RALEIGH — Freshman shortstop Matt Bergquist delivered a two-out single with two men in scoring position to give N.C. State a 6-5 win over No. 1 Virginia in 11 innings at Doak Field Friday.

The Wolfpack (17-9, 4-6 in the ACC) had two hits heading into the eighth inning and trailed 3-1, but a two-run homer just over the centerfield wall by junior centerfielder Kyle Wilson tied the game.

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RALEIGH — Freshman shortstop Matt Bergquist delivered a two-out single with two men in scoring position to give N.C. State a 6-5 win over No. 1 Virginia in 11 innings at Doak Field Friday.

The Wolfpack (17-9, 4-6 in the ACC) had two hits heading into the eighth inning and trailed 3-1, but a two-run homer just over the centerfield wall by junior centerfielder Kyle Wilson tied the game.

For the third year, Triangle athletes have an easy trip to USA Triathlon's April 24-25 National Duathlon Festival - less than three hours' drive to Richmond, Va. - but if you're planning to enter, you should hurry.

Registration for the run-bike-run competition already is near last
year's total of more than 1,700 entrants, USA Triathlon said. (The
schedule is below.)

Entries for the featured event, the USAT Duathlon Age Group National Championship - a 5K run, a 38K bike ride and a finishing 5K run -  on Tuesday reached 1,121, and entries for all events had totaled 1,432.

If these players leave early for the NBA — Wake's Al-Farouq Aminu, Florida State's Solomon Alabi, Georgia Tech's Derrick Favors and Gani Lawal, UNC's Ed Davis and Virginia's Sylven Landesberg — the ACC will break into three categories in 2010-2011:

Good: Duke, FSU, Virginia Tech and UNC
Maybe: Clemson, N.C. State, Maryland and Miami
Bad: Virginia, Wake Forest, Boston College and Georgia Tech

When Duke needed something, anything, to save itself from spending the weekend at home and leaving the ACC tournament minus its star attraction, Jon Scheyer returned.

GREENSBORO -- In rapid succession, Duke’s “big three”
triumvirate of Nolan Smith, Kyle Singler and Jon Scheyer helped the
top-seeded Blue Devils advance to the ACC semifinals on Friday
afternoon.

Thoughts of an upset had invigorated the Greensboro Coliseum when No. 9
seed Virginia trimmed top-seeded Duke’s 11-point lead to two with 6
minutes, 22 seconds remaining in the second half.

But Smith tipped in a Singler miss, Scheyer cleverly shook free to make
a 12-foot bank shot, and Singler added a putback of his own. The game
was no longer in question, especially with Duke’s defense consistently
denying Virginia good looks at the basket in a 57-46 win.

GREENSBORO -- After North Carolina and Wake Forest choked Thursday, N.C. State held on to salvage some of the in-state interest (along with Duke) for the quarterfinal round of the ACC tournament.

The Cavaliers, quickly running out of roster and entering the tournament with an ugly nine-game losing streak, finally got back to .500 (15-15) with a 68-62 win that buys them a ticket to nowhere Friday.

Tony Bennett's ninth-seeded team will have to face top-seeded Duke, thoroughly rested since ruining North Carolina's life last Saturday night in Durham.

GREENSBORO -- Top-seeded Duke’s first opponent in the ACC
tournament will be No. 8 seed Virginia, which overcame dire
circumstances to defeat ninth-seeded Boston College 68-62 in a
first-round game this afternoon at the Greensboro Coliseum.

Sophomore guard Sammy Zeglinski scored a season-high 21 points, as the
Cavaliers overcame a depleted backcourt to oust the Eagles, who had won
at least one ACC tournament game for four straight years. Jeff Jones
added 14 points for Virginia.

GREENSBORO -- Virginia senior center Jerome Meyinsse has been named the winner of the Skip Prosser Award as the top scholar-athlete in ACC men's basketball, the conference has announced.

Meyinsse is a three-time Academic All-ACC and ACC Academic Honor Roll selection. He is a member of the President of Virginia's student-athlete advisory committee and an economic major.

He is averaging 6.3 points and 4.1 rebounds, including 15.8 points and 5.5 rebounds over Virginia's final four regular-season games.