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1 Virginia baseball facebook.com/uvabaseball Baseball Contact: Scott Fitzgerald O: (434) C: (908) MARch Games charlottesville, Va. disharoon park game information Date/Time... March 16-4 p.m. March p.m. Television... ACC Network Extra Radio... WINA 1070 FM/98.9 AM (Sat. only) Live Audio/Stats...VirginiaSports.com National Rankings uva BC RPI Baseball America D1Baseball NCBWA USA Today/ESPN Collegiate Baseball PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Day Teams pitcher Stats (W-L, ERA, IP, BB, SO) Friday Boston College RHP Jacob Stevens 2-2, 2.95 ERA, 21.1 IP, 7 BB, 27 SO Virginia RHP Derek Casey 2-1, 3.76 ERA, 26.1 IP, 7 BB, 41 SO Saturday Boston College LHP Dan Metzdorf 0-2, ERA, 13.1 IP, 8 BB, 7 SO Virginia LHP Daniel Lynch 1-2, 4.68 ERA, 25.0 IP, 7 BB, 24 SO Sunday Boston College RHP Brian Rapp 2-1, 3.22 ERA, 22.1 IP, 9 BB, 32 SO Virginia RHP Evan Sperling 2-0, 1.96 ERA, 23.0 IP, 10 BB, 35 SO PROBABLE STARTERS BY POSITION (Lineup Subject to Change) VIRGINIA BOSTON COLLEGE Head Coach Brian O Connor Mike Gambino Year at School 15th Season 8th Season Career Record (.726) (.426) Record at School Same Same Record 10-6 (1-2 ACC) 6-8 (1-2 ACC) Record (18-12 ACC) (11-19 ACC) All-Time Series Record Last Win vs Opponent 4/8/16 (3-0) 4/10/16 (5-4, 13 inn.) Last Series Win vs. Opponent 2014 (3-0) 2016 (2-1) Leading Off Virginia has won its last three games at Disharoon Park and own an 8-3 mark at home this season. The Cavaliers are 11-3 under Brian O Connor in ACC home openers and have lost only two home opening ACC series in the last 14 seasons (2004, 2015) Virginia and Boston College meet in league play for the first time since 2016 in which the Eagles captured their first ever series win over the Cavaliers in Chestnut Hill. Boston College is winless in all 12 previous games in Charlottesville. This marks the fourth time Virginia has opened up its ACC home slate against Boston College (2008, 2010, 2014). Midweek Recap Virginia walked off with its 11th victory of the season on Wednesday against James Madison. Freshman Tanner Morris delivered a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning that scored Alex Tappen. Starting pitcher Bobby Nicholson established career-highs in innings pitched (6.0) and strikeouts (7) but did not factor in the decision. Between and, the Cavaliers are 4-0 in games Nicholson starts. Tight Games Wednesday marked the fifth come-from-behind win and third in walk-off fashion for the Cavaliers this season. Virginia has played in seven one-run games in in which it boasts a 5-2 record. The Cavaliers have played in two extra-inning affairs this season, including an 11-inning no-hitter against William & Mary on Feb. 28. In a combined 119 games between 2016 and, the Cavaliers were only involved in four extra-inning contests. Last time vs. BC After posting a shutout in the series opener, Virginia fell in the final two games to BC in its final at bat. In the middle game, Boston College scored the game-winning run in the ninth on an errant throw to first in an attempt to complete an inning-ending strikeout. The Eagles clinched the series on Sunday with walk-off single in the bottom of the 13th inning. The five-hour, one-minute game was the longest by time in program history and the third longest overall. Only five players on the current roster (Charlie Cody, Nate Eikhoff, Jack Gerstenmaier, Justin Novak and Bennett Sousa) have appeared in a game against BC. Pos. No. Name, Class AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-SBa notes C/DH 5 Caleb Knight, Sr nd in the ACC in HBP (7), tied for team lead in runs C 55 Cameron Comer, Jr Three-straight starts at C; caught last 29 innings for UVA 1B 32 Nate Eikhoff, Jr game hit streak, reached safely in all 17 games 2B 19 Andy Weber, Jr T-10th in the ACC in hits, has a hit in 15 of 17 games SS 10 Tanner Morris, Fr GW Sac Fly vs. JMU Wednesday [3B 18 Justin Novak, Sr Ranked 7th on NCAA s Toughest to SO list LF 12 Charlie Cody, Sr nd on team w/ 5 multi-hit games CF 31 Devin Ortiz, Fr Went 2-for-7 vs Duke in first two starts in CF 22 Cameron Richardson, So Struck out only 3 times in 40 ABs, 6 hits in last 6 gms RF 13 Alex Tappen, Fr Batting.412 (7-for-17 in last 5 games 14-consecutive ncaa Tournament Appearances super regionals (9) - 09, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 College world Series (4) , 2011, 2014, National champions Schedule/Results Overall: 11-6 ACC: 1-2 Home: 8-3 Away: 1-3 Neutral: 2-0 Streak: W-1 FEBRUARY (6-3) Fri. 16 at UCF L, 3-6 Sat. 17 vs Samford 1 W, 10-4 Sun. 18 vs Rice 1 W, 3-0 Tues. 20 VMI ACCNE L, 4-9 Fri. 23 Eastern Kentucky ACCNE L, 6-7 Sat. 24 Eastern Kentucky W, 12-3 Sun. 25 Eastern Kentucky ACCNE W, 13-1 Tues. 27 VMI ACCNE W, 10-9 Wed. 28 William & Mary ACCNE W, 4-3 (11) MARCH (5-3) Sat. 3 Yale ACCNE W, 5-4 Sat. 3 Yale ACCNE L, 4-11 Sun. 4 Yale W, 7-6 Tues. 6 Davidson ACCNE W, 12-1 Fri. 9 at Duke* ACCNE L, 3-6 Sat. 10 at Duke* ACCNE W, 3-0 Sat. 10 at Duke* ACCNE L, 2-3 (11) Wed. 14 James Madison ACCNE W, 3-2 Fri. 16 Boston College* ACCNE 4 p.m. Sat. 17 Boston College* ACCNE 1 p.m. Sun. 18 Boston College* ACCNE 1 p.m. Tues. 20 Towson 4 p.m. Wed. 21 Towson ACCNE 4 p.m. Fri. 23 at Miami* ACCNE 7 p.m. Sat. 24 at Miami* ACCNE 7 p.m. Sun. 25 at Miami* ACCNE 1 p.m. Tues. 27 Longwood ACCNE 4 p.m. Wed. 28 at VCU 7 p.m. Fri. 30 at Pittsburgh* ACCNE 3 p.m. Sat. 31 at Pittsburgh* ACCNE 3 p.m. APRIL Sun. 1 at Pittsburgh* ACCNE 1 p.m. Tues. 3 Old Dominion ACCNE 5 p.m. Fri. 6 Virginia Tech* ACCNE 6 p.m. Sat. 7 Virginia Tech* ACCNE 4 p.m. Sun. 8 Virginia Tech* ACCNE 1 p.m. Wed. 11 Radford ACCNE 6 p.m. Fri. 13 North Carolina* ACCNE 6 p.m. Sat. 14 North Carolina* ACCNE 4 p.m. Sun. 15 North Carolina* ACCNE 1 p.m. Tues. 17 George Washington ACCNE 6 p.m. Wed. 18 Liberty ACCNE 6 p.m. Fri. 20 at Louisville* ACCNE 6 p.m. Sat. 21 at Louisville* ACCNE 1 p.m. Sun. 22 at Louisville* ACCNE 1 p.m. Tues. 24 at Old Dominion Noon Fri. 27 Clemson* ACCNE 6 p.m. Sat. 28 Clemson* ACCNE 4 p.m. Sun. 29 Clemson* ACCNE 1 p.m. MAY Tues. 1 VCU 6 p.m. Fri. 11 Georgia Tech* ACCNE 6 p.m. Sat. 12 Georgia Tech* ACCNE 4 p.m. Mon. 14 Georgia Tech* ESPNU 1 p.m. Tues. 15 Richmond 6 p.m. Thu. 17 at Wake Forest* ACCNE 6 p.m. Fri. 18 at Wake Forest* ACCNE 6 p.m. Sat. 19 at Wake Forest* ACCNE 1 p.m. Tue-Sun ACC Championship 2 RSN/ESPN2 JUNE Fri.-Mon. 1-4 Fri.-Mon Fri.-Tue NCAA Regionals 3 (ESPN Networks) NCAA Super Regionals 3 (ESPN Networks) College World Series 4 (ESPN/ESPN2) Home games in BOLD ; *denotes ACC games; all times Eastern: 1 Orlando, Fla., 2 Durham, N.C.; 3 Sites TBA; 4 TD Ameritrade Park, Omaha, Neb. All games can be heard on VirginiaSports.com, with select games airing on WINA 1070-AM/98.9-FM; game times/dates subject to change

2 Virginia Baseball Roster No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 2 Drew Blakely C R/R So. Galesburg, Mich./Gull Lake 3 Jack Weiller INF L/R Jr. Waccabuc, N.Y./John Jay-Cross River 4 Andrew Papantonis INF/OF R/R Fr. Glen Gardner, N.J./Delbarton 5 Caleb Knight C R/R Sr. Checotah, Okla./Connors State 6 Christian Hlinka OF L/R Fr. Frenchtown, N.J./Delaware Valley Regional 7 Devin Ortiz INF/RHP R/R Fr. Nutley, N.J./St. Joseph Regional 8 Brendan Rivoli C L/R Fr. Douglassville, Pa./Daniel Boone 9 Daniel Lynch LHP L/L Jr. Henrico, Va./Douglas Freeman 10 Tanner Morris INF L/R Fr. Crozet, Va./The Miller School 11 Bennett Sousa LHP L/L Sr. North Palm Beach, Fla./The Benjamin School 12 Charlie Cody OF/INF R/R Sr. Chesapeake, Va./Great Bridge 13 Alex Tappen INF/OF R/R Fr. Lower Gwynedd, Pa./Wissahickon 14 Derek Casey RHP R/R Sr. Mechanicsville, Va./Hanover 15 Riley Wilson LHP L/L Sr. Midlothian, Va./Cosby 16 Andrew Abbott LHP L/L Fr. Halifax, Va./Halifax County 18 Justin Novak INF/C R/R Sr. Tokyo, Japan/American School in Japan 19 Andy Weber INF L/R Jr. Aurora, Ohio/Aurora 20 Cameron Simmons OF R/R Jr. Royersford, Pa./Spring-Ford 21 Bobby Nicholson RHP R/R So. Charlottesville, Va./St. Anne s Belfield 22 Cayman Richardson INF R/R So. Mechanicsville, Va./Hanover 23 Grant Donahue RHP R/R Jr. Berlin, Md./Decatur 25 Griff McGarry RHP R/R Fr. Portola Valley, Calif./Menlo 27 Chesdin Harrington RHP R/R Jr. Montpelier, Va./Patrick Henry 28 Noah Murdock RHP R/R So. Colonial Heights, Va./Colonial Heights 29 Blake Rohm RHP R/R Fr. Superior, Colo./Broomfield 30 Jalen Harrison OF R/R So. Palmyra, Va./St. Anne s Belfield 31 Jake McCarthy OF L/L Jr. Scranton, Pa./Scranton 32 Nate Eikhoff INF L/R Jr. Bristow, Va./Patriot 34 Evan Sperling RHP R/R Jr. Poquoson, Va./Grafton 38 Kyle Whitten RHP R/R Fr. Manassas, Va./Osbourn Park 40 Jack Gerstenmaier INF R/R Sr. Richmond, Va./Douglas Freeman 45 Will Allocca C/INF R/R So. Richmond, Va./Collegiate 47 Mack Meyer RHP R/R Gr. San Francisco, Calif./San Francisco/IMG Academy 55 Cameron Comer C/INF L/R Jr. Powell, Ohio/Olentangy Liberty Head Coach: Associate Head Coach: Assistant Coaches: 26 Brian O Connor (Creighton 93), 15th season 44 Kevin McMullan (Indiana-Pa. 90), 15th season 36 Karl Kuhn (Florida 92), 15th season 1 Matt Kirby (William & Mary 03), seventh season 17 Branden Cogswell (Virginia 18), first season Justin Armistead (Virginia 08), third season Joe Bialkoski (North Florida 17), first season Mike Roberts (VMI 12), fourth season Brian McGuire (Slippery Rock 93), 15th season Student Assistant Coach: Asst. AD for Baseball Administration: Baseball Operations Assistant: Coordinator of Video & Scouting: Athletic Trainer: Strength & Conditioning: Ed Nordenschild (UT-Arlington 93) Managers: Evan Duhon, Cameron Brummitt Alphabetical No. Name Pos. 16 Abbott, Andrew...LHP 45 Allocca, Will... C/INF 2 Blakely, Drew... C 14 Casey, Derek...RHP 12 Cody, Charlie... OF/INF 55t Comer, Cameron... C/INF 23 Donahue, Grant...RHP 32 Eikhoff, Nate... INF 40 Gerstenmaier, Jack... INF 27 Harrington, Chesdin...RHP 30 Harrison, Jalen... OF 6 Hlinka, Christian... OF 5 Knight, Caleb... C 9 Lynch, Daniel...LHP 31 McCarthy, Jake... OF 25 McGarry, Griff...RHP 47 Meyer, Mack...RHP 10 Morris, Tanner... INF 28 Murdock, Noah...RHP 21 Nicholson, Bobby...RHP 18 Novak, Justin...INF/C 7 Ortiz, Devin...INF/RHP 4 Papantonis, Andrew... INF 22 Richardson, Cayman... INF 8 Rivoli, Brendan... C 29 Rohm, Blake...RHP 20 Simmons, Cameron... OF 11 Sousa, Bennett...LHP 34 Sperling, Evan...RHP 13 Tappen, Alex... INF 19 Weber, Andy... INF 3 Weiller, Jack... INF 38 Whitten, Kyle...RHP 15 Wilson, Riley...LHP Pronunciations Allocca... uh-lock-uh Comer...COE-mer Eikhoff...IKE-hoff Hlinka... Ha-Linka Gerstenmaier... Ger-sten-myer Kuhn... Kyoon Papantonis... Pap-an-toe-nis Rohm...ROME Sousa...SOO-suh Weber... Webber Weiller... WHY-ler Breakdown by State/ province/country California...2 Colorado...1 Florida...1 Oklahoma...1 Japan...1 Michigan...1 Maryland...1 New York...1 New Jersey...3 Ohio...2 Pennsylvania...4 Virginia Breakdown by Class True Freshman...10 Sophomore...6 Junior...10 Senior...7 Graduate...1

3 Quick Facts THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Name...The University of Virginia Founded... by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 Nicknames...Cavaliers, Wahoos, Hoos Location...Charlottesville, Va. Enrollment...21,800 President...Teresa A. Sullivan Athletics Director...Carla Williams Conference... Atlantic Coast Colors...Orange and Blue STADIUM INFORMATION Facility (Capacity)...Davenport Field at Disharoon Park (5,500) Dimensions Surface...Natural Grass First Year of Operation Largest Attendance Figure...5,074 vs. North Carolina (April 14, 2012) UVA s Overall Record in Facility (.777) First Game... Feb. 16, 2002 vs. Bucknell Hosted Regionals...9 (2004, 06, 07, 10-14, 16) Hosted Super Regionals...5 (2010, 11, 13, 14, 15) COACHING STAFF Head Coach... Brian O Connor (Creighton, 93) 15th season Career/School Record , ACC Associate Head Coach...Kevin McMullan (Indiana-Pa., 90) Assistant Coach...Karl Kuhn (Florida, 92) Assistant Coach...Matt Kirby (William and Mary, 03) Student Assistant...Brendan Cogswell TEAM INFORMATION Record ACC Record/Finish /2nd, Coastal Division ACC Tournament NCAA Tournament...NCAA TCU Regional (1-2) Position Starters Returning/Lost... 12/4 Pitchers Returning/Lost... 9/9 Letterwinners Returning/Lost... 22/12 Newcomers...11 (10 freshmen, 1 transfer) Athletics MEDIA RELATIONS Assistant AD for Media Relations... Jim Daves Asst. Director/Baseball Contact... Scott Fitzgerald Office... (434) Cell... (434) s.fitzgerald@virginia.edu UVA Media Relations Phone... (434) Davenport Field Press Box... (434) Official UVA Athletics Website...VirginiaSports.com ACC Coaches Preseason Poll (first-place votes in parentheses) Coastal Division Atlantic Division 1. Florida State (13) North Carolina (12) Louisville Virginia (2) Clemson Duke NC State Miami Wake Forest (1) Georgia Tech Boston College Virginia Tech Notre Dame Pitt - 18 Overall Champion: Florida State (10) All Starts on the Mound As a staff, Virginia pitchers come into the weekend striking out 11.1 batters per nine innings, the fifth highest total in the country. Virginia starting pitchers have produced quality starts in three consecutive games and seven overall. Each pitcher in the weekend rotation has been credited with a pair of quality starts and in 12 combined starts, all have pitched five or more innings. Friday night s starter, Derek Casey, leads the ACC and ranks fourth in the country in strikeouts with 41. He has fanned 10 or more batters in each of his last three starts, the first Cavalier to do so since Danny Hultzen in Daniel Lynch had his best outing of the season last Saturday in the first game of a doubleheader at Duke. The lefty pitched seven innings and combined with Andrew Abbott for the team s second shutout of the season. Opponents are hitting a league-low,.117 against Evan Sperling this season. The sophomore struck out a career-best 12 batters in 6.1 innings pitched at Duke last week. In the nightcap of a doubleheader against Duke, Evan Sperling (12) and Bennett Sousa (9) combined to strike out a single-game school-record 21 batters in 10.2 innings pitched. Player Trends/Notes Nate Eikhoff comes into the weekend with a hit in each of his last 12 games. The hit streak matches Andy Weber for the longest on the club this season. Eikhoff has reached safely in all 17 games this season. Freshman Alex Tappen has been Virginia s hottest hitter over the past five games with a.412 average (7-for-17). He scored the game-winning run on Wednesday night after drawing a lead-off walk in the bottom of the ninth. Senior Caleb Knight is tied for the team lead with 14 runs scored. He has reached base safely in 16 of the 17 games this season. He was hit by his seventh pitch of the season on Wednesday, the second most in the ACC. He has been plunked 20 times in 50 career games with the Cavaliers. Bennett Sousa struck out the only batter he saw on Wednesday night, stranding two JMU runners in the top of the ninth. He was credited with his second win of the season and has now struck out 10 batters in his last 4.2 innings pitched. Justin Novak leads the team in batting with a.345 average. He had an 11-game hit streak snapped last weekend at Duke. First Hit, First hr Andrew Papantonis first hit of his career was a two-run home run into the left field bleachers at Disharoon Park against Davidson on March 6. Swings & Misses As a team, the Cavaliers have struck out 10 or more batters in each of the last seven games. In the second game of a doubleheader against Duke on March 10, Evan Sperling and Bennett Sousa combined to strikeout 21 batters in 10.2 innings pitched, a single game school record. It marked the second time in that Virginia pitchers have struck out 20 or more batters in a game (Yale-1-20). Derek Casey, has accumulated 41 strikeouts in 26.1 innings pitched starts, the most in the ACC and fourth most in the country. He has produced 10 or more strikeouts in threestraight games, only Virginia Baseball Hall of Famer Danny Hultzen has accomplished that feat. uva week-by-week in the polls BA CB Coaches D1 NCBWA PG PRE / / / / home run tracker (8) HR Name Gm ROB Outs Date Opponent 1. Eikhoff /16 UCF 2. Knight /17 Samford 3. Weber /24 Eastern Ky. 4. Knight /27 VMI 5. Weber /3 Yale-2 6. Knight /4 Yale 7. Morris /6 Davidson 8. Morris /6 Davidson No-Hit Recap Six pitchers, Bobby Nicholson, Blake Rohm, Grant Donahue, Riley Wilson, Mack Meyer and Bennett Sousa combined to pitch the sixth no-hitter in program history. Sousa was credited with the win after pitching the final 2.2 innings William & Mary scored three runs despite not recording a hit, one on a ground out in the top of the sixth and the game-tying run in the seventh. The Tribe took the lead after benefiting from three 11th inning Virginia errors. After scoring 35 runs in its two previous games, the Virginia offense was limited to eight hits and did not record an RBI in the contest. No-Hit Facts The no-hitter was the seventh this season in college baseball. Four of the six no-hitters in Virginia history have come in the Brian O Connor era (2004-present). The combined no-hitter is the first in Virginia history. 11 innings matched the longest no-hitter in NCAA Division I baseball since 2002, the other occurred on Feb. 28, 2015 when Lehigh blanked Iona, 2-0. Of the 294 MLB no-hitters, an opponent has never scored more than two runs. THE DISH The University of Virginia department of athletics and the Virginia Athletics Foundation announced on Feb. 20 that a generous commitment was made by an anonymous donor to rename the Virginia baseball stadium Davenport Field at Disharoon Park The name change was formally approved by the University of Virginia Board of Visitors on March 2,. The stadium s namesake is to honor Leslie B. Disharoon and Ann Merriwether Disharoon, long time supporters of the Virginia baseball program. record home opener Unveiling the newly expanded Davenport Field, a crowd of 3,709 turned out on Tuesday (Feb. 20), a new record for a UVA home opener. Temperature at game time hit 75 degrees, making it the warmest opener in the stadium s history. Virginia baseball turns 130 Virginia will commence its 130th season of baseball in. Going into the season, the program has accumulated 2,297 wins and owns an all-time winning percentage of.570.

4 QUALITY STARTS (7) Pitcher Date Opponent IP ER Result Sperling 2/18 Rice W, 3-0 Lynch 2/23 EKU L, 6-7 Casey 2/24 EKU W, 12-3 Casey 3/3 Yale W, 5-4 Lynch 3/10 Duke W, 3-0 Sperling 3/10 Duke L, 2-3 (11) Nicholson 3/14 JMU W, 3-2 Quality Start = 6 IP, less than 3 earned runs BIG INNINGS - 5+ RUNS (3) Date Opponent Runs Inning 2/25 EKU 6 4th 2/27 VMI 5 1st 3/4 Yale 6 7th COME FROM BEHIND WINS (5) Date Opponent Deficit (Inning ) Final 2/28 W&M 3-2 (11th) W, 4-3 (11) 3/3 Yale (5th) W, 5-4 3/4 Yale 3-1 (6th) W, 7-6 3/6 Davidson 1-0 (1st) W, /14 JMU 2-1 (8th) W, 3-2 WALK-OFF WINS (3) Date Opponent Score (Inn.) GW Play 2/28 W&M 4-3 (11) Novak (ROE) 3/3 Yale (9) Cody RBI 1B 3/14 JMU 3-2 (9) Morris SF OPPONENT BIG INNINGS - 5+ RUNS (1) Date Opponent Runs Inning 2/20 VMI 6 1st BLOWN LEADS (4) Date Opponent Lead (Inn.) Final Score 2/23 EKU 6-4 (9) L, 6-7 2/28 W&M 2-0 (3) W, 4-3 (11) 3/10 Duke (5) L, 2-3 (11) 3/14 JMU 1-0 (5) W, 3-2 McCarthy Preseason Accolades Junior Jake McCarthy is a unanimous preseason All-American and garnered first team honors from D1Baseball.com and the NCBWA. He was recognized by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, and Perfect Game as a second team honoree. In addition to All-America honors, Baseball America tabbed McCarthy as the fastest runner on its list of players across the country with the best tools. McCarthy was listed on the Golden Spikes Award preseason watch list. He is one of eight ACC players on the initial 55-player list. Last year, Virginia s Adam Haseley was a finalist for the award annually bestowed on the nation s top amateur baseball player. HOOS KEY FIGURES Virginia returns 23 letterwinners from a year ago, including three starting pitchers that made 10+ starts in. The Cavaliers projected lineup features five returners (McCarthy, Andy Weber, Caleb Knight, Nate Eikhoff and Justin Novak) that saw action in 40 or more games last season. Novak, Weber and Charlie Cody have each appeared in 80 or more games over the course of their careers. Novak is the team s active leader with 124 career games played. o connor to coach team usa Virginia head coach Brian O Connor will serve as the pitching coach for U.S. Collegiate National team this summer. Current LSU head coach Paul Maineri,will serve as the manager for Team USA this summer. O Connor spent nine seasons working as an assistant on Mainieri s staff at Notre Dame from While working together, the Irish posted an overall record of , won six conference championships and made six trips to the NCAA Tournament. O Connor s college coach at Creighton, Jim Hendry, will also be on staff as the bench coach. Hendry now works for the New York Yankees as a special assignment scout. virginia injury updates It was announced shortly before the start of the season that outfielder Cameron Simmons will miss the year due to a left shoulder injury. A second team All-ACC selection as a sophomore, Simmons started all but three games for the Cavaliers in. He was second on the team and fourth in the ACC with a.352 batting average..in conference play, he hit.374, tops on the team and the third highest average in the league. Junior preseason All-American Jake McCarthy was sidelined after sustaining a left wrist injury on March 6 vs. Davidson. He is expected to miss six weeks and make a full recovery. mcmullan tabbed as nation s top assistant In a survey by Baseball America of more than 100 college coaches nationwide, assistant coach Kevin McMullan was named the country s top assistant coach. McMullan has garnered the No. 1 ranking in back-to-back years and was the 2009 Assistant Coach of the Year. Brian O Connor was on the same list when he was an assistant at Notre Dame. back-to-back top-10 picks In the MLB Draft, Virginia had six players selected, including two in the top-10 of the first round. Juniors Pavin Smith (Diamondbacks) and Adam Haseley (Phillies) went back-to-back, after being selected seventh and eighth overall, respectively. Smith and Haseley were the first set of position players from the vs All-Time Record Home Away Neutral ACC... ACCT... 1-Run Games Run Games Shutouts Extra Innings Most Runs, Virginia... 17, 2011 Most Runs, BC... 9, 2009 Margin, Virginia... 17, 2011 Margin, BC... 3, 2009 Longest Win Streak, Virginia...9, Longest Win Streak, BC...2, 2016-present vs. BC (Since 2004) Home: 19-5 ACC: 19-4 Away: 5-0 ACCT: -- Neutral: 0-1 4/14/2006 H W 8-3 4/15/2006 H W 5-4 4/16/2006 H W 5-0 5/17/2007 A W 5-4 (10) 5/18/2007 A W /21/2008 H W 7-3 3/22/2008 H W 5-4 (10) 3/23/2008 H W 8-6 4/17/2009 A W 8-3 4/18/2009 A L 6-9 4/19/2009 A W 2-0 3/19/2010 H W Conway, S.C. 3/20/2010 H W 4-3 3/21/2010 H W /29/2011 A W /30/2011 A L 4-5 (11) 5/1/2011 A W 4-0 2/17/2012 N 1 L 3-5 3/14/2014 H W 8-3 3/15/2014 H W 3-2 (12) 3/15/2014 H W 2-1 4/8/2016 A W 3-0 4/9/2016 A L 2-3 4/10/2016 A L 4-5 (13) same college to be selected in the top 10 of an MLB Draft since Oklahoma State s Monty Fariss and Robin Ventura in UVA is one of just two college programs to boast a first-round draft pick in each of the last four seasons. hoos in the world series Derek Fisher became the second Cavalier to win a World Series as a member of the Houston Astros. He scored the gamewinning run in game five on a walk-off single by Alex Bregman. Chris Taylor was named co-mvp of the NLCS after batting.316 with two home runs, five runs scored and three RBIs National champions Virginia became the first ACC school since Wake Forest in 1955 Six members, Bennett Sousa, Charlie Cody, Derek Casey, Justin Novak, Jack Gerstenmaier and Riley Wilson, remain from the championship team. Current hoos selected in mlb drafts Name Draft Year Team Round (Pick) Andrew Abbott Yankees 36th (1,082) Derek Casey 2014 Cardinals 22nd (675) Jake McCarthy 2015 Pirates 23rd (697) Griff McGarry Rangers 31st (944) Noah Murdock Nationals 38th (1,144) Bennett Sousa Nationals 34th (1,033)

5 head coach brian o connor Personal Information Born: April 21, 1971, in Omaha, Neb. High School: Saint Albert H.S., Council Bluffs, Iowa (1989) College: Creighton (1993), bachelor s in marketing Coaching Career: Creighton, Assistant Coach ( ) Notre Dame, Assistant Coach ( ) Notre Dame, Assoc. Head Coach ( ) Virginia, Head Coach (2004-present) Family: Married to former Cindy Petratis; three children - daughters, Ellie and Maggie and son, Dillon virginia Notes 15th season at Virginia ( (.726); ACC) All-time winningest coach at Virginia Third winningest active head coach and 18th-winningest all-time in Division I baseball entering season (.727) Won 2015 NCAA National Championship (one of 12 active coaches to own a national title) Three-time National Coach of the Year (2006, 09, 15) Four-time ACBA Atlantic Region Coach of the Year (2004, 09, 11, 14, 15) Five-time ACC Coach of the Year (2004, 10, 11, 13, 14) NCAA tournament appearances in each of his 14 seasons (UVA had been to three NCAA tournaments prior to his arrival) Guided UVA to 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015 College World Series as well as 2014 and 2015 CWS Finals 2009 trip to CWS was first in school history (Irvine Regional and Oxford Super Regional champions) Competed in 14 NCAA regionals and six super regionals (hosted nine NCAA regionals and five super regionals) Has won six regionals, four super regionals Led UVA to 2010 and 2011 ACC Coastal Division titles Second fastest in ACC history to reach 600 wins (825 games); only FSU s Mike Martin did so faster (802) Led teams to ACC Championship games in 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2011 (won 09 and 11 titles) Four 50-win seasons (51 in 2010, 56 in 2011, 50 in 2013, 53 in 2014) Guided UVA to school-record win total each year from (49 in 2009, 51 in 2010, 56 in 2011) Program has had 75 players picked in Major League Baseball Draft over the last 14 years UVA has had 26 All-America and 68 all-conference selections in his tenure CAREER NOTES Associate head coach of Notre Dame s 2002 College World Series team (head coach was current LSU coach Paul Mainieri) Assistant coach at Notre Dame from Played college baseball at Creighton and pitched on the Bluejays 1991 College World Series team Played in the minor leagues in the Philadelphia Phillies farm system before assistant coaching stints at Creighton and Notre Dame Coaching Record at virginia Year Overall ACC Postseason NCAA C ville Regional NCAA Corvallis Regional NCAA C Ville Regional NCAA C Ville Regional NCAA Fullerton Regional NCAA College World Series NCAA Super Regional NCAA College World Series NCAA C Ville Regional NCAA Super Regional NCAA CWS Finals NCAA National Champions NCAA C ville Regional NCAA Fort Worth Regional Career THE LAST TIME VIRGINIA... Won 10 or more consecutive games... Feb. 17-March 4, (10 games) Won 19 consecutive games (school record)... Feb. 20-March 20, 2009 Won 10 or more consecutive home games... March 1-April 11, 2014 (16 games) Won 18 consecutive home games (school record)... Feb. 22-March 25, 2008 Lost five or more consecutive games... April 29-May 12, 2003 (5 games) Scored 20 or more runs in a game vs. Wagner (March 9, 2016) Had 20 or more hits in a game...20 vs. Duke (March 25, ) Gave up 20 or more hits in a game...26 vs. Duke (March 24, ) Scored 10 or more runs in an inning...11 in 3rd inning vs. VMI (Feb. 23, 2016) Gave up 10 or more runs in an inning...10 in 5th inning at Louisville (March 27, 2016) Turned a triple play...at North Carolina A&T (Feb. 13, 2004) Shut out an opponent (9 innings)... at Duke-1 (3-0) (March 10, ) Shut out an opponent (7 innings)... Georgia Tech (11-0) (May 19, ACC Tournament) Shut out consecutive opponents... Monmouth (10-0) and Clemson (2-0) (March 14/18, ) Was shut out...at Louisville (15-0) (March 27, 2016) Was shut out in two consecutive games... NC State (6-0 and 1-0) (April 9-10, 2005) Had zero RBIs and won... vs. William & Mary (Feb. 28, ) Hit consecutive triples... Jarrett Parker and Tyler Cannon at UC Irvine (May 31, NCAA Regional) Hit consecutive home runs... Jake McCarthy and Adam Haseley at Georgia Tech (May 18, ) Hit three consecutive home runs...jon Benick, Mark Rueffert... and Dan Street at Virginia Tech (April 18, 2001) Had four different players homer in one game...robbie Coman, Joe McCarthy,...Derek Fisher, Mike Papi vs. Richmond (April 23, 2014) Swept a home ACC doubleheader... Wake Forest (March 18, 2016) Swept a road ACC doubleheader... at Pitt (April 30, 2016) Was swept in an ACC doubleheader...at NC State (April 26, 2015) Swept a three-game ACC series at home...pitt (April 7-9, ) Swept a three-game ACC series on the road... at Pitt (April 30-May 1, 2016) Was swept in a three-game ACC series at home...louisville (April 4-6, 2015) Was swept in a three-game ACC series on the road... at Virginia Tech (March 13-15, 2015) Was no-hit...bob Thomson, North Carolina (April 17, 1976) THE LAST TIME A CAVALIER... Hit two home runs in a game... Jake McCarthy at Georgia Tech (May 18, ) Had two players hit two home runs in same game... Robbie Coman & Adam Haseley vs. Rutgers (Feb. 24, ) Hit three home runs in a game...dan Street vs. Old Dominion in Charleston, S.C. (Feb. 22, 2002) Hit a walk-off home run...kenny Towns vs. Florida State (May 25, ACC Tournament) Hit a grand slam...cameron Simmons vs. Miami (May 13, ) Hit a home run to lead off a game...adam Haseley vs. George Washington (April 6, 2016) Hit a home run over UVA s Blue Monster... Joe Koshansky vs. Central Connecticut (March 7, 2004) Hit an inside-the-park home run...danny Hultzen vs. Richmond (April 20, 2011) Hit a pinch-hit home run... Andrew Papantonis vs. Davidson (March 6, ) Hit for the cycle... Hunter Wyant at High Point (March 12, 2001) Hit three doubles in a game...andy Weber vs. George Washington (April 6, ) Hit two triples in a game... Adam Haseley vs. Wake Forest (May 27, 2016) Had four hits in a game... Jake McCarthy at Georgia Tech (May 19, ) Had five hits in a game... Nick Howard vs. Richmond (April 24, 2013) Scored five or more runs in a game... Tyler Cannon (5) at Wake Forest (March 6, 2009) Had five RBI in a game... Andy Weber vs. Eastern Kentucky (Feb. 24, ) Had six RBI in a game...cameron Simmons vs. Miami (May 13, ) Had seven RBI in a game... Pavin Smith vs. Old Dominion (April 4, ) Had eight RBI in a game... Kenny Towns at East Carolina (Feb. 15, 2013) Had nine or more RBI in a game... Brandon Guyer (9) vs. Niagara (March 13, 2007) Stole three bases in a game...adam Haseley at VCU (March 29, ) Stole four or more bases in a game... Greg Miclat (4) at Clemson (April 20, 2007) Stole home... Robbie Coman vs. Notre Dame (April 22, ) Walked five times in a game... Phil Gosselin at James Madison (March 17, 2010) Had 10 or more strikeouts in a game... Derek Casey (12) vs. Yale (March 3, ) Pitched a nine-inning complete game...daniel Lynch vs. James Madison (April 19, ) Pitched back-to-back complete games... Connor Jones at Pitt (April 30, 2016) and Ga. Tech (May 13, 2016) Pitched a seven-inning shutout... Josh Sborz vs. Georgia Tech (May 19, ACC Tournament) Pitched a nine-inning shutout...connor Jones at Boston College (April 8, 2016) Saved both ends of a doubleheader... Branden Kline vs. Maryland (March 26, 2011) Pitched a no-hitter... Nicholson, Rohm, Donahue, Wilson, Meyer & Sousa (11 innings)... vs. W&M (Feb. 28, ) Pitched a perfect game... Will Roberts vs. George Washington (March 29, 2011)

6 derek casey RHP Sr R-R Mechanicsville, Va. Hanover BIO Made 14 starts, including five in ACC play Worked seven innings of three-run baseball and did not issue a walk to earn win in his NCAA regional start against Dallas Baptist (6/3) Pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing two earned runs, in ACC tournament start against Duke (5/25) Matched career high by pitching seven innings in last regular-season start against Georgia Tech, earning the win (3ER, 3 H, 3 BB, 8 K) Also worked seven innings in his first ACC start in win over Pitt (4/7) Struck out career-high 10 batters in 6 1/3 innings in no-decision at VCU (3/29) Allowed two runs or fewer in each of his first seven starts 2016 Sat out season after undergoing elbow surgery late in the 2015 season starting pitching summary 14 Last Start: L, 3-6 at Duke L, 7.2 IP, 12 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 10 SO Recorded his third-straight game of 10+ strikeouts, fanning 10 Blue Devils over a career-high 7.2 innings of work. Gave up a pair of two-run home runs including the go-ahead blast by Jimmy Herron in the bottom of the fifth inning. He did not walk a batter for the 10th time in his career. He s only the second UVA pitcher since 2000 to strike out 10+ in three-straight games (Hultzen 5-straight games to start 2011 season). CAREER-HIGHS IP 7.2 at Duke (3/9/18) H 12 at Duke (3/9/18) R 6 at Duke (3/9/18) ER 6 at Duke (3/9/18) BB 4 3x, last vs. Yale-1 (3/3/18) K 12 Eastern Ky. (2/24/18) & Yale-1 (3/3/18) CAREER GAME-BY-GAME 2/16 vs. Samford 10-4 * W 2/24 Eastern Ky * W 3/3 Yale * /9 at Duke 3-6 * L 2015 Pitched in 10 games, including six midweek starts Made midweek start for five straight weeks from March 25 to April 21, with UVa earning wins in all of them Left April 21 game vs. Longwood after 2 2/3 innings with injury and did not pitch again in 2015 Earned first college win on March 25 at Liberty Worked seven-plus innings of one-run baseball in win in hometown of Richmond on March 31 at VCU Made UVA debut on Feb. 14 out of bullpen at East Carolina hanover high school Selected by St. Louis in 22nd round of 2014 MLB Draft 2014 Virginia Player of the Year Named 2014 Second-Team High School All-American by Perfect Game Named to MaxPreps 2014 Medium Schools All-America Team Went 27-0 with 0.51 ERA during his high-school career Led team to 2013 and 2014 Virginia state championships 2014 All-Metro Player of the Year; two-time All-Metro selection Coached by Charlie Dragum Personal Parents are Dale and Pia Casey Has one sister, Emma 2/21 vs. VMI 9-7 * /28 vs. William & Mary 11-3 * /7 at George Wash. 7-1 * W 3/13 Monmouth 10-0 * /21 Towson 3-2 * W 3/29 at VCU 4-2 * /7 Pitt 12-1 * W 4/13 at Virginia Tech 10-9 * /21 Notre Dame * L 5/2 Liberty 8-7 * /14 Miami 7-4 * /19 at Georgia Tech 16-3 * W 5/25 vs. Duke (ACCT) 3-4 * L 6/3 vs. Dallas Baptist (R) 6-3 * W /14 at East Carolina /20 vs. Marist /11 Old Dominion 5-14 * L 3/21 Florida State /25 at Liberty 10-7 * W 3/31 at VCU 5-3 * W 4/5 Louisville /8 James Madison 14-1 * W 4/15 William & Mary 3-2 * /21 Longwood 14-4 * W Career Stats Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha / TOTAL /

7 daniel lynch LHP Jr L-L Henrico, Va. Douglas Freeman BIO Made 14 starts (six in ACC play) and led team with 77 1/3 innings pitched Recorded six quality starts Worked seven innings of one-run baseball to earn ACC tournament win against Clemson (5/26) Pitched first career complete game in win over James Madison (4/19) Tossed six scoreless innings and did not issue a walk in earning midweek win over George Washington (4/5) Fired 7 2/3 innings of shutout baseball to earn Friday night win at Clemson (3/17) Won three straight Friday starts to open the season 2016 Made 13 appearances (nine starts) and worked 41 innings Struck out nine batters in UVA debut (most by a UVA starter in his first game in the O Connor era) Missed start vs. Wake Forest with illness (3/18) Worked five shutout innings and retired final 12 batters he faced in first midweek start against Old Dominion (3/30) Worked 2 1/3 perfect innings out of bullpen over two appearances in ACC tournament DOUGLAS FREEMAN HS Named Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American Was First-Team All-Colonial Conference selection Recorded 0.97 ERA his junior year, when he was tabbed a First-Team Class 5A All-State Also earned All-Region and All-Metro honors Coached by Ray Moore Earned Academic All-State honors and was member of National Honor Society Played travel team baseball with Richmond Baseball Academy West PERSONAL Father is Dan Lynch Oldest of three siblings; has one sister, Molly, and one brother, Wil starting pitching summary 9 Last Start: W, 3-0 at Duke W, 7.0, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 SO, 100 pitches -Earned his first victory of the season and matched season-highs in innings pitched (7.0) and strikeouts (7)... Combined (with Andrew Abbott) for his third career shutout... Recorded only one inning (6th inning)... Now has two quality starts in four tries this season. CAREER-HIGHS IP 9.0 James Madison (4/19/17) H 12 Duke (3/24/17) R 10 Duke (3/24/17) ER 10 Duke (3/24/17) BB 4 3x, last vs. Niagara (3/3/17) K 9 Appalachian State (2/20/16) CAREER GAME-BY-GAME 2/16 at UCF 3-6 * L 2/23 Eastern Ky. 6-7 * /3 Yale * L 3/10 Duke * W 2/17 vs. Liberty 10-2 * W 2/24 Rutgers 7-3 * W 3/3 Niagara 5-3 * W 3/10 at North Carolina 4-9 * L 3/17 at Clemson 2-0 * W 3/24 Duke 3-19 * L 4/5 George Washington 11-1 * W 4/11 VCU 9-4 * /19 James Madison 7-2 * W 4/28 at Florida State 4-6 * /13 Miami * L 5/18 at Georgia Tech 7-14 * L 5/26 vs. Clemson (ACCT) 10-2 * W 6/3 vs. Dallas Baptist (NCAA) 6-3 * W /19 vs. Appalachian St. 8-0 * W 2/27 East Carolina 1-6 * L 3/5 Monmouth * /12 at Duke 7-6 * /22 James Madison /26 at Louisville 4-11 * L 3/30 Old Dominion 4-5 * /5 at VCU 5-7 * L 4/13 Longwood 9-4 * /27 vs. Wake (ACCT) /28 vs. Louisville (ACCT) /3 William & Mary (R) /5 William & Mary (R) 4-5 * Career Stats Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha / / / TOTAL /

8 evan sperling RHP So R-R Poquoson, Va. Grafton BIO Pitched in 15 games, including 10 starts Made four starts in ACC play Recorded three straight quality starts to begin his college career Worked at least six innings and earned win in each of his first three starts Opposing batters hit just.204 against him, but issued 30 walks in 38 1/3 innings Struck out season-high nine batters over seven innings in win over La Salle (3/4) Fired six innings, allowing three runs and five hits, in win over Rutgers (2/25) Allowed just an unearned run, two hits and two walks in his first UVA start against The Citadel (2/18) 2016 Did not compete (redshirt season) GRAFTON HS 2014 and 2015 All-Conference 19 selection, both as pitcher and first baseman Was 2015 First-Team Class 5A All-State selection as first baseman as senior Also was a two-time all-region honoree Was 18-9 with two saves during high school career Went 3-3 with 53 strikeouts in 35 innings his senior year; also hit.420 with three homers, five doubles and 31 RBI Was 9-2 during junior season Coached by Matt Lewellen Named 2015 Peninsula Sports Club Most Outstanding High School Athlete Three-time Grafton High School Athlete of the Year Also played four years of basketball (forward) and two seasons of football (quarterback) Averaged 19.5 points and 15 rebounds per game his senior year after averaging 14.2 ppg and 12 rpg his junior season Was Conference 19 Player of the Year and First-Team Class 4A All-State his senior year Was First-Team All-Conference 19 and an all-region honoree his junior and senior seasons Played travel team baseball with EvoShield Canes PERSONAL Parents are Ron and Gigi Sperling Born in Santa Maria, Calif. starting pitching summary 34 Last Start: L, 2-3 (11) at Duke ND, 6.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 12 SO - Held Duke hitless over the first four innings, retiring the first 12 batters he faced. He struck out eight batters over his first four innings including five of the first six Blue Devil hitters. He finished the game with a career-high 12 strikeouts in 6.1 innings pitched... Left the game with a runner on first and a 2-1 lead, was charged with the tying run... Produced his second quality start in four tries. CAREER-HIGHS IP 7.0 4x, last vs. Dallas Baptist (6/3/17) H 7 at George Washington (3/7/17) R 4 4x, last vs. Liberty (5/2/17) ER 4 4x, last vs. Liberty (5/2/17) BB 4 2x, last vs. Miami (5/14/17) K 12 at Duke (3/10/18) CAREER GAME-BY-GAME 2/18 vs. Rice 3-0 * W 2/25 Eastern Ky * W 3/4 Yale 7-6 * /10 Duke (11) * /18 at The Citadel 10-6 * W 2/25 Rutgers 12-4 * W 3/4 La Salle 12-3 * W 3/11 at North Carolina * L 3/18 at Clemson 6-7 * L 3/21 Towson /25 Duke 13-6 * /1 Louisville 11-2 * /5 George Washington /11 VCU /18 Longwood 13-2 * /13 Miami /16 Richmond /20 at Georgia Tech 10-9 * /5 vs. Dallas Baptist (R) 8-11 * L Career Stats Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha / TOTAL /

9 Virginia Baseball overall statistics for Virginia (as of Mar 14, ) (all games sorted by Batting avg) Record: 11-6 Home: 8-3 Away: 1-3 Neutral: 2-0 ACC: 1-2 Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 18 Justin Novak Andy Weber Nate Eikhoff Jake McCarthy Alex Tappen Caleb Knight Tanner Morris Charlie Cody Jalen Harrison Andrew Papantonis Cameron Comer Cayman Richardson Devin Ortiz Brendan Rivoli Christian Hlinka Will Allocca Jack Gerstenmaier Totals Opponents LOB - Team (151), Opp (134). DPs turned - Team (6), Opp (19). (all games sorted by earned run avg) Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 21 Bobby Nicholson / Evan Sperling / Derek Casey / Daniel Lynch / Blake Rohm / Mack Meyer / Bennett Sousa / Kyle Whitten / Riley Wilson / Andrew Abbott / Grant Donahue / Griff McGarry / Devin Ortiz / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (2), Knight, C. 2. Pickoffs - Team (2), Abbott, A. 1, Lynch, D. 1, Opp (2).

10 Virginia Baseball overall statistics for Virginia (as of Mar 14, ) (last 5 games sorted by Batting avg) Record: 3-2 Home: 2-0 Away: 1-2 ACC: 1-2 Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 13 Alex Tappen Nate Eikhoff Justin Novak Andy Weber Caleb Knight Charlie Cody Tanner Morris Christian Hlinka Andrew Papantonis Jake McCarthy Cayman Richardson Cameron Comer Devin Ortiz Brendan Rivoli Jack Gerstenmaier Will Allocca Jalen Harrison Totals Opponents LOB - Team (40), Opp (39). DPs turned - Team (1), Opp (5). (last 5 games sorted by earned run avg) Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 9 Daniel Lynch / Bobby Nicholson / Evan Sperling / Derek Casey / Griff McGarry / Blake Rohm / Mack Meyer / Kyle Whitten / Bennett Sousa / Andrew Abbott / Totals / Opponents / Pickoffs - Team (1), Lynch, D. 1.