The Virginia men’s lacrosse season ended with a dud of a performance against Johns Hopkins on Sunday. The Blue Jays trailed 2-0 early but then seized the momentum en route to a 14-8 victory. The Cavaliers finished the season with a 10-6 record.
To add to the disappointment, Sunday’s loss marked the first time since 2007 that UVa exited the NCAA Tournament in the first round. Of course, the Hoos didn’t even make the tournament in 2013 after posting a 7-8 record.
Christian Swezey at Inside Lacrosse says that the program has lost momentum:
The lacrosse team has enjoyed high national rankings this season, too. It was ranked No. 2 on March 3 and began the season 6-0.
But the Virginia lacrosse program looks to have lost a lot of momentum recently.
The Cavaliers won the national title in 2011 and were ranked No. 1 for six weeks in 2012. It seems a long time ago. All-Americans Steele Stanwick and Chris Bocklet left following a Quarterfinal loss to Notre Dame in 2012.
The Cavaliers haven’t won a playoff game since.
You can read the full article from Swezey here. What do you think? Discuss it on TheSabre.com’s lacrosse message board.
Harris At NBA Combine
Virginia senior basketball player Joe Harris wrapped up his career as a two-time All-ACC performer as well as the ACC Tournament MVP. The NBA Draft Combine is scheduled for later this week (Thursday and Friday) in Chicago. The NBA Draft Lottery is scheduled for Tuesday, May 20. The NBA Draft is scheduled for Thursday, June 26.
The Zags Blog lists Harris as a participant in the Combine (click here for the list).
Staley With Team USA
Speaking of UVa basketball stars, legendary women’s point guard Dawn Staley has been named an assistant coach for the 2014 USA Basketball Women’s World Championship Team. Staley won 10 gold medals as a player, including three Olympic and two FIBA World Championship gold medals. Staley was an assistant on the 2008 USA Olympic Team that also won goal. She worked as the head coach of the 2007 USA Pan American Games Team that won gold as well. She will head the USA U18 National Team this summer.
“I’m really looking forward to getting back into the USA Basketball network,” Staley said in this official news release. “It’s reliving some of the best days of my life.”.
Staley, now the head coach at the University of South Carolina, also started a charity recently named Innersole that collects new sneakers for needy children. Read an article on that endeavor here or visit the Innersole website.
For more player website and charity links, check out TheSabre.com’s dedicated page here!
Hoo-Tube Video of the Day
Almost all Wahoos will be revisiting this season a lot in the coming years. So why not today? Why not every day for a while!
Tweet of the Day
Virginia and NFL standout receiver Herman Moore at the NFL Draft (where Morgan Moses, Brent Urban, and Luke Bowanko were selected by teams) is featured in this Tweet.
@HMAN84 About to make the Lions pick at #NFLDraft photo by @visionsmaj pic.twitter.com/lE8yKNGCOG
— TURRON DAVENPORT (@TDavenport_NFL) May 12, 2014
Seth Allen!
Is gonna lose to us at a second school. thanks for stopping by. OX