COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL
ODU lands high-scoring Siena transfer
Old Dominion has gained a commitment from 6-foot-5 Siena transfer Sean Durugordon, according to his Instagram. He played for Missouri and Austin Peay before going to Siena.
Durugordon, a 216-pounder from Queens, New York, averaged 18 points and 7.3 rebounds in 14 games last season. He played sparingly for Missouri in 2021-22 and averaged 12.4 points and 6.0 rebounds in 27 games for Austin Peay in 2022-23.
COLLEGE MEN’S LACROSSE
CNU standout from Va. Beach returns as assistant coach
Former Christopher Newport standout player Campbell Pozin, who grew up in Virginia Beach and graduated from Norfolk Academy, is returning to the Captains as an assistant coach. He joins a staff led by head coach Mikey Thompson and assistant Zach Thomas.
Pozin played the 2024 season as a graduate student for High Point. He was a first-team Division III All-American in 2022, as well as the USILA National Short-Stick Defensive Midfielder of the Year.
COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER
ODU hires graduate assistant
Old Dominion coach Angie Hind completed her staff with the announcement of Hope Stacker as a graduate assistant coach.
Stacker will be the primary goalkeeper coach. She was a three-time NAIA All-American selection for Indiana Wesleyan, where she set a school record with a 0.879 goals-against average.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER
Three Poquoson players on state first team
Poquoson junior forward Alexis Peshehonoff, sophomore midfielder Quinn Sparkman and sophomore defender Abigail Ruckwardt made the VHSL Class 2 all-state first team.
The second team included Poquoson defender Hannah Godsey and goalkeeper Annabelle Simmons, as well as Bruton forward Alyssa Turner and defender Chloe Smith and Windsor midfielder Brianna McDade.
In Class 6, which was heavily populated with Northern Virginians, Western Branch junior forward Jayda Sutton made the second team.
SOFTBALL
Yorktown native signs with pro league
Valerie Cagle of Yorktown, who starred as a pitcher and hitter for Clemson for four years, has signed to compete professionally in Athletes Unlimited.
AU offers combined team and individual competition for a top-notch collection of athletes. Cagle will bring an 86-37 Clemson pitching record and a 1.72 ERA in 756 1/3 innings, plus a .379 batting average, 66 home runs and 224 RBIs in 243 games.
BASEBALL
Pilots lose third game in row
The Peninsula Pilots’ losing streak reached three games Friday night with a 7-3 defeat to the Tri-City Chili Peppers before 913 at Shepherd Stadium in Colonial Heights.
Tri-City had 17 hits, though the Peppers (8-11) scored in just two innings — four runs in the first and three in the fifth. Pilots starter Carlos Pena gave up the big first inning and took the loss.
The Pilots (11-7), who are in a four-way tussle for the Coastal Plain League East Division first-half championship, got two hits from Henry Garcia and a run and a hit apiece from Cole Stanford and Haiden Walters.
Evan Bouldin paced Tri-City with a 4-for-5, two-double night. Collin Hughes, who hit a three-run homer in the first, was 3 for 4 with two runs.
Cooper Clapp was 2 for 4 with a homer and three RBIs, and Danny Estrada was 3 for 5 with a run.
Wilson (11-6) and Morehead City (10-6) barely lead the Pilots in the division, and Wilmington (10-7) barely trails them.
SWIMMING
Tide Swimming women start at U.S. trials
Two Tide swimming competitors from Virginia Beach with lots of college experience competed in the 100-meter butterfly on the first day of the U.S. Olympic Trials at a temporary pool in Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
Callie Dickinson, a Georgia Bulldogs standout from Norfolk Academy, placed 29th in 59.47 seconds. Kellam High graduate Nikki Venema, who has represented Princeton and will swim for Northwestern as a graduate student was 76th in 1:02.10. Neither advanced to the semifinals.
Gretchen Walsh, who has starred for the national champion Virginia Cavaliers, swam the fastest preliminary time, 55.94. She became just the seventh woman in history to break 56 seconds in a long-course pool, clocking 55.94 to become the second-fastest American of all-time.