Freshman Juliette Coffey became the first Virginia Wesleyan golfer ever to win the Old Dominion Athletic Conference women’s individual championship. She shot 14-over-par 230 (77-78-75) through three rounds at Blue Ridge Shadows Golf Club in Front Royal and defeated Emily Brubaker of Lynchburg on the second hole of a playoff. Coffey parred both holes, but Brubaker bogeyed the second hole.

Coffey, from Woodbridge, England, was named to the all-conference third team, and her freshman teammate Haley Davis was named the ODAC Sportswoman of the Year.

The Marlins placed sixth among eight teams with a 1,029 total. Washington and Lee, ranked eighth nationally, won the ODAC team title for the sixth year in a row, firing an 83-over 947 to defeat runner-up Lynchburg by 26 strokes.

Tribe finishes eighth in CAA tourney



William & Mary wrapped up its season with the final round of the Coastal Athletic Association championship tournament. The Tribe finished eighth place at 25-over 889 (294-294-301) at Dataw Island’s Cotton Dike Course at St. Helena Island, South Carolina.

The College of Charleston took the team championship at 35 under par thanks to a scorching 272 on the final day. The Cougars erased a four-shot deficit to Elon over the final round to cruise to a seven-shot win. Charleston’s Zach Reuland and Kier van Wyk shared co-medalist honors at 13 under.

Logan Hunter was the top finisher for the Tribe, moving up five spots to 26th Tuesday with an even-par 72.

ODU ends in tie for 12th in Sun Belt



Old Dominion tied for 12th in stroke play at the Sun Belt championship tournament at Annandale Golf Club in Madison, Mississippi.

The Monarchs turned in an 12-over par 300 Wednesday for a 54-hole total of 904 (+40), equaling Appalachian State. Arkansas State led the 14-team field with a 5-under 859, Louisiana Monroe was next at 6-over 870, and Marshall and Texas State tied for fourth at 877.

Arkansas State meets Texas State while ULM meets Marshall in Thursday morning’s match-play semifinals.

Arkansas State’s Thomas Schmidt and South Alabama’s Hugo Thyr tied individually at 4-under 212, forcing a playoff. Both made par on the ninth hole before Thyr birdied the 18th to win.

ODU’s Jakob Chicoyne tied for 12th at 2 over.

No. 13 Hokies set season homer record in beating UVA



No. 13 Virginia Tech (19-4 ACC) set a single-season school record for home runs during a 6-1 triumph Tuesday over Virginia (30-16, 13-10) before 842 in Blacksburg.

Tech’s Addy Greene of Suffolk hit a two-run double in the first inning, and Cori McMillan’s leadoff blast in the third gave the Hokies their record 101st home run. Trinity Martin added a homer in support of Emma Lemley (11-4), who struck out eight while pitching a four-hitter.

Bella Cabral got the Cavaliers on the board in the third inning with a solo home run to left-center.

Wednesday, McMillan belted two home runs on her 4-for-4 day as Virginia Tech (37-9-1) overcame Marshall 9-7 in Blacksburg. Lyndsey Grein (11-3) pitched five innings of relief for the victory, striking out five, and Greene hit a homer and drew walks for the Hokies.

Marlins sweep Randolph in ODAC



Virginia Wesleyan (28-7, 18-2 Old Dominion Athletic Conference), ranked 13th in Division III, increased its winning streak to eight games, defeating Randolph 13-2 and 6-2 in a doubleheader in Lynchburg. The WildCats fell to 9-24, 5-14.

In Game 2, Laci Campbell was 2 for 4 and scored twice, Julia Piotrowski doubled home two runs and pitched two shutout innings in relief of Emma Adams, and Joslyn Woodard was 2 for 3 with a run and an RBI.

Hampden-Sydney handles VWU



Ford Burke netted six goals as host Hampden-Sydney (12-5, 6-3 ODAC) handled Virginia Wesleyan 21-6, handing the Marlins (5-10, 2-6) their fourth consecutive defeat.

Ben Andrews scored twice for VWU.

UVA reaches ACC semis by finally beating UNC



Virginia (14-3) defeated North Carolina for the first time in their last 15 meetings, hanging on for a 13-12 victory in an Atlantic Coast Conference quarterfinal in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Jenna Dinardo had three goals and two assists for the Cavaliers, while Kate Galica and Mackenzie Hoeg each scored hat tricks.

By beating the fourth-seeded Tar Heels (10-6) for the first time in 10 years, the fifth-seeded Cavaliers reached a semifinal at 5 p.m. Friday against top-seeded Syracuse. UVA is ranked sixth nationally to UNC’s 14th.

Senior attacker Morgan Schwab was the only UVA player named to the All-ACC first team.

The second team included four Cavaliers: defender Maggie Bostain, attacker Katia Carnevale and midfielders Hoeg and Kiki Shaw. The third team had three UVA representatives: attackers Madison Alaimo and Jenna Dinardo and midfielder Kate Galica.

Sydney Dumas netted five goals as Lynchburg (10-7, 6-3 ODAC) won 18-6 at Virginia Wesleyan (5-11, 3-6). Helen Kennedy-Butler scored three for the Marlins.

No. 22 Mary Washington overcomes No. 41 Virginia Wesleyan



Virginia Wesleyan (14-5), ranked 41st in Division III, took two of the three doubles pro-sets at No. 22 Mary Washington, but the Eagles (13-7) swept the singles to take a 7-2 victory.

VWU’s tandems of Rafael Rullan/Hubert Parawa and Sebastien Muller/Hovhannes Madanyan won 8-6 and 8-7, respectively.

Cox alum captures Sun Belt award



James Madison junior Fenwick Trimble of Virginia Beach was tabbed as the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week.

The center fielder from Cox High helped lead JMU to a 3-1 week that saw the Dukes sweep Georgia Southern and improve to 24-15 overall and 10-8 in Sun Belt games.

For the week, he hit .500 with an OPS of 1.517 as he went 8 for 15 with a double, two homers, five runs, five RBIs and 15 total bases.

Former Seton Hall center commits to JMU



James Madison gained a commitment from Seton Hall transfer center Elijah Hutchins-Everett, according to his social media.

The 6-foot-11 junior averaged 3.5 points and 2.5 rebounds last season for the Pirates, who won the National Invitation Tournament. He joins Georgia Tech transfer Ebenezer Dowuona as players to join JMU under new coach Preston Spradlin.

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