UVa Spring Sports Update

Now that the college basketball season is complete, college spring sports come to the forefront. Luckily two of UVa’s programs are in the midst of amazing seasons.

The men’s tennis is team is ranked #1 and is still undefeated at 17-0. The Cavaliers have won 99 consecutive ACC matchups and are 114-4 in the past 4 seasons. Unfortunately, three of those losses are to USC in the NCAA playoffs, but maybe this is the Hoos’ year since they defeated the Trojans in the indoor tournament in February.

Meanwhile, Virginia’s baseball team is currently ranked #4 in the nation and has a record of 30-3. The Cavaliers have won all of their series's on the season and are #5 in the country in runs, #13 in ERA and #20 in batting average. We will see how this young team fares against #19 GT,  #6 FSU, and #1 UNC later in the season.

I hope these incredible seasons continue into a successful playoff run in the summer.

HellUVa Week for Virginia Sports

Last night UVa earned a marquee win over #3 Duke 73-68 on national TV essentially clinching a spot in the big dance. Here are some of the key stats:

• The last time the Cavaliers beat a top 5 team was exactly 11 years ago, against #3 Duke.
• Duke never had the lead.
• The Blue Devils only had one offensive rebound after averaging 10 for the season.
• Joe Harris had a career high 36 points, the most for any player against Duke since 2006, and the most in the ACC this season.
• Harris is now 2^nd in the ACC in scoring, 3^rd in FG%, 3^rd in 3PT FG%, and 4^th in FT%, and is in consideration for ACC Player of the Year and has his own Twitter feed pushing for it https://twitter.com/JoeHarrisACCPOY
• This picture is in consideration for picture of the year as well.
• Akil Mitchell also had a great game with 19 points (2^nd highest this year) and 12 rebounds (2^nd highest as well).
• UVA is now 10-5 in the ACC, with 4 top 50 RPI wins, greatly improving their NCAA tournament selection chances.

Meanwhile Virginia’s men’s spring sports are undefeated so far.  #19 Baseball has started off 8-0 with a combined score of 84-19. #1 Tennis is 6-0, including the Indoor Championship against arch-rival USC.  #6 Lacrosse is 4-0, scoring a combined 62-34, with a huge matchup tonight against Syracuse. Not to be outdone, the Football team got a big boost, when they got a commitment from the #4 ranked recruit in the country as well.  Not to put too much stock in these things, but from 2002-2008 29 of the 35 top 5 rated recruits went on to become NFL starters.

Great week to be a Wahoo Fan!