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This Week In Recruiting Football recruiting ...
Dowling originally signed with UVa in the class of 2006, but needed to go to Hargrave Military Academy for one year to raise his standardized test score. He had a breakout year for Hargrave's postgraduate football squad, starting at cornerback throughout the season. Moreover, the athletic Dowling, who has been timed at sub-4.5 seconds in the 40 and has posted a 40-inch vertical leap, played through the season without injury. Throughout his career at Deep Creek, Dowling was plagued with nagging injuries. Dowling projects initially as a defensive back and he will likely get looks for safety and cornerback. Assuming Dowling is all set, only one 2007 class recruit, Ballou (Washington, D.C.) offensive tackle Lamar Milstead, has work to do to qualify. The 6-5, 270-pound Milstead just needs to improve on his SAT score, but he is confident he will make the grade.
UVa has offered two of the top linebacker recruits in the country in Gateway's (Monroeville, PA) Shayne Hale and West Windsor Plainsboro South (Princeton Junction, N.J.) star J.B. Fitzgerald. However, the staff has their work cut out for both. The 6-3, 220-pound Hale, considered one of the top linebacker recruits in the country, has close to 40 Division 1A scholarship offers. He visited Virginia for the Feb. 24 junior day and says he is still considering the Hoos, but the competition is fierce. Ohio State, Michigan, and Notre Dame are just some of the schools high on Hale's list. Don't look for a decision anytime soon, as the talented prospect plans to take his recruitment up to signing day. UVa has already been through WWPS twice in the evaluation period. The first time, UVa was represented by three coaches. The second time, which was this past week, UVa was represented by Bob Price and Wayne Lineburg. There is no doubt that the Hoos are high on the 6-3, 225-pound Fitzgerald, who also visited UVa in February. But, right now, UVa just needs to make Fitzgerald's first cut of schools. Early next month, look for Fitzgerald to narrow his list to six or seven schools. Florida, one of Fitzgerald's most recent offers, along with Michigan and Rutgers are all but certain to make the cut. UVa is battling for one of the other spots. Stay tuned for updates on these two prospects this week on the EDGE. UVa landed an outstanding linebacker haul in the 2007 class, so the position is not necessarily a major need in this class, but landing one or two stars certainly would be nice. The top in-state linebacker target is 6-1, 225-pound Donovan Miles out of Brooke Point High School in Stafford, Virginia.
Basketball recruiting ... The spring signing period has come and gone. UVa did not sign any other prospects, so the class stands at four - 6-1 PG Sammy Zeglinski, 6-3 G Mustapha Farrakhan, 6-4 G Jeff Jones and 6-8 F Mike Scott. Stay tuned for a final look at the 2007 class as well as a look ahead to the 2008 class.
Chris Horne, our resident recruiting expert, provides updates throughout the week for Edge subscribers about UVa's commitments and recruiting targets in football and men's basketball. To sign up for an Edge subscription, please check out the Sabre Edge Sign Up and Information Page. If you're already on board as an Edge subscriber, click the links below to catch up on recruiting. Sabre Edge recruiting updates from the past week ...
Aaron VanKuiken's Road to UVa
Cavs and Hokies Battle for Roberts
Southern Invitational Prospect Wrap-up More updates since the last SabreMail ...
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Final Four! Two Virginia teams had quite the weekend as both earned spots in the Final Four of their NCAA Tournament. The men's tennis team clinched the first Final Four berth in school and ACC history by rolling past Southern Cal in the Elite Eight. UVa takes on Georgia today at noon. Meanwhile, the women's lacrosse team stomped North Carolina, 14-8, at Klockner Stadium to earn a trip to Philadelphia and the national semifinals. The Hoos play Duke on Friday.
Post of the Week This "Post of the Week" comes from the lacrosse board where fans have been evaluating the 2007 season of the men's team. This post recaps much of the discussion and looks at some of the questions facing the Cavaliers in the offseason and for the 2008 campaign.
Subject: A Summary of Questions for 2008
I like this team and its coaches a lot. But when you look at the full set of needs that have been mentioned, it's clear that there is a lot of work to do. TALENT AUDITIONS --- Who is the goalie? A critical question but I think Bud or Adam Ghitelman, or maybe Wade, should be able to do the job. --- And the corollary: Will the young defense able to support a goalie who is a first year starter? I'm concerned here. We are heading toward a defense consisting of a third year guy and two second year guys; with only one upper class alternative. --- Who is the face-off guy? Beats me. --- Who are the first and second line middies? --- And the corollary, should Danny be moved to midfield? Look at this list of possibilities, there are almost too many choices! Dom referred to this as "a puzzle and we need to put the pieces together." I think the main need is for an impact player who can put up a lot of points and occupy the defense. The guys below are all very good, or will be, but will any of them become a star? I don't want to minimize the potential of the Brattons, but expecting Shamel to be the lead middie as a first year is asking an awful lot. Choose from the following middies:
Riley Carroll Giannone Note: Factor Danny in?? ssdm's omitted. --- How much will the incoming freshmen, at any position, contribute during their first year? It could be a lot, this is an incredible class. But they will still be freshmen. MYSTERIES (or for TV buffs, LOST)
--- What happened to our shooting accuracy? Who would have thought that all three of these things could go south in one year? The coaches have to play detective and solve these mysteries. PHYSICAL PLAY and EMOTION It seems to me that physical play is the result of size, strength and emotional attitude. Being physical is becoming more and more important. It cost us 3 of our 4 losses. While Duke was in their warm-ups, and Delaware too, I noticed that they were pretty bulked up, chests and arms specifically. It wasn't as easy to see that when they were in their loose game uniforms. These guys were spending a lot of time in the weight room; a lot of time. The bar has been raised here. Teams are getting bigger and stronger and I think we are a bit behind the curve. --- Will the guys put in the time to get stronger? On top of that, this group is short on emotion. It's a classy group and we are all proud of that. But they sometimes lack fire, intensity, energy and maybe toughness. There have been flashes of emotion. I was happy to see Danny and Drew show some emotion after goals last Saturday. I remember Ben pointing to the bench and yelling after he scored the lead goal in the first Duke game. We don't usually see that. The team appears to have an almost intellectual, business-like approach to the game. We need to inject a shot of emotion. --- Who are the emotional leaders? Who are the cheerleaders? Who are the guys who pump up everyone else? Can a team change its personality? ----Can you play a physical game without a lot of emotion? I doubt it. LEADERSHIP We all know how important team leadership is. ---Who are the team leaders next year? There are not that many seniors on the team; this is still a young group. Other than Ben, potential leaders are not obvious to me. Maybe Riley? Danny? (I have to add that I do not know the inner workings of the team.) The need for leadership concerns me and I have no clue how you create leaders if they are not naturally there. As I said, I like this team and its coaches a lot. A list of positives would be just as long. But next year will require some patience. License Plate section is up in Wahoowa! A few weeks ago, SabreMail made a request for anyone who had license plates that reflected your status as a Hoo fan. The responses have started to trickle in and the Plates Photos are up and running the Wahoowa! section of the site. The Wahoowa! section of the Sabre is dedicated to all things associated with UVa Fan-dom. There are various fan-related areas including desktop wallpaper, Fan of the Week photos, V-Sabres Worldwide, and more. If you have suggestions for new and interesting things in the Wahoowa! section, please email us at [email protected] with the header: Wahoowa! suggestion. We'd like to keep adding photos to the section so if your license plate shows that you're a Hoo fan, let us know so we can include you in our gallery. All you need to do is snap a picture of your license plate and email a jpeg version of the photo to [email protected] with the email header: License Plate Photo.
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Issue No. 196 - July 1, 2005
This Week In Recruiting Chris Dalton also committed to UVa's 2006 football recruiting class this week. A 6-1 ½, 165-pound prospect out of West Iredell HS in Statesville, North Carolina, Dalton plays wide receiver and cornerback in high school but is being recruited as a receiver for UVa. As a junior last season, Dalton caught 37 passes for 525 yards and five touchdowns. He returned 14 kickoffs for 336 yards and two scores and intercepted four passes on defense. Very athletic, Dalton excels in track and field in addition to football. "He's tremendously quick and fast," West Iredell head coach Mark Weycker said of Dalton in the Sabre EDGE article. "He's a young man right now. He hasn't even turned 17 years old, so physically he's the type of kid I envision in three years carrying about 195 pounds and be as quick or quicker and as athletic as he is right now. He's just real explosive and real athletic." In track, Dalton finished second in this year's 300-meter hurdles event and finished fifth in last year's 110-meter hurdles event. He posted a 4.33 time in the 40-yard dash as well as a 35.6-inch vertical leap at the Shrine Bowl combine earlier this year. Dalton chose the 'Hoos over an offer from Clemson and heavy interest from ECU and UNC.
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What's New on TheSabre.com? | |||||
Coming Soon The Sabre has you covered when it comes to Hoo news. Here are a few of the articles to expect on the site in the coming days:
In Case You Missed It ... Sabre articles since the last SabreMail
Hoos Top Heels, Earn Final Four Slot
Huey Is Good News For Hoos
Best Seat in the House: Pro Football Cavaliers
Breslin, Hoos Eye Final Four Berth
Mahini: An Almost Fair Policy
Baseball Check-Up: How Do The Hoos Look?
Around the Horn: Regrouping In Boston?
Photo Gallery: Men's Tennis Reaches Sweet 16
Sabre Roundtable: Hoo Will Step Up In 2007?
Best Seat in the House: Brian O'Connor
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