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A person familiar with the situation says Elon is joining the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2014-15 season. The person said Thursday that Elon, a member of the Southern Conference, will announce the move at a scheduled 2 p.m. press conference....

Baseball: ACC: Virginia Tech’s Chad Pinder of Poquoson slugged two home runs, including a grand slam, and had six RBI as the 21st-ranked Hokies (36-19) surprised Virginia 10-1 in the first round of Atlantic Coast Conference tournament pool play...

Elon University has called a 2 p.m. Thursday news conference, when school officials are expected to announce that they’re leaving the Southern Conference to join the Colonial Athletic Association. According to the Burlington (N.C.) Times News,...

Baseball: Christopher Newport’s Austin Chrismon (7-4), a Menchville High graduate, was named the d3baseball.com South Region Pitcher of the Year. He posted a 1.74 earned-run average and completed three of his 11 starts, striking out 86 in 78...

Given their teams’ contrasting styles, it’s no surprise that William and Mary’s Tony Shaver and Virginia Tech’s James Johnson differ on the duration of college basketball’s ideal shot clock. But on this they concur:...

Softball: Jailynn Jackson pitched a three-hitter for her third victory in two days as Hampton beat Savannah State 3-1 Friday to earn a berth in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament's championship round at Ormond Beach, Fla. The Pirates (33-...

New UCF women's soccer coach Tiffany Roberts Sahaydak and her husband, Tim Sahaydak, have a running joke. Often times, one of the two will wake up and immediately start running off with ideas about a recruit or a strategy. The other now simply responds,...

Last year, Davidson declined an invitation to join the Colonial Athletic Association. This week, the Wildcats accepted membership in the Atlantic 10. Ah, the power of television and men's basketball. Both the Richmond-based CAA and Newport News-...

Apprentice School fell into the losers' bracket of the U.S. Collegiate Athletic Association Small College World Series with a 6-0 defeat Wednesday to Cincinnati-Clermont. Ryan Beard pitched a six-hit shutout for the Cougars, who are on a 20-game...

Despite collecting just three hits, Apprentice School improved to 2-0 in its national baseball tournament with a 7-4 victory Tuesday against Selma (Ala.). At the U.S. Collegiate Athletic Association Small College World Series in Butler, Pa., the...

Baseball: Sophomores proved instrumental as Apprentice School began its stay at the U.S. Collegiate Athletic Association Small College World Series with a 2-1 win late Monday over Briarcliffe (N.Y.). Ryan Hendrickson drove in the go-ahead run for the...

Maybe someday they'll pay more attention to the Kiara Porter who crosses the finish line and not the one standing alongside her competitors. Porter at rest is easy to overlook amid the college track sprinterazzi, at 5-feet and 110 pounds. Porter in...