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Inside HokieSports 5/8: Marchin' On
Mazzarone's Electric Performance Leads Hokies Into ACC Semifinals
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What else are we covering in today’s edition, Hokies?
🥎 Marchin’ On
🎾 One Down, One To Go
🎽 Raising The Bar
🦃 And much, much more!
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🔼 Mazzarone Magic. All the 16th-ranked Virginia Tech Softball team needed on Thursday night in the fourth edition of the Smithfield Commonwealth Clash was the left arm of junior Emma Mazzarone.
Mazzarone was absolutely electric in the ACC Quarterfinals, racking up a career-high 14 strikeouts to lead the Hokies to a 3-1 victory over Virginia and a date with second-seeded Duke on Friday afternoon in the ACC Semifinals.
The victory gave Mazzarone her ninth complete game of the season and improved her record to 16-4 on the year.
Offensively, Addison Foster went 2-for-3 with a run scored, while Zoe Yaeger and Annika Rohs both drove in runs for Tech.
🥎 The Full Recap
🏆 Championship Central
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🔼 And Another One. Another day. Another new Hokie joining the flock.
On Thursday, Mike Young and the Virginia Tech men’s basketball team announced the signing of 6-foot-5 guard Isaiah Elohim. Elohim started all 33 of Florida Atlantic’s games last season as a sophomore, where he averaged 12.4 points and 4.2 rebounds.
The Kingston, New York native posted 23 games in double figures, including scoring 20 or more three times.
🔼 One Down, One To Go. The Virginia Tech men’s tennis team will look to wrap up its season with some hardware after the Hokies advance to the 2026 UTR Sports NIT Championship on Thursday evening.
The Hokies, who are the top-seed at the event, rolled to a 4-0 victory over Chattanooga, to set up a Friday morning date with North Alabama in the championship match.
🎾 The Full Recap
🔼 Raising The Bar. The Virginia Tech track & field squad wrapped up its regular season on Wednesday night at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier.
The Hokies swept the pole vault with Conner McClure (5.50m) and Erin Kelleher (4.27m) taking the top spot in their respective event.
In total, Tech won four total events with Ben Reynolds (men’s 1500m) and Roan Kelly (men’s 800m) both securing spots in the winner’s circle.
🤔 HOKIE TRIVIA
The 14 strikeouts by Emma Mazzarone was the most by a Hokie pitcher in an ACC Tournament game since when?
Got a guess?
Scroll to the bottom and find out!
📆 THE DAYS AHEAD
*all times are ET*
Friday, May 8
🎾 Men's Tennis vs. North Alabama (Rome, Ga.) @ 9am | Watch
🥎 #16 Softball vs. #12 Duke @ 3:30 pm l ACC Network l Live Stats
(ACC Semifinals - Charlottesville, Va.)
Saturday, May 9
⚾️ Baseball vs. UNCG @ 3pm | ACC Network Extra | Listen | Live Stats
Sunday, May 10
⚾️ Baseball vs. UNCG @ 1pm | ACC Network Extra | Listen | Live Stats
Monday, May 11
⛳️ Women's Golf vs. Simpsonville Regional (Simpsonville, Ky.)
Tuesday, May 12
⚾️ Baseball at Marshall @ 6pm | ESPN+ | Listen | Live Stats
⛳️ Women's Golf vs. Simpsonville Regional (Simpsonville, Ky.)
Wednesday, May 13
⛳️ Women's Golf vs. Simpsonville Regional (Simpsonville, Ky.)
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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER
Answer: 2008 (Angela Tincher vs. NC State - 14)
🦃 Have a great weekend, y’all!