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Brown Comes To Town To Face Virginia Baseball
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March 30, 2004
‘HOOS UP NEXT?: Virginia (20-7, 5-4 ACC) is set to face the Brown Bears (3-8, 0-0 Ivy League) in a two-game, non-conference series on March 30-31 in Charlottesville, Va. at Davenport Field at the UVa Baseball Stadium. The Cavaliers and Bears are scheduled to meet on Tuesday, March 30th at 5:00 PM and on Wednesday, March 31st at 3:00 PM.
LAST TIME THEY MET: Brown defeated Virginia by the score of 6-4 in the last meeting between the two schools back on March 28, 1990 in Charlottesville.
Andrew Dobies NAMED ACC PITCHER OF THE WEEK: UVa’s Andrew Dobies was named the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Pitcher of the Week (on March 29th) for his performance in Virginia’s 9-2 victory over N.C. State on March 26th in Raleigh, N.C. Dobies, a third-year LHP, pitched 9.0 innings and allowed just two runs on eight hits to go along with a game-high nine strikeouts without walking a single batter. Dobies’ honor marks the fourth time this season a UVa player was named either the ACC Player or Pitcher of the Week. The Cavaliers’ Joe Koshansky (2/16 and 3/15) was twice named the ACC Player of the Week and Casey Lambert (3/15) was named the ACC Pitcher of the Week.
VIRGINIA @ DUKE GAME TIME CHANGED FOR TV: The University of Virginia baseball team’s game time for its contest against the Duke Blue Devils on Saturday, April 3rd has been changed to 12:00 noon. The contest was originally scheduled to begin at 5:00 PM. The game is scheduled to be shown on Fox Sports Net (FSN) as part of FSN’s Atlantic Coast Conference baseball television schedule. The game is the second contest of a three-game ACC series between UVa and Duke scheduled for April 2-4 in Durham, N.C. at Jack Coombs Field. Game one on Friday is still set for 7:00 PM and game three on Sunday is scheduled to begin at 1:30 PM.
OVER & OUT: Virginia has hit 18 home runs this season through its first 27 games, with 17 of those 18 home runs coming off of the bats of Joe Koshansky and Mark Reynolds. Koshansky has hit a team-leading 10 home runs and Reynolds has hit seven home runs. Matt Dunn, the only Cavalier other than Koshansky and Reynolds, has hit one home run and it was UVa’s first of the season in the Cavaliers’ season-opener on February 13th against North Carolina A&T in his first at-bat.
2004 Home Runs
No. Player (Runs) Date Opponent (Game #)1. Matt Dunn (1) 2/13 @ North Carolina A&T (1)2. Joe Koshansky (3) 2/13 @ North Carolina A&T (1)3. Joe Koshansky (1) 2/14 @ North Carolina A&T (2)4. Joe Koshansky (2) 2/19 Maryland-Eastern Shore (4)5. Mark Reynolds (2) 2/24 James Madison (7)6. Mark Reynolds (1) 3/2 @ Richmond (11)7. Joe Koshansky (1) 3/2 @ Richmond (11)8. Joe Koshansky (1) 3/5 Central Connecticut (12)9. Mark Reynolds (3) 3/6 Central Connecticut (13)10. Joe Koshansky (1) 3/7 Central Connecticut (14)11. Joe Koshansky (2) 3/12 @ Georgia Tech (17)12. Mark Reynolds (1) 3/12 @ Georgia Tech (17)13. Mark Reynolds (1) 3/12 @ Georgia Tech (17)14. Joe Koshansky (1) 3/13 @ Georgia Tech (18)15. Mark Reynolds (1) 3/21 North Carolina (23)16. Joe Koshansky (2) 3/21 North Carolina (23)17. Joe Koshansky (1) 3/24 @ George Mason (24)18. Mark Reynolds (2) 3/28 @ N.C. State (27)
VIRGINIA BASEBALL NATIONAL RANKINGS
BASEBALL AMERICA TOP-25 POLLDate UVa's Ranking UVa's RecordPreseason Not Ranked 0-0, 0-0 ACCFebruary 9 Not Ranked 0-0, 0-0 ACCFebruary 16 Not Ranked 3-0, 0-0 ACCFebruary 23 Not Ranked 5-1, 0-0 ACCMarch 1 Not Ranked 9-1, 0-0 ACCMarch 8 Not Ranked 13-1, 0-0 ACCMarch 15 #19 17-2, 3-0 ACCMarch 22 #25 18-5, 4-2 ACCMarch 29 Not Ranked 20-7, 5-4 ACC
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL TOP-30 POLLDate UVa’s Ranking UVa’s RecordPreseason Not Ranked 0-0, 0-0 ACCFebruary 9 Not Ranked 0-0, 0-0 ACCFebruary 16 Not Ranked 3-0, 0-0 ACCFebruary 23 Not Ranked 5-1, 0-0 ACCMarch 1 Not Ranked 9-1, 0-0 ACCMarch 8 Not Ranked 13-1, 0-0 ACCMarch 15 #20 17-2, 3-0 ACCMarch 22 Not Ranked 18-5, 4-2 ACCMarch 29 Not Ranked 20-7, 5-4 ACC
SPORTS WEEKLY/ESPN COACHES TOP-25 POLLDate UVa’s Ranking UVa’s RecordPreseason Receiving Votes (5) 0-0, 0-0 ACCFebruary 9 Receiving Votes (5) 0-0, 0-0 ACCFebruary 16 Receiving Votes (15) 3-0, 0-0 ACCFebruary 23 Receiving Votes (12) 5-1, 0-0 ACCMarch 1 Receiving Votes (1) 9-1, 0-0 ACCMarch 8 Receiving Votes (33) 13-1, 0-0 ACCMarch 15 #20 17-2, 3-0 ACCMarch 22 Receiving Votes (82) 18-5, 4-2 ACCMarch 29 Receiving Votes (22) 20-7, 5-4 ACC
NCBWA TOP-35 POLLDate UVa’s Ranking UVa’s RecordPreseason Not Ranked 0-0, 0-0 ACCFebruary 9 Not Ranked 0-0, 0-0 ACCFebruary 16 Not Ranked 3-0, 0-0 ACCFebruary 23 Not Ranked 5-1, 0-0 ACCMarch 1 Receiving Votes 9-1, 0-0 ACCMarch 8 Receiving Votes 13-1, 0-0 ACCMarch 15 #25 17-2, 3-0 ACCMarch 22 #31 18-5, 4-2 ACCMarch 29 #29 20-7, 5-4 ACC
ROAD WARRIORS: Virginia’s record away from home this year stands at 10-3 on the road. UVa’s 10 road wins already exceeds its total for road victories in all of last season. In 2003, Virginia was 8-14 in road contests.
THIEVES ON THE BASE PATHS: Virginia has burned its opponents so far this season when it has runners on base. Through its first 27 games, UVa is 51-for-59 in stolen base attempts, compared to just 9-for-14 for its opponents. The Cavaliers are averaging nearly six stolen bases to every one for their opponent.
100-PLUS CLUB: Heading into its two games against Brown, Virginia has outscored its opponents by more than 100 runs through its first 27 games this season. UVa has outscored its opponents during that stretch 217-114.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Virginia is currently in a stretch that will see the Cavaliers on the road for a three-game series in four of five consecutive weekends, which started with UVa’s three-game ACC series at N.C. State on March 26-28. Virginia will travel to Durham, N.C. to play Duke on April 2-4 before returning home to face Clemson on April 9-11. UVa will then hits the road for back-to-back weekend series to face Maryland on April 16-18 in College Park, Md. before rounding things out with a trip to Coral Gables, Fla. to face Miami on April 23-25.
VIRGINIA IN THREE-GAME WEEKEND SERIES ACTION: Virginia is 14-4 in games played in its six, three-game weekend series against North Carolina A&T (February 13-15), Seton Hall (February 27-29), Central Connecticut State (March 5-7), Georgia Tech (March 12-14), North Carolina (March 19-21) and N.C. State (March 26-28). Here is a look at Virginia’s results against its opponents in three-game weekend series:
Date UVa's Opponent Result2/13 @ North Carolina A&T W, 10-72/14 @ North Carolina A&T W, 9-32/15 @ North Carolina A&T W, 12-52/27 Seton Hall W, 3-22/28 Seton Hall W, 17-12/29 Seton Hall W, 4-33/5 Central Connecticut State W, 17-13/6 Central Connecticut State W, 10-03/7 Central Connecticut State W, 9-43/12 @ Georgia Tech W, 4-33/13 @ Georgia Tech W, 2-13/14 @ Georgia Tech W, 8-53/19 North Carolina L, 5-33/20 North Carolina L, 8-43/21 North Carolina W, 6-23/26 @ N.C. State W, 9-23/27 @ N.C. State L, 12-13/28 @ N.C. State L, 8-7
ONE FINE FEBRUARY: Virginia finished the month of February with a record of 9-1 overall. UVa was 6-1 at home and 3-0 on the road for the month.
MARCH-ING ON: After posting a 9-1 record in the month of February, Virginia stands 11-6 in the month of March. The Cavaliers are 4-3 at home and 7-3 on the road.
O’CONNOR-METER: First-year Virginia head baseball coach Brian O’Connor’s career coaching record stands at 20-7, 5-4 in the ACC.
VIRGINIA NAMED COLLEGEBASEBALLINSIDER.COM TEAM OF THE WEEK: Virginia was named the CollegeBaseballInsider.com Team of the Week for games played on March 8-14. Virginia received the honor after the Cavaliers won four consecutive road games against ranked teams by defeating the then #28 ranked UNC Greensboro Spartans in Greensboro, N.C. on March 10th by the score of 9-1 before sweeping the then #17 ranked Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (4-3, 2-1, 8-5) on March 12-14 at Russ Chandler Stadium in Atlanta, Ga. UVa’s three-game sweep over Georgia Tech marked the first time the Cavaliers had ever swept a three-game series over the Yellow Jackets in baseball.
UVA ENDS GEORGE MASON’S 18-GAME HOME WINNING STREAK: Virginia recorded a 9-5 victory over the George Mason Patriots on March 24th in Fairfax, Va. to snap GMU’s 18-game home winning streak at Spuhler Field. UVa turned a 5-2 deficit into a four-run victory by scoring seven unanswered runs to claim its ninth road win of the year, which is one more road win than the Cavaliers had in all of last season when they finished 8-14 away from Charlottesville.