Rachel Franks

The Virginia Tech Baseball team beat Holy Cross 7-5 on Saterday February 23rd. Highlights of the game included Tyler Horan’s two-run home run and Mark Zagunis’s solo home run. Brandon Hayden threw three scoreless frames of relief. Clark Labitan threw two scoreless frames for his second save of the season. 

The Virginia Tech Men’s Team lost a disappointing game 88-56 to number 4 Duke on February 21 in Cassell Coliseum. 

In the Duke defeat Eric Green led the Hokies with 22 points. Green is still the nation’s leading scorer. Currently he averages 25 ppg and is almost two full points above the next top scorer, Doug McDermott. I had a chance to speak with Eric after the game. He expressed his disappointment with his teammates after losing another game. ”It’s just frustrating, because I know how good these guys are. It just feels like sometime they are not giving their all…In practice, man it looks so good.” CJ Barksdale had a career game against Duke scoring 14 points and grabbing eight rebounds. Cadarian Raines also played well scoring ten points. While, the rest of the team combined for only ten points.  

The Virginia Tech Women’s Basketball Team defeated the 19th ranked Florida State 71-52 last Sunday. It was Tech’s biggest win of the season and some fans stormed the court at the end of the game. The game started out pretty close with the teams going back and forth. Then at the thirteen minute mark Monte Tellier made three baskets in a row to put Tech up by three. That sparked a run from the Hokies and they maintained their lead the rest of the game. Tellier led the team with 24 points on the night. She also pasted the 1,000 point mark of her career as a Hokie. Uju Ugoka also had a stellar night scoring 21 points and nabbing 12 rebounds. 

The Virginia Tech Women’s Basketball Team suffered a crushing lose to number four Duke on Valentines Day. The lopsided score was 33-77! The Blue took the lead early and never looked back. The Duke team decided to press the entire game despite their 40 point lead. The high scorer for Tech was Alyssa Fenyn with seven points, while Freshman Lauren Evens was close behind her with six points. 

On Feburary 10th, the Virginia Tech Women’s Basketball Team lost a 47-50 heartbreaker at home against UVA. The Hokies led most of the game, but Monet Tellier was unable to hit a buzer beater that would have tied the game. Tech really fell apart in the last couple of minutes which allowed the Hoos to come back and take the victory. Lauren Evens lead the team with 13 points. While both Tellier and Nina Evens grabbed six rebounds. 

I love Kenneth Faried. He is a true hustler, who always give everything he has. He definitely deserved the MVP of the Rising Stars game.

(Source: nba)