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Cavaliers open ACC season against Jackets

Virginia's softball team will open their ACC season this weekend against the best the conference has to offer, hosting the defending ACC Champion Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (26-15) for a Saturday afternoon doubleheader. Conference success has been a stated goal of the Virginia team (25-16) since the start of the season, as an outright ACC title is the only way to earn an automatic bid to NCAA Regionals.


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Late rally secures Virginia sweep over Pirates

With the comfort of a cool breeze on a spring season that is heating up, the Virginia softball team found their hitting rhythm at the right time in yesterday afternoon's doubleheader, earning a pair of victories, 6-1 and 6-5, over visiting East Carolina University. Freshman infielder Sarah Larquier powered the Cavaliers (25-16) to victory with a homerun, her tenth of the season.


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Cavaliers cruise to pair of easy victories

The No. 30 Virginia men's tennis team easily disposed of both Maryland and Howard yesterday at Snyder Tennis Center to move to 10-1 in its last 11 matches. The Cavaliers (20-3, 4-1 ACC) dropped only one set throughout both matches against the two struggling squads.


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Virginia squashes No. 16 Spiders

The Virginia men's baseball team upset the No. 16 Richmond Spiders, 11-4, in spectacular fashion last night at Davenport field to stay undefeated at home and improve to 18-8 on the season.


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Club Sports in Brief

Gymnastics finishes second at JMU, hosts annual exhibition The Virginia gymnastics team finished second at a state meet Saturday, March 29 at James Madison University.


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Ahead of Lighting of the Lawn, Riley McNeill and Chelsea Huffman, co-chairs of the Lighting of the Lawn Committee and fourth-year College students, and Peter Mildrew, the president of the Hullabahoos and third-year Commerce student, discuss the festive tradition which brings the community together year after year. From planning the event to preparing performances, McNeil, Huffman and Mildrew elucidate how the light show has historically helped the community heal in the midst of hardship.