“God’s Gonna Cut You Down” by Johnny Cash booms from the powerful speakers at Disharoon Park. An unfamiliar walk-up song for the Virginia faithful, the anthem precedes the at-bats for a new star — Joe Tiroly.
The junior second baseman ranks third on the team in runs batted in so far this season. He has also started in all 28 games, even as he battled through the recovery from a broken foot he suffered in November.
But his origin is unlike the rest of his fellow Cavaliers. Virginia added 13 transfers ahead of the 2026 season, the majority of them coming from other Power Four programs. Then there’s Tiroly, who came from Rider — a school of about 4,000 undergraduate students. Rider, in Lawrenceville, N.J., has roughly 40,000 fewer residents than Charlottesville. The Broncs play in the often-overlooked Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference…