Lacrosse nets sixth win
The Virginia men's lacrosse team brought home its sixth straight victory this weekend after a 10-9 win at North Carolina on Saturday. The No. 2 Cavaliers (7-1, 2-0 ACC) are one win away from clinching the top seed in the ACC tournament, and they will get their chance this Saturday against Duke at home.
The Cavaliers came out to snag an early 3-0 lead, and although the Tar Heels battled back to narrow the lead to one before the end of the first quarter, Virginia held on to escape with the 10-9 victory.
Senior All-American Conor Gill led the Cavalier attack with two goals and two assists and junior midfielder Chris Rotelli added two goals and an assist. Freshman attacker Joe Yevoli also scored twice.
Virginia can clinch the conference title with a win over eighth-ranked Duke when they host the Blue Devils Saturday at 1 p.m.
Cavs win series over Terps
Junior first baseman Robert Word drove in the game-winning run with an RBI-single in the top of the ninth inning and the Cavaliers held off the Terrapins for an 8-7 victory at Shipley Field in College Park, Md.
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The Cavaliers (18-15, 7-5 ACC) scored three unearned runs and forced the Terrapins (20-11, 1-8) to strand 12 runners as they took the three game series after winning on Friday.
Senior pitcher Dan Street helped his own cause at the plate, opening scoring with an RBI single and hitting a two-run homer in the fifth inning, his team-leading 10th of the year.
Senior Chris Marinak got the victory and sophomore Alan Zimmer recorded his first save.
Virginia opened the series Friday with a 5-0 win behind a complete game shutout from sophomore hurler Jeff Kamrath but fell to Maryland, 10-3, on Saturday. They will return to action Wednesday when they travel to Virginia Tech.
Three Cavaliers win at Duke Invitational
Juniors Kiamesha Otey and Eliese Mitchell joined senior John Welch as winners this weekend at the Duke Invitational.
Otey won the long jump with a leap of 6.09 meters and also ran a season-best 25.17 seconds in the 200-meter. Mitchell won the shot put and also grabbed fifth place in the hammer throw and the discus throw. Welch took the javelin with a throw of 234 feet, five inches that provisionally qualified him for the NCAA Championships.
Junior Melanie Matthews claimed second place in the 5000-meter with a time of 16:45.54. Freshman James Catano was the other Cavalier medallist with his third-place finish in the 3000-meter run. Senior Dawn Cleary had a top-five finish, claiming fifth in the steeplechase, and the men's 400-meter relay took third overall.
Crew has pair of seconds in San Diego meets
Virginia's second and third varsity eights each finished second in the grand finals of the San Diego Crew Classic.
The second eight finished four seconds behind the University of Washington at the regatta on Mission Bay. In the open competition, the Cavaliers' third eight came in three seconds behind the Lookout Rowing Club.
Virginia's first novice eight finished fourth in its race and the first eight finished sixth in the grand finals.
The women will return to action on Saturday when they travel to the George Washington Invitational Regatta in Washington, D.C.
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