Virginia & Florida State Set To Open ACC Series Tonight

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May 7, 2004

‘HOOS UP NEXT?: Virginia (36-9, 14-4 ACC) is set to face the Florida State Seminoles (29-17, 8-7 ACC) on May 7-9 at Davenport Field at the UVa Baseball Stadium. UVa and FSU are scheduled to meet on Friday, May 7th at 7:00 PM, Saturday, May 8th at 7:00 PM and Sunday, May 9th at 1:00 PM.

LAST TIME THEY MET: Florida State defeated Virginia three games to none when the Seminoles swept the Cavaliers the last time the two schools met on March 14-16 in 2003 in Tallahassee, Florida. FSU defeated UVa 9-1 on March 14th, 4-0 on March 15th and 5-4 on March 16th.

UVA’S PROBABLE PITCHING FOR VIRGINIA VS. FLORIDA STATE: Virginia is expected to throw its usual weekend rotation this weekend (May 7-9) when the Cavaliers host the Florida State Seminoles in a three-game ACC series at Davenport Field at the UVa Baseball Stadium. UVa is expected to go with Andrew Dobies (LHP, 6-1, 2.13 ERA, 80 K) on Friday, Matt Avery (RHP, 4-2, 2.85 ERA, 37 K) on Saturday and Joe Koshansky (LHP, 7-1, 2.45 ERA, 62 K) on Sunday. Florida State is expected to counter with Rhett James (RHP, 5-2, 3.22 ERA, 63 K) on Friday, Brian Schultz (LHP, 5-0, 2.50 ERA, 42 K) on Saturday and a pitcher to be determined on Sunday.

NEVER SAY NEVER: Virginia will be setting out to do something it has never done before in baseball – sweep the Florida State Seminoles in an ACC series. Florida State is the only ACC school that Virginia has not swept in an ACC series in Charlottesville. FSU is also one of only three schools along with Clemson and North Carolina that UVa has not swept in an ACC series on the road.

CARDIAC CAVALIERS HAVE CLAIMED 14 COMEBACK/PULL-OUT VICTORIES THIS SEASON: The University of Virginia baseball team is enjoying one of its best seasons ever in the history of the program. The Cavaliers have played a total of 45 games, with 36 of those 45 contests resulting in a UVa victory. Of those 36 victories, 14 of the wins were either recorded with a late inning comeback or by breaking a tie ball game late in the contest. Virginia has won nine games by comeback and five more games by pulling out a tie contest in either the eighth, ninth or extra innings. UVa has also won 10 of the 12 one-run games it has played in this season.

VIRGINIA’S CURRENT RANKINGS: Virginia enters the week of May 3rd ranked #7 by Collegiate Baseball, #15 by Baseball America, #18 by Sports Weekly/ESPN and #20 by the NCBWA.

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 ACCApril 5		Not Ranked		25-7, 8-4 ACCApril 12		#23			29-7, 11-4 ACCApril 19		#15			32-7, 14-4 ACCApril 26		#17			35-9, 14-4 ACCMay 3		#15			36-9, 14-4 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 ACCApril 5 #29 25-7, 8-4 ACCApril 12 #23 29-7, 11-4 ACCApril 19 #15 32-7, 14-4 ACCApril 26 #10 35-9, 14-4 ACCMay 3 #7 36-9, 14-4 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 ACCApril 5 Receiving Votes (50) 25-7, 8-4 ACCApril 12 #23 29-7, 11-4 ACCApril 19 #17 32-7, 14-4 ACCApril 26 #21 35-9, 14-4 ACCMay 3 #18 36-9, 14-4 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 ACCApril 5 #27 25-7, 8-4 ACCApril 12 #24 29-7, 11-4 ACCApril 19 #20 32-7, 14-4 ACCApril 26 #20 35-9, 14-4 ACCMay 3 #20 36-9, 14-4 ACC

VIRGINIA LEADS THE ACC IN CONFERENCE & OVERALL OVERALL VICTORIES: Granted, every school plays a different schedule, but as of May 7th, Virginia has recorded an ACC-leading 36 overall victories and stands in first place in the conference with 14 ACC victories.

O’CONNOR-METER: First-year Virginia head baseball coach Brian O’Connor’s career coaching record stands at 36-9, 14-4 in the ACC.

‘HOOS BY THE MONTH: 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. Virginia then turned in a record of 13-6 in the month of March. The Cavaliers were 6-3 at home and 7-3 on the road for the month. In April, Virginia went 14-2 record overall after going 6-0 at home and 8-2 on the road. Here is a look at UVa’s record by the month:

Month		Record		Home		AwayFebruary		9-1		6-1		3-0March		13-6		6-3		7-3April		14-2		6-0		8-2May		0-0		0-0		0-0

VIRGINIA IN THREE-GAME WEEKEND SERIES ACTION: Virginia is 24-6 and has won seven of its ten series in its 10, three-game weekend series this year. UVa has played 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), N.C. State (March 26-28), Duke (April 2-4), Clemson (April 9-10), Maryland (April 16-18) and Miami (April 23-25). 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, 8-74/2	@ Duke			W, 8-14/3	@ Duke			W, 6-54/4	@ Duke			W, 3-14/9	Clemson			W, 5-14/10	Clemson			W, 4-34/10	Clemson			W, 3-14/16	@ Maryland		W, 5-34/17	@ Maryland		W, 7-64/18	@ Maryland		W, 2-14/23	@ Miami			L, 8-04/24	@ Miami			L, 22-34/25	@ Miami			W, 4-3

OVER & OUT: Virginia has hit 24 home runs this season, with 22 of those 24 home runs coming off of the bats of Joe Koshansky and Mark Reynolds. Koshansky has hit a team-leading 13 home runs and Reynolds has hit nine home runs. Matt Dunn and Matt Street are the only other Cavaliers other than Koshansky and Reynolds to hit a home run. Dunn hit UVa’s first HR of the season in the Cavaliers’ season-opener on February 13th against North Carolina A&T in his first at-bat, and Street blasted a grand slam in Virginia’s 21-10 victory over Virginia Tech on April 21st.