much of the game against Georgia, including 11-6 after 31/2 innings, but the Bulldogs surged for 10 runs in the bottom of the fifth to win by the mercy rule.
Baseball:
Devin Ortiz hit a grand slam for Virginia in the second inning, and the Cavaliers (3-2) held on to edge Bucknell 6-5 to start a four-game series in Charlottesville.
The Bison left the potential tying run on third base in the top of the ninth after scoring five runs over the final four innings.
U.Va. reliever Stephen Schoch worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the top of the eighth and pitched the ninth to record his second save in as many games.
Virginia tacked on two more runs in the sixth with RBI singles from Brendan Rivoli and Marc Lebreux. Griff McGarry gained his second win of the season, striking out seven and pitching into the sixth.
Freshman Chase DeLauter hit a walk-off single in the 10th inning to propel James Madison to a 1-0 win against Quinnipiac in the Dukes’ home opener. Brett Ayer (1-1) gained the victory by pitching four innings out of the bullpen.
JP Woodward threw 6? strong innings to lift Lafayette College to a 5-0 victory over VMI in the Keydets’ home opener in Lexington.
Women’s gymnastics:
William & Mary posted its best score of the season and placed second at a tri-meet hosted by N.C. State in Raleigh.
The host Wolfpack claimed the team title with a 196.500 and was followed by W&M (192.975) and Centenary (189.250).
In addition to totaling a season high, W&M earned its top scores of the season in three events — vault (48.375), bars (48.950) and floor exercise (48.525). The bars score tied for fourth in the program’s history.
Katie Waldman highlighted the Tribe’s individual performances with a third-place finish all-around, recording a season-high 39.075.
Wrestling:
No. 8 North Carolina edged Virginia 19-18 at Memorial Gym in Charlottesville, with each team winning five weight classes.
With the Cavaliers (8-6, 1-4 ACC) leading 18-16, UNC’s Jaime Hernandez beat Louie Hayes 8-5 at 133 pounds in the final bout. The Tar Heels improved to 14-2, 4-1.
Men’s tennis:
Bouncing back from Sunday’s home loss to Liberty, William & Mary (5-1) won 6-1 over the Ivy League’s Yale Bulldogs (2-4) in New Haven, Connecticut.
The tandems of George Davis-Brenden Volk and Daniel Pellerito-Finbar Talcott won sets to put the Tribe ahead 1-0. Joseph Brailovsky, Talcott, Volk, Davis and Pellerito won in singles for W&M.
Hampton (0-5) fell 6-1 to Winthrop (1-7) in Big South competition in Rock Hill, South Carolina, though the Pirates recorded their first team point of the season.
N.C. Wesleyan (2-1), ranked 21st in Division III, edged No. 40 Christopher Newport 5-4 in a five-hour-plus clash on indoor courts at James River Country Club in Newport News.
CNU (1-1) took a 2-1 lead with doubles victories by the tandems of Dominic Lacombe-James Baron on line 3 and Virginia Beach native Scotty Hunter-Alec Strause on line 2.
The Bishops responded by winning four of the top five singles matches, though CNU’s Ryan Macy and Baron won on lines 3 and 6, respectively.
Women’s tennis:
Winthrop shut out Hampton 7-0 in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
The Pirates (0-3), whose roster consists of six freshmen and one sophomore, fell to the Eagles (1-5) in Big South play. Laura Peralta and Tori Alexander led HU by winning four games apiece in a two-set span in singles.
No. 11 Georgia Tech edged No. 9 Virginia 4-3 in Atlanta, dropping the Cavaliers to 7-3, 1-1 ACC.
U.Va.’s Sofia Munera and Chloe Gullickson won on lines 5 and 6 in singles, but the Yellow Jackets prevailed at the top four spots. Line 4 broke a 3-3 tie as Nami Otsuka outlasted Vivian Glozman 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 in the day’s only three-set match.
Swimming and diving:
William & Mary is looking more and more likely to win its sixth straight Colonial Athletic Association men’s championship meet.
Through Friday’s events in Christiansburg, the five-time defending champion Tribe had scored 606.5 points, followed by UNC Wilmington (568), Drexel (414), Towson (360.5) and Delaware 210. W&M hadn’t held the lead after either of the first two days.
The Tribe won the 400-yard medley relay with a CAA- and pool-record time of 3:09.89. Colin Demers, a senior from Cox High, set the all-time CAA record in the 100 backstroke with his leadoff split of 46.43.
W&M’s women held second place after the third day. The Tribe had 421 points, while James Madison led the seven-team race with 435.
The Tribe won the 200-yard freestyle relay for the first time since 2017, getting a 1:32.36 time from Missy Cundiff, Katie Stevenson, Anna Kenna and Inez Olszeweski.
Old Dominion’s men held fifth place with 141 points after two days of the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association championships in Knoxville, Tennessee. Parker Harp (20.40 in the 50 freestyle) and senior Filip Svedberg (1:49.57 in the 200 individual medley) took fifth in their events.
Svedberg came back to win the 100 butterfly with an NCAA B-cut time of 47.35 on the third day, edging Rateb Hussein of Florida Atlantic by 23-hundredths of a second to win the championship in that event for the third time in the last four years.
ODU’s Peter Durisin took second in the 100 breaststroke at 54.56. Freshman Jacob Cobb was third in the 400 individual medley in 3:57.27.
Virginia’s women captured two Atlantic Coast Conference titles and set two school records on the third night of the ACC championships at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.
The Cavaliers held their lead, concluding day three with 1,001 points. N.C. State was in second place with 888, while Louisville was third with 745.5.
Freshman Kate Douglass and junior Paige Madden led the Cavaliers during the day as both U.Va. swimmers recorded their second individual title at the meet.
Douglass swam a time of 50.83 in the 100-yard butterfly. The win was her fourth overall at the competition. Madden recorded a time of 1:43.18 to win the 200 freestyle by more than a second. The win was her sixth career championship title and third conference title of the week.
Indoor track and field:
Sam Koltisko captured the men’s 5,000-meter title to lead Christopher Newport on the first day of the Capital Athletic Conference Indoor Championships at the Freeman Center.
Kicking off the title meet in style, Koltisko became the first freshman in conference history to win the men’s 5,000 after clocking in at 15 minutes, 18.83 seconds.
The CNU men concluded the first day in third place with 28 points through four events. The Captains’ women also finished the opening day in third place after securing 30 points through six events.
York (Pa.) led the women’s portion of the meet with 54 points, while Salisbury sat atop the men’s standings with 35.
Men’s soccer:
Adam Perron was hired as an assistant coach for Virginia under coach George Gelnovatch. Perron comes to Charlottesville after serving as the top assistant and recruiting coordinator at James Madison the past two seasons.
JMU reached the NCAA tournament in those two seasons and went a combined 26-12-6. The Cavaliers were the 2019 national runners-up.
Men’s golf:
Virginia shot a 3-over 291 during the second round of the John Burns Intercollegiate in Lihue, Hawaii, to enter Saturday’s final round in 11th place. The Cavaliers’ two-day total stands at 12-over 291.
No. 10 Texas A&M leads the 21-team field at 7 under par.
Senior Andrew Orischak and freshman Pietro Bovari had the Cavaliers’ best Friday performances, both shooting 1-under 71. Orischack is in 23rd place at even-par 144 while Bovari is 52nd at 148.
Academics:
Virginia seniors Jordan Mack (football), Zoe Morse (women’s soccer) and Carl Soderlund (men’s tennis) were among 50 Atlantic Coast Conference student-athletes selected as 2020 Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship Award recipients.
