Ben Verlander and Tyler Urps had three hits each in
Verlander, the younger brother of Detroit
More baseball:
Left fielder Willie Shaw belted two home runs and drove in four runs as host
Brandon Waddell pitched six innings of three-hit ball as host
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Against Rhode Island, Poquoson’s Chad Pinder was 2-for-4 with a run and two RBIs. Against Ohio, Pinder was 1-for-3 with a run and a walk for the Hokies, while Mark Zagunis had three RBIs. Zagunis and Sean Keselica each had three hits against the
Matt Zink was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and three stolen bases as host Richmond (7-2) beat Wagner 8-6. ...
Men's basketball:
The tradition-laden Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association tournament in Charlotte, N.C., will feature a Saturday night final between Livingstone and Bowie State.
Livingstone beat
Bowie State then handled Winston-Salem State, a team guided by former
Byron Westmorland scored 27 and Dameatric Scott 21 for Bowie State, countering the 29 from the Rams' Justin Glover.
Women's basketball:
Fayetteville State bounced Virginia Union 71-57 as Shuanda Ashford, nicknamed "
Shaw defeated Elizabeth City State 76-61 as Crystal Harris had 17 points and 10 rebounds off the bench.
Softball:
Christopher Newport, ranked sixth in Division III, beat Eastern Mennonite 6-2 but lost 3-0 to Allegheny (Pa.) in eight innings at the Beach Blast tournament.
Against EMU, the Captains scored the game's first six runs in support of winner Krista Townsend.
Allegheny's Caitlin Nealer struck out 13 and pitched a one-hitter, yielding just a two-out single in the fourth by Chelsea Mitchell. ...
Men’s lacrosse:
No. 16 Syracuse beat No. 6 Virginia 9-8 on Kevin Rice's goal in overtime at the Carrier Dome.
Virginia opened a 128-point lead on Virginia Tech at the
W&M set seven school records Friday and stood second to
Freshman Charley Bowles, a Tabb High graduate, swam the 400-yard individual medley in 3:56.97 to reach the finals.
Women’s swimming:
W&M stood third with 332 points after Friday’s competition at the CAA championships in Fairfax, well behind the top two of Towson (548.5) and
W&M’s Megan Howard placed second in the CAA 50-yard freestyle in a lifetime-best 22.93. She joined Sara Shaner, Noelle Klockner and Greta Schneider to win the 200 free relay in 1:31.89 — the Tribe’s first CAA meet relay victory since 2009.
Men’s tennis:
Despite playing short-handed because of injuries, W&M (6-5) beat Illinois State 4-3 in McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center. The doubles point and singles wins by Adrian Vodislav, John Banks and Ben Hoogland gave the Tribe an insurmountable 4-1 edge.