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Feb. 9, 2004
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The University of Virginia baseball team will begin the regular season portion of its 2004 schedule on February 13-15 when the Cavaliers travel to Greensboro, N.C. to face the North Carolina A&T Aggies in a three-game non-conference series at War Memorial Stadium. UVa will face N.C. A&T on Friday, February 13th at 2:00 PM, Saturday, February 14th at noon and Sunday, February 15th at noon.
Virginia’s season-opening series with North Carolina A&T will also mark the UVa debut of first-year head coach Brian O’Connor. O’Connor, who spent the last nine seasons as a member of the University of Notre Dame coaching staff, will look to guide the Cavaliers to their first season-opening victory since 2002.
In the last meeting between the two schools, Virginia defeated North Carolina A&T by the score of 25-1 back on March 11, 2002 in Greensboro, N.C. In that contest, the Cavaliers jumped out to an early 9-0 lead after four innings of play and never looked back en route to a 24-point victory. UVa’s Rob Newton hit a grand slam in the contest after going 2-for-2 at the plate with five RBI and two runs, while RHP Jeff Kamrath picked up the win on the mound after tossing 7.0 innings and allowed just one run on three hits to go along with two strikeouts.
North Carolina A&T (0-2) opened its season last weekend and dropped a pair of 2-1 decisions to Wofford in Greensboro, N.C. Last season, the Aggies were 13-36-1 with a record of 6-14 at War Memorial Stadium. In 2003, Virginia finished the year 29-25 overall with a record of 8-14 on the road.
UVa’s last season-opening victory occurred on February 16, 2002 when the Cavaliers defeated Bucknell by the score of 10-3 in Chaarlottesville, Va. Virginia’s last victory in its first road game of the season occurred on February 24, 2002 after posting a 5-4 win over The Citadel in Charleston, S.C.