Cavs dominate VCU in first spring dual match
The No. 12 Virginia women’s tennis team defeated in-state rival No. 47 Virginia Commonwealth 5-2 Friday afternoon in Richmond. The dual match was the Cavaliers’ first of the 2013 spring season.
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The No. 12 Virginia women’s tennis team defeated in-state rival No. 47 Virginia Commonwealth 5-2 Friday afternoon in Richmond. The dual match was the Cavaliers’ first of the 2013 spring season.
When the No. 12 Virginia women’s tennis team welcomed Emily Fraser to its coaching staff as a volunteer assistant last Friday, the Cavaliers ensured that the recently-graduated standout’s positive contributions to the program would not end with her playing days. Fraser, who finished her career in 2012 with the second-most match wins in Virginia history for both singles and doubles play, is familiar with the pressure of tight competition and the physical and mental toll that the full season can take on players.
With this year’s Virginia men’s tennis team, it is tempting to talk about numbers: the team’s No. 1 ranking; the top-10 ITA singles rankings of junior Alex Domijan, senior Jarmere Jenkins and freshman Mac Styslinger; and the top-10 ITA doubles rankings of three Virginia pairs. Ask senior Julen Uriguen about the rankings, though, and the truth becomes apparent: Such numbers do not matter much to this team.
This weekend at Charlottesville’s Boar’s Head Sports Club, the Virginia women’s tennis team hosted the UVa Winter Invitational, competing in match play for the first time since November in preparation for the fast-approaching spring season.
Freshman Julia Elbaba moved quickly along the baseline of an indoor court at the Boar’s Head Sports Club Monday, her shuffle-steps efficient yet forceful and her open-stance air-strokes explosive with torque. Across the net, senior teammate Erin Vierra worked through the same pattern. There were no fans in the bleachers, no opponents to defeat, and the No. 11 Virginia women’s tennis team was not even hitting balls.
Providence junior wing Danielle Pearson shook her head in frustration. She had just thrown an entry pass between her teammate’s legs for the Friars’ ninth turnover of the first half. Her team had authored five points in the game’s first 12 minutes, and the Cavaliers had jumped to a 13-point lead.
Each November, 32 of the finest singles players in men’s college tennis fight for the ITA Indoor Intercollegiate Championship title. The tournament takes place at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, the same courts graced by the likes of Roger Federer and Serena Williams at the summer’s U.S. Open.
When James Madison junior guard Kirby Burkholder knocked down her seventh three-point shot of the game, Virginia women’s basketball coach Joanne Boyle called for time. In the space of four minutes, the Dukes had slashed the Cavaliers’ 23 point lead to 12, and with much of the second half yet to be played, the outcome of Virginia’s season-opener suddenly hung in the balance.
Before the Virginia swim and dive team’s dual meet against South Carolina officially began Saturday morning, Olympic gold-medalist and former Cavalier Matt McLean swam a 100-yard freestyle time trial. The crowd in the stands and the swimmers by the pool cheered, urging on the current volunteer assistant coach. After the former Virginia star clocked in, this season’s Cavaliers showed they too deserve an enthusiastic reception. Virginia swept the Gamecocks — the women winning by a score of 161-124; the men by a 160-126 margin — as both squads improved to 3-0.
The No. 7 Virginia field hockey team toppled No. 22 Duke 3-1 in Durham, N.C. Saturday as Paige Selenski played her way into the record books.
Sunday afternoon at Turf Field, the No. 7 Virginia field hockey team will look to place one final brick in a near-completed wall. This wall — the one that would mark the Cavaliers as undefeated at home in 2012 — now stands nine victories strong. Virginia’s final home opponent, the No. 2 Princeton Tigers, however, will do all in its power to make it crumble.
This weekend, the surging No. 5 Virginia women’s field hockey team seeks to build on its six-game winning streak with another pair of wins at home.
The No. 7 Virginia women’s field hockey team is now five weeks into its 2012 season, and chances to exhale have been few. The Cavaliers (9-2, 1-0 ACC) played ranked opponents in seven of their first 11 contests, and a single goal decided five of those 11 games.