LOCAL BASEBALL
The Wilson Tobs (6-3) beat Peninsula 7-4 Sunday night at Fleming Stadium in North Carolina, ending a two-game Coastal Plain League winning streak for the Pilots (2-6).
The Pilots committed five errors, leading to three unearned runs. Brian Ereu gave up five runs (two earned) and seven hits in four innings for the loss.
Zachary Morris, Ryan Dooley, Henry Garcia and Elijah Dickerson each scored and had a hit for the Pilots.
Connor Tucker led Wilson with three RBIs, and Rafe Perich scored twice. Both batted 2 for 4, as did Scott Mackiewicz.
COLLEGE WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD
Hokies’ Fixsen wins NCAA pole vault
Julia Fixsen captured Virginia Tech’s 22nd individual national title in school history at the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas, winning the women’s pole vault with a personal-best clearance of 14 feet, 7.25 inches (4.45 meters) on her first attempt.
2023 NCAA Outdoor Pole Vault National Champion!
Julia Fixsen 🤩 #Hokies @NCAATrackField pic.twitter.com/uLR5mSKQvN
— Virginia Tech Track & Field (@HokiesTFXC) June 9, 2023
The junior entered the NCAAs ranked 10th in the nation but saved her best performance of the season for the national stage. She led a quartet of Hokies who finished in the top 15.
Kenna Stimmel, the ACC indoor champion in the pole vault, placed eighth by clearing 14 feet, 1.25 inches. Journey Gurley tied for 13th, and Hayley Horvath was 15th.
The Hokies went on to tie for 25th with 11 points.
Meanwhile, Virginia tied for 17th with 14 points. UVA’s Ashley Anumba and Margot Appleton came away with silver and bronze medals, respectively.
Anumba broke the Virginia discus record for the seventh time in her career, marking 61.13 meters (200 feet, 6 inches) on fourth attempt to place second.
Appleton was third in the 1,500 meters in 4:09.30, less than a second off her personal best.
