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UVa Announces Football Series with Boise State Virginia Athletics Media Relations Official Releases Virginia and Boise State will meet in football for a two-game series in 2015 and 2017, the schools jointly announced today. The teams are scheduled to meet Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, in Charlottesville and Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017, in Boise, Idaho. "We're excited to announce this series with a program that has been exceptional over the last decade," said Virginia Executive Associate Athletics Director Jon Oliver."They've done it with great coaching, solid recruiting and a fearless approach to competition. We are trying to do the same thing and this will be an incredible challenge for us as we continue to build our program. The 2015 and 2017 seasons could end up being two of the toughest schedules in the history of our football program and we hope they will excite and energize our fans, student-athletes and recruits." Boise State has been one of the most successful BCS football programs over the last 11 seasons. The Broncos havefinished in the top-20 of the Associated Press poll nine times during that span and won nine conference titles since 2002. Over that nine-year period the Broncos have produced a record of 129-15 (.896), appeared in 11 consecutivebowl games and won seven of those postseason contests. Current Boise State head coach Chris Petersen is 84-8 since taking over the Boise State program in 2006. This will be the first meeting between Virginia and Boise State in football. The ACC also announced Monday the 2013 football dates for the conference teams. See below for that information. |
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This Week In Recruiting With Chris Horne Blanding To Announce The eyes of the recruiting world will be on Bayside High School (Virginia Beach, VA) this Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 2:30 p.m. That is when 5-star junior safety Quin Blanding is scheduled to announce his college choice at a press conference. University of Virginia fans have reason to be optimistic. The Cavaliers football program has signed one prospect from Bayside in each of the past four recruiting classes, including touted running back Taquan "Smoke" Mizzell in the class of 2013. Blanding has also visited Charlottesville numerous times. Clemson, Florida State, Miami, Michigan, North Carolina, Notre Dame, NC State, Ohio State, Virginia, and West Virginia make up the final 10 Blanding revealed last November. Barring a surprise, one of these schools will be the pick on Wednesday. TheSabre.com will be on hand for full coverage of the event, so stay tuned. Prospect Day Follow Up UVa football hosted recruits from the class of 2014 and class of 2015 this past Sunday. I'll have an article up on T.C. Williams (Alexandria, VA) junior defensive lineman/offensive lineman Jeremiah Clarke, who landed an offer from head coach Mike London while attending the event. The 6'5", 270-pound prospect previously earned offers from NC State, Toledo, and UNC-Charlotte. Throughout this week, I'll be busy following up with those prospects we confirmed to be in attendance. Basketball Recruiting Cape Henry Collegiate (Virginia Beach, VA), led by UVa-bound senior point guard Devon Hall, defeated Walsingham, 57-54, this past Saturday to capture the Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools postseason tournament championship. The Dolphins move on to the VISAA Division I state playoffs. CHC, which captured the state title last year, earned a first round bye and will meet the winner of the Trinity Episcopal/Episcopal contest on Wednesday. Crespi (Encino, CA) fell short in its bid for a CIF Southern Section Division 4-AA title, losing in the semifinals to Serra. Future Virginia point guard London Perrantes, a senior, and the Celts now look forward to the state playoffs, which begin on March 6. UVa-bound junior wing guard/wing forward B.J. Stith helped Brunswick (Lawrenceville, VA) to a Group AA, Region I, Division 3 championship last week. This Saturday, Stith and the Bulldogs begin their quest for a third straight state title when they take on Loudoun Valley in the first round of the Division 3 state playoffs at VCU.
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. More recent Sabre recruiting updates ...
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UVa's Football Schedule Released Virginia Athletics Media Relations Official Release The Atlantic Coast Conference released the 2013 football schedules for the 14 schools that will be conference members for the 2013-14 academic year. Virginia's slate features 12 regular-season games, including eight home contests. The schedule marks the first time in Virginia’s history the Cavaliers will play eight home games. Starting times for all contests and the home game designated for Homecomings will be announced at a later date. "This is a very challenging schedule, but it is the type of schedule I want us to play each and every year," Virginia head coach Mike London said. "We will have to be our best in every practice and every game. With eight home games, our fans can really make a difference. We can't do it without them." Virginia will play home games against BYU (Aug. 31), Oregon (Sept. 7), VMI (Sept. 21), Ball State (Oct. 5), Duke (Oct. 19), Georgia Tech (Oct. 26), Clemson (Nov. 2), and Virginia Tech (Nov. 30). Virginia will travel to conference games at Pittsburgh (Sept. 28), Maryland (Oct. 12), North Carolina (Nov. 9) and Miami (Nov. 23). The Cavaliers will have bye weeks on Sept. 14 and Nov 16. Read the full news release here. Check the other ACC schedule news here and here.
Women's Swimming Wins Sixth Straight ACC Title Virginia Athletics Media Relations Official Releases The Virginia women's swimming and diving team captured its sixth consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference Championship on Saturday at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, N.C. Senior Lauren Perdue was named the ACC Championships' Most Outstanding Swimmer for the third time in her career. The Cavaliers, who won their 11th ACC title overall, finished with 832 points, followed by Virginia Tech (536), North Carolina (508), Florida State (497), NC State (438), Miami (389), Duke (246), Georgia Tech (158), Boston College (98) and Clemson diving (12). "We got off to a wonderful start on Thursday and carried that momentum into the rest of the meet," UVa head coach Mark Bernardino said. "We won a couple of events on Friday and had a bunch of top-three finishes. We had a bunch of top-time performances and what's pretty cool about this team is that there is only one senior [Lauren Perdue] on the scoring team. ... We had a lot of first-year girls that hit some incredibly high levels and a bunch of second- and third-year swimmers who continue to improve and work hard. I didn't know we would have as many young bodies at this meet as we did, but they turned out to be pretty darn good, worked pretty darn hard, faced adversity and raced like veterans." For Virginia, the six straight titles matches North Carolina (1981-96 and 1991-96) for the most consecutive women's ACC Championships. For Bernardino, this is his 26th conference title at the helm of Virginia. He has won 15 men's titles in addition to the 11 women's crowns. For more information and complete results, click here.
Hoos Talking Airs On Monday Nights Hoos Talking, TheSabre.com's radio partner from Richmond, is back on the air for its fourth season! The show airs on Monday nights LIVE from 6-7 p.m. on SportsRadio 910 AM (WRNL) in Richmond or on the internet for Hoos outside of the Richmond area. Monday night's show featured UVa basketball's Bobby Stokes and TheSabre.com's Kris Wright. Make sure to check out Hoos Talking on SportsRadio 910 AM (WRNL) or stay tuned to TheSabre.com for archived audio of the broadcasts.
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Issue No. 489 - March 28, 2011
5 Million Gift For New Track And Field Facility Amy Mitchell Griffin, a 1998 University of Virginia graduate and former volleyball player for the Cavaliers, has pledged $5 million for the construction of a new track and field facility at UVa. The Virginia Athletics Department announced the gift on Monday (March 28). The commitment by Griffin allows the athletics department to move forward with the design and construction of a new track and field facility. The Virginia Athletics Foundation (VAF), the fund raising organization for the athletics department, has launched a campaign to raise the remaining amount needed to finance the approximately $14 million project. Griffin's gift is the largest commitment ever made for an Olympic sport capital project at the University of Virginia. She is a current member of the VAF Board of Trustees and previously donated $1 million in 2006 to support the volleyball program and also funded UVa's new sand volleyball courts. "The University deserves a top notch track and field facility. I feel we owe it to current and future student-athletes," Griffin said. "I look at it as an important athletic department facility, but more importantly an upgrade for the entire University. I really do hope there are many people in the University of Virginia community, especially former athletes - track and non-track - who see this as a key piece in future athletic success and one that they want to support. "The new space will allow the track team to compete for championships and will help with recruiting and training for a large number of athletic teams at the University. It is my hope that this project will raise the game for Virginia Athletics in so many ways." Read SabreMail No. 489 here. |
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