The Western Albemarle boys tennis team is confident, and with good reason. The Warriors coasted through the Jefferson District and carry an unbeaten record (19-0) into the Region II finals, which will be held today at Western Albemarle.

Syracuse University will take heavy hearts into its NCAA Division I national championship semi-final lacrosse game against Virginia on Saturday as the Orange deal with a sudden tragedy.

Orange County’s Cody Fincham was just waiting, hoping the ball would somehow pop out of the scrum.

Long after the clock had struck midnight, Virginia closer Michael Schwimer hurled the 354th pitch of the game and immediately held his breath as the marathon contest with top-ranked North Carolina hung in the balance.

Virginia’s remaining tennis hopes advanced in singles and doubles at the NCAA Individual Championships on Thursday. No. 1 Somdev Devvarman defeated Clancey Shields of Boise State 6-4, 7-5 to advance to the round of 16. Devvarman’s 14th career NCAA Championship victory set a new record.

Giving a halftime speech is a fine art. Getting your team to respond is an entirely different matter altogether.

In Woodbridge, Margaret Moss scored six goals as the Albemarle girls lacrosse team defeated Forest Park 18-6 in the Northwest Region semifinals on Thursday.

Just over a week ago, Fluvanna County’s baseball team beat Louisa County, handing the Lions their first loss in Jefferson District play.

It took 11 innings, but Virginia upended North Carolina in season-saving fashion at the ACC Tournament

Kyle Werman has a jam-packed summer directing countless baseball camps at Virginia’s Davenport Field waiting.

Virginia’s Somdev Devvarman began his NCAA title defense in strong fashion on Wednesday, defeating Ryan Preston of Vanderbilt, 6-1, 6-3.

After a two-week layoff, Albemarle’s girls’ lacrosse team used a quick start and leadership from its seniors to roll past visiting Battlefield in the Northwest Region quarterfinals, 19-4.

“We started to really be conscious of how far out we were extending,” said Albemarle coach Pat McAdams. “We really protected the front of the goal and made some real timely slides.”

Western Albemarle’s girls lacrosse team faced its toughest test thus far in the postseason against Broad Run — and passed with flying colors.

For the last three years the Monticello boys tennis team has fallen in the quarterfinals Region B tournament 5-4.

Western Albemarle and Fluvanna County’s boys soccer teams battled Tuesday night in a match that did justice to the fact that each team’s season was on the line.

Western Albemarle’s Aaron Myers was exhausted, but with two minutes left in a fourth overtime, the sophomore mustered one more run, flying towards Fluvanna County’s goal.

Former Virginia tennis standout Doug Stewart can vividly recall his first few college home matches that took place in 2003. Stewart was a freshman on a team that had finished seventh in the ACC the year before.

Brian O’Connor is not sure if it has ever happened in ACC Tournament history. O’Connor’s Virginia baseball team, as a reward for earning the No. 6 seed in the league’s postseason event, drew a first-round contest with No. 3 seed North Carolina (45-10, 22-7), which just so happens to be the nation’s top-ranked team.

The last time that the Virginia men’s basketball team traveled outside of the 50 states to play games was during the 2006-07 season. Things didn’t go well.

If Louisa County was fazed by its first inning, no one showed it.  The Lions shook off a rocky start, got some timely hits and rode the arm of Gunnar Carroll to a Jefferson District semifinal win over Orange County Tuesday night.

Madison County swept George Mason in two regular-season meetings on the diamond. The Mustangs got revenge Tuesday night. Mason combined 15 strikeouts from ace pitcher Mike Straub and timely hitting from the top half of the lineup to advance to the Bull Run District championship game with a 4-1 win over the Mountaineers.

Whenever Micalah Sacre enters the circle for the Orange County softball team, the Hornets have a great chance to win. On Tuesday evening, Sacre lead her team not just in the circle, but at the plate as well, in a 2-0 win over William Monroe in the Jefferson District semifinals.

Junior midfielder James Wittwer scored in the second half to lift the Albemarle boys soccer team to a 1-0 victory over Massaponax in the Commonwealth District semifinals on Tuesday night.

Jamie Hunt’s 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 triumph paved the way for a 4-3 Georgia win. The Bulldogs, who became the first team to defeat Virginia this season, will play Texas in the NCAA finals tonight at 7 p.m.

As David Adams, the draft-eligible junior enters the ACC Tournament on Wednesday, his batting average stands at a pedestrian .279.

Jordan Haws set the table for Wheeler on four of her eight goals as Western blew past Potomac Falls for a 19-4 victory in the Region II semifinals Monday night.

Max Pfeifer scored a pair of goals and assisted on another during a critical second half run that lifted Western to a 15-10 victory in the Region II semifinal Monday night.

Shooting two under par 70, Nick Little, a 22-year-old Crozet native ran away with title, winning by eight strokes.

“I’m not really thinking about what we did last year or what they did,” said Virginia senior co-captain Somdev Devvarman. “I’m more focused on how we’re going to beat them.