No. 4 CNU improves to 13-0 with shutout

Four Captains scored as Christopher Newport, ranked fourth in Division III, beat Piedmont 4-0 Sunday in Greensboro, North Carolina, to improve to 13-0.

First-year coach Jamie Gunderson tied women’s basketball coach Bill Broderick for the longest winning streak to open a CNU coaching career.

Sarah Smith scored in the fifth minute, Riley Cook in the 33rd, Maddie Blake 38 seconds later and Nyah Savage in the 55th minute. Emma Ricci had a pair of assists.

Ginger Deel scored in overtime, in the 97th minute, to give James Madison a 1-0 victory on William & Mary’s Senior Day.

The Dukes (7-9-1, 4-3 CAA) were less than 13 minutes from becoming the fourth consecutive opponent shut out by the Tribe (3-8-3, 1-3-3) despite outshooting W&M 13-6.

W&M, though, failed to score for the sixth consecutive game. The previous three had been 0-0 draws.

JMU’s Amanda Attanasi crossed the ball to Deel, who was standing in front of the net in the far corner of the 6-foot box.

No. 2 Virginia zoomed past Miami 6-1 in Charlottesville to clinch at least a share of the ACC regular-season championship. Haley Hopkins had two goals and an assist, as did Diana Ordoñez, for the Cavaliers (15-1-1, 8-0-1).

Emma Pelkowski’s 4-yard goal in the 21st minute gave Virginia Tech a 1-0 victory over Boston College in the Hokies’ home regular-season finale. Pelkowski took a cross from Allie George to score for Tech (10-52, 4-3-2 ACC).

Lauren Mazich and Emily Mashinski scored two goals apiece and Alex Deperno added three assists as host High Point dominated Hampton 7-0. HU (1-12-1, 0-8-1 Big South) closes its season Wednesday night at USC Upstate.