The Virginia Tech baseball team achieved its first Atlantic Coast Conference series sweep this weekend on the road against Maryland.
Starting pitching led the way for the Hokies (21-12, 7-10 ACC).
Rhett Ballard, Justin Wright and Mathew Price combined for three wins, 20 innings pitched and only six earned runs over the three games.
The Tech defense also excelled this weekend, committing only three errors to aid the solid pitching effort.
While the bats didn't live up to past production, they did enough for the sweep.
Center fielder Steve Bumbry hit an RBI triple and a solo home run to lead the Hokie offense on Friday in a 5-3 victory.
In Saturday's 4-3 decision, Tech managed only four hits, but the team made the most of them.
Ty Hohman and Buddy Sosnoskie each picked up a hit and an RBI apiece, and Bumbry also got an RBI on a sacrifice fly.
The Hokies didn't need much on Sunday with the 5-0 shutout of the Terps, and Tech took the lead in the first inning on a wild pitch and never looked back.
Bumbry came up big again for the third game in a row with a two-run single in the seventh inning with the bases loaded to seal another victory for the Hokies.
Tech next travels to High Point for a game on Wednesday.
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