Virginia Wesleyan earned a spot in the ODAC Tournament championship round with a 7-3 semifinal victory over Lynchburg on Sunday at TowneBank Park in Virginia Beach.

Emma Adams improved to 18-1 in the circle with a complete game, and Mackenzie Myers and Olivia Knight drove in two runs apiece for the Marlins (33-7).

VWU will host the best-of-three championship series because it is the No. 1 seed and will face No. 3 seed Roanoke, beginning Thursday. The Maroons beat No. 2 seed Randolph-Macon 6-2 despite a three-hit game by Tabb High graduate Jordan Brown.

Sunday’s game was tied at 2 before the Marlins took control with a four-run fourth inning. Laci Campbell hit an RBI single after Joslyn Woodard was hit by a pitch and Sarah Prosser singled. Myers followed with a two-run single and Alison Pollack added an RBI double to make it 6-2.

Adams kept VWU ahead from there. She allowed three runs on seven hits with three strikeouts and three walks.

The Marlins added an insurance run in the fifth on Karley Beltran’s RBI single.

Former NSU star flips from VCU to South Carolina

Former Norfolk State guard Jamarii Thomas, the MEAC Player of the Year, has flipped his commitment from VCU to South Carolina, he announced on social media Sunday.

He averaged 16.9 points and 3.8 assists for the Spartans last season.

CNU falls in league tourney final

Brice Bromwell scored four goals and Jude Brown had six assists as No. 1 Salisbury defeated No. 7 Christopher Newport 14-7 in the Coastal Lacrosse Conference championship game Sunday at Sea Gull Stadium in Salisbury, Maryland.

Andrew Cook scored three goals and had an assist for the Captains (14-5), while Alex Brendes added two goals and an assist and Robby Adams had a goal and two assists.

Salisbury (19-0) took control early and led 7-1 after the first period. The Sea Gulls held a 50-30 advantage in shots.

Then Sunday night, CNU (14-5) learned it will play host to unranked Cabrini of Pennsylvania in the NCAA Division III first round at noon Saturday at Jennings Family Stadium. The Captains will make their fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance.

At 3 p.m. Saturday, also at Jennings Family Stadium, No. 14 Stevens of New Jersey will face No. 20 Roanoke.

Sunday, the two games’ victors will square off at 3 p.m. Sunday in the round of 16. The Captains were semifinalists in 2021 and ’23 and quarterfinalists in 2022.

UVA seeded No. 6

Virginia (10-5) received the No. 6 seed in the 17-team NCAA Division I Tournament and was paired with Atlantic 10 champion Saint Joseph’s (12-3) for a round-of-16 game at noon Saturday in Charlottesville on ESPNU. The Hawks beat Richmond 17-13 to win the A-10 tourney and improve their nation-leading winning streak to 12.

The Cavaliers enter their sixth consecutive NCAA Tournament on a four-game losing streak, including an ACC semifinal loss to NCAA No. 1 seed Notre Dame. The Saint Joseph’s-UVA winner will go to Towson, Maryland, for a May 19 quarterfinal against the victory of Sunday’s game pitting Lehigh at No. 3 Johns Hopkins.

Virginia (14-4) was seeded fifth in the 29-team NCAA bracket and paired for a 3 p.m. home game Friday against Long Island (11-7). It will be the Cavaliers’ 28th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance.

Klöckner Stadium also will serve as the host site for a first-round matchup between Florida and North Carolina on Friday. The winners of Friday’s games will meet in the second round Sunday. The Cavaliers hold their highest seed since being No. 4 in 2008.

American Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament runner-up James Madison gained an at-large bid and will play Penn State at 3 p.m. Friday in College Park, Maryland, following Maryland’s noon home game against Robert Morris. The Dukes reached the NCAA Tournament for the ninth consecutive year.

The second-round game pitting Friday’s winners in College Park is set for 12:30 p.m.

Atlantic 10 champion Richmond (13-5) also earned a berth and will play at eighth-seeded Penn (13-4) at 7 p.m. Friday.
Also playing Friday in Philadelphia are Loyola Maryland and Duke, and that game’s victor will face the UR-Penn winner at 1 p.m. Sunday.

Three Captains make all-tournament team

CNU’s Kate Lamendola, Julia Iapicca and Gabby Saia made the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference all-tournament team. The No. 21 Captains, who lost to No. 5 Salisbury in the final Saturday, will find out Monday if they earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Hokies sweep Ohio

Ben Watson had two hits and three RBIs as Virginia Tech swept a three-game series from Ohio University with an 11-2 victory Sunday in Blacksburg.

The Hokies outscored the Bobcats 39-5 in the series.

Christian Martin and Eddie Micheletti Jr. drove in two runs apiece for the Hokies (31-14), who have won five straight.

Virginia Tech used five pitchers, with reliever David Shoemaker (3-1) getting the victory after throwing 1 2/3 scoreless innings.

The Hokies will visit Liberty at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Old Dominion 7, Texas State 4 (late Saturday): The Monarchs earned a doubleheader split by winning the nightcap as John Holobetz (4-4) held the Bobcats to two runs on four hits, adding a strikeout in 5 2/3 innings of relief. Alex Bouche went 2 for 2 with a two-run homer for ODU.

CNU sweeps C2C team titles

Christopher Newport swept the team titles at the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships on Saturday in Salisbury, Maryland.

Katie Stevens led the Captains by sweeping all four throwing events for the second straight year and earning Women’s Field Athlete of the Meet honors.

The CNU women accumulated 209 points to capture their fourth straight league title, while the men edged Salisbury 183-177.

Freshman Ellie Nuckols won titles in the 100- hurdles and 400-meter hurdles to boost the CNU women.

Daniel Fox paced the CNU men by winning the 100 and finishing second in the 200.

UVA, VT head to NCAA regionals

No. 24 Virginia and Virginia Tech will compete in the Cle Elum Regional of the NCAA Tournament starting Monday in Cle Elum, Washington.

The Cavaliers are the No. 4 seed in the 12-team regional that runs through Wednesday, while the Hokies are the No. 8 seed.

Meanwhile, James Madison’s Kendall Turner, a former Great Bridge High star, is an individual qualifier for the Bermuda Run Regional in Bermuda Run, North Carolina.

The top five teams and the low individual not on an advancing team from the six regionals will qualify for the national championships, which are set for May 17-22 at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California.