Outcry continues
Like many Web sites that cover the sport, CollegeBaseballInsider.com was stunned by the NCAA selection committee's treatment of ACC champion Virginia.
The Cavaliers (43-12-1) were shipped to the four-team regional in Irvine, Calif., where Friday night they'll face the nation's No.1 pitcher, San Diego State right-hander Stephen Strasburg, in the first round of the double-elimination tournament.
"It's laughable the way Virginia was treated," said Sean Ryan, an editor at CollegeBaseballInsider.com and a former University of Richmond player.
"It won the ACC tournament and has a RPI of 6, and its reward is to be sent across the country for the second year in a row, this time to UC Irvine, the best team in college baseball for most of the year. It's almost as if [the NCAA selection committee] didn't even wait to see what happened in the ACC title game.
"I doubt Irvine is amused either. Its reward for being one of the best teams is the toughest regional by a long shot."
Irvine is seeded No.1 in the regional. U.Va. is No.2, San Diego State is No.3 and defending NCAA champion Fresno State is No.4.
Camping out
Football coach Al Groh and his staff will stage several camps at U.Va. next month.
A camp for offensive and defensive linemen will be held June 20. It's open to boys who'll be in grades 8-12 during the 2009-10 academic year.
One-day camps, also for boys who'll be in grades 8-12 in 2009-10, will be held June 25 and June 26. Finally, a camp for boys and girls ages 6 to 13 will be held June 27 at Scott Stadium.
For more information, visit algrohfootballcamp.com.
Impeccable timing
When he came to the plate in the top of the ninth inning Sunday afternoon at Durham Bulls Athletic Park, U.Va. freshman John Hicks was 0 for 4 in the ACC championship game.
In one of those at-bats, the former Goochland High star had fanned with two outs and the bases loaded.
"I had a tough day before that," Hicks acknowledged Monday when he asked about his final at-bat.
This time, though, with the bases loaded and the score 3-3 with one out, Hicks delivered. His two-run single put the Cavaliers ahead for good in their 6-3 victory over the Seminoles.
"I knew that I could hit," Hicks said. "I just tried to keep my confidence up."
End of an era
Doug Tarring, who in 1972 played on the first U.Va. men's lacrosse team to win an NCAA title, has retired as coach of the boys team at St. Anne's-Belfield School in Charlottesville.
Tarring went out with a flourish. STAB beat St. Stephen's & St. Agnes 9-8 this month in the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association's Division I championship game in Richmond.
The state title was the Saints' seventh under Tarring, whose record in 31 seasons was 407-132. STAB also won state championships in 1980,'82,'86,'89, 2000 and'08.
Tarring's stars this season included three U.Va. recruits: senior defenseman Howie Long, junior attackman Owen Van Arsdale and junior goalie Austin Geisler. Van Arsdale's father, Marc, is Virginia's associate head coach.
Lacrosse players cited
Virginia, which lost to Cornell in the NCAA semifinals Saturday, placed three players on the U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association's All-America first team: senior attackman Danny Glading, sophomore midfielder Shamel Bratton and junior defenseman Ken Clausen.
Clausen is a repeat selection. Glading was named to the third team in 2007 and the second team in'08.
The USILA's All-America third team includes two Cavaliers: junior midfielder Brian Carroll and senior attackman Garrett Billings. Carroll was a third-team pick in 2008. -- Jeff White
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