Evaluating Virginia’s postseason outlook on the diamond

Photo courtesy of Virginia athletics This spring has been a tale of two sports for the Virginia Cavaliers on the diamond. Baseball, which started the season as D1Baseball’s second ranked team nationally, cannot get out of its own way while Joanna Hardin’s softball squad keeps on winning. Both teams will hope to participate in their respective postseasons next month, but are headed in opposite directions.

Starting at the Dish, UVA baseball currently sits at 20-15 and 9-9 in ACC play following an embarrassing performance against Liberty on Tuesday, their second lost in as many games to the Flames and third time falling in the midweek overall.

The ‘Hoos dropped to 87th in the RPI, which ranks…