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Lacrosse Teams Earn NCAA Spots From VirginiaSports.com official releases No. 8 Virginia has received a bid to the 2012 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship as the No. 5 seed and will host the Princeton Tigers in the first round on Sunday (May 13) at 1 p.m., inside Klockner Stadium. The game will be televised on ESPN. This marks the fifth season (1974, 1981, 1993 and 1994) where Virginia was seeded as the tournament's No. 5 team. The last two times it happened where head coach Dom Starsia's first two seasons in Charlottesville. Virginia, ranked No. 6 in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse media and No. 8 in the USILA coaches polls, enter the NCAA Tournament with an 11-3 overall mark. Princeton, ranked No. 10 in media poll and No. 9 in the coaches poll, earns the at-large bid and enters the NCAA Tournament with an 11-4 record and winners of five of its last six games. This is Virginia's 35th tournament appearance overall, second behind Johns Hopkins (41). Virginia won the national championship a year ago and has received a bid in 19 of the last 20 seasons. The eighth-ranked Virginia women's lacrosse team earned an at-large berth to the 2012 NCAA Tournament and will travel to seventh-seeded and seventh-ranked Duke for a first-round game on Sunday (May 13) at 2 p.m. The Cavaliers (11-7) are unseeded and face the Blue Devils (11-6) for a second time this year, having won the regular-season match-up in Durham, 14-12, on March 24. The at-large berth marks the 17th-consecutive year that Virginia has participated in the NCAA Tournament (23rd overall). The Cavaliers have an all-time record of 29-21 in the postseason and have won NCAA Championships in 1991, 1993 and 2004. Under head coach Julie Myers, the Cavaliers have advanced to the NCAA Tournament in all 17 years of her tenure. Her squads hold an overall record of 22-15 in the tournament and won the 2004 NCAA title. The Cavaliers and Blue Devils have faced each other four times in the NCAA Tournament, most recently in 2009. Duke won that match-up in overtime in Durham, 15-13, while the Cavaliers won NCAA Tournament contests in 1999, 2005 and 2007. Read more on Virginia and the NCAA Tournaments at VirginiaSports.com. |
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This Week In Recruiting Last week was a good one for the UVa football and men's basketball programs. Mike London's program scored a big-time linebacker commitment last week, from Gilman (Baltimore, MD) junior Micah Kiser. The 6'2", 210-pound Kiser had double-digit scholarship offers, including Florida, Maryland, Oklahoma, and Virginia. Linebacker is an important position for UVa in 2013 recruiting, and Kiser, who could play inside or outside, is a great start. Another one of Virginia's top linebacker targets is featured in an EDGE article posted last Friday. Woodberry Forest (VA) junior Doug Randolph, a 6'3", 220-pound prospect, is a Stanford commitment but is showing serious interest in Virginia as well as Notre Dame. Kiser, of course, wasn't Virginia football's only addition last week. Former Oscar Smith (Chesapeake, VA) and University of Alabama quarterback Phillip Sims is officially a Virginia Cavalier. Sims, who ESPNU ranked as the No. 1 quarterback recruit in the nation in the 2010 class (Rivals and Scout had him at No. 2), could be eligible this fall if the NCAA approves a hardship waiver. If he is eligible, he will have three seasons of eligibility remaining beginning this season. If the waiver is denied, Sims will have to sit out the 2012 season and will have two years of eligibility remaining beginning in 2013. Tony Bennett's basketball program officially has two more players as well. Last Friday, Virginia officially welcomed power forward Anthony Gill and combo guard Taylor Barnette. Gill, a 6'8" power forward, is transferring in from the University of South Carolina after one year. He will have three years of eligibility remaining after he sits out the 2012/2013 season. Barnette, a 6'3", 185-pound high school senior out of Lexington Christian Academy (Lexington, KY), committed to the Hoos while on an official visit last Thursday and Friday. He signed a letter-of-intent on Friday and will enroll on June 10. "It's still a little surreal," Barnette said of being a Virginia Cavalier. "I'm so excited. It's a blessing." Barnette, known for his shooting ability, was a 4-year starter on the LCA varsity squad. He averaged 17, 17, and 19 points per game over the course of his final three years. I caught up with Barnette late Sunday night for an interview, and I will have an EDGE article up on him up on Tuesday. I also hope to get comments from Gill this week as well. Also on the basketball front, I'll have a "News, Notes and Links" feature up this evening. In this feature, I'll cover some of the recent news on the basketball recruiting front (including more news from the Hampton EYBL event).
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 ...
Sims Transferring To UVa
2012 Combo Guard Commits To UVa
The Latest On 2013 PG Anthony Barber More recent recruiting updates on The Sabre ...
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Blog Banter: The Afternoon Break
The Good Ol Blog's newest feature on TheSabre.com is The Afternoon Break, a collection of interesting links and things from around the site and beyond. Friday's Break post features a poll inspired by Sabre poster Hoos in da house, who asked an interesting question on multiple boards this week. Vote through Friday at noon!
Minnifield With The Redskins Tom Robinson of The Virginian-Pilot caught up with Hoo cornerback Chase Minnifield at Redskins Park. Read the "Ex-Cav Minnifield 'playing mad' as Redskins rookie" article. Minnifield had this to say about not being drafted: "It was frustrating. But you know, I'm gonna turn all the negative energy into a positive energy. I always play with a chip on my shoulder, but it's a little bigger."
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Issue No. 169 - December 17, 2004 Big E, Big Money make All-America team Neither Elton Brown nor Heath Miller came to UVa four years ago as a blue-chip recruit. Neither was rated among the top 10 prospects in the state by various recruiting services, much less among the top prospects in the country.
Miller also earned the John Mackey Award as the nation's best tight end. He has 36 receptions for 475 yards and five touchdowns - numbers that pale next to his monster stats last season - but he has been the main receiving threat on a run-oriented team and also made a significant impact as a blocker. Sophomore linebacker Ahmad Brooks, who leads the team with 85 tackles, was named a second-team All-American. Now the question is whether Miller, a redshirt junior, and Brooks will stick around or apply for the NFL Draft. Read SabreMail No. 169 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
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JHoo's Random Thoughts - Extended Spring Edition
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