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Baseball to Play Virginia in Fall Exhibition at USA Baseball Complex
9/14/2017 4:00:00 PM | Baseball
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DAVIDSON, N.C. -- Fresh off their magical ride last season when they advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals for the first time in program history, Davidson baseball has announced they will face Virginia in a fall exhibition, held at the USA Baseball Complex in Cary, N.C.
The two squads will face off on Sunday, October 15, with first pitch slated for 2:00 p.m. At this time, no ticket information is available.
The Cavaliers have one of the most storied programs in recent college baseball history, winning the NCAA Championship in 2015, a year after finishing as runner-ups. In fact, Virginia has been a NCAA participant in each of head coach Brian O'Connor's 14 seasons at the helm. O'Connor has seen 15 former players reach Major League status, including Gold Glove winner Ryan Zimmerman.
Davidson had a historic 2017 season, where the Wildcats earned the program's first conference title in its 115-year existence after winning the Atlantic 10 Championship as the number six seed this past May. The team went on to sweep the Chapel Hill Regional, the second number four seed to ever do so and only the sixth to ever advance from a regional. The 'Cats went on to play the longest Game 1 in Super Regional history, a 15-inning thriller against Texas A&M in College Station, Texas.
The team was led by a group of trusty veterans in senior Durin O'Linger led the pitching staff and earned legendary status during the postseason after for his mound demeanor, appearance, and workload, classmate Will Robertson became the most decorated Wildcat in school history, earning four All-American plaudits and being named a finalist for the NCAA Breakout Player of the Year, and backstop Jake Sidwell, who made perhaps the play of the tournament at home plate during the Regional Championship. Sidwell also made program history as the school's first ever Gold Glove finalist.
Davidson and Virginia will both begin their 2018 campaigns in mid-February.
DAVIDSON, N.C. -- Fresh off their magical ride last season when they advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals for the first time in program history, Davidson baseball has announced they will face Virginia in a fall exhibition, held at the USA Baseball Complex in Cary, N.C.
The two squads will face off on Sunday, October 15, with first pitch slated for 2:00 p.m. At this time, no ticket information is available.
The Cavaliers have one of the most storied programs in recent college baseball history, winning the NCAA Championship in 2015, a year after finishing as runner-ups. In fact, Virginia has been a NCAA participant in each of head coach Brian O'Connor's 14 seasons at the helm. O'Connor has seen 15 former players reach Major League status, including Gold Glove winner Ryan Zimmerman.
Davidson had a historic 2017 season, where the Wildcats earned the program's first conference title in its 115-year existence after winning the Atlantic 10 Championship as the number six seed this past May. The team went on to sweep the Chapel Hill Regional, the second number four seed to ever do so and only the sixth to ever advance from a regional. The 'Cats went on to play the longest Game 1 in Super Regional history, a 15-inning thriller against Texas A&M in College Station, Texas.
The team was led by a group of trusty veterans in senior Durin O'Linger led the pitching staff and earned legendary status during the postseason after for his mound demeanor, appearance, and workload, classmate Will Robertson became the most decorated Wildcat in school history, earning four All-American plaudits and being named a finalist for the NCAA Breakout Player of the Year, and backstop Jake Sidwell, who made perhaps the play of the tournament at home plate during the Regional Championship. Sidwell also made program history as the school's first ever Gold Glove finalist.
Davidson and Virginia will both begin their 2018 campaigns in mid-February.
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