UVA baseball team ranked 22nd in preseason coaches poll

February 4, 2026

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Virginia is ranked 22nd in the USA Today Baseball Coaches Preseason Poll, which was released Tuesday.

Also, UVA outfielder AJ Gracia has been named a preseason All-America first-team selection and he joined teammate and infielder Eric Becker on the Preseason College Player of the Year watch list by Baseball America.

Gracia batted .293 with 15 home runs and 54 RBIs for Duke last season. Becker led UVA in batting average (.368), runs (54) and RBIs (52) among other categories.

The Cavaliers went 32-18 in Brian O’Connor’s final season in Charlottesville. He became Mississippi State’s head coach in the offseason.

Chris Pollard, who was Duke’s coach from 2013-2025, has replaced O’Connor at UVA. He is 805-614-2 overall and won two ACC Tournaments with the Blue Devils (2024 and 2021). His teams advanced to four NCAA Super Regionals.

The Cavaliers are scheduled to open the season with a three-game homestand against Wagner on Feb. 13-15.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

ODU’s Bowen grabs all-league award

Old Dominion goalkeeper Brynn Bowen has earned preseason All-American Conference Team honors.

The senior from Salem started all 17 games last season and collected 122 saves for a 45% save percentage.

ODU ranked seventh in the league’s seven-team preseason poll. James Madison is first after receiving six of the seven first-place votes.

The Monarchs will open the season at noon Sunday at Youngstown State.

Briefly

The Hampton University football team will open its 2026 season on Aug. 29 against Virginia-Lynchburg at home, marking the Pirates’ first game under new head coach Van Malone.
William & Mary freshman Uriah Harris has been named the CAA Men’s Field Athlete of the Week. The freshman from Richmond broke his personal record in the shot put at Penn State on Saturday with a throw of 58 feet, 11.5 inches to finish in fourth place.
The Virginia Wesleyan women’s lacrosse team was ranked seventh out of 11 teams in the ODAC preseason poll.

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