BASEBALL: Colonials rout Cavaliers

By The Daily Progress Staff

Published: March 26, 2008

When the floodgates opened, George Washington took full advantage.
After scoring five runs in the first inning, No. 21 Virginia allowed 16 unanswered runs on its way to a 17-5 loss, the second worst in coach Brian O’Connor’s era.
The loss snapped the Cavaliers’ 18-game winning streak at Davenport Field and dropped the team’s overall record to 20-5.
“We got ours tonight. Everybody gets it at some point in the season,” O’Connor said. “Ours happened to be in the 25th game of the year. We got our beating. It happens in the game of baseball.”
GW (12-9) pounded out 18 hits, including two homers, off four Virginia pitchers.
The Cavaliers gave up the lead in the fourth inning after allowing the Colonials to score four runs. GW blew the game open in the eighth inning with a lengthy assault that provided eight runs.
“We pitched well at times,” O’Connor said, “and just couldn’t finish the deal in several innings.”
UVa finished with seven hits in the contest, and rookie right fielder Dan Grovatt had two RBI.
O’Connor said it is paramount that his team blocks out the loss as Virginia Tech enters Friday for a three-game series.
“We are going to wake up in the morning and forget about it,” said Virginia first baseman Jeremy Farrell.
“You don’t want to lose like that for sure, but the quicker we forget about it we can move on.”