NARUNA — Whenever William Campbell’s Amber Marstin and Altavista’s Brooke Short pitch against one another on the softball field, the two juniors are bound to get into an intense duel.

DARLINGTON, S.C. - Speed, speed, speed. New asphalt here, and these guys are making the most of it. Fast.

Lynchburg College’s softball team defeated Ursinus (Pa.) 2-0 on Monday afternoon in the championship game of the NCAA Division III Regional, hosted by Methodist University in Fayetteville N.C., to earn the Hornets their first trip to the NCAA World Series in the program’s history.

When Branden Albert declared himself eligible for the NFL Draft shortly after the Gator Bowl, he was outwardly confident that he would be a first-day pick. Inwardly, he thought he had first-round potential.

BLACKSBURG — Former Virginia Tech running back Branden Ore might play his final college season this fall at West Liberty State, a Division II school in West Liberty, W.Va.

The NCAA has put Liberty University’s men’s basketball program on public notice for poor academic performance in the last half decade.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Winston-Salem starter Aaron Poreda shut down the Hillcats for the second time in a week in the Warthogs’ 4-2 win Monday.

Lynchburg College received an at-large bid to the six-team NCAA South Regional Baseball Tournament, which begins Wednesday at American Legion Memorial Post 325 Stadium at Dan Daniel Park in Danville. The Hornets are the fourth seed and play third-seeded Piedmont College (32-12) in the first round at 7 p.m.