UVa. men’s lax get #5 seed in NCAAs, face Princeton in first round
No. 8 Virginia has received a bid to the 2012 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship as the No. 5 seed and will host the Princeton Tigers in the first round on Sunday (May 13) at 1 p.m., inside Klöckner Stadium.
The game will be televised on ESPN. This marks the fifth season (1974, 1981, 1993 and1994) where Virginia was seeded as the tournament’s No. 5 team. The last two times it happened were head coach Dom Starsia’s first two seasons in Charlottesville. Read more
#1 Northwestern tops #9 UVa. women’s lax
The ninth-ranked Virginia women’s lacrosse team dropped a close contest at No. 1 Northwestern on Saturday (April 28) at Lakeside Field in Evanston, Ill. Ainsley Baker (Corning, N.Y.) led Virginia with two goals, while Kim Kolarik (Riva, Md.) finished with six saves in goal for the Cavaliers.
Virginia concluded the regular season with an 11-7 overall record. Northwestern improved to 16-1 on the season. Read more
#6 UVa. men’s lax overcomes sluggishness to top Penn
Steele Stanwick scored a career-high six goals and finished with seven points to lead the No. 6 Virginia Cavaliers (11-3) to a 10-8 victory over the Penn Quakers (3-10), Friday evening at the Whitman’s Sampler Mile High Classic, inside Sports Authority Field and Mile High.
With the seven points, Stanwick now moves up to No. 22 all-time in NCAA Division I career points with 260. Virginia is now 7-0 all-time in Inside Lacrosse events. Read more
#11 UVa. women fall in ACC semis to #3 UNC
The fourth-seeded and 11th-ranked Virginia women’s lacrosse team was defeated by No. 1 seed and No. 3 ranked North Carolina, 14-6, in the semifinals of the 2012 ACC Tournament on Saturday (April 21) at Koskinen Stadium.
The loss dropped Virginia’s record to 11-6 while North Carolina improved to 14-2.
Senior attacker Josie Owen (Gibson Island, Md.) scored her sixth hat trick of the season with three goals and added two assists for five of Virginia’s eight points. Read more
#4 UVa. men’s lax falls in ACC semis
Steele Stanwick tallied seven points to break the UVa career point record held by Dough Knight (249), but it wasn’t enough as the No. 4 Virginia Cavaliers (10-3) fell to the No. 9 North Carolina Tar Heels (10-4) in the semifinal round of the ACC Championship on Friday night, 11-9, inside Klöckner Stadium. Now with 253 career points, Stanwick is tied with Gary Gait for No. 27 all-time in NCAA Division I points.
Colin Briggs started quickly for the Cavaliers, scoring 32 seconds into the game to give UVa a 1-0 lead. North Carolina scored back-to-back goals by Ryan Creighton and Jimmy Bitter to stake the Tar Heels to a 2-1 advantage with 4:26 left in the first quarter. Read more
UVa. women’s lax advances in ACC Tourney
Senior Julie Gardner (Severna Park, Md.) set a career-high with six goals, junior Kim Kolarik (Riva, Md.) tied a career-high with 11 saves and the fourth-seeded and 11th-ranked Virginia women’s lacrosse team defeated fifth-seeded and 17th-ranked Boston College, 13-8, Friday (April 20) in the quarterfinals of the 2012 ACC Tournament.
Virginia improved to 11-5 overall this season, while Boston College’s record dropped to 8-8. Read more
Duke lax continues mastery of UVa.
The No. 7 Duke Blue Devils (11-3, 2-1 ACC) used a 6-0 run in the second half to elevate itself past the No. 1 Virginia Cavaliers (10-2, 2-1) on Friday night, 13-5, in front of 7,234 fans inside Klöckner Stadium.
With the loss, Duke claims the No. 1 seed in next weekend’s ACC Championship and plays Maryland at 5 p.m. UVa earns the No. 2 seed and will play North Carolina at 7:30 p.m., inside Klöckner Stadium. Read more
