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The Norfolk State football team’s MEAC opener this season will be played in an NFL stadium. The Spartans’ Sept. 28 game against North Carolina Central has been selected as the Circle City Classic and will be played at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis instead of Dick Price Stadium.
The Circle City Classic is an annual HBCU showcase, with numerous other events taking place around the game.
- Old Dominion wide receiver Ahmarian Granger has transferred to James Madison, he announced on social media Wednesday. He caught 15 passes for 213 yards and a touchdown last season.
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NSU’s Doumbia goes to Wright State
Former Norfolk State forward Jack Doumbia has signed with Wright State out of the transfer portal, the Raiders announced.
The 6-6 Lanham, Maryland, native averaged 5.1 points and 1.7 rebounds in 12.9 minutes a game for the Spartans last season.
- James Madison has landed a pair of guards from the transfer portal: Syracuse’s Justin Taylor and Texas A&M’s Bryce Lindsay. Taylor, a 6-6 Charlottesville native, averaged five points and four rebounds in 23.2 minutes a game for the Orange last season. Lindsay, a 6-3 Baltimore native, missed most of last season with an injury and averaged 1.8 points in 6.9 minutes a game. The former three-star recruit out of IMG Academy will have three years of eligibility remaining.
- Dartmouth grad transfer Dusan Neskovic has committed to Richmond. The 6-8 forward averaged 16 points and four rebounds a game last season.
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UVA hits six homers in rout
Anthony Stephan went 3 for 4 with three RBIs and hit one of Virginia’s six home runs in the Cavaliers’ 18-5 home victory over George Washington on Wednesday.
Former Cox High star Ethan Anderson and Bobby Whalen also homered and drove in three runs for UVA (36-12), which has won five straight.
Old Dominion 14, VCU 8 (late Tuesday): Luke Waters had five hits and three RBIs and five teammates finished with at least two hits each as Old Dominion beat VCU at The Diamond in Richmond.
The Monarchs (26-22) finished with 15 hits. ODU’s Kyle Edwards homered, singled, walked twice and finished with three RBIs.
N.C. State 18, Norfolk State 0: The Wolfpack scored nine runs in the seventh inning en route to a seven-inning victory in Raleigh.
N.C. State (27-18) finished with 15 hits, and four pitchers limited NSU (11-36) to three hits.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE GOLF
UVA on track to advance
Virginia remained in third place at 12 over par and Virginia Tech is ninth after the second day of the NCAA Cle Elum Regional on Wednesday in Washington.
The top five teams in each regional advance to the national championships.
The Cavaliers’ Amanda Sambach is tied for third individually at 2 under par, while teammate Celeste Valinho is tied for ninth at 3 over.
Meanwhile, James Madison’s Kendall Turner (Great Bridge) is tied for 24th individually at the Bermuda Run Regional at 2-over 218.
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W&M’s Hague CAA’s top rookie
William & Mary men’s tennis player Oliver Hague has been selected as the CAA Rookie of the Year.
Hague, who led the Tribe with a 24-9 singles record, and doubles partner Satchel Benn also made the All-CAA second team.
W&M’s Alexandre Leblanc made the All-CAA second team in singles and the doubles team of Bill Duo and Konstantinos Raptis made the third team.
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CNU’s Martin is C2C Pitcher of Year
Christopher Newport’s Jamie Martin has been named the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference Softball Pitcher of the Year, while teammate Candace Slaw was Rookie of the Year.
CNU pitcher Kate Alger and outfielder Katie Currin joined Martin and Slaw on the all-conference first team. Four Captains players made honorable mention: second baseman Caroline Pollock, outfielder Jules Donnelly, middle infielder Delaney Nuckols and third baseman Brooke Greaver.
Martin is 10-1 with a 0.85 ERA. Slaw, an outfielder, is hitting .491 with 35 stolen bases and a team-high 37 runs.
- The ODAC championship series between Virginia Wesleyan and Roanoke has been moved to Friday and Saturday. Game 1 of the best-of-three series is set for 11 a.m. Friday at VWU’s Broyles Field. Game 2 will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Game 3, if necessary, is scheduled for 4 p.m. that day.
- Norfolk State catcher Rylie Gilbreath has made the All-MEAC softball second team. She led the Spartans in batting average (.353), home runs (6) and RBIs (20) among other categories.
- Former Nansemond-Suffolk Academy star Addy Greene of Virginia Tech has made the All-ACC first team. She has hit .421 with 13 homers and 44 RBIs.
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- Virginia Tech’s Nick Plant and Lindsey Butler have been named ACC Track Performers of the Week. Plant won the men’s 800 meters at the Hill City Twilight in a personal-best time of 1:46.35. Butler won the women’s 800 with a season-best time of 2:02.65.
- UVA lacrosse players Connor Shellenberger and Cole Kastner were selections in the Premier Lacrosse League College Draft on Tuesday night. Shellenberger went No. 2 overall to the New York Atlas, while Kastner was a fourth-round pick of the California Redwoods.
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