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Lindsay Means and Jessica Garrison


Track teams finish strong as Cavaliers fight at ACCs

After both teams took the lead on the first day of competition, the Virginia men's outdoor track team finished third and the women's team finished fourth, at the ACC outdoor championships held at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Fla., this weekend. The men claimed its highest finish since 1984, with 59 distance points and 39 weight points. Cavalier Brian Kollar won an ACC championship in the javelin, and Cavaliers John Welch and James Murdock took second and third.

Syracuse sticks men's lacrosse with first loss

The No. 3 Virginia men's lacrosse team lost at top-ranked Syracuse on Saturday, 13-7. Although they took the first lead, the Cavaliers (1-1) were left down, 6-3, at the half. In the third quarter Syracuse (2-0) took a definitive lead, 9-3, and then finished off the Cavaliers in the fourth quarter to take Virginia to a 13-7 loss that was its worst since the 1995 NCAA Semifinals when the Cavaliers lost to the Orangemen, 20-13. The Cavaliers travel to No.

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