“You know you’re good enough,” Burns wrote. “Do what you do, baby.”
Despite being off to a rough start, there are still plenty of things that make this Virginia squad both a candidate for redemption and an interesting watch.
“Sebastian Pop never makes that mistake,” Gelnovatch said. “Never makes that mistake. Never makes that mistake."
Cassese fielded multiple questions about fundraising and athletic department support and alumni relationships — those are the things that zipped to the top of his checklist almost the moment he accepted the coaching post.
The press conference capped a wild nine-day saga. Virginia announced May 18 that Lars Tiffany, its 10-year head coach and two-time national champion, “will not return.”
This year the event is in Charlottesville, its first time at a campus site since 2002, at Rutgers.
The release noted that a national search for a new men’s lacrosse head coach will begin immediately.
Senior Day, for the most part, still carries a heavy impact in non-revenue sports like men’s lacrosse. But it is no longer such an emotional night for all basketball and football players honored.
“Having Brendan has just unlocked so much,” Sunderland said. “It takes some weight off McCabe’s shoulders.”
“We killed both the teams,” Marek said. “We're just playing some really consistent lacrosse right now.”
