Looking ahead to Virginia....

I guess it's time to look ahead to who we will be playing the first game at Omaha. It sets itself up as a unique situation. I can't remember the last time we've played a #1 ranked team in back to back weeks.

Schedule :

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02/14/14 vs. Kentucky Wilmington, N.C. L, 8-3 02/15/14 vs. VMI Wilmington, N.C. W, 12-0 02/16/14 at UNC Wilmington Wilmington, N.C. W, 7-2 02/19/14 at William & Mary Williamsburg, Va. W, 17-2 02/21/14 vs. East Carolina Charlottesville, Va. W, 3-2 02/22/14 vs. East Carolina Charlottesville, Va. W, 4-0
East Carolina Charlottesville, Va. W, 6-2 02/25/14 vs. VMI Charlottesville, Va. L, 3-2 03/01/14 vs. Monmouth Charlottesville, Va. W, 6-3 03/02/14 vs. Monmouth Charlottesville, Va. W, 5-3 vs. Monmouth Charlottesville, Va. W, 6-2 (6) 03/08/14 at Duke * Durham, N.C. W, 3-2 at Duke * Durham, N.C. L, 3-2 03/09/14 at Duke * Durham, N.C. W, 2-1 03/11/14 vs. James Madison Charlottesville, Va. W, 13-2 03/14/14 vs. Boston College * Charlottesville, Va. W, 8-1 03/15/14 vs. Boston College * Charlottesville, Va. W, 3-2 (12) vs. Boston College * Charlottesville, Va. W, 2-1 03/18/14 vs. Rutgers Charlottesville, Va. Cancelled 03/19/14 vs. Towson Charlottesville, Va. W, 5-3 03/20/14 vs. Princeton Charlottesville, Va. W, 14-4 03/22/14 at Miami * Coral Gables, Fla. L, 7-1 03/23/14 at Miami * Coral Gables, Fla. W, 8-3 (11) 03/24/14 at Miami * Coral Gables, Fla. W, 5-3 03/26/14 vs. Longwood Charlottesville, Va. W, 8-1 03/28/14 vs. Virginia Tech * Charlottesville, Va. W, 2-1 03/29/14 vs. Virginia Tech * Charlottesville, Va. W, 9-2 03/30/14 vs. Virginia Tech * Charlottesville, Va. W, 7-4 04/01/14 vs. Old Dominion Charlottesville, Va. W, 7-1 04/02/14 vs. George Washington Charlottesville, Va. W, 10-0 04/04/14 at Pittsburgh * Pittsburgh. Pa. W, 4-0 04/05/14 at Pittsburgh * Pittsburgh. Pa. L, 2-1 04/06/14 at Pittsburgh * Pittsburgh. Pa. W, 3-0 04/08/14 at James Madison Harrisonburg, Va. W, 9-3 04/11/14 vs. Clemson * Charlottesville, Va. W, 3-2 04/12/14 vs. Clemson * Charlottesville, Va. L, 7-1 04/13/14 vs. Clemson * Charlottesville, Va. W, 1-0 04/15/14 vs. Radford Charlottesville, Va. Cancelled 04/16/14 vs. William & Mary Charlottesville, Va. W, 11-2 04/18/14 vs. North Carolina * Charlottesville, Va. W, 3-2 04/19/14 vs. North Carolina * Charlottesville, Va. W, 3-1 04/20/14 vs. North Carolina * Charlottesville, Va. L, 4-2 04/22/14 at VCU Richmond, Va. (The Diamond) W, 5-4 (10) 04/23/14 vs. Richmond Charlottesville, Va. W, 13-0 04/25/14 at Florida State * Tallahassee, Fla. W, 5-3 (10) 04/26/14 at Florida State * Tallahassee, Fla. L, 7-0 04/27/14 at Florida State * Tallahassee, Fla. W, 4-3 04/29/14 at Old Dominion Norfolk, Va. (Harbor Park) L, 8-1 05/07/14 vs. Liberty Charlottesville, Va. W, 8-2 05/09/14 vs. Georgia Tech * Charlottesville, Va. W, 4-3 05/10/14 vs. Georgia Tech * Charlottesville, Va. W, 4-3 (11) 05/11/14 vs. Georgia Tech * Charlottesville, Va. W, 3-1 05/13/14 vs. VCU Charlottesville, Va. W, 12-3 05/15/14 at Wake Forest * Winston-Salem, N.C. Postponed 05/16/14 at Wake Forest * Winston-Salem, N.C. L, 6-5 (10) at Wake Forest * Winston-Salem, N.C. W, 7-2 05/17/14 at Wake Forest * Winston-Salem, N.C. L, 4-3 ACC Baseball Championship 05/22/14 vs. Maryland Greensboro, N.C. L, 7-6 05/23/14 vs. North Carolina Greensboro, N.C. W, 3-2 05/24/14 vs. Florida State Greensboro, N.C. L, 6-4 NCAA Charlottesville Regional 05/30/14 vs. Bucknell Charlottesville, Va. W, 10-1 05/31/14 vs. Arkansas Charlottesville, Va. W, 3-0 06/01/14 vs. Arkansas Charlottesville, Va. W, 9-2 NCAA Charlottesville Super Regional

2-3 @ neutral sites

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We'd probably go up against their best pitcher, Nathan Kirby. He's a left handed sophomore with a 9-2 record and 1.73 ERA. He's a strike you out guy, he has 104 K's to just 25 walks. Teams have batted .182 off of him. Needless to say he's pretty good. They have a solid bullpen as well. They're 3 best relievers are a combined 18-1 with about a 1.50 ERA.


Hitting wise, they're a little bit weaker than us but so are 90% of the other teams we've played. They hit .281 as a team, they're best hitter being Mike Papi who hits .311 and has 11 bombs. As a team, they have a total of 33 HR's.

Fielding wise, they're one of the most solid teams in the nation.
A lot like Washington, they don't make errors. They field .982.


We've got our work cut out for us, but the key to this game will be how Ellis does. Obviously, we can't have him shite the bed like he did against ULL. If he can hold them to 3 runs or under through 7 innings I like our chances with our bullpen.