UM Baseball's Series with Virginia Tech Still Scheduled for the Weekend

April 17, 2007

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – – The University of Miami’s Baseball Team will still travel to Blacksburg, Va., this weekend for its three-game Atlantic Coast Conference series at English Field. In light of the tragedy on April 16, the Virginia Tech Athletics Department has made the following decision to host three home ACC events.

Miami and Virginia Tech will play Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 5 p.m. and Sunday at 12 p.m. Virginia Tech will also host softball and women’s lacrosse home events.

The Hurricanes will host North Florida at 7 p.m. Wednesday night at Mark Light Field. UM will leave Thursday morning for Blacksburg, Va.

UM head baseball coach Jim Morris said Hurricane players and coaches will wear a black Nike wristband in memory of the victims from Monday’s tragedy.