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UVa Picks Up Pair Of ACC Titles The Virginia men's tennis team, expectedly, and men's track and field team, unexpectedly, claimed ACC Championships over the weekend. Brian Boland's No. 1 ranked tennis team topped Wake Forest 4-0 on Sunday, while Jason Vigilante's track and field squad tied Florida State with 141 points. For the men's tennis program, the win marks the third consecutive ACC Tournament title and the fifth in the past six years. With the victory, the Cavaliers have won 45 straight matches against ACC opponents. Dominic Inglot, who plays at the No. 1 singles spot for UVa, took home ACC Tournament MVP. The Cavaliers receive the ACC’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament; the field of 64 will be announced on April 28. "I am really proud of this championship," Boland said in a news release. "We lost three of the best players in the country last year in Somdev Devvarman, Treat Huey and Teddy Angelinos. It says a lot about the young men on this team that they were able to step up this season. They saw it as an opportunity to play higher in the line-up. They worked harder in the offseason and the results showed that. We have won five of the last six ACC Tournaments, but this one is really special." The men's track and field program, meanwhile, recorded its best-ever finish and the first-ever men's conference title in an outdoor season. Sophomore Adams Abdulrazaaq won the ACC title in the 110m hurdles by running a personal-best time of 14:16 and senior All-American Yemi Ayeni captured his third-straight conference title in the discus with a throw of 189'7" to lead the Cavalier charge. In total, UVa posted 11 all-conference performances throughout the weekend. "Our conference championship has a proud tradition of great performances and we're honored to be champions with such a tremendous program as Florida State," Vigilante said in a news release. "Our team competed with integrity and with heart, and I'm so proud to coach all of these young men. It's a great day for our University and for the track and field program." Read the full news releases from Virginia Athletics Media Relations:
Cavaliers Win Third Consecutive ACC Tennis Championship
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This Week In Recruiting The best news from this past week came from the men's basketball program, which retained both of its 2009 class recruits despite the coaching change. Attempts to reach Word of Life (Springfield, VA) 4-star forward Tristan Spurlock have been unsuccessful, and while we certainly hope to reach the talented senior soon, we were able to catch up with his counterpart in Virginia's 2009 class, point guard Jontel Evans. Evans, a 5-11, 190-pound senior out of Bethel (Hampton, VA), says a meeting with Virginia head coach Tony Bennett and assistants Ritchie McKay and Ron Sanchez sealed his decision to stick with the Virginia Cavaliers. "The whole meeting was good," Evans said. "Coach Bennett is a real, real nice guy. You can tell he is a real good person. I knew Coach McKay from Liberty and Coach Sanchez was cool, too. I felt comfortable with them." Peninsula District Co-Player of the Year in 2008/2009, Evans discusses much more about new UVa head coach Tony Bennett. Stay tuned for more earlier in the week, when we release and EDGE article on Evans' decision. In addition, TheSabre.com hopes to have more from Tristan Spurlock as well as updates on 2010 targets Travis McKie, Mychal Parker and Brian Richardson. McKie, a 6-6 forward out of John Marshall (Richmond, VA), expected to see Coach Bennett and assistant coach Jason Williford at a workout last Friday. Parker and Richardson were two top backcourt targets of the previous staff and both were high on Virginia prior to the coaching change. We'll check in on the latest with those prospects.
Spring Game ... Top 2010 class targets did turn out for Virginia's Spring Game on Saturday, so stay tuned this week for reports on those visitors and more. Today, check out an EDGE article on Deep Run (Glen Allen, VA) offensive tackle Conner Davis. We'll also have updates on Fork Union Military Academy offensive lineman Russell Bodine and Good Counsel (Wheaton, MD) wide receiverE.J. Scott, each of whom came away impressed by Saturday's event. TheSabre.com will also have an article on 6-7, 345-pound Linganore (Frederick, MD) offensive lineman Robby Havenstein, who received an offer from the Cavaliers last week. Havenstein was informed of the offer while visiting UVa last Monday.
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 ...
Davis Comments on Spring Game Visit
Offer Profile: LB/DE Kareem Martin
UVa Contacts McKie More recent recruiting updates on The Sabre ...
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Vote For Glading
Virginia senior Danny Glading has put together a fine career for the men’s lacrosse program. Entering 2009, Glading had posted 160 career points (87 goals, 73 assists). Last season, he was one of only six players in the country with 30 goals and 30 assists. In three seasons on the team, Glading earned the ACC Rookie of the Year Award and back-to-back All-American honors (third team in 2007 and second team in 2008). Glading is also the model student-athlete that University of Virginia fans love. An Economics major, he currently boasts a 3.4 GPA in the subject. Glading studied abroad in Spain last summer. Plus, his family has strong UVa ties - older brother Billy was an All-American midfielder on the Hoos’ 2003 National Championship team. Make sure to cast your vote for Glading in the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award poll (click here). Read more about why Glading is a top candidate for the award.
UVa Announces Rock Weir Award Winners Virginia Athletic Media Relations Prior to the start of Saturday’s annual Spring Football scrimmage, Virginia coach Al Groh announced the 2009 recipients of the Rock Weir Awards representing the most improved players during spring drills. This year’s winners were sophomore cornerback Dom Joseph (Philadelphia, Pa.) and sophomore offensive tackle Lamar Milstead (Washington, D.C.). Last season Joseph appeared in the first four games of the year and the finale against Virginia Tech. He missed seven games due to a shoulder injury. Joseph played primarily on the Cavalier special teams. His only appearance at cornerback was at Connecticut. He did not record any tackles during the season. Milstead did not see any game time last season.
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Issue No. 187 - April 29, 2005
This Week In Recruiting Football recruiting... According to Mission Bay (San Diego, CA) assistant coach Rolando Garcia, Darren "DJ" Childs has signed and delivered his letter of intent to UVa. He is now officially the 23rd member of the 2005 recruiting class. In addition to averaging close to 12 tackles as a senior last season, the 6-0, 224-pound Childs was a force on special teams. He blocked two kicks his senior year after blocking five kicks/punts in his junior season. We hope to get video on Darren very soon and will post highlights on his profile as soon as we do.
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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 soon:
In Case You Missed It ... Sabre articles since the last SabreMail
Notes: Milstead, Joseph Receive Rock Weir Award
Spring Game Provides Peek At Hoos
Best Seat In The House: Spring Football 2009
Chicago Hope? Kelly Capitalizes On Lax Chance
QBs Ready To Gauge Progress
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