Sports in Brief

Women's tennis nets No. 1 recruiting class

According to a poll released last Friday by tennisrecruiting.net, Virginia's 2006 women's tennis recruiting class is the best in the nation. The Cavaliers received six of nine first-place votes from the panel that compiled the poll.

The 2006 class is the first assembled by coach Mark Guilbeau. In his first season at Virginia this spring, Guilbeau won the 2006 ACC Coach of the Year award.

The strength of Virginia's recruiting class can be found in Kristen McVitty and Jennifer Stevens. McVitty finished last year as the No. 1 ranked player in the USTA Girls 18s national rankings. Stevens has won seven national junior titles.

Rounding out the recruiting class are two five-star recruits -- Brintney Larson and Jessica Preeg -- and four-star recruit Austin Hansen.

Crawford wins bronze medal at the NACAC Championships

Senior hurdler Erin Crawford won the bronze medal Sunday at the (North America, Central America and Caribbean) Athletics Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She finished the 400-meter hurdles competition with a time of 58.70 and was the top American finisher. Crawford set the school record for the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA Championships in June.

Two Cavs qualify for U.S. Women's Amateur Open

Virginia golfers Leah Wigger and Sally Shonk have qualified for the 2006 U.S. Women's Amateur Open to be held Aug. 7-13 at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in North Plains, Ore.

Shonk qualified by finishing fourth at the Lake Shore Country Club qualifier in Glencoe, Ill. Wigger finished second at the Mount Vernon Country Club qualifier in Alexandria.