Charlottesville Super Regional Preview: Duke’s Lineup

This weekend, the Virginia Cavaliers are looking for the their second trip to Omaha in the last three years and sixth College World Series berth since 2009. Standing in their way are the Duke Blue Devils featuring a lineup that ranked 10th in the ACC in batting average, but don’t let that fool you. This is a potent lineup that rated 4th in the conference in runs scored and 3rd in home runs. They’re coming off an NCAA Regional where there put up an average of eight runs per game and scored over eight runs per game in the series victory over the Hoos back in April.

It all starts at the top of the lineup with First Team All-ACC shortstop Alex Mooney. Mooney was third on the team with a .321…