UVa, ACC Football Schedules Released

The ACC released the 2012 football schedules on Monday afternoon. It features conference teams playing 10 games against opponents that are projected by ESPN.com to be in the nation's preseason Top 25, and 21 games against teams which participated in 2011 bowl games.The Eighth Annual Dr Pepper Atlantic Coast Conference Football Championship Game, which returns to Charlotte, N.C. this year and will be played on Saturday, Dec. 1 in Bank of America Stadium. Including games against the eight ACC teams which earned bowl bids in 2011, no ACC team plays fewer than five opponents who went to bowl games last fall, with Duke facing the most with 9 followed by Boston College, Maryland, Miami and Virginia with eight each.

UVa's schedule is as follows with home games in all caps (thanks to poster jeffro5sm for compiling the list):

• Sept. 1 RICHMOND
• Sept. 8 PENN STATE
• Sept. 15 at Georgia Tech
• Sept. 22 at TCU
• Sept. 29 LOUISIANA TECH
• Oct. 6 at Duke
• Oct. 13 MARYLAND
• Oct. 20 WAKE FOREST
• Oct. 27 OPEN
• Nov. 3 at NC State
• Nov. 10 MIAMI
• Nov. 15 NORTH CAROLINA (Thursday night ESPN)
• Nov. 24 at Virginia Tech

Make sure to check back often for The Sabre's schedule page at this link. The Sabre updates that page with game time, television information, and gameday pages as information is released on specific contests. For the ACC composite schedule click here.

This Week In Recruiting

This week will be filled with updates from this past Saturday's junior day event, which was attended by some of UVa's top targets in the class of 2013 and beyond.

An article is up this morning on 6'7", 260-pound offensive tackle recruit Parker Osterloh, who has been offered by Virginia and Virginia Tech. It's very likely that the Warhill (Williamsburg, VA) standout will commit this spring, and there is a good chance right now that the choice will come down to the Hoos and Hokies. Osterloh attended Virginia Tech's Feb. 18 junior day before heading to Charlottesville this past Saturday.

I'll also have a full update on South County (Lorton, VA) outside linebacker prospect Oren Burks, who scored offers from Virginia and Virginia Tech within the past two weeks. The 6'4", 195-pound junior, also a Feb. 25 junior day attendee, also boasts offers from NC State and West Virginia.

Also planned on Monday is an update on Bayside (Virginia Beach, VA) running back Taquan "Smoke" Mizzell. The speedy and elusive junior had been to Charlottesville numerous times before, but he returned this past weekend for another look. Mizzell, whose recruitment keeps getting hotter and hotter, enjoyed the day.

Other notable attendees from this past weekend include Wyomissing Area (Wyomissing, PA) linebacker Alex Anzalone and Liberty Christian Academy (Lynchburg, VA) offensive lineman Braxton Pfaff. Anzalone is one of the top linebacker prospects in the class of 2013, while Pfaff has recently become a hot in-state commodity. We plan to have updates on these players and much more throughout the week.

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 since the last SabreMail ...

More Top Juniors Set To Visit UVa
Time will tell just how successful Virginia February 18 junior day was, but the Hoos made inroads with some top targets in the class of 2013. One, in fact, plans on returning to Charlottesville tomorrow for what will be Virginia's second junior day of the month. Read about this prospect and others we have confirmed for Saturday.

More recent recruiting updates on The Sabre ...

• Warhill OL Eyes Spring Decision
• Florida School Offers DJ Reid
• Teller Checks Out UVa, VT
• UVa Offers Shegog (blog)

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Virginia Men Capture 15th ACC Crown

Virginia Athletics Media Relations official releases

On the 25th anniversary of Virginia's first Atlantic Coast Conference swimming championship in 1987, the men's swimming and diving team claimed its 15th conference title Saturday at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center in Christiansburg, Va.

It was the fifth consecutive league title for the Cavaliers and the 13th in the last 14 years. The championship also marked the 25th won by the Virginia swimming and diving program, all under 34th-year head coach Mark Bernardino. The UVa women won their 10th ACC crown last week.

Bernardino also matches legendary coach Don Easterling, the former NC State mentor, with 15 men's championships.

Virginia accumulated 626.5 points throughout the four-day meet to hold off host Virginia Tech (594.5) and North Carolina (564).

"We had enough depth and enough good fortune that we were able to capture this one, somehow, some way," Bernardino said. "Virginia Tech and the entire conference this year was tremendous. It's great to win for our seniors and it was great experience for our young athletes. We brought nine to this meet who had never been here before. I hope they learned a little bit about what it takes to perform at this level."

For more on the meet, visit Virginiasports.com.

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Around the World of Wahoo Sports ...

• Virginia Defeats Florida State, 66-57, Earns No. 6 Seed At 2012 ACC Tournament: In the regular-season finale for both teams, Virginia defeated Florida State, 66-57. Senior guard Ariana Moorer scored 23 points to lead four Cavaliers that scored in double figures. After finishing the regular season with a 21-9 overall record and a 9-7 mark in Atlantic Coast Conference play, the Virginia women's basketball team finished in a tie for fifth place in the standings and earned a No. 6 seed to the 2012 ACC Tournament. The conference championship will be held March 1-4 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C., and UVa faces 11th-seeded Boston College in the first round on Thursday (March 1) at 8 p.m.
• Virginia Wins Blue/Gray Tennis Classic Championship: The No. 12 Virginia women's tennis team won the championship at the 2012 Blue/Gray Tennis Classic with a 4-3 victory over No. 20 Alabama in Sunday's final at Lagoon Park. The Cavaliers improved to 9-2 with the win.
• Cavalier Men's Tennis Downs Hokies 6-1: The third-ranked Virginia men's tennis team returned to ACC play on Sunday, downing No. 37 Virginia Tech 6-1 at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center. The Cavaliers improve to 8-1 overall and 2-0 in the ACC.
• Wahoos Complete Series Sweep with 13-1 Win over Monmouth: The Virginia baseball team finished off a three-game series sweep over Monmouth on Sunday afternoon with a 13-1 win at Davenport Field. Whit Mayberry pitched six shutout innings, and the Cavaliers (5-1-1) pounded out 18 hits to support him. Virginia outscored Monmouth (3-3) 37-6 in the series.
• Stanwick Joins Special 100/100 Club as No. 1 UVa Tops Stony Brook: Colin Briggs scored a career-high seven points and Steele Stanwick joined the exclusive 100/100 club as the No. 1 Virginia Cavaliers (3-0) topped the visiting Stony Brook Seawolves (0-2) Saturday afternoon, 12-5, inside Klöckner Stadium. Stanwick scored two goals and dished out three assists to become the third Cavalier, the seventh player in the ACC and the 44th player in the nation all-time to register 100 career goals and 100 career assists. He joins Kevin Pehlke (1990-93) and Danny Glading (2006-09) as the other Cavaliers in the club.
• Kolarik's 10 Saves Leads No. 6 Virginia Past No. 12 Syracuse, 9-7: Virginia junior goalkeeper Kim Kolarik made 10 saves to lead the No. 6 Virginia women's lacrosse team to a 9-7 victory over No. 12 Syracuse in front of 1,011 fans at Klockner Stadium on Sunday. With the win, the Cavaliers improved to 3-0 on the young season.
• Robinson, Gay Lead Cavaliers At ACC Meet: Senior Marcus Robinson successfully defended his men's triple jump title and junior Morgane Gay won her first conference crown in the women's mile as the Virginia men's and women's track and field teams concluded the 2012 ACC Indoor Championships at the Reggie Lewis Track Center in Boston. The Cavalier women placed fourth, their highest finish since 2003, with 59 points. The Cavalier men finished the competition fourth with 80 points. Earlier, the trio of senior Mark Amirault, freshman Chris Foley and sophomore Thomas Porter went 1-2-3 in the men's 5,000 meters and junior Pearl Bickersteth captured gold in the women's high jump.
• Virginia Improves to 11-2 with Win Over Saint Joe's: The Virginia softball team (11-2) concluded its first homestand of the year with a 5-0 record after beating Saint Joseph's 8-3 Sunday in the final game of the Cavalier Invitational. UVa is off to its best start since the 1993 team also went 11-2 in its first 13 games of the season.
• Brian and Brannon Look To Help US U-20s Qualify for World Cup: Two members of the Virginia women's soccer team traveled to Panama this weekend as the United States U-20 National Team competed in CONCACAF qualifying for the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Midfielder Morgan Brian and defender Olivia Brannon are among the 20 players selected to the qualifying roster named by U.S. U-20 and Virginia head coach Steve Swanson.

To read the full stories or gather more information on Virginia athletics, check out Virginiasports.com.

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Issue No. 102 - Aug. 29, 2003

Baseball hires head assistant
Official UVa Media Relations Report

University of Virginia head baseball coach Brian O'Connor has announced another key addition to his coaching staff. O'Connor named Kevin McMullan as his top assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. McMullan, a 1990 graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), will also serve as UVa's hitting coach and will work extensively with the Cavaliers' infielders and catchers. McMullan is the second assistant coach named to O'Connor staff and joins current assistant coach Karl Kuhn, who was recently named Virginia's pitching coach on July 30th. The addition of McMullan rounds out O'Connor's coaching staff.

Read SabreMail No. 102 here.

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:

• Basketball in action: The Hoos have started ACC play. The Sabre keeps you in the loop on the hoops team!
• Pro Hoos: TheSabre.com debuted a new series. Beyond The Lawn" is a 12-month series found exclusively on TheSabre.com that follows three Virginia Cavaliers through a year as a professional athlete. Baseball's Tyler Wilson (Baltimore Orioles), track and field's Stephanie Marie Garcia (U.S. Olympic hopeful), and football's Clint Sintim (New York Giants) share their experiences throughout the year.

In Case You Missed It ...

Sabre articles since the last SabreMail

Heels Hold Off Cavaliers
Virginia held North Carolina to a season-low 54 points, but it was not enough. The Cavaliers went scoreless in the final three minutes of the game at the John Paul Jones Arena on Saturday, eventually falling to the seventh-ranked Tar Heels 54-51. UVa is 21-7 on the season with an 8-6 ACC record.

UNC Primer No. 2
After scraping by Virginia Tech, the Virginia Cavaliers (21-6, 8-5 ACC) return home to the John Paul Jones Arena for a Saturday tilt with No. 7 UNC (24-4, 11-2 ACC). Will the Hoos secure their first victory over a top 10 team this season and ensure a winning ACC record, or will the Tar Heels sweep the season series? The North Carolina Primer takes a closer look.

Moving Scott Paying Dividends For Hoos
It's no secret that Virginia's Mike Scott is having an outstanding senior season. The Cavalier forward averages 17.3 points and 8.2 rebounds per game for UVa's 21-6 club after all. The scoring number has climbed in conference games to 18.8 points per game, no easy feat when you consider that Scott is literally a marked man for ACC defenses. The Hoos, however, have made it more difficult for teams to play tag on Scott in recent outings.

Diamond Scouting Report: Monmouth
The home portion of the 2012 baseball season got off to a thrilling start Wednesday afternoon with an emotionally draining come-from-behind 6-5 win over William & Mary in 11 innings. Now, the Cardiac Cavs welcome the Monmouth Hawks of the Northeast Conference to Davenport Field for the first time in history for a three-game set this weekend. The Hawks are undefeated at 3-0 in 2012 and scored a total of 31 runs in their first three games. Friday's game begins at 3 p.m. while both the games on Saturday and Sunday start at 1 p.m.

Beyond The Lawn With Stephanie Marie Garcia: Cross Country Redux
My earliest memories of cross country come from high school; my very first cross country race was at our home course, set on the campus of a local community college. Flat, monotonous loops in the fall heat were the backdrop to my first attempt at racing cross country and, while I was successful from the very start, I was never able to really forge the commitment to long distance racing like I did later to racing on the track.

Diamond Scouting Report: W&M
The Virginia baseball team opened its 2012 season by splitting three games over the weekend in Conway, SC, including a rare tie. Now, the Cavaliers return home to the friendly confines of Davenport Field for a nine-game home stand that begins with William & Mary. That contest was moved to Wednesday (today) at 3 p.m. due to the snowfall this past Sunday in Charlottesville. Here is a brief scouting report.

Hoos Find A Way To Win At VT
Virginia coach Tony Bennett likes for his players to embrace words like resilience and resolve. For one night in Blacksburg, the Hoos did more than just adopt those words. They clung to them with ferocity. Already down to an eight-man scholarship rotation on the season, UVa lost two players to fouls and had a third limited with a foot injury while fending off a final Virginia Tech rally on Tuesday night, but the visiting Cavaliers survived to win 61-59. The 21st victory of the campaign ties the program's most in a season since 1994-95.

Evans Making Strides At Stripe
When it comes to free throws, Virginia point guard Jontel Evans is hard at work. Before practice. After practice. During practice. The results are noticeable for the junior from Hampton. The reason for the improvement is clear too.

Virginia Tech Primer No. 2
After dominating the second half in a 71-44 home victory over Maryland, the Virginia Cavaliers (20-6, 7-5 ACC) hit the road again and travel across the state for a return engagement with the Virginia Tech Hokies (15-12, 4-8 ACC) on Tuesday night. Can the Cavaliers notch 8 ACC wins in a season for the first time under Tony Bennett, or will the Hokies snag the season sweep?

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