Short comes up big

Even in a 5-36 season, players can find memorable moments. Such was the case for shortstop Luke Short, a Norfolk Christian alum from Virginia Beach who made 29 starts for Sewanee (the University of the South) in Tennessee.

He had three hits and a walk to help the Tigers upset host Birmingham-Southern, the thirdranked team in Division III, 16-7 in the first round of the Southern Athletic Association Tournament in Alabama. That avenged Birmingham-Southern’s three-game sweep of Sewanee in the regular season.

Friday in the tourney, Sewanee lost 4-3 to Hendrix and 9-5 to Birmingham-Southern, ending the Tigers’ season.

Short ended the year with a batting average of .272 and an OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) of .709.

What’s up next

Monday: At night on NCAA. com, the NCAA men’s and women’s tennis team tournament pairings will be revealed. We’ll see where and when (likely Friday) the Conference USA champion Old Dominion women will compete. They’re likely to be on the road, but not too far away.

Tuesday: Virginia Wesleyan’s men are expected to be at home for an Old Dominion Athletic Conference quarterfinal at a time to be announced.

Wednesday: Christopher Newport’s women’s lacrosse team, seeded second, will play in a Coastto-Coast Athletic Conference semifinal at home against third-seeded Mary Washington.

Thursday: CNU, ranked No. 1 in the nation, is the host of the threeteam, double-elimination C2C softball tournament. The Captains will play at 4:30 p.m. against the winner of the 2 p.m. game between secondranked Salisbury and Mary Washington.