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Thursday Night Game Provides Exposure The Virginia football program plays its first Thursday night game in five years this week when it travels to Miami on Thursday. UVa last appeared as part of ESPN's Thursday night coverage on Oct. 19, 2006 when it defeated North Carolina, 23-0. Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. in the nationally televised game on ESPN. This is also one of just 20 college football games this season being broadcast in 3D by ESPN. Virginia coach Mike London said Monday that the national television opportunity can boost the profile of your program. "Provided that you play well and you're competitive, it gives you an opportunity to get your name out there and to get your brand out there. These young men that we've been writing and calling and visiting their schools - they have heard about us. This is an opportunity to put a face with the name, an opportunity to put the school brand out there, to be recognized from the national media exposure that's given. Even from the commercials that they run - they talk about the schools, the things they have to offer," London said. "Playing well on national TV against a very, very good opponent is something that every program looks for once. Particularly, this is a good situation for us, provided we play well. The way recruiting has been going, and the mentality we have been trying to get across to the young men that are out there and their parents, this is another opportunity for us." Miami owns a 5-3 edge in the all-time series between the schools.
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This Week In Recruiting Wylie (TX) offensive tackle Kyle Fuller was in Charlottesville on an unofficial visit this past weekend. Scholarship spots are limited, but the 6'5", 265-pound senior does have an offer from the Hoos. Virginia currently has four offensive line commitments including likely tackles Sean Karl and Michael Mooney, and likely interior line prospects Ryan Doull and Andre Miles-Redmond. In addition to Virginia, Fuller is also considering Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas and others. Fuller has recently been quiet in terms of where he stands in his decision making process, though he reportedly wanted to commit to Iowa in late September. The Hawkeyes, though, reportedly had not officially offered at the time. TheSabre.com plans to have more on Fuller's recruitment this week, so stay tuned. On the basketball front, UVa hosted top 2013 class shooting guard Steve Vasturia on Saturday. The 6'4" junior out of St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia, PA), who reportedly has offers from Boston College and Notre Dame, among others, was seen being shown around by head coach Tony Bennett and assistant coach Ron Sanchez. TheSabre.com also hopes to have more on Vasturia and his visit this week. UVa does not have any verbal commitments in its 2013 class. Also this week on the recruiting front, the latest "Season Diary" featuring quarterback Matt Johns will be posted. Johns and his Central Bucks South (Warrington, PA) teammates have two games left in the regular season. If they win out, they are guaranteed a playoff spot. The 6'4", 195-pound signal caller accounted for five touchdowns (3 pass, 2 rush) in this past week's win, which you can read more about in the Good Ol Blog's weekly Week In Review.
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 ...
Recruiting Notes: Tobey Has Great Visit More recent recruiting updates on The Sabre ...
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UVa Wins Championship Eights
Virginia Athletics Media Relations Official Release The reigning ACC Champion Virginia rowing team opened its fall schedule Sunday at the 47th annual Head of the Charles in Boston. The Cavaliers had two boats in the championship eights, claiming first and ninth, while finishing second in the championship fours. "It's a significant win," head coach Kevin Sauer said. "They did a nice job and raced really well and it wasn't just our first eight boat. Our second eight and our four did really well too and defeated some top competition." In the championship eights, Virginia's 'A' boat finished in a time of 16:11.52, more than eight seconds faster than second place, Radcliffe Crew (16:19.63). UVa's 'B' boat placed ninth in a time of 16:45.65. Each crew started the 5,000-meter course single file about 10-15 seconds apart. Both Cavalier vessels passed the boat that started in front of them with UVa's 'A' boat passing Princeton, while the Cavs' 'B' passed Northeastern. In the championship fours, the Cavaliers, who were in the fourth boat off the mark, passed both the Radcliffe Crew and Riverside Boat Club boats on their way to finishing second in a time of 18:34.40. Virginia was the top collegiate team in the fours. Vesper Boat Club won the championship fours in 18:21.85. "It was promising to see the four be competitive this early in the season," associate head coach Steve Pritzker said. "We have a tremendous group of athletes on our team and look forward to continuing to develop the depth of our squad over the coming months." Virginia Line-Ups: Championship Fours (Bow Number 4): Coxswain Molly Frear, Catherine Multari, Chelsea Simpson, Kaitlin Fanikos, Maddie Keating. Championship Eights 'A' (Bow Number 2): Coxswain Sidney Thorsten, Cara Linnekohl, Chandler Lally, Susanne Grainger, Brandy Herald, Martha Kuzzy, Fiona Schlesinger, Sarah Cowburn, Kristine O'Brien. Championship Eights 'B' (Bow Number 6): Coxswain Sarah Jordan, Carli Goldberg, Carolyn Glandorf, Lizzie Youngling, Morgan Joseph, Marelle Myers, Emmi Benton, Sarah Borchelt, Keziah Beall
UVa Picked to Finish Fourth in ACC Virginia Athletics Media Relations Official Release he Virginia men's basketball team was picked to finish fourth in the 2011-12 preseason poll of media representatives attending the Atlantic Coast Conference's Operation Basketball event on Wednesday (Oct. 19). It's the highest the Cavaliers have been picked in the preseason poll since the 2001-02 season when they were picked to finish third. North Carolina finished first in the voting by media representatives participating in the preseason poll with 706 points. The Tar Heels received 57 of the 59 first place votes in the poll with Duke receiving the other two first place votes. Duke was second in the poll with 649 points followed by Florida State (560), Virginia (463), Miami (455), Virginia Tech (411), Clemson (403), NC State (316), Maryland (264), Georgia Tech (176), Wake Forest (109) and Boston College (90). UVa was picked to finish 11th in last year's ACC preseason poll and finished tied for seventh in the regular season. Virginia had an overall record of 16-15 and a 7-9 record in the ACC last season. UVa senior forward Mike Scott was one of six players selected to the 2011-12 ACC Preseason All-Conference Team. North Carolina's Harrison Barnes was a unanimous selection with 59 votes. Also selected to the team were North Carolina's John Henson (47 votes) and Tyler Zeller (46 votes), Miami's Malcolm Grant (32 votes), Duke's Seth Curry (20 votes) and Scott (20 votes). Barnes was selected the ACC Preseason Player of the Year and Duke's Austin Rivers the conference's Preseason Rookie of the Year.
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UVA Bookstores Halloween T-Shirts The UVA Bookstores Halloween T-shirt is ready for pre-orders! Pre-orders will begin to be shipped Oct. 10. Have fun this Halloween and be safe in the UVA Halloween glow-in-the-dark T-Shirt. UVA is screened with glow-in-the-dark ink on the front chest with spooky and fun orange Halloween icons. In between each letter, there is a spider and its webs. You can also print a FREE V-Sabre Pumpkin Stencil to carve on your pumpkin this year! Just click here! And don't forget about "Orange and Blue Football Fridays" at the UVA Bookstore. Save 25% in-store only on the Fridays before home football games (9/2, 9/23, 9/30, 10/14, 10/21, 11/11, 11/25)! For more information and restrictions, click here.
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Issue No. 449 - June 14, 2010 Record Nine Cavaliers Selected in MLB Draft UVa Athletics Media Relations, Official Release A school-record nine Virginia baseball players, including three Wednesday, were selected in the 2010 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Virginia had six selections on the second day, which equaled the school record of six picks in 2007 and 2008, then added a trio of picks on Wednesday. Jarrett Parker (Stafford, Va.) was a second-round pick (74th overall) of the San Francisco Giants. Phil Gosselin (West Chester, Pa.) was a fifth-round pick (164th overall) of the Atlanta Braves and Robert Morey (Virginia Beach, Va.) was also a fifth-round pick (167th overall) of the Florida Marlins. Kevin Arico (Flemington, N.J.) was a 10th-round pick (307th overall) of the Cincinnati Reds. Dan Grovatt (Tabernacle, N.J.) was an 11th-round pick (327th overall) by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Tyler Cannon (Pigeon Forge, Tenn.) was a 12th-round selection (360 overall) by the Cleveland Indians. Tyler Wilson (Midlothian, Va.) was selected in the 35th round (1,057th overall) by the Cincinnati Reds. Kenny Swab (Kernersville, N.C.) quickly followed as he was picked seven slots later (1,064th overall) by the Atlanta Braves. Neal Davis (Baltimore, Md.) was selected in the 36th round (1,101st overall) by the Philadelphia Phillies. Read the full news release here. |
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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
The Sunday Sampler 2011 - NC State
Wolfpack Win At Virginia
NC State Watch List
Game Preview 2011: NC State
Q&A - Freshman Darion Atkins
Photo Gallery: UVa 24, Georgia Tech 21
Tailgating With Chefhoo - NC State
JHoo's 10 Things I Learned 2011 ... Georgia Tech
Hoos Aim To Refocus for NCSU
Greg's Game Report 2011: Georgia Tech
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