Colleges roundup: Virginia men's tennis advances to round of 16

The Cavaliers picked up the doubles point Saturday after senior Luca Corinteli and freshman Carl Soderlund prevailed 6-1, and seniors Thai-Son Kwiatkowski and Alexander Ritschard won their match 6-3.

In singles, the Cavaliers won the first set on five of six courts. The bottom three courts closed out straight-set victories to punch the Cavaliers’ ticket to Athens. Junior Henrik Wiersholm was the first to finish, picking up a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Timothy Wang. Senior J.C. Aragone downed Adam Ambrozy 6-2, 6-3. For the second straight match, junior Collin Altamirano was the player to clinch the victory. He defeated Alex Keyser 6-3, 6-1.

Virginia, the defending NCAA champion, has won three of the past four NCAA titles (2013, 2015 and 2016) and has reached the semifinals in nine of the past 10 seasons.

♦ Sewanee defeated Washington and Lee 5-3 in the second round of the Division III tournament on Saturday in Atlanta.

The Tigers grabbed a 2-1 advantage after doubles, claiming the No. 3 doubles match via a tiebreaker, 9-8 (8-6).

In singles action, senior Will Bannister won 7-5, 6-1 at No. 2 and junior Mac Zheng won 6-2, 6-3 at No. 4. However, W&L couldn’t produce another singles win and Sewanee closed the match with a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 5 singles.

The Tigers improved to 22-3 overall, while the Generals’ finished the 2016-17 season with a 16-7 mark.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

W&M falls to Mississippi

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Mississippi defeated William & Mary 4-1 in the opening round of the NCAA tournament at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. The match was moved indoors because of inclement weather.

Tribe freshman Rosie Cheng and junior Olivia Thaler posted a 7-5 win at the No. 2 doubles position over Natalie Suk and Zalina Khairudinova. W&M’s Marie Faure and Lauren Goodman had a pair of match points against Arianne Hartono and Alexa Bortles, but the the Rebels twosome won the final three games to claim a 7-5 victory.

Ole Miss clinched the doubles point with a close victory at No. 3, as Tea Jandric and Anna Vrbenska defeated Cecily Wuenscher and Natalia Perry 7-6 (3) in a tiebreaker.

After an Ole Miss win at No. 5 extended the lead to 2-0, W&M fought back with first-set wins at the top four positions. Cheng enjoyed a commanding performance at the third spot, cruising to a 6-1, 6-2 victory against Khairudinova.

Ole Miss’ Arianne Hartono increased her team’s lead to 3-1 with a 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 win against Faure at No. 1.

Both Perry (No. 2) and Goodman (No. 4) took opening sets for the Tribe, but their matches were abandoned when the team result was decided.

Ole Miss secured its victory at No. 6, as Bortles defeated Wuenscher 6-4, 6-3.

MEN’S LACROSSE

Salisbury takes down H-SC

SALISBURY, Md. — Hampden-Sydney struck first Saturday but couldn’t keep up with top-ranked Salisbury, which scored seven unanswered goals in the first quarter en route to a 25-12 victory in the third round of the Division III tournament.

The Tigers opened the scoring as Ian Levin forced a turnover and found Connor Pool for the opening goal. The Sea Gulls took control from there, recording seven consecutive goals to take a 7-1 lead with 1:13 left in the first quarter. Levin responded with a goal at 1:06, and Pool scored his second with 10 seconds left to cut the deficit to 7-3.

The Sea Gulls opened the second quarter with three consecutive goals before Hunter Brown scored on an outside shot to put the Tigers down 10-4 with 7:42 remaining in the half. Salisbury reeled off the next four goals to go into halftime ahead 14-4.

Salisbury continued its dominating play in the third, outscoring Hampden-Sydney 8-1 to take a 22-5 lead. The Tigers finished strongly, outscoring the Sea Gulls 7-3 in the fourth. Hampden-Sydney’s 12 goals were the most Salisbury has allowed all season.

Nathan Blondino finished with seven goals and four assists for Salisbury.

Levin finished with 8 points on four goals and four assists. He set the Tigers’ season mark for goals with 57.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

JMU wins NCAA opener

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — James Madison yielded just two second-half goals and used a 5-0 run down the stretch to earn a 12-6 win against Louisville in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Friday night at the Penn State Lacrosse Field.

The Dukes improved to 14-6 and advance to today’s second round against No. 4 Penn State, while the Cardinals’ season ended at 11-8.

Junior attacker Kristen Gaudian scored a game-high four goals, to go with two ground balls, and senior attacker Margaret Tucker Fogarty netted three goals to lead the offense. Junior midfielder Elena Romesburg had two goals, junior attacker Katie Kerrigan tallied 3 points off a goal and two assists and senior attacker Leah Monticello dished out a game-high three assists.

Senior goalkeeper Emily Poelma made six saves to earn the win in her first career start in the NCAA tournament. After Louisville scored on three consecutive free positions, Poelma held the Cards to just 1 of 4 the rest of the way.

The Dukes controlled the pace throughout, outshooting the Cardinals 25-16, including 20-12 in shots on goal.

SOFTBALL

R-MC shut out by Averett

ASHLAND — Averett used a combination of big hits and great pitching to knock off Randolph-Macon College 8-0 in six innings in the opening game of the NCAA regional.

Averett (29-18) advanced to play in today’s winner’s bracket game at 11 a.m. against Virginia Wesleyan (44-2), which defeated Franklin & Marshall 5-0. Randolph-Macon (33-10) will face Franklin & Marshall (17-22) in an elimination game at 1:30 p.m.

Freshman Kaitlyn Aherron gave Averett an early 2-0 lead in the first inning with a two-run homer off the scoreboard in right field. That momentum gave the right-hander and her team all the confidence they needed to defeat regional host Randolph-Macon (33-10).

Aherron (16-8) tossed a one-hit shutout while striking out five and allowing three walks to earn the victory.

Averett extended its lead to 4-0 in the second on a solo homer by freshman Breanna Murphy and sacrifice fly by senior Jessica Long.

The Cougars tacked on two more runs in the third on freshman Nicole Cauthen’s two-run double, then went ahead 7-0 in the top of the fifth on sophomore Andrea Grant’s solo homer.

Savannah Wood recorded Randolph-Macon’s only hit with a first-inning single.

BASEBALL

U.Va. splits with Miami

CHARLOTTESVILLE — After being held to one run in the day’s first game, Virginia put up 13 runs in the second game to split Saturday’s doubleheader against visiting Miami. The Hurricanes won the opener 5-1, while the Cavaliers claimed a 13-6 victory in Game 2.

Trailing by four runs in the second inning of the nightcap, Virginia rallied for eight runs. Cameron Simmons had a two-run single, while Justin Novak, Ernie Clement and Jake McCarthy each had RBI singles. Pavin Smith, Robbie Coman and Caleb Knight drew consecutive bases-loaded walks.

The Cavaliers pushed across five more runs in the sixth, including a grand slam by Simmons.

In the first game, Miami pitcher Jeb Bargfeldt went the distance and gave up just one run, three hits and struck out six. Adam Haseley had two of those hits for the Cavaliers as he finished 2 for 4 with the team’s lone RBI, a solo home run in the fourth.

Game 1

Miami 103 001 000 — 5 7 0

Virginia 000 100 000 — 1 3 0

W: Jeb Bargfeldt (6-3). L: Daniel Lynch (6-3). HR: M: Gonzalez (11); V: Haseley (13).

Game 2

Miami 130 002 000 — 6 9 0

Virginia 080 005 000 — 13 10 1

W: Alec Bettinger (8-0). L: Gregory Veliz (4-4). HR: V: Simmons (6). Records: Miami 25-25, 13-12 ACC; Virginia 37-12, 15-11 ACC.

North Carolina 9-4, Virginia Tech 4-8: The host Hokies built a four-run lead through three innings en route to a 8-4 victory in Game 2, bouncing back from a 9-4 loss in the first game.

In Game 2, Jake Owens had a solo home run and Tom Stoffel had a two-run homer to give Virginia Tech a 3-1 lead after the first inning. The Hokies added three runs in the third on Sam Fragale’s RBI double and Nick Anderson’s two-run homer. They added a run apiece in the fifth and sixth innings to cruise to the win.

In the first game, after a back-and-forth affair through four innings, Virginia Tech was held scoreless in the final five innings as the Tar Heels got the upper hand. North Carolina took the lead for good on a two-run homer by Tyler Lynn in the sixth and tacked on three more in the ninth.

Game 1

North Carolina 020 112 003 — 9 9 1

Virginia Tech 102 100 000 — 4 7 1

W: Rodney Hutchison Jr. (6-3). L: Connor Coward (5-3). HR: NC: Lynn, Miller, Riley; VT: Tufts (9).

Game 2

North Carolina 101 010 100 — 4 11 0

Virginia Tech 303 011 00X — 8 12 1

W: Kit Scheetz (4-2). L: Luca Dalatri (5-3). HR: NC: Warmoth; VT: Anderson (5), Owens (4), Stoffel (7). Records: North Carolina 40-10, 20-6 ACC; Virginia Tech 22-28, 9-17.

VCU 5, Liberty 4: Alex Gransback’s RBI single in the ninth inning lifted the Rams to a victory against the visiting Flames.

Liberty rallied with four runs in the ninth inning to tie the game. Eric Grabowski singled home Jake Barbee for the Flames’ first run. Sammy Taormina then scored on Cam Locklear’s bases-load walk. Grabowski and Josh Barrick both came around when Will Shepherd reached on a fielding error.

In the bottom half, Ching led off with a double. He later advanced to third on a wild pitch. And, after Logan Farrar was intentionally walked with two outs, Gransback came through with his game-winning hit.

Liberty 000 000 004 — 4 5 1

VCU 000 010 031 — 5 9 1

W: Sam Donko (3-3). L: Eric Grabowski (1-2). HR: VCU: Carpenter (12). Records: Liberty 29-19; VCU 30-19.

Richmond 11, Saint Louis 7: Richmond’s Jonathan de Marte smashed a grand slam in the 10th inning to lift the visiting Spiders past the Billikens.

Richmond’s Kurtis Brown tied the game at 7 with a solo homer in the ninth. Dalton Light retired the Saint Louis batters in order in the bottom half to send the game into extras.

R.J. Watters led off the 10th with a double for Richmond. Vinny Capra then walked with one out, before Daniel Brumbaugh was intentionally walked to load the bases. That set up de Marte’s grand slam, down the left-field line, to help Richmond avenge its loss in the series opener Friday.

Richmond 000 105 001 4 — 11 15 0

Saint Louis 000 331 000 0 — 7 11 1

W: Dalton Light (1-1). L: Ryan Lefner (0-5). HR: R: Brown (1), de Marte (5); S: Case (4), Dubet (2). Records: Richmond 17-31, 6-13 Atlantic 10; Saint Louis 28-19, 9-9.

GEORGE MASON 5, RHODE ISLAND 4

George Mason 400 001 000 — 5 8 0

Rhode Island 400 000 000 — 4 5 1

W: Brian Marconi (6-5). L: Dom Grillo (3-1). S: Tyler Tobin (5). HR: G: Nelin(7); R: Hess (4), Ulliana (2). Records: George Mason 24-29, 11-10 Atlantic 10; Rhode Island 29-18, 17-6.

LONGWOOD 7, UNC ASHEVILLE 1

Longwood 140 000 020 — 7 6 0

UNC Asheville 000 000 001 — 1 5 4

W: Steven Farkas (2-2). L: Greg Gasparro (3-4) HR: UNC: Woods (5). Records: Longwood 18-31, 6-14 Big South; UNC Asheville 20-28, 9-11.

FURMAN 4-8, VMI 1-2

Game 1

VMI 000 000 010 — 1 4 0

Furman 000 000 40X — 4 8 0

W: Grant Schuermann (6-4). L: Josh Winder (6-5). HR: V: Hollifield (1); F: Kay (10).

Game 2

VMI 000 000 002 — 2 6 0

Furman 030 002 03X — 8 14 0

W: Will Gaddis (7-3). L: Brandon Barbery (0-9). HR: V: Tharp (16); F: Crawford (2), Whitehead (10). Records: VMI 20-29, 6-14 SoCon; Furman 27-23, 14-9.

HIGH POINT 6-2, RADFORD 5-3

Game 1

High Point 000 401 001 — 6 9 1

Radford 140 000 000 — 5 7 2

W: Jeremy Johnson (3-2). L: A Gerber (4-3). HR: HP: Jackson (7).

Game 2

High Point 011 000 000 — 2 7 3

Radford 102 000 00X — 3 6 1

W: Danny Hrbek (4-4). L: Drew Daczkowski (5-4). S: Kyle Zurak (7). HR: HP: Zente (9). Records: High Point 27-19, 13-10 Big South; Radford 21-28, 9-11

JAMES MADISON 5-4, HOFSTRA 1-3

Game 1

Hofstra 000 000 100 —1 7 1

James Madison 003 001 10X — 5 7 1

W: Colton Harlow (3-2). L: John Rooney (4-8). HR: H: Cillis (5); J: Johnson (11), Sisk (9).

Game 2

Hofstra 100 200 000 00 — 3 8 1

James Madison 003 000 000 01 — 4 7 0

W: Kevin Kelly (5-2). L: Chris Weiss (5-3). HR: H: Costello (7); J: Sisk (10). Records: Hofstra 13-34, 6-14 CAA; James Madison 24-22, 7-13.

OLD DOMINION 21, FIU 1

Game 1

FIU 000 000 010 — 1 4 1

Old Dominion 100 781 40X — 21 19 2

W: S. Sinnen (4-3). L: M. Agis (1-3). HR: ODU: Bishop, Pasquantino.

Game 2

FIU 201 205 000 — 10 17 0

Old Dominion 123 000 300 — 9 15 3

W: Tyler Myrick (5-2). L: Adam Bainbridge (7-3). S: Dominic LoBrutto (4). HR: F: Schaaf (3); O: Lopez (6). Records: FIU 28-24, 12-14 C-USA; Old Dominion 34-16, 17-9.