The Virginia Baseball season is on the brink of ending after a disastrous opening game in the 2026 NCAA Baseball Tournament. After No. 1 Southern Miss went down earlier in the day, it looked like a golden opportunity had arisen for UVA to potentially start 2-0 and have a great chance at advancing to the super regionals. Now, the Hoos are going to have to win four straight games to keep their season alive. There is a lot to pick a part in a 15-7 loss. Let's dive in. Bad night from the pitching staff Virginia has the weakest pitching staff in this regional and is going up against two elite staffs in Jacksonville State and Southern Miss. However, Henry Zatkowski had been pitching well coming into tonight, but this was an out right disaster of a start for him. Earlier this week, head coach Chris Pollard (who was ejected tonight) mentioned that one of the keys to UVA making it out of this weekend was going to be getting their starters to be going deep into games. Tonight could not have been what he had in mind.…