Women's soccer bows out of NCAA Tournament at Penn State
The Virginia women's soccer team was defeated in the third round of the NCAA Tournament by host team Penn State, 3-0 yesterday. The loss came after the Cavaliers had advanced to the NCAA round of 16 for the fourth consecutive year, and will leave Virginia with a final season record of 13-7-2.
The opening 20 minutes of the game were without clear domination by either side, but after that, the Nittany Lions' junior Joanna Lohman proved essential in the Cavaliers' undoing, feeding a key ball to junior Heidi Drummond -- who would convert it for Penn State's first goal -- and following up six minutes later with a goal of her own.
While Virginia attempted to rally in the second half, the Nittany Lions sealed the deal when Drummond scored a second goal off a rebound.
The Cavaliers will lose four seniors off of this year's roster, but will return 19 players for the 2003 season.
Wrestling finishes fifth out of nine in Cornell tourney
The Virginia wrestling team returns from Ithaca, N.Y. with a team score of 97.50 in Cornell's 2002 Body Bar Invitational meet. Facing a competitive field of wrestlers from nine other schools, the Cavalier effort was spearheaded by senior heavyweight Josh Etu, who finished second in his class, along with seniors Brian Muir and Bob Seidel, and junior Tim Foley, who each took third in their respective classes.
Etu went 2-1 in the heavyweight class, and his runner-up finish was the Cavaliers' best solo performance of the day.
Muir lost his first match, but was quick to rebound, winning four straight in the consolation finals of the 174 class.
Seidel pinned Edinboro's Matt Kind on the way to his third place finish in the 141 class.
Foley pinned Ithaca's Brian Murphy in his first match of the day to win, 9-1, and went on to record two more victories, 10-2 and 12-4.
-- Compiled by
Kathleen Thornton
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