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1 Virginia Virginia Cavaliers (0-0) Probable Starting otation Fri. - So. LP Daniel Lynch (1-3, 5.49 EA) Sat. - So. P Evan Sperling (DNP in ) Sun. - Jr. LP Adam aseley (9-3, 1.73 EA) BASEBALL 2017 charleston crab house challenge Opponents Probable Starting Pitchers ( stats) Fri. - Liberty (P Eric Grabowski: 1-1, 6.63 EA) Sat. - The Citadel (P Thomas Byelick: 1-7, 5.32 EA) Sun. - Kansas (LP Taylor Turski: JuCo in ) Schedule/esults FEBUAY Fri. 17 vs. Liberty 1... Noon Sat. 18 at The Citadel p.m. Sun. 19 vs. Kansas a.m. Tue. 21 VMI... 3 p.m. Fri. 24 UTGES... ACCNE... 3 p.m. Sat. 25 UTGES... 1 p.m. Sun. 26 UTGES... 1 p.m. Tue. 28 WILLIAM & MAY... 3 p.m. MAC Fri. 3 Niagara... 3 p.m. Sat. 4 La salle... Noon Sat. 4 niagara... 3 p.m. Sun. 5 la salle... 2:30 p.m. Tue. 7 at George Washington... 3 p.m. Fri. 10 at North Carolina... ACCNE... 6:30 p.m. Sat. 11 at North Carolina... ACCNE... 2 p.m. Sun. 12 at North Carolina... ACCNE... 1 p.m. Tue. 14 Monmouth... ACCNE... 3 p.m. Fri. 17 at Clemson... ACCNE... 6:30 p.m. Sat. 18 at Clemson... SN... 1 p.m. Sun. 19 at Clemson... ACCNE... 1 p.m. Tue. 21 towson... ACCNE... 4 p.m. Wed. 22 towson... ACCNE... 4 p.m. Fri. 24 duke... ACCNE... 4 p.m. Sat. 25 duke... ACCNE... 1 p.m. Sun. 26 duke... ACCNE... 1 p.m. Tue. 28 at VCU [The Diamond]... 7 p.m. Fri. 31 louisville... ACCNE... 6 p.m. APIL Sat. 1 louisville... ACCNE... 4 p.m. Sun. 2 louisville... ACCNE... 1 p.m. Tue. 4 old dominion... 5 p.m. Wed. 5 george washington... 5 p.m. Fri. 7 pittsburgh... ACCNE... 6 p.m. Sat. 8 pittsburgh... ACCNE... 4 p.m. Sun. 9 pittsburgh... ACCNE... 1 p.m. Tue. 11 VCU... 6 p.m. Thu. 13 at Virginia Tech... ACCNE... 5:30 p.m. Fri. 14 at Virginia Tech... ACCNE... 5:30 p.m. Sat. 15 at Virginia Tech... 1 p.m. Tue. 18 longwood... ACCNE... 6 p.m. Wed. 19 james madison... ACCNE... 6 p.m. Fri. 21 Notre Dame... ACCNE... 6 p.m. Sat. 22 Notre Dame... ACCNE... 4 p.m. Sun. 23 Notre Dame... ACCNE... Noon Tue. 25 radford... ACCNE... 6 p.m. Fri. 28 at Florida State... ACCNE... 6 p.m. Sat. 29 at Florida State... ACCNE... 6 p.m. Sun. 30 at Florida State... ACCNE... 1 p.m. MAY Tue. 2 liberty... ACCNE... 6 p.m. Fri. 12 miami... ACCNE... 6 p.m. Sat. 13 miami... ACCNE... 4 p.m. Sun. 14 miami... ACCNE... 1 p.m. Tue. 16 richmond... ACCNE... 6 p.m. Thu. 18 at Georgia Tech... ACCNE... 6 p.m. Fri. 19 at Georgia Tech... 6 p.m. Sat. 20 at Georgia Tech... Noon ACC Tournament 2... SN/ESPN2...TBA ome games in BOLD ; *denotes ACC games; all times Eastern; Opponent ranking at time of game in parentheses 1 Joseph P. iley Park, Charleston, S.C.; 2 Louisville Slugger Field, Louisville, Ky. All games can be heard on VirginiaSports.com, with select games airing on WINA 1070-AM and 98.9-FM; game times/dates subject to change cavaliers begin 2017 season This marks the start of the 129th season of Virginia Baseball. UVA returns seven position starters from its squad, which went 38-22, including a mark in the ACC, which was good for a second-place finish in the Coastal Division. UVA played in the NCAA tournament for the 13th straight year and hosted an NCAA egional for the ninth time in that stretch. noting the opening weekend UVA is in opening weekends during Brian O Connor s 13 years as head coach. The Cavaliers won two of three games last year at Coastal Carolina s season-opening tournament. UVA is opening the season in Charleston for the first time since competing in the College of Charleston s tournament to start the 2006 season. cavaliers against tourney opponents Virginia has won six straight games and 14 of its last 15 against Liberty. UVA head coach Brian O Connor is 11-1 against the Flames. LU assistant coach Tyler Cannon played at UVA from and competed in 244 career games (most in program history). UVA has not played The Citadel since the 2006 season opener. The Cavaliers also won the three previous games with the Bulldogs in Charleston. UVA s history against its tournament opponents: A all-time Last Meeting Liberty W, 7-3; 5/3/16, Lynchburg The Citadel 4-0 W, 5-3; 2/10/06, Conway, S.C. Kansas 0-0 o connor pushes toward 600 Brian O Connor ranks 10th in ACC history in wins with 596 and needs 13 victories to surpass former Wake Forest coach George Greer ( ) for ninth. O Connor scored his 595th win as Virginia s head coach on May 28 in the ACC tournament against Louisville, surpassing Dennis Womack (594, ) as UVA s all-time winningest head coach. O Connor also holds the UVA record for career ACC wins (244) and NCAA tournament wins (47). POBABLE STATES BY POSITION (Lineup Subject to Change) TE basics Site... Charleston, S.C. Joe iley Park (6,000) Date/Time...Friday, Noon Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. adio...wina 1070-AM, 98.9-FM (Friday/Saturday) Live Video...ESPN3 (Saturday) Live Audio...VirginiaSports.com Live Stats...VirginiaSports.com SOCIAL MEDIA National ankings UVA LU CIT KU Baseball America 16 N N N D1Baseball 17 N N N NCBWA 19 N N N USA Today/ESPN 18 N N N things to know Virginia returns seven position starters, including veteran catcher obbie Coman, who missed most of with an injury. Virginia was away from home in. UVA went 11-4 against in-state foes in. Ernie Clement was UVA s top hitter away from Davenport Field last year, batting.365 (38-104). UVA struck out the fewest times of any ACC team last year (290). Pos. No. Name, Class BA GP-GS BI SB Notes C/D 8 obbie Coman, Gr Missed most of with injury; played 58 games in 2015 or 2 Drew Blakely, Fr. Three-time all-state honoree in Michigan 1B/LF 10 Pavin Smith, Jr Preseason All-American; 30 career 2B, 15, 101 BI 2B 4 Ernie Clement, Jr Preseason All-American, Cape Cod League MVP SS 18 Justin Novak, Jr Started at 4 positions last year: 3B (32), 2B (6), SS (1), C (5) or 22 Cayman ichardson, Fr. Part of 3 state championships in 4 years at anover S 3B 32 Nate Eikhoff, So Made 20 starts at D and 2 at third base last year or 19 Andy Weber, So All 26 of his starts came at third base LF/CF 31 Jake McCarthy, So Suffered season-ending toe injury on Feb. 27,, vs ECU or 12 Charlie Cody, Jr Started in LF in UVA s final 18 games in CF 7 Adam aseley, Jr Preseason All-American, fifth in ACC in runs last year F 20 Cameron Simmons, So Batted.319 in UVA s last 19 games in P No. Name, Class W-L EA IP E K BAA Notes LP 9 Daniel Lynch, So Started 9 games in, including 6 on weekends P 34 Evan Sperling, So. DNP in LP 7 Adam aseley, Jr anked second in ACC in EA in Virginia Athletics Media elations PO Box JPJA Charlottesville, VA Phone: (434) Website: Baseball Media Contact Information Andy Fledderjohann, Assistant Media elations Director O: (434) C: (434) fledder@virginia.edu

2 trio of preseason all-americans Three Cavaliers were named to various All-America teams in the preseason: Ernie Clement (2B), Adam aseley (UTL) and Pavin Smith (1B). aseley and Smith also were named to the 55-man Golden Spikes Award Watch List. The Preseason All-America honors: Ernie Clement: 1st team (D1Baseball), 2nd team (Baseball America) Adam aseley: 2nd team (Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, D1Baseball) Pavin Smith: 1st Team (Baseball America, Perfect Game), 2nd Team (Collegiate Baseball, D1Baseball) veteran lineup returns Virginia returns seven position starters from its team, including 2015 starter obbie Coman, who missed most of with an injury. UVA s right side of the infield is one of the best in the nation, with the All-ACC duo of Pavin Smith (1B, 128 starts) and Ernie Clement (2B, 121 starts). UVA returns outfield starters Adam aseley (CF, 128 ACC Standings ( Season) Atlantic ACC Pct. Overall Pct. Louisville Florida State NC State Clemson Boston College Wake Forest Notre Dame Coastal ACC Pct. Overall Pct. Miami Virginia Duke Georgia Tech North Carolina Pitt Virginia Tech uva week-by-week in the polls BA CB Coaches D1 NCBWA PG PE /20 2/27 3/6 3/13 3/20 3/27 4/3 4/10 4/17 4/24 5/1 5/8 5/15 5/22 5/29 starts) and Cam Simmons (F), and also regains the services of Jake McCarthy, who missed the final 53 games last year with a toe injury. Coman anchors the catching staff, while versatile infielder Justin Novak (67 starts) also is back. question marks, but talent for pitchers Virginia s starting pitching is largely unproven entering 2017, but the coaching staff is enthusiastic about the potential. Adam aseley (18 career starts) is the lone rotation holdover from the end of the season. e was second in the ACC was a 1.73 EA last year Daniel Lynch started nine games last year, including six on weekends, primarily in the first half of the year. The bullpen is anchored by junior Tommy Doyle at closer and Alec Bettinger each of whom spent time in the weekend rotation. Veterans Bennett Sousa, Jack oberts, Tyler Shambora and Chesdin arrington also are back for the bullpen. back from injuries Virginia gets five players back this year from injuries suffered over the past two seasons. Pitchers Derek Casey, Evan Sperling and iley Wilson are back and healthy, as are catcher obbie Coman and outfielder Jake McCarthy. Sperling suffered an arm injury in his final start as a senior in high school and missed all of his freshman season at Virginia. Casey was injured while pitching on April 21, 2015, and sat out all of the season. Wilson battled shoulder problems over his first two seasons at UVA, but has returned to full strength. McCarthy (toe) and Coman (arm) each were injured in the first two weeks of the season. preseason polls Virginia is ranked as high as No. 16 in the preseason polls (Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball). UVA has 15 games scheduled against teams ranked in the Baseball America preseason poll: Florida State (2), Louisville (7), Clemson (10), North Carolina (17) and Georgia Tech (21). The Cavaliers do not play NC State (14) in league play this year. veteran Coman back for fifth year UVA benefits from the return of graduate student obbie Coman, who suffered a season-ending arm injury on Feb. 28,, just seven games into the season. e has been a part of 186 wins during his four years, including three NCAA Super egionals, two CWS and the 2015 NCAA Championship. Coman earned his bachelor s degree in economics (with a history minor) last spring and is on track to earn a master s in higher education athletic administration in May. cavaliers on the road Virginia finished 11-8 in true road games in and was away from home. UVA picked up ACC series wins at then-no. 1 Miami and Pitt while winning seven of its final eight road games. O Connor ranks third in Active Win pct., 18th all-time Virginia head coach Brian O Connor is (.727) entering his 14th season in charge of the Cavaliers program. O Connor surpassed Dennis Womack (594 wins, ) as the winningest coach in program history late last season. O Connor s 72.7 percent winning percentage entering the season ranked No. 3 among active Division I head coaches. O Connor also ranks 18th all-time in career winning percentage among all coaches with at least 10 years of head coaching experience. Virginia won at least 38 games in each of O Connor s first 13 seasons, including win seasons and four 50-win campaigns. 10 new faces on cavaliers roster Virginia welcomes 10 newcomers this season nine freshmen and junior college transfer Caleb Knight. Knight was the Spaulding NJCAA Division I Defensive Player of the Year and an ABCA awlings Gold Glove Award winner at catcher. Among the newcomers are two local products from St. Anne s Belfield School in Charlottesville outfielder Jalen arrison and pitcher Bobby Nicholson. They are the first Charlottesville-area products to suit up at UVA since Corey unt from longevity, stability in coaching staff Virginia s coaching trio of Brian O Connor, Kevin Mc- Mullan and Karl Kuhn are in their 14th year together. No current coaching staff in Division I college baseball has been together longer. The staff has combined for 596 wins, an average of over 45 wins per season, and has reached the NCAA tournament in each of their first 13 seasons. records watch Currently with 61 games and 10 saves, P Alec Bettinger needs 12 appearances and two saves to reach the top 10 in UVA history. Adam aseley is tied for 10th in program history with nine triples and will move into ninth with his next triple. Ernie Clement (7 triples) needs two triples to crack the top 10 at UVA. Pavin Smith (101 BI) needs 45 BI to reach the top 10 at UVA. #UVABase VirginiaSports.com

3 Quick Facts TE UNIVESITY OF VIGINIA Name...The University of Virginia Founded... by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 Nicknames...Cavaliers, Wahoos, oos Location...Charlottesville, Va. Enrollment...21,800 President...Teresa A. Sullivan Athletics Director...Craig Littlepage Conference... Atlantic Coast Colors...Orange and Blue STADIUM INFOMATION Facility (Capacity)...Ted Davenport Field at UVa Baseball Stadium (5,025) Dimensions Surface...Natural Grass First Year of Operation Largest Attendance Figure...5,074 vs. North Carolina (April 14, 2012) UVA s Overall ecord in Facility (.775) First Game... Feb. 16, 2002 vs. Bucknell osted egionals...9 (2004, 06, 07, 10-14, 16) osted Super egionals...5 (2010, 11, 13, 14, 15) COACING STAFF ead Coach... Brian O Connor (Creighton, 93) 14th season Career/School ecord , ACC Associate ead Coach...Kevin McMullan (Indiana-Pa., 90) Assistant Coach...Karl Kuhn (Florida, 92) Assistant Coach...Matt Kirby (William and Mary, 03) Student Assistant...Greg Miclat TEAM INFOMATION ecord ACC ecord/finish /2nd, Coastal Division ACC Tournament NCAA Tournament..NCAA Charlottesville egional (1-2) Position Starters eturning/lost... 7/2 Pitchers eturning/lost... 10/5 Letterwinners eturning/lost... 21/11 Newcomers...10 (9 freshmen, 1 transfer) Athletics MEDIA ELATIONS Assistant AD for Media elations... Jim Daves Asst. Director/Baseball Contact...Andy Fledderjohann Office... (434) Cell... (434) fledder@virginia.edu UVA Media elations Phone... (434) Davenport Field Press Box... (434) Official UVA Athletics Website...VirginiaSports.com 2017 ACC Coaches Preseason Poll (first-place votes in parentheses) Coastal Division Atlantic Division 1. North Carolina (6), Florida State (10), Virginia (4), Louisville (2), Miami (3), Clemson (1), Georgia Tech (1), NC State (1), Duke, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Boston College, Pitt, Notre Dame, 26 Overall Champion: Florida State (10) uva second nationally in era since 2005 Entering the season, Virginia owned the second best EA among all NCAA Division I teams over the past 12 seasons with a 3.17 team EA since UVA finished second nationally in EA (2.23) in 2014 and has ranked among the NCAA top 20 in nine of the 13 years under the current coaching staff. Virginia led the nation in EA in 2011 (2.24) and posted No. 3 marks in 2005, 2006, 2007 and NCAA Division I EA Since Texas Virginia Cal State Fullerton Defense tops acc under current staff Virginia has posted the ACC s best fielding percentage since the current coaching staff arrived in UVA has accrued a.973 fielding percentage over the last 13 seasons. UVA had a.970 fielding percentage in. cavaliers top acc in batting since 2009 Virginia owns the ACC s top offense over the past eight years with a combined.303 average. The Cavaliers led the conference in batting in 2009, 2010 and 2013 and were second in 2011, 2012 and UVA was third in the ACC in batting last year at.304. cavaliers look to continue home success Virginia is (.806) at Davenport Field since 2004 under Brian O Connor, including a mark last season. UVA averaged 3,675 fans per game last year, including a program-record 3,638 per game for the regular season. The Cavaliers passed the 100,000 mark in attendance for the sixth time in seven years this season (120,082 total). who s gone? Virginia lost several key players off of its team. Two-time All-America catcher Matt Thaiss (153 career starts) was a first-round draft pick (16th overall) of the L.A. Angels after batting a team-high.375 in. Three-year starting shortstop Daniel Pinero (194 starts) was drafted in the ninth round by the Tigers. UVA s Friday starter, Connor Jones, was selected in the second round by St. Louis, and finished fourth in career wins (22) and eighth in innings (268.2) at UVA. Left-handed pitchers Kevin Doherty and David osenberger each graduated after playing key roles out of the bullpen last year. acc network extra provides expanded coverage Each of Virginia s 55 games in 2017 will be broadcast either on television, online or radio. Thirty-seven UVA games, including 25 home contests, will be broadcast online via ACC Network Extra, a dedicated digital channel for ACC sports which is available to authenticated subscribers of ESPN3 through WatchESPN and the ESPN app. The ACC Network Extra coverage marks the initial phase of the full ACC Network announced July 21 by ESPN and the Atlantic Coast Conference. pinero named to canada s roster for world baseball classic Former Cavalier shortstop Daniel Pinero has been named to Canada s roster for the upcoming World Baseball Classic. Pinero is the first Virginia alum to play in the WBC, which began in 2006 and is in its fourth installment this year. Canada joins Colombia, Dominican epublic and United States in Pool C, which will be played at Marlins Park in Miami from March changes coming at davenport Davenport Field is scheduled to undergo a $12-18 million expansion following the 2017 season, with renovations slated to be complete in time for the start of the 2018 campaign. Among the planned renovations to improve the game-day experience: A new grand entry in right field. An expanded concourse down the right-field line that extends around the right-field pole toward right centerfield. A field-level club area and seating for approximately 140 fans. Chairback seats along the first baseline. Moving the UVA bullpen to left field to make room for chairback seats along the third baseline. New concessions, merchandise, and restroom facilities. Areas for player training and development, including an indoor pitching development center. New offices for the baseball #UVABase VirginiaSports.com 3

4 ECENT POGAM NOTES Virginia owns the most wins in the nation this decade (331). UVA has won 595 games since 2004 an average of more than 45 victories per season. UVA has four 50-win seasons: 2010 (51), 2011 (56), 2013 (50) and 2014 (53). UVA has recorded at least 38 wins each of the last 13 years, including win seasons. Every UVA recruiting class since that has completed its eligibility has played in at least one College World Series. TE TOUNAMENT STEAK Virginia has qualified for 13 straight NCAA tournaments, including four CWS trips and UVA s first national championship in UVA is one of five programs nationally to play in each tournament since 2004 and one of three to play in six of the last eight NCAA Super egionals. Virginia is one of 16 schools in Division I history to have a streak of at least 13 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances (17 occurrences). NCAA TOUNAMENT SUCCESS UVA has won 41 NCAA tournament games since 2009 second most in the nation in that span. Twelve of the 41 tournament wins since 2009 have come in the College World Series. Virginia has earned four national seeds in the NCAA Tournament, including the No. 1 overall seed in cavaliers in MLB (at start of Spring Training) A total of 14 former Virginia baseball players are reporting to Major League Baseball Spring Training camps, which begin this week. Nine former Cavaliers are on their respective teams active rosters, while four more are non-roster invitees to spring training. 14-year veteran LP Javier Lopez retired on Feb. 8 after seven years with the San Francisco Giants. Major League Baseball Kyle Crockett ( )...LP... Cleveland Indians Sean Doolittle ( )...LP... Oakland Athletics Phil Gosselin ( )...INF... Pittsburgh Pirates Brandon Guyer ( )...OF... Cleveland Indians John icks ( )...C... Detroit Tigers Jarrett Parker ( )...OF... San Francisco Giants Chris Taylor ( )...INF...Los Angeles Dodgers Tyler Wilson ( )...P...Baltimore Orioles yan Zimmerman ( )...INF... Washington Nationals Spring Training Non-oster Invitees Derek Fisher (ouston) Mark eynolds (Colorado) Josh Sborz (Los Angeles Dodgers) Matt Thaiss (Los Angeles Angels) BINGING OME TE ADWAE Virginia has made four College World Series appearances, including two trips to the CWS Finals. UVA has won six NCAA egional and four Super egional championships since UVA earned the 2010 and 2011 ACC Coastal Division Championships (regular season). UVA has made four appearances in the ACC Championship game, including titles in 2009 and 11. NATIONAL ECOGNITION UVA reached the No. 1 national ranking in the polls in 2010, 2011, 2014 and Twenty-four Cavaliers have earned All-America selections in the last 13 seasons. Brian O Connor has been named National Coach of the Year on three occasions. SUCCESS AT NEXT LEVEL Sixty-nine Cavaliers have been selected in the MLB Draft in the last 13 years, including three in. UVA has had at least one first-round draft pick in each of the last three seasons. Under the current coaching staff, 14 former Cavaliers have reached the big leagues. 10 former Cavaliers played in Major League Baseball in. Sean Doolittle (Oakland) and yan Zimmerman (Washington) each have been named MLB All-Stars. #UVABase VirginiaSports.com

5 head coach brian o connor Personal Information Born: April 21, 1971, in Omaha, Neb. igh School: Saint Albert.S., Council Bluffs, Iowa (1989) College: Creighton (1993), bachelor s in marketing Coaching Career: Creighton, Assistant Coach ( ) Notre Dame, Assistant Coach ( ) Notre Dame, Assoc. ead Coach ( ) Virginia, ead Coach (2004-present) Family: Married to former Cindy Petratis; three children - daughters, Ellie and Maggie and son, Dillon virginia Notes 14th season at Virginia ( ; 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 egion 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 13 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 egional and Oxford Super egional champions) osted nine NCAA regionals and six super regionals as won six regionals, four super regionals Led UVA to 2010 and 2011 ACC Coastal Division titles Second fastest in ACC history to reach 500 wins (672 games); only FSU s Mike Martin did so faster (664) 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 69 players picked in Major League Baseball Draft over the last 13 years UVA has had 22 All-America and 62 all-conference selections in his tenure CAEE NOTES Associate head coach of Notre Dame s 2002 College World Series team (head coach is 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 ecord at virginia Year Overall ACC Postseason NCAA egional NCAA egional NCAA egional NCAA egional NCAA egional NCAA College World Series NCAA Super egional NCAA College World Series NCAA egional NCAA Super egional NCAA CWS Finals NCAA National Champions NCAA egional Career TE LAST TIME VIGINIA... Won 10 or more consecutive games...feb. 13-March 1, 2015 (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...20 vs. Wagner (March 9, ) ad 20 or more hits in a game...20 vs. Wagner (March 9, ) Scored 10 or more runs in an inning in 3rd inning vs. VMI (Feb. 23, ) Gave up 10 or more runs in an inning in 5th inning at Louisville (March 27, ) Turned a triple play...at North Carolina A&T (Feb. 13, 2004) Shut out an opponent (9 innings)...at Boston College (3-0) (April 8, ) Shut out an opponent (7 innings)... Georgia Tech (11-0) (May 19, ACC Tournament) Shut out consecutive opponents... Toledo (15-0 and 5-0) (Feb , 2013) Was shut out... at Louisville (15-0) (March 27, ) Was shut out in two consecutive games... NC State (6-0 and 1-0) (April 9-10, 2005) it consecutive triples... Jarrett Parker and Tyler Cannon at UC Irvine (May 31, NCAA egional) it consecutive home runs... Nick oward and Kenny Towns vs. Georgia Tech (May 23, ACC Tournament) it three consecutive home runs...jon Benick, Mark ueffert and Dan Street at Virginia Tech (April 18, 2001) ad four different players homer in one game... obbie Coman, Joe McCarthy, Derek Fisher, Mike Papi vs. ichmond (April 23, 2014) Swept a home ACC doubleheader...wake Forest (March 18, ) Swept a road ACC doubleheader... at Pitt (April 30, ) Was swept in an ACC doubleheader...at NC State (April 26, 2015) Swept a three-game ACC series at home... Virginia Tech (May 19-21, ) Swept a three-game ACC series on the road... at Pitt (April 30-May 1, ) 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) TE LAST TIME A CAVALIE... it two home runs in a game... Matt Thaiss vs. Towson (March 17, ) it three home runs in a game...dan Street vs. Old Dominion in Charleston, S.C. (Feb. 22, 2002) it a walk-off home run...kenny Towns vs. Florida State (May 25, 2013) it a grand slam... Pavin Smith vs. VMI (Feb. 23, ) it a home run to lead off a game...adam aseley vs. George Washington (April 6, ) it a home run over UVA s Blue Monster...Joe Koshansky vs. Central Connecticut (March 7, 2004) it an inside-the-park home run...danny ultzen vs. ichmond (April 20, 2011) it a pinch-hit home run...shane alley vs. ichmond (April 20, 2011) it for the cycle... unter Wyant at igh Point (March 12, 2001) it three doubles in a game...kenny Towns vs. Towson (March 17, 2015) it two triples in a game...adam aseley vs. Wake Forest (May 27, ) ad four hits in a game... Daniel Pinero vs. Virginia Tech (May 20, ) ad five hits in a game... Nick oward vs. ichmond (April 24, 2013) Scored five or more runs in a game... Tyler Cannon (5) at Wake Forest (March 6, 2009) ad five BI in a game...kenny Towns vs. James Madison (April 8, 2015) ad six BI in a game... Pavin Smith vs. VMI (Feb. 23, ) ad seven BI in a game... Kenny Towns (8) at East Carolina (Feb. 15, 2013) ad eight BI in a game...kenny Towns at East Carolina (Feb. 15, 2013) ad nine or more BI in a game...brandon Guyer (9) vs. Niagara (March 13, 2007) Stole three bases in a game...daniel Pinero vs. Arkansas (June 13, CWS) Stole four or more bases in a game... Greg Miclat (4) at Clemson (April 20, 2007) Stole home... Mike Papi vs. Liberty (May 7, 2014) Walked five times in a game...phil Gosselin at James Madison (March 17, 2010) ad 10 or more strikeouts in a game...connor Jones (11) at NC State (April 24, 2015) Pitched a nine-inning complete game...adam aseley vs. Virginia Tech (May 21, ) Pitched back-to-back complete games...connor Jones at Pitt (April 30, ) and Ga. Tech (May 13, ) 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, ) Saved both ends of a doubleheader... Branden Kline vs. Maryland (March 26, 2011) Pitched a no-hitter... Nathan Kirby at Pittsburgh (April 4, 2014) Pitched a perfect game...will oberts vs. George Washington (March 29, #UVABase VirginiaSports.com 5

6 Virginia Baseball Overall Statistics for Virginia (FINAL) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) ecord: ome: Away: 11-8 Neutral: 3-2 ACC: 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% 21 Matt Thaiss Ernie Clement Daniel Pinero Pavin Smith Adam aseley Justin Novak Cameron Simmons Cameron Comer Jake McCarthy Jon Meola Nate Eikhoff Jack Gerstenmaier Andy Weber Kevin Doherty yan Karstetter Charlie Cody Doak Dozier obbie Coman Jack Weiller Totals Opponents LOB - Team (490), Opp (430). DPs turned - Team (53), Opp (39). CI - Team (1), Thaiss, M. 1. (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 7 Adam aseley / Connor Jones / Tommy Doyle / Alec Bettinger / obbie Coman / olden Grounds / Tyler Shambora / Jack oberts / Kevin Doherty / Daniel Lynch / David osenberger / Bennett Sousa / Chesdin arrington / Connor Eason / Grant Donahue / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (14), Thaiss, M. 12, Novak, J. 2, Opp (7). Pickoffs - Team (9), Thaiss, M. 4, Bettinger, A 1, oberts, J. 1, aseley, A. 1, arrington 1, Jones, C. 1, Opp (7). #UVABase VirginiaSports.com

7 Virginia Baseball Game esults for Virginia (FINAL) (All games) Date Opponent Score Inns Overall ACC Pitcher of record Attend Time Feb 19, vs Kent State W Jones, C. (W 1-0) 0 3:12 Feb 20, vs Appalachian State W Lynch, D. (W 1-0) 850 2:55 Feb 21, at #21 Coastal Carolina L Bettinger, A (L 0-1) :20 Feb 23, VMI W aseley, A. (W 1-0) :26 Feb 26, EAST CAOLINA L 5-8 (10) Bettinger, A (L 0-2) :03 Feb 27, EAST CAOLINA L Lynch, D. (L 1-1) :50 Feb 28, EAST CAOLINA W Doyle, T. (W 1-0) :45 Mar 01, WILLIAM & MAY W aseley, A. (W 2-0) :09 Mar 04, MONMOUT W Jones, C. (W 2-0) :24 Mar 05, MONMOUT W (11) Sousa, B. (W 1-0) :10 Mar 06, MONMOUT L Doyle, T. (L 1-1) :00 Mar 08, WAGNE W aseley, A. (W 3-0) :20 Mar 09, WAGNE W osenberger (W 1-0) :33 * Mar 11, at Duke W Jones, C. (W 3-0) 632 3:11 * Mar 12, at Duke W Shambora, T. (W 1-0) 906 3:26 * Mar 13, at Duke L Doyle, T. (L 1-2) 533 2:22 Mar 15, TOWSON W aseley, A. (W 4-0) :58 Mar 16, TOWSON W Sousa, B. (W 2-0) :05 * Mar 18, WAKE FOEST-1 W Jones, C. (W 4-0) :52 * Mar 18, WAKE FOEST-2 W Shambora, T. (W 2-0) :13 * Mar 19, WAKE FOEST L Bettinger, A (L 0-3) :17 Mar 22, JAMES MADISON W aseley, A. (W 5-0) :35 * Mar 25, at #7 Louisville W Jones, C. (W 5-0) :58 * Mar 26, at #7 Louisville L Lynch, D. (L 1-2) :21 * Mar 27, at #7 Louisville L Doyle, T. (L 1-3) :38 Mar 30, OLD DOMINION L Bettinger, A (L 0-4) :00 * Apr 01, #23 NC STATE L Jones, C. (L 5-1) :55 * Apr 02, #23 NC STATE W aseley, A. (W 6-0) :02 * Apr 03, #23 NC STATE L Doyle, T. (L 1-4) :09 Apr 05, at VCU L Lynch, D. (L 1-3) :17 Apr 06, GEOGE WASINGTON W osenberger (W 2-0) :57 * Apr 08, at Boston College W Jones, C. (W 6-1) 230 3:07 * Apr 09, at Boston College L Doyle, T. (L 1-5) 519 3:07 * Apr 10, at Boston College L 4-5 (13) arrington (L 0-1) 412 5:01 Apr 13, LONGWOOD W Shambora, T. (W 3-0) :28 * Apr 15, #13 NOT CAOLINA W Jones, C. (W 7-1) :40 * Apr 16, #13 NOT CAOLINA L aseley, A. (L 6-1) :30 * Apr 17, #13 NOT CAOLINA W Doherty, K. (W 1-0) :30 Apr 19, ADFOD W Sousa, B. (W 3-0) :52 Apr 20, VCU L Doherty, K. (L 1-1) :21 * Apr 22, at #1 Miami (FL) W Jones, C. (W 8-1) :15 * Apr 23, at #1 Miami (FL) L aseley, A. (L 6-2) :02 * Apr 24, at #1 Miami (FL) W Bettinger, A (W 1-4) :33 Apr 26, at Old Dominion W Shambora, T. (W 4-0) :27 * Apr 30, at Pitt-1 W Jones, C. (W 9-1) 718 3:35 * Apr 30, at Pitt-2 W arrington (W 1-1) 718 3:15 * May 01, at Pitt W aseley, A. (W 7-2) 318 2:40 May 03, at Liberty W Shambora, T. (W 5-0) :53 * May 13, #19 GEOGIA TEC W Jones, C. (W 10-1) :41 * May 14, #19 GEOGIA TEC W Bettinger, A (W 2-4) :49 * May 15, #19 GEOGIA TEC L aseley, A. (L 7-3) :40 * May 19, VIGINIA TEC W Jones, C. (W 11-1) :29 * May 20, VIGINIA TEC W Doyle, T. (W 2-5) :24 * May 21, VIGINIA TEC W aseley, A. (W 8-3) :32 May 26, vs #12 Clemson L Shambora, T. (L 5-1) :04 May 27, vs Wake Forest L Bettinger, A (L 2-5) :25 May 28, vs #3 Louisville W aseley, A. (W 9-3) :52 Jun 03, WILLIAM & MAY W Bettinger, A (W 3-5) :27 Jun 04, EAST CAOLINA L Doyle, T. (L 2-6) :29 Jun 05, WILLIAM & MAY L Doyle, T. (L 2-7) :00 () extra inning #UVABase VirginiaSports.com 7

8 Virginia Baseball Individual Season/Career Summary for Virginia (FINAL) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) ecord: ome: Away: 11-8 Neutral: 3-2 ACC: SEASON CAEE Player Avg G-GS AB 2B 3B BI bp SO Sb-Att Avg G-GS AB 2B 3B BI bp SO Sb-Att 21 Matt Thaiss Ernie Clement Daniel Pinero Pavin Smith Adam aseley Justin Novak Cameron Simmons Cameron Comer Jake McCarthy Jon Meola Nate Eikhoff Jack Gerstenmaier Andy Weber Kevin Doherty yan Karstetter Charlie Cody Doak Dozier obbie Coman Jack Weiller Totals Opponents (All games Sorted by Earned run avg) SEASON CAEE Player EA W-L App GS CG Sho Sv IP E SO EA W-L App GS CG Sho Sv IP E SO 7 Adam aseley Connor Jones Tommy Doyle Alec Bettinger obbie Coman olden Grounds Tyler Shambora Jack oberts Kevin Doherty Daniel Lynch David osenberger Bennett Sousa Chesdin arrington Connor Eason Grant Donahue Totals Opponents #UVABase VirginiaSports.com

9 Virginia Baseball Games Summary for Virginia (FINAL) (All games) Score by innings EX Total Virginia Opponents ecord when... Overall Conference Non-Conference ome games Away games 11-8 Neutral site 3-2 Day games Night games 10-4 vs Left starter 17-9 vs ight starter un games un games un games 15-6 Extra innings 1-2 Shutouts 4-2 Scoring 0-2 runs runs runs runs 10-0 Opponent 0-2 runs runs runs runs 1-4 Scored in 1st inning 13-5 Opp. scored in 1st 8-11 Scores first 26-7 Opp. scores first After 6 leading trailing tied 2-3 After 7 leading trailing tied 1-3 After 8 leading trailing tied 0-5 it 0 home runs home run home runs 9-3 Opponent 0 home runs home run s 3-6 Made 0 errors error errors Opp. made 0 errors error errors 20-6 Out-hit opponent 30-9 Out-hit by opponent 5-11 its are tied 3-2 ecord when team scores: uns W-L ecord when opponent scores: uns W-L ecord when leading after: Inn W-L ecord when trailing after: Inn W-L ecord when tied after: Inn W-L Current losing streak: 2 Longest winning streak: 8 Longest losing streak: 4 ome attendance : ( 36 dates avg = 3675 ) Away attendance : ( 24 dates avg = 2095 ) Total attendance: ( 60 dates avg = 3043 #UVABase VirginiaSports.com 9

10 player notes 2 DEW BLAKELY F. C Three-time all-state honoree in Michigan career ighs AB BI SB 4 Ernie clement J. inf/of 2017 Preseason All-American (first team by D1Baseball, second team by Baseball America) Named Cape Cod Summer League MVP Third-Team All-ACC selection at second base Played in all 60 games (43 starts at 2B, 17 in CF); hit in leadoff slot in last 18 games (first 42 in 2-hole) Third in ACC in hits (92) and runs (62); third-most hits in single season at UVA Struck out 12 times in 262 AB; ranked fourth toughest to strike out nationally (1 every 21.8 AB) ecorded four hit streaks of eight games or more career highs AB 6 6x, last vs. William & Mary (6/3/16) 3 Longwood (4/13/16) 4 3x, last vs. Virginia Tech (5/20/16) 3 Florida State (3/21/15) BI 4 William & Mary (6/3/16) SB 2 Longwood (4/13/16) 5 caleb knight jr. C NJCAA Division I Defensive Player of Year and awlings Gold Glove Award winner at Connors State College career ighs AB BI SB 7 adam haseley jr. of/lp 2017 Second-Team Preseason All-American at utility (Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, D1Baseball) Named to Preseason Golden Spikes Award Watch List Batting Led team with 31 extra-base hits last year (team-leading 19 2B and 6 3B, 6 ) most XB by UVA player since Brandon Downes had 37 in 2013 Second in ACC in triples (6), fifth in runs (61), ninth in doubles (19) Pitching anked eighth in ACC in wins (9); he won each of his five Tuesday starts prior to moving into weekend rotation Second in ACC and ninth nationally in EA (1.73) and second in league in opponent batting (.194) Career ighs (Batting) AB 6 2x, last vs. NC State (4/1/16) 4 3x, last vs. Wagner (3/9/16) 4 vs. Wake Forest-2 (3/18/16) 2 7x, last vs. Towson (3/15/16) BI 3 3x, last vs. William & Mary (6/3/16) SB 1 8x, last vs. Virginia Tech (5/21/16) (Pitching) IP 9.0 Virginia Tech (5/21/16) 8 Georgia Tech (5/13/16) 5 2x, last vs. Georgia Tech (5/13/16) E 5 Georgia Tech (5/13/16) 5 vs. Louisville (5/28/16) K 6 at Boston College (4/9/16) 2/23 VMI 18-1 * W 3/1 William & Mary 16-8 * W 3/8 Wagner 6-2 * W 3/15 Towson 4-3 * W 3/22 James Madison 15-6 * W 4/2 NC State 5-3 * W 4/9 at Boston College 2-3 * /16 North Carolina 1-8 * L 4/23 at Miami 2-9 * L 5/1 at Pitt 9-1 * W 5/15 Georgia Tech 4-5 * L 5/21 Virginia Tech 4-1 * W 5/28 vs. Louisville (ACCT) 7-2 * W /1 VMI /8 James Madison /11 at Georgia Tech /22 Liberty 5-2 * W 4/28 at Old Dominion 1-3 * L 5/10 Duke S 5/12 ichmond /16 at North Carolina W 5/18 at North Carolina 8-2 * /23 vs. NC State (ACCT) 2-10 * /23 vs. Vanderbilt (CWS) 3-0 * obbie Coman Gr. c/1b Played in four games in before missing rest of season after suffering elbow injury on Feb. 28 vs. East Carolina Earned bachelor s degree in economics last spring and on track to graduate in May with master s in higher education administration career ighs (batting) AB 5 12x, last at North Carolina (5/16/15) 2 6x, last vs. Longwood (4/21/15) 3 7x, last at North Carolina (5/16/15) 2 4x, last at Florida State (3/20/15) BI 4 Princeton (3/20/14) SB 1 2x, last at Notre Dame (3/28/15) (Pitching) IP 2.1 VMI (2/23/16) 2 VMI (2/23/16) E K 2 VMI (2/23/16) 2/23 VMI /28 East Carolina daniel lynch so. Lhp Made 13 appearances last year (nine starts) Made four postseason appearances in (two in ACC tournament and two in NCAA tournament) Worked 2 1/3 perfect innings out of bullpen over two appearances in ACC tournament IP 6.2 Monmouth (3/5/16) 7 2x, last vs. Longwood (4/13/16) 6 East Carolina (2/27/16) E 6 East Carolina (2/27/16) 4 at Duke (3/12/16) K 9 vs. Appalachian State (2/20/16) 2/19 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 () /5 William & Mary () 4-5 * #UVABase VirginiaSports.com

11 player notes 10 Pavin Smith J. 1b/of 2017 Preseason All-American (First Team by Baseball America, Perfect Game; Second Team by Collegiate Baseball, D1Baseball) Named to Preseason Golden Spikes Award Watch List Second-Team All-ACC selection at first base and Third-Team All-American by Baseball America Second on team and seventh in ACC with 57 BI in Career ighs AB 6 3x, last vs. William & Mary (6/3/16) 3 vs. Clemson (5/26/16) 4 2x, last vs Appalachian State (2/20/16) 3 4x, last vs. Georgia Tech (5/14/16) BI 6 vs. VMI (2/23/16) SB 1 4x, last vs. Georgia Tech (5/14/16) 11 bennett sousa J. Lhp Appeared in 16 games in, including 13 out of bullpen Last three appearances were midweek starts IP 5.0 adford (4/19/16) 4 5x, last at Liberty (5/3/16) 4 3x, last at Old Dominion (4/26/16) E 4 at Old Dominion (4/26/15) 3 3x, last at Louisville (3/26/16) K 4 adford (4/19/16) 2/21 vs. Coastal Carolina /23 VMI /28 East Carolina /1 William & Mary /5 Monmouth W 3/9 Wagner /16 Towson W 3/19 Wake Forest /26 at Louisville /1 NC State /10 at Boston College 4-5 (13) /16 North Carolina /19 adford 11-3 * W 4/26 at Old Dominion 8-4 * /3 at Liberty 7-3 * /20 vs. Marist /22 vs. Marist W 3/11 Old Dominion /21 Florida State /22 Florida State /1 VMI /11 at Georgia Tech Charlie cody jr. of/inf Started 22 of UVA s last 23 games in in left field, including final 18 Suffered ankle injury on Feb. 23 against VMI; returned April 6 in pinch-hit appearance against GW Career ighs AB 5 2x, last vs. William & Mary (6/5/16) 2 2x, last vs. North Carolina (4/17/16) 3 3x, last vs. Virginia Tech (5/20/15) 2 North Carolina (4/17/16) BI 3 adford (4/19/16) SB 13 alec bettinger sr. hp Pitched in 22 games in, with last eight coming as starts Finished sixth in ACC with seven saves last year as racked up 151 1/3 career innings and 148 strikeouts in 61 games (all are most of any current UVA pitcher) IP 9.0 Georgia Tech (5/14/16) 8 North Carolina (4/17/16) 6 vs. Wake Forest (5/27/16) E 6 vs. Wake Forest (5/27/16) 6 Virginia Tech (5/20/16) K 11 ichmond (4/23/14) 2/19 vs. Kent State S 2/21 at Coastal Carolina L 2/26 East Carolina L 2/28 East Carolina S 3/4 Monmouth S 3/5 Monmouth /12 at Duke S 3/15 Towson S 3/16 Towson S 3/18 Wake Forest /19 Wake Forest L 3/25 at Louisville S 3/30 Old Dominion L 4/2 NC State /6 George Washington /10 at Boston College 4-5 (13) * /17 North Carolina 15-9 * /24 at Miami 7-3 * W 4/30 at Pitt * /14 Georgia Tech 9-4 * W 5/20 Virginia Tech 7-6 * /27 vs. Wake Forest 9-10 * L 6/3 William & Mary () 17-4 * W /13 at East Carolina /21 vs. Marist 7-2 * W 2/27 vs. artford S 3/7 vs. Pitt /11 Old Dominion /17 Towson 8-0 * W 3/22 Florida State /24 Georgetown 0-1 * L 3/29 at Notre Dame /1 VMI /6 Louisville /10 at Georgia Tech /15 William & Mary W 4/17 Miami /19 Miami /22 Liberty /24 at NC State /26 at NC State L 5/8 Duke S 5/9 Duke L 5/12 ichmond W 5/14 at North Carolina S 5/20 vs. Miami (ACCT) L 5/23 vs. NC State (ACCT) L 5/31 vs. USC () /6 Maryland (S) W 6/19 vs. Florida (CWS) /15 vs. VMI /11 James Madison /14 Boston College /20 Princeton 14-4 * W 3/26 Longwood 8-1 * W 4/1 Old Dominion 7-1 * W 4/8 at James Madison 9-3 * W 4/16 William & Mary /23 ichmond 13-0 * W 5/13 VCU 12-3 * W 5/30 Bucknell () derek casey Jr. hp eturns after missing season with arm injury Made six starts (10 appearances) in 2015 Suffered injury on April 21, 2015, during start against Longwood Was 27-0 with 0.51 EA in high school career; selected in 22nd round of 2014 MLB Draft by St. Louis IP 7.0 at VCU (3/31/15) 5 William & Mary (4/15/15) 4 at Liberty (3/25/15) E 4 at Liberty (3/25/15) 3 Longwood (4/21/15) K 4 5x, last vs. Longwood (4/21/15) 2015 Date Opponent GS IP E SO DEC 2/14 at East Carolina /20 vs. Marist /11 Old Dominion * L 3/21 Florida State /25 at Liberty * W 3/31 at VCU * W 4/5 Louisville /8 James Madison * W 4/15 William & Mary * /21 Longwood * W 15 riley wilson jr. Lhp as yet to pitch in a UVA uniform after shoulder injury sidelined him for first two seasons IP E #UVABase VirginiaSports.com 11