Wahoo Wire

The Virginia baseball team, coming off its historic 2009 campaign, kicks off the 2010 season Friday afternoon at East Carolina. The ‘Hoos are scheduled to open up at home on Wednesday against George Washington following this weekend’s three game set at ECU.

The Cavaliers are returning nearly all key contributors from last year’s ACC championship and College World Series run, and have been ranked as high as #2 nationally going into this season. This weekend’s series poses a large challenge, though. The Pirates are ranked 11th, and due to the horrendous weather in Charlottesville lately, the Cavs haven’t had much of a chance to play outdoors–which is precisely why spring training for Major League Baseball is just starting this week. Why does college baseball have to start so soon?

Regardless, it’s great to have a powerhouse Virginia team in a mainstream sport back in action again after a miserable football season and a recent men’s basketball slump. This fall’s soccer title all of a sudden feels a long way off, so let’s hope the baseball team can bring some more hardware home this season.