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Recently, TheSabre.com began a new feature on The Good Ol Blog called The Afternoon Break. Basically, it's a quick-hitting, link-filled way to take a break from the grind of the afternoon. Here's Friday's Break with results from a recent poll. Looks like some men's tennis fans are out there in Wahoo-land! Make sure you make The Sabre's Good Ol Blog a daily stop on the web.

Sabre poster Hoos in da house asked an interesting question on multiple boards last week. The Afternoon Break turned it into a poll. Here are the results from last Friday's break poll!

Men's tennis garnered the most votes as the UVa spring sports team with the best chance to win the NCAA Championship this spring; 47% of voters picked Brian Boland's Hoos. The rowing team (29%) and the men's lacrosse team (22%) also received more than 20% of the votes. Click on "view results" below to see the full range of votes.

Hoo-Tube Video Of The Day

The Afternoon Break features a daily video and today's video features the U.S. Women's National Team Player Profiles of defenders Amy LePeilbet, Becky Sauerbrunn and Ali Krieger. Sauerbrunn played at Virginia from 2003 to 2007 where she appeared in every game and all but 10 minutes of her college career. She was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year as a senior in 2007.

Break Links

• The football board congratulated Marques Hagans on the birth of a child here - the name will please any Hoo. Shockingly (OK not really there's another uniform thread too.
• Sabre media partner CBS 19 Charlottesville reports that Cam Johnson signed a rookie contract with the 49ers.
• The basketball board remains active with threads on Tony Bennett's contract extension, beating fullcourt pressure, reasons for missed 3-pointers, and UVa's ACC schedule next season.
• The women's basketball board has a thread starting on Jeff White's article at VirginiaSports.com on new assistant coach Ashley Early.
• The baseball board is talking about the upcoming series with Georgia Tech. Don't forget you can follow the play-by-play of the game on that board all weekend long. Here's a scouting report on GT too.
• On the lacrosse board, there's a good discussion about a shot clock in college lacrosse here. The conversation started with this article from the New York Times. There's also this thread on lineup strategies for the NCAA Tournament.
• Music, food and travel are often hot topics on The Corner board. There are threads today on Italian restaurants in NYC, the Avett Brothers, The Connells (plus others), and Washington DC travel advice.

Daily Retweet

This portion of the break looks at TheSabre.com's favorite Twitter retweet of the day. Follow @thesabre.

Today's retweet comes from @beckysauerbrunn. Former Cavalier star Becky Sauerbrunn plays for the US Women's National Team!

@beckysauerbrunn: "@ussoccerfndn: Let's hear your soccer-related plans for the weekend!" At training camp with the #USWNT preparing for the Olympics!

This Week In Recruiting With Chris Horne

Onalaska (WI) shooting guard Matt Thomas is expected on Grounds for an unofficial visit early this week. This will be the first visit to UVa for the 6'4", 195-pound Thomas, who appears to be one of Virginia's top overall targets in the class of 2013.

Boston College, Iowa State, Marquette, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Virginia and Wisconsin are some of the schools that have offered the all-state performer, who averaged 21.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 2.1 assists in 2011/2012. Thomas helped Onalaska to a state championship title this past season.

Iowa State, Virginia and Wisconsin have been the most talked about schools with Thomas, who has not named a clear favorite at this point. Certainly, with this being Thomas' first experience in Charlottesville, the visit is huge for UVa's chances going forward.

Stay tuned, as we'll have the latest with Thomas and his visit experience this week on the EDGE.

Football recruiting ...

On the football recruiting front, I'll continue to hit the class of 2013 recruiting beat but will also take a look at the Commonwealth's class of 2014. The state of Virginia features some of the top talents in the country, including defensive linemen Andrew Brown (Indian River H.S. in Chesapeake), De'Shawn Hand (Woodbridge H.S) and others.

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 ...

Change Of Plans: Corney Enrolling This Summer
Trent Corney is arriving on Grounds sooner than expected. The 6'3", 245-pound Thousand Island Secondary School (Brockville, Ontario, Canada) product has signed a Grant-In-Aid agreement with UVa and will enroll in the first week in July, VirginiaSports.com said in a release. Corney, a linebacker recruit, initially planned to attend Fork Union Military Academy (VA) this fall before enrolling at Virginia in January of 2013.

Q&A With Taylor Barnette
A couple of days after Central Florida released Taylor Barnette from the letter of intent he signed back in November, UVa was in contact with the 6'3", 175-pound guard prospect. The Lexington Christian Academy (Lexington, KY) senior ultimately scheduled an official visit, which took place last Thursday and Friday. He left Charlottesville officially a member of UVa's 2012 class. Barnette discusses his decision and more in this "Q&A" feature.

More recent recruiting updates on The Sabre ...

• MMA's Myers Reports UVa Offer For Collins
• Recruiting News, Notes and Links

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Virginia To Play Wisconsin

Virginia Athletic Media Relations Offical Release

The Virginia men's basketball team will play at Wisconsin on Nov. 28 in the 14th ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The game will be the first meeting between Virginia and Wisconsin in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge and the third meeting overall. The teams split the two previous meetings.

The teams have not met since the 1999 Top of the World Classic in Fairbanks, Alaska, when Wisconsin defeated the Cavaliers 66-56. The only other meeting between the two teams came in the Milwaukee Classic during the 1974-75 season when Virginia won 86-78 in Milwaukee, Wis.

Wisconsin finished the 2011-12 season with an overall record of 26-10 and reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament before losing to Syracuse 64-63. UVa was 22-10 last season and lost to Florida in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Virginia defeated Michigan 70-58 at John Paul Jones Arena in last season's ACC/Big Ten Challenge, while Wisconsin lost 60-57 at North Carolina. The Cavaliers have a 7-5 record in the Challenge and Wisconsin is 6-7.

The 2012 ACC/Big Ten Challenge is scheduled for Nov. 27-28 and features 12 games. The other games scheduled on Nov. 28 in addition to the Virginia-Wisconsin game include Ohio State at Duke, Michigan Sate at Miami, Purdue at Clemson, Georgia Tech at Illinois and Boston College at Penn State. On Nov. 27 the schedule includes North Carolina at Indiana, NC State at Michigan, Minnesota at Florida State, Maryland at Northwestern, Iowa at Virginia Tech and Nebraska at Wake Forest. Starting times and television networks for this year’s ACC/Big Ten Challenge games have not yet been announced.

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Around the World of Wahoo Sports ...

• Stephen Bruno Named ACC Player of Week: Virginia infielder Stephen Bruno has been named the ACC Player of the Week. Bruno went 6 for 15 (.400) with two home runs and eight RBI in four games and had hits and RBI in each contest as Virginia (34-15-1, 16-11 ACC) went 3-1 on the week, including a series win over Georgia Tech. Virginia concludes the home portion of its regular-season schedule at 6 p.m. Tuesday when it entertains VCU. The Cavaliers travel to Maryland Thursday through Saturday for their final ACC series of the year.
• Second-Ranked Cavaliers Sweep Eastern Sprints: In its final tune-up before the NCAA Championships, the No. 2 Virginia rowing team's first Varsity Eight broke the course record and the Novice Eight completed an undefeated season en route to a team sweep at the Eastern Women's Sprints on Sunday on Cooper River in Camden, N.J.
• Virginia Falls to Duke 11-9 in NCAA First Round: The 10th-ranked Virginia women's lacrosse team (11-8) ended its season with an 11-9 loss to sixth-ranked Duke in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Sunday at Koskinen Stadium in Durham. Sophomore Katie Slater matched her career high with four goals for the Cavaliers.
• UVa Women's Golfers Advance to NCAA Championships: The 27th-ranked Virginia women's golf team earned a berth into the 2012 NCAA Championships by finishing fifth at the NCAA Central Regional in Columbus, Ohio. The top eight teams from the 24-team field advance to the national tournament May 22-25 in Franklin, Tenn., at Vanderbilt University's Legends Club. This will mark the fifth consecutive season the Cavaliers have advanced to the NCAA Championships. UVa is one of six teams to make a fifth straight appearance at the NCAAs. The other schools are: Alabama, Arizona State, Purdue, UCLA and USC.
• Fahringer Wins Javelin, Breaks School Record at Virginia Challenge: Senior Andy Fahringer and junior Morgane Gay broke school records as the Virginia track and field team hosted the Virginia Challenge on Saturday (May 12) at Lannigan Field. Fahringer's mark of 75.19m (246' 8") won the javelin and came on his fourth throw. With the distance, which also broke the facility record, Fahringer now ranks sixth in the NCAA. Gay finished fourth in the women's 1,500 meters in a time of 4:14.38, placing fourth. She beat her previous season-best time of 4:15.04, set two weeks ago at the Payton Jordan Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif.
• Nine Cavaliers Named to Indoor Track and Field All-ACC Academic Squad: Nine members of the Virginia men's and women's track and field team have been named to the indoor track and field All-ACC Academic team. Six men, including Kevin Anding, Mark Amirault, Chris Foley, Taylor Gilland, Christian Lavorgna and Thomas Porter, and three women, including Anna Corrigan, Jordan Lavender and Dallas Rose were honored on the squad.
• Future Hoo Faith Randolph To Attend 2012 USA Basketball Women's U18 National Team Trials: Faith Randolph, who signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Cavaliers beginning in the fall of 2012, has accepted an invitation to attend the 2012 USA Basketball Women's U18 National Team Trials. Randolph is one of 26 athletes attending the trials. Trials to select the 12-member USA squad will be held May 19-21 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center (USOTC) in Colorado Springs, Colo.

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

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Issue No. 243 - May 26, 2006

Virginia Ready for Final Four Weekend

Michael Culver and the Cavs' defense will try to slow down Syracuse on Saturday.

The Virginia men's lacrosse team has rolled to a 15-0 record this season, but the coaches and players won't be satisfied without two more victories this weekend in the NCAA Tournament's Final Four. UVa faces Syracuse in the semifinals on Saturday, a team it defeated earlier this season, 20-15.

"I would tell you that just in passing, and I've said it over time, we never go into a season thinking about being undefeated. With the schedule we play, we just don't think that that's likely to happen," Virgiia coach Dom Starsia said. "So the fact that it has happened [in the regular season] is memorable. I think that's significant. But I think we're now focused on trying to finish this in the final weekend and then we can all sit back and look at the big picture of this thing."

The Cavaliers have won the men's lacrosse title three times, including their run in 2003. The seniors on this team were freshmen then and they would like to bookend their careers with National Championships.

"You certainly don't come to college and think you're going to play. The fact that I got a chance to play, but also to play on a team that was so talented with great senior leadership and win a National Championship was an unbelievable and indescribable feeling and experience for me. I certainly would like to duplicate that this year," senior Matt Ward said earlier this season.

Virginia and Syracuse face off in the second game Saturday - the start time is slated for 2 p.m.

Read SabreMail No. 243 here.

Coming Soon

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• Baseball Reports: TheSabre.com continues to provide opponent scouting reports for baseball.

In Case You Missed It ...

Sabre articles since the last SabreMail

UVa Holds Off Princeton
In a renewal of one of the game's most storied rivalries, the University of Virginia edged visiting Princeton 6-5 in the opening round of the 2012 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Tournament. The Virginia defense proved to be the difference in the contest as Matt Lovejoy and company slowed down the Tigers.

Hoos Cruise To Sweet 16 Again
During Saturday's NCAA Tournament opener at the Snyder Tennis Center, Virginia's Jarmere Jenkins couldn't find a consistent groove early against Fairleigh Dickinson and the Cavaliers clinched the match before Jenkins locked in fully. UVa coach Brian Boland said afterward that he wasn't worried about the ACC Player of the Year. Jenkins showed why on Sunday. He dominated at No. 1 singles with a straight sets win that helped propel the Hoos to a 4-0 victory against VCU.

Tennis Teams Win NCAA Matches
Saturday afternoon proved to be a good one for the Virginia tennis programs. Both teams won NCAA Tournament matches at the Snyder Tennis Center. The men's team cruised past Fairleigh Dickinson 4-0 in first round action, while the women's team took down Tennessee 4-1 to advance to the Sweet 16.

Diamond Scouting Report: GT
The Virginia baseball team defeated the High Point Panthers 12-3 on Wednesday night at Davenport Field. This weekend, the Cavaliers host Georgia Tech in their final home ACC series, beginning on Friday night at 6 p.m. and continuing on Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. on both days. Here is a brief scouting report on the Yellow Jackets.

Photo Gallery: 2012 Spring Game
The Virginia football team wrapped up the important spring practice period with the annual Spring Game at Scott Stadium where players like LaRoy Reynolds, Kevin Parks, Dominique Terrell, Rijo Walker, and others were in action. Check out this photo gallery with 110 images of the UVa football team and fans!

Knee Rehab Progress
I just passed the eighth month anniversary since my surgery. I've made a lot of progress but I've still got a good amount of work to be done. I know it sounds like coaches' talk, but every day for me is a better day. I go to my doctor every six weeks and he gives me an update. I actually went to the doctor recently and he gave me some great news concerning my knee.

Diamond Scouting Report: High Point
The Virginia baseball team is coming off a nine-day break for final exams and will face the High Point Panthers on Wednesday night at 6 p.m. at Davenport Field, weather permitting. Prior to the exam break, the Hoos were on a roll with a first-ever sweep of Miami in Florida to extend their current winning streak to seven games. Here is a brief scouting report on the High Point Panthers

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