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White: Hoos Surging in Directors' Cup Race Jeff White, the hard-working reporting machine at VirginiaSports.com, put up a blog post this past week about Virginia's continued strong showing in the Director's Cup competition, which determines the top overall athletics program in the nation. Here's a portion of that post (read the whole thing by clicking here):
The first spring standings were released this morning, and Virginia, which came out of the winter in eighth place, has climbed to third. Stanford -- who else? -- is first with 1,395 points, followed by Ohio State with 1,000.50. UVa is next with 949.50, and its total doesn't include the 100 points that Kevin Sauer's team earned by winning the NCAA women's rowing title last weekend. That Stanford will win the Directors' Cup for a record 16th time is certain. But with a strong finish, UVa could overtake Ohio State and finish second. Virginia placed eighth overall in 2008-09, which tied the school's best finish in the competition.
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This Week In Recruiting UVa picked up a couple of big-time commitments at Sunday's Blue Chip Prospect Day, including Good Counsel (Olney, MD) defensive lineman Vincent Croce and Boys' Latin School (Baltimore, MD) defensive end Marco Jones. Neither player was necessarily expected to commit at this point in time, but Virginia was held in high regard by both players prior to the visit. Both are rising seniors. Croce, a 6-4, 265-pound prospect, is being recruited as a defensive end. With his size, though, he could potentially move inside to tackle. As a junior last season, he racked up 35 tackles including 10 sacks in helping Good Counsel to its first ever WCAC Championship. Jones, a 6-3, 250-pound prospect, is also being recruited by Virginia as a defensive end. He totaled 70 tackles, including four sacks, last season and helped Boys' Latin to a 10-1 overall record. Actually, Jones and Croce knew each other well prior to the Blue Chip Day. The simultaneous commitments were not planned, but the two are friends and there is no doubt the Virginia coaches are happy to have both players on board. Read more on Jones' commitment on the EDGE and stay tuned for more from Croce this week. Sunday's junior day event was a hit with more than just Croce and Jones. So far, TheSabre.com has caught up with Blake and Eric Frohnapfel, Jordan Lomax and Clifton Richardson. All four players had great experiences and you can read more in an EDGE article already posted. Lomax, a cornerback prospect out of DeMatha (Hyattsville, MD), committed to Virginia in late April. Richardson, a 6-1, 195-pound running back prospect out of Menchville (Newport News, VA), is still a "soft" commit to Virginia but really seemed impressed by Sunday's trip. The Frohnapfel brothers (Colonial Forge H.S. in Stafford) - Eric, a tight end, has an offer from UVa, while Blake, a quarterback, will attend camp later this month - also had highly positive things to say. I will have much more on the event throughout this week, so stay tuned to the EDGE. This is just the beginning of a big month, however, as Virginia football will host its first one-day camp this Saturday. Prospects such as Cave Spring (Roanoke, VA) linebacker/safety Michael Cole will participate in hopes of gaining an offer from Virginia so stay tuned to the EDGE for coverage of this event as well.
Next week, basketball takes the stage with Tony Bennett's Elite Camp and the NBPA Top 100 Camp in Charlottesville.
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 ...
Blue Chip Day: UVa Adds More DL Talent
Blue Chip Day: Richardson Update And More
2012 Profile: Christchurch OL Win Homer More recent recruiting updates on The Sabre ...
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Former Virginia Athletics Director Jim Copeland Dies Virginia Athletics Media Relations, Official Release Former Virginia Athletics Director Jim Copeland died at his home in Charlottesville Friday night (June 4) after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 65. Copeland was the athletics director at Virginia from September of 1987 until December of 1994. During his career in athletics administration, he also served as athletics director at William and Mary, Utah and Southern Methodist. During Copeland's tenure as athletics director at UVa, the Cavaliers won five national championships in men's soccer and two in women's lacrosse. In addition, the men's basketball team won the 1992 National Invitation Tournament, the football team played in six bowl games, and Virginia made NCAA Final Four appearances in women's basketball (three times), men's lacrosse (twice), women's lacrosse (twice) and women's soccer. "The growth of the UVa athletics program was impacted significantly by Jim Copeland's leadership as our athletics director," said Virginia Athletics Director Craig Littlepage. "His vision started facilities development like the McCue Center, Klöckner Stadium, and the Aquatic & Fitness Center. Jim's biggest contributions, however, were in his character, integrity, and his professionalism. He was enthusiastic in his attention to the welfare of all student-athletes, particularly in matters related to equity. I will greatly miss his guidance, his friendship, and his wonderful sense of humor." Copeland was a member of the 2009 Hall of Fame class for the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). He was a past president of NACDA. The family will receive friends on Monday, June 7, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the Hill and Wood Funeral Home in Charlottesville. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, June 8, at 11 a.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, 120 W. High Street in Charlottesville. Contributions may be made to the W. James Copeland, Jr. Jefferson Scholarship at the Jefferson Scholars Foundation, P.O. Box 400891, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4891; Peace Lutheran Church, 1510 Broad Crossing Road, Charlottesville,VA 22911 or Hospice of the Piedmont, 675 Peter Jefferson Parkway, Suite 300, Charlottesville VA 22911. Read the full release here.
UVa Football TV Series Continues The "Virginia Football: The Building of a Program" television show's next episode airs tonight at 9 p.m. on Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic. It also will be posted online at VirginiaSportsTV.com and VirginiaFootball2010.com. The show airs each Monday on Comcast Sportsnet at 9 p.m. and is available online at VirginiaSportsTV.com on Tuesdays at 8 a.m. For more information, click here.
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Issue No. 362 - October 6, 2008 Did You See That Coming? Virginia's 31-0 destruction of Maryland on Saturday proved to be a dominating surprise for a team that had lost three games this season by more than 25 points. Against the Terps, the Cavaliers controlled every facet of the game, beginning in the trenches and spreading everywhere on the field. Impressive to say the least. Rob Mahini (Vandy-Hoo) takes a look at the weekend's game on The Good Ol' Blog. He's still searching for the right words two days later. Check out these two entries from the blog:
Quick thoughts on turtle crushings I tried very hard during the Comcast replay to look for under-the-radar problems with the team. Maybe some mistakes that weren't obvious as the Hoos blasted Maryland. And, frankly, the only one I saw was Vic Hall's Adventures in Punt Fielding and some other minor special teams issues. Aside from that, every other unit played superbly and almost flawlessly. The offensive line was pass protecting and run blocking like the old UVa teams. Verica was a mobile Matt Schaub. The wide receivers were open and catching almost everything. Peerman and Simpson were back with a vengeance. Phillips redeemed himself. The defensive line surged and the line backers were swarming. The DBs blanketed the Terp receivers. And the defense as a whole was a tackling machine. So, a shutout by the defense and 31 points by the offense. Obviously the coaching staff did some things right this past week.
Dumbstruck
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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
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Barr-age Helps Hoos Top Ole Miss
Hicks, Hoos Hammer Rams
Photo Gallery: Baseball Vs. UNC
If It Ain't Broke ... Break It!
Parker Presents Challenge For Opponents
JHoo's Summer Reading 2010: Quarterbacks
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