For the third time in the past 10 seasons, Division 1 college baseball had a chance to crown a back-to-back champion. Instead, the University of Virginia Cavaliers denied history while creating a piece their own, knocking off the Commodores from Vanderbilt University 4-2 in Game 3 of the College World Series to win the school's first baseball national championship. The 2015 finals were actually a rematch of the 2014 finals, which Vanderbilt won in three games. This year, Vanderbilt took Game 1 on Monday, 5-1, before Virginia forced the decisive third game with a 3-0 win on Tuesday. In Wednesday's clincher, UVA rode the left arm of starting pitcher Brandon Waddell through seven excellent innings. After allowing two runs in the first, Waddell was really only once threatened for the rest of his outing before turning it over to ace Nathan Kirby, whom the Brewers took 40th overall during this month's MLB draft. Kirby closed the door, allowing one hit and one walk while striking five over just two innings. [ Check out Big League Stew on Tumblr for even more baseball awesomeness. ] UVA's stellar pitching performance was aided by a sensational defensive play from third baseman Kenny...
Virginia tops Vanderbilt for first College World Series championship
Published June 24, 2015 at 9:35 PM
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