In Lynchburg, the marquee highlight of the meet was brought by the women’s 4x400-meter relay Saturday afternoon. Bringing their flair to the field, the quartet was able to shatter the previous meet record — held by Virginia Tech since 2022 — with a season's best time of 3:41.71.
Virginia athletes continued to build strong momentum across sprints, distance, field events and the multis, with multiple Virginia athletes recording program top-10 marks and personal bests.
Facing one of the nation’s best lineups — which fielded five ranked singles players and two ranked doubles pairings — the Cavaliers battled through an exciting doubles phase and several long singles matches.
Virginia lost only one set in their three season-opening matches.
“I think that the more energy we can bring and the more that we can celebrate one another,” Ryan said, “it'll be the difference between winning and losing games in the postseason.”
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Three singles players and a doubles pairing will travel to Orlando, Fla., for the tournament, held Nov. 18-23.
“It’s one team at a time,” Swanson said.
Swanson’s milestone framed the night.
