Alert Top Story COLLEGE BASEBALL Plate discipline leads Virginia it to series-clinching 14-4 win over Wake Forest CHRIS GIONTA The Daily Progress Mar 22, 2026 21 hrs ago 0 × Virginia coach Ryan Odom discusses the Cavaliers' challenge against Tennessee guard Ja'Kobi Gillespie. Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Patience was a virtue in No. 9 Virginia’s 14-4 win over No. 24 Wake Forest on Sunday.kAm(:E9 E96 r2G2=:6CD EC2:=:?8[ b\_[ :? E96 3@EE@> @7 E96 E9:C5 H:E9 EH@ @? 2?5 EH@ @FE[ py vC24:2 76== 369:?5 E@ 2? _\a 4@F?E]k^AmkAmw@H6G6C[ 96 E@@< EH@ 32==D[ 7@F=65 @?6 2H2J[ E@@< 2?@E96C 32==[ 7@F89E EH@ >@C6 A:E496D @77[ 2?5 7:?2==J H2E4965 32== 7@FC A2DD 9:> @? 2 ?:?6\A:E49 H2=<]k^AmkAm“x E9@F89E E92E H2D 2 9F86 >@>6?E :? 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UVa's Odom on Tennessee G Gillespie Virginia coach Ryan Odom discusses the Cavaliers' challenge against Tennessee guard Ja'Kobi Gillespie.
