USA-Argentina Field Hockey

The University of Virginia hosts a world class field hockey match tonight (Monday, June 18).

The US Olympic Team takes on Argentina at 8 p.m. at UVa's University Hall Turf Field. Admission is free.

Argentina is ranked No. 2 in the world, but the USA defeated Argentina in the final of the Pan Am Games 4-2. Both teams are considered to be medal threats at the upcoming 2012 Olympics in London. Playing at the University Hall Turf Field provides a similar surface to London where the turf will also be blue.

The 16-player US roster includes UVa All-Americans Paige Selenski and Michelle Vittese. TheSabre.com's most recent "Afternoon Break" blog post features video of the Pan Am match as well as some links to Vittese articles. Read it here.

Virginia field hockey coach Michele Madison summed up the opportunity to watch the exhibition match in this Jeff White article on VirginiaSports.com.

"It's basically an Olympic preview," she said. "We're paying over $100 a ticket to go see them play in London, and here [fans] can come see them play for free."

This Week In Recruiting With Chris Horne

Last week was a busy one on the recruiting front. EDGE subscribers, be sure to check out my report from the NBPA Top 100 Camp, which took place in Charlottesville last week. The report includes updates on UVa class of 2013 targets Anthony Barber (PG, Hampton (VA)), Kendal Harris (PG/SG, Richardson (TX) Berkner), Roddy Peters (PG, Suitland (District Heights, MD)), and Jaren Sina (PG, Gladstone (N.J.) Gil St. Bernard's).

Of these point guard targets, only Peters does not have an offer from the Cavaliers. That could change in the coming weeks, particularly if the 6'3" standout attends UVa's Elite Camp later this month and impresses.

Continuing on the point guard front, check out the EDGE for an article on class of 2014 standout Ja'Quan Newton. Newton, a product of Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia, PA), earned fourth-team all-state honors this past season. Virginia has offered along with many others.

Newton discusses his NBPA Top 100 coach, former UVa standout Roger Mason Jr., recruiting, and more in the update coming out this week.

On the football front, Virginia hosted its annual Big Man Camp/7-on-7 tournament this past Saturday. I posted some news and notes on the EDGE board on Saturday, and this week I plan to have more reports from the camp. The Big Man Camp was headlined by class of 2014 star Andrew Brown. The Indian River (Chesapeake, VA) product is considered one of the top defensive line prospects in the nation in 2014, and I plan to have a full article on him this week.

Also this week, I will have more with UVa's newest commitment, A.L. Brown (Kannapolis, N.C.) rising senior wideout Keeon Johnson. The 6'3", 200-pound prospect committed to Virginia over North Carolina and Notre Dame this past Friday, giving the Hoos 11 commits now in the class of 2013.

Work also continues on my initial in-state top 40 list, which will be out next week. All four of UVa's in-state commits will be on the list.

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 ...

3-Star WR Picks Hoos Over Heels, Irish
One week and one day ago, the University of Virginia scored a commitment from state of North Carolina 3-star linebacker LaChaston Smith. Mike London has struck again in the Tar Heel state, this time addressing the offense with a commitment from A.L. Brown (Kannapolis, N.C.) rising senior wide receiver Keeon Johnson.

Reports From The NBPA Top 100
It's no secret that point guard is a key need for UVa in class of 2013 recruiting, so that's where our focus was when the NBPA Top 100 Camp came to Charlottesville this week. In this report, check out the latest on Anthony Barber, Kendal Harris, and Jaren Sina, three rising senior points Virginia has offered. Also check out the latest on potential target Roddy Peters and other notes from the NBPA Top 100.

More recent recruiting updates on The Sabre ...

• English On Board With The Hoos
• 2014 TE Talks UVa Camp
• PG Roddy Peters Receiving Major D1 Interest

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ACC Spring Tour: Clemson

From TheSabre.com's Good Ol Blog

The ACC Champion Clemson Tigers could not have asked for a better conference season in 2011. The Tigers defeated Virginia Tech in the championship game to claim the ACC title they hadn’t held since 1991. Their overall record stood at 10-4 and 6-2 in the ACC, taking their only ACC losses from Georgia Tech and North Carolina State. ...

The Tigers’ 2012 schedule has dropped Troy, Wofford, and North Carolina and picked up Ball State, Furman and Duke. These small changes within the schedule do not include N.C. State and South Carolina, two teams that defeated Clemson a season ago. Arguably two of their toughest opponents again this season, those games fall at the end of the schedule. A good idea or a bad one? Does Coach Swinney have a plan this time to keep the steam in the team, and insure it doesn’t sputter toward the end of the season again? The answers may come from the defense where new Defensive Coordinator Brent Venables steps into the light at Clemson after being at Oklahoma for 13 years. The D, after all, is what struggled so mightily in that bowl game.

Read the full free blog update here. Stay tuned to the Good Ol Blog as TheSabre.com takes you through the ACC's offseason.

UVa Releases 2012-13 ACC Men's Basketball Schedule

Virginia Athletics Media Relations Official Release

Virginia has announced its tentative men's basketball schedule for 2012-13 Atlantic Coast Conference games. The exact dates and times, along with television information, will be announced later in the summer when the league unveils the entire schedule for all 12 schools. The 2012-13 season is the first year the ACC will feature an 18-game league slate. The Cavaliers will play seven schools home-and-away (Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia Tech), two schools only at home (Duke, NC State) and two schools only on the road (Miami, Wake Forest).

The tentative schedule lists games either as a weekday or weekend contest. A weekday game could be played on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. A weekend game could be played on Saturday or Sunday.

Virginia's non-conference schedule, which includes a trip to Wisconsin on Nov. 28 as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, will be announced later this summer at the same time the conference games' dates and times are released. The 2013 ACC Tournament will be held March 14-17 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C.

Here is the tentative ACC schedule for UVa:

Jan. 5/6 NORTH CAROLINA
Jan. 8/9/10 at Wake Forest
Jan. 12/13 at Clemson
Jan. 19/20 FLORIDA STATE
Jan. 22/23/24 at Virginia Tech
Jan. 26/27 BOSTON COLLEGE
Jan. 29/30/31 NC STATE
Feb. 2/3 at Georgia Tech
Feb. 5/6/7 CLEMSON
Feb. 9/10 at Maryland
Feb. 12/13/14 VIRGINIA TECH
Feb. 16/17 at North Carolina
Feb. 19/20/21 at Miami
Feb. 23/24 GEORGIA TECH
Feb. 26/27/28 DUKE
Mar. 2/3 at Boston College
Mar. 5/6/7 at Florida State
Mar. 9/10 MARYLAND

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Around the World of Wahoo Sports ...

• 2012 Mike London Women's Football Camp Set for June 22: The Virginia football program and head coach Mike London will host the 2012 Mike London Women's Football Camp on Friday, June 22. The four-hour event is scheduled from 5:30-9:30 p.m. at Scott Stadium. Registration is $35 and includes buffet dinner, gift, t-shirt and raffle entry. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. at the Southeast entrance to Scott Stadium and parking is available in the East Lots beginning at 5 p.m.
• Kohles Tabbed as Second-Team All-American by Golfweek: Virginia senior golfer Ben Kohles has been named a second-team All-American by Golfweek. It marks the third time in his career he has received All-America honors from the publication. Kohles was an honorable mention selection by Golfweek in 2010 and 2011.
• Robinson Named USTFCCCA First-Team All-American: Virginia track and field senior Marcus Robinson has been named to the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-America First Team, the USTFCCCA announced Tuesday (June 12). Seniors Maureen Laffan, Lance Roller and Catherine White and junior Morgane Gay earned Second-Team All-America honors. In addition, senior Vincenzo Chiariello, juniors Brett Johnson, Sean Keveren and Patrick Todd and redshirt freshmen Chelsea Ley and Kathleen Stevens were All-America Honorable Mention selections. The USTFCCCA All-America honorees are based on the final positions at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, which concluded Saturday (June 9) in Des Moines, Iowa.
• King Makes US Junior National Team in 5,000 Meters: Freshman Kyle King placed second in the boys' 5,000 meters on the first day of the USATF Junior Outdoor Championships on Saturday (June 15) in Bloomington, Ind. With the second-place finish, King will compete for Team USA at the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain, which take place July 10-15.
• Andres Pedroso Elevated to Men's Tennis Associate Head Coach: The Virginia men's tennis program announced that Andres Pedroso has been elevated to the title of Associate Head Coach. Pedroso is entering his third season with the Cavaliers, joining the program as an assistant coach in August of 2010. During his two years on the Virginia staff the Cavaliers have twice reached the NCAA Tournament final and finished the season ranked No. 2 nationally.
• Frank and Jenkins Named to USTA Collegiate Team: Virginia men's tennis players Jarmere Jenkins and Mitchell Frank were named to the 2012 USTA Summer Collegiate Team. The two Cavaliers were among the 16 men's and women's collegiate players selected to this year's squad. It is the second time Jenkins has participated in the program, as he was also selected in 2010. Frank is participating for the first time.
• Huey and Inglot Continue Climb Up ATP Doubles Rankings: Two former Virginia men's tennis players posted new career high rankings in the latest ATP Doubles Rankings (June 18). Treat Huey (Class of 2008) climbed to No. 37 this week, while Dom Inglot (Class of 2009) moved up to No. 85.

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

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Issue No. 397 - June 8, 2009

Baseball Helps Ease Pain Of Rough 2008-09

The Virginia baseball team eliminated Ole Miss on Sunday in an NCAA Super Regional, earning the first College World Series berth in school history in the process. The Hoos topped the Rebels 5-1 in the third game of the best-of-three series. UVa has won a single-season record 48 games to date.

Brian O'Connor's club is the latest UVa spring team to post impressive numbers and push deep into the postseason. Previously, men's tennis, men's lacrosse, women's rowing, women's and men's golf advanced to the final sites in their respective sports. Considering just how miserable this school year proved to be on the football and men's basketball front, many of the Cavaliers' other sports have performed very well in 2008-09. The Daily Press' David Teel tackled that very topic in his Sunday column - take a look. All told, the Hoos won a conference-leading 6 ACC Championships this school year and they will finish in the top 10 in the Director's Cup standings.

While all of those sports deserve a hat tip for their success, perhaps baseball has eased the pain of football and basketball season more than any other. Why? Because it's all been so unexpected. Many of the other spring sports and teams like Mark Bernardino's swim teams always perform well in the postseason. The baseball team's surprising run to the CWS, on the other hand, is historic. Virginia never had done it before. In fact, O'Connor's Cavaliers never had won an NCAA Regional much less a Super Regional.

It couldn't have come at a better time. Virginia fans, as GunnyHooway said on the EDGE message board, needed this. Before the spring, despite some teams' success, 2008-09 had been a rough season to follow the Hoos. It's so hard to go through a sports year when the two biggest sports struggle after all. Maybe it's a sign of things to come? Maybe like the Gator Bowl loss started a challenging cycle for Cavalier fans,the baseball run will start the path to more prosperous times?

Here's hoping!

Kris Wright
TheSabre.com

Read SabreMail No. 397 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:

• Better Days: Editor Kris Wright checks in with a column on UVa's improved fortunes in football and basketball.
• Catching Up With Cornel Parker: Cornel Parker provided the Hoos' hoops program with a lock-down defender in his career. What's he up to now?

In Case You Missed It ...

Sabre articles and blog posts since the last SabreMail

The Afternoon Break – Basketball Updates
Jeff White over at VirginiaSports.com has provided a couple of basketball updates this week. I pulled out a couple of interesting quotes from those articles below.

ACC Spring Tour: Clemson
The ACC Champion Clemson Tigers could not have asked for a better conference season in 2011. The Tigers defeated Virginia Tech in the championship game to claim the ACC title they hadn’t held since 1991. Their overall record stood at 10-4 and 6-2 in the ACC, taking their only ACC losses from Georgia Tech and North Carolina State.

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