Posted: 11:49 PM Left-hander Gio Gonzalez homered, providing all the offense necessary to back his six scoreless innings, and the Washington Nationals beat the Miami Marlins 3-0 Wednesday night.

Posted: 10:30 PM EMU's softball women dropped a pair of games at rival Bridgewater College Wednesday afternoon. The women have now lost a season-high four in a row and slide to 14-10 overall and 3-5 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.

Posted: 9:58 PM Sherrod Wright had 20 points and 10 rebounds and Bryon Allen added 15 points as George Mason kept its season alive with a 73-66 win over Santa Clara in Game 2 of the College Basketball Invitational finals Wednesday.

Posted: 4:59 PM Bryce Harper homered in his first two at-bats, Stephen Strasburg retired 19 batters in a row at one stretch, and the defending NL East champion Washington Nationals opened the season with a 2-0 victory over the Miami Marlins on Monday.

Posted: 6:59 PM Senior Kevin Ferguson tossed a complete game shutout with 11 strikeouts to lead Northeastern past James Madison 5-0 to clinch a Colonial Athletic Association series sweep on Sunday afternoon at Friedman Diamond.

Posted: 6:53 PM The fifth-ranked Virginia baseball team had its nine-game win streak come to an end Sunday as it fell, 4-3, to Miami at Davenport Field. The Hurricanes (20-11, 5-7 ACC) scored four runs in the first inning and held on as the Cavaliers (25-3, 9-3) chipped away before falling short.

Posted: 12:23 AM Three Virginia pitchers combined to scatter four hits as the fifth-ranked Cavaliers defeated Miami, 8-1, Saturday afternoon in front of 4,258 spectators at Davenport Field. In winning its ninth straight game, Virginia (25-2, 9-2 ACC) clinched its fourth ACC series win in as many weeks.

Posted: 11:56 PM Three players drove in three RBIs and a pair of pitchers combined to limit Drexel to one run in five innings as the James Madison softball team completed a Colonial Athletic Association series sweep over the Dragons, 11-1, on Saturday.

Posted: 11:51 PM The 13th-ranked Stanford women's lacrosse team overcame a 7-5 halftime deficit to beat No. 19 James Madison 14-9 Saturday afternoon at University Park.

Posted: 11:46 PM Florida won its fourth straight road game and James Madison lost for the first time in 17 home postseason games as the Gators topped the Dukes 85-80 in the Women's National Invitation Basketball Tournament quarterfinals Saturday afternoon at the JMU Convocation Center.

Posted: 11:42 PM A deal to loan Mark Martin to Joe Gibbs Racing as a replacement driver for injured Denny Hamlin fell apart Friday, when Michael Waltrip Racing said Martin will fulfill his commitment to its team.

Updated: 11:39 PM Freshman pitcher/first baseman Jailyn Ford (Hot Springs, Va./Bath County) tossed a one-hit shutout and hit two home runs to help guide the James Madison softball team to a Colonial Athletic Association doubleheader sweep over Drexel on Friday. JMU won game one at Veterans Memorial Park 8-0 in six innings and followed that with an 11-1, six-inning win in game two.

Posted: 11:36 PM Left fielder Brad Burcroff went 3-for-3 with five RBIs and Northeastern pulled away from a 2-2 tie with seven runs over the three middle innings to defeat James Madison 12-5 in the opener of a Colonial Athletic Association baseball series on Friday afternoon at Friedman Diamond.

Posted: 11:45 PM James Madison batters reached base in 36 of 58 plate appearances with season highs of 19 hits and 21 runs in a 21-4 triumph over Liberty in a non-conference baseball game on Wednesday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park.

Posted: 11:43 PM Junior guard Kirby Burkholder (Bridgewater, Va./Turner Ashby) scored 26 points to lead the James Madison women's basketball team to a 77-61 win over Fordham in the round of 16 of the Women's National Invitation Tournament Wednesday evening at the JMU Convocation Center.

Posted: 4:09 PM JMU President Jonathan Alger and Director of Athletics Jeff Bourne comment on the departure of George Mason University to the Atlantic 10 Conference beginning July 1, 2013

Posted: 4:33 PM Denny Hamlin suffered a compression fracture in his lower back during Sunday's last-lap crash at Fontana, Calif.

Posted: 9:14 PM An official with knowledge of the agreement says George Mason is joining the Atlantic 10 next season.

Posted: 6:54 PM Kyle Busch earned his first victory at Fontana on Sunday after rivals Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano wrecked on the final lap in a thrilling NASCAR finish.

Posted: 6:52 PM Justin Anderson scored 18 points and Virginia extended its home winning streak to 19 games Sunday with a 68-50 victory against St. John's in the second round of the NIT.

Posted: 6:50 PM The James Madison women's basketball team topped North Carolina State 72-66 in the second round of the Women's National Invitation Tournament Sunday afternoon at the JMU Convocation Center.

Posted: 8:56 PM James Madison took an early lead with six runs in the third and clinched the lopsided win with a five-run ninth to defeat George Mason 11-4 and even the Colonial Athletic Association baseball series at one game apiece on Saturday afternoon at Spuhler Field.

Posted: 8:52 PM The Eastern Mennonite baseball team earned an impressive sweep on the road Saturday, taking down Hampden-Sydney by a combined total score of 15-3.

Posted: 8:49 PM Tony Stewart's slow start to the NASCAR season is partly about bad luck. He hopes to change it Sunday.

Posted: 8:46 PM Bryce Harper has been scratched from the Washington Nationals' lineup because of swelling in his left hand.