
#6 UVA field hockey opens Friday with William and Mary
The No. 6 UVA field hockey team opens the 2014 season on Friday, Aug. 29 when it travels to Williamsburg, Virginia, to take on William & Mary at 4:30 p.m. at the newly-renovated Busch Field.

The No. 6 UVA field hockey team opens the 2014 season on Friday, Aug. 29 when it travels to Williamsburg, Virginia, to take on William & Mary at 4:30 p.m. at the newly-renovated Busch Field.

William & Mary has raised $22 million in private funds to renovate Walter J. Zable Stadium. Two $6 million gifts, one from Hunter J. Smith ’51 and the other from James W. ’62, J.D. ’64, LL.D. ’00 and Frances G. McGlothlin ’66, will enable the university to move forward with the project to enhance the 79-year-old football facility.

William and Mary head coach Jimmye Laycock spoke with Jay Colley about this Saturday’s season opener at Virginia Tech as well as the Zable Stadium enhancement announcement.

William & Mary battled back from a first-half deficit and scored three goals in a span of 11 minutes in the second half on the way to a 4-1 exhibition win over Longwood Monday evening at Martin Family Stadium.

Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer made official over the weekend what a lot of us thought was inevitable in naming Texas Tech transfer Michael Brewer the starting quarterback for the Hokies’ opener with William and Mary this weekend.

The No. 19/22 William and Mary football team will open the 2014 season when it plays at Virginia Tech this Saturday at 4 p.m.

Blue Ridge Community College is hosting an exhibit by landscape photographer Hullihen Williams Moore entitled “Shenandoah: Views of Our National Park.”

Former VMI basketball player Reggie Williams ’08 has signed a free agent contract with the Miami Heat, according to information released by the organization earlier this week.

With 17 starters returning from last season’s squad that posted three wins against top-20 teams and narrowly missed earning a NCAA Playoff berth, the William and Mary football team garnered a No. 22 national ranking in the preseason Coaches Poll.

Washington Redskins offensive lineman Trent Williams talks with reporters at training camp in Richmond, Va., on July 30.w