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cavalier sports 8 CAVALIER CORNER around grounds 11 Former Cavaliers have been drafted among the first 40 picks of the MLB Draft during head coach Brian O'Connor's tenure in Charlottesville. Two were added to that total in 2018 — third-year left-handed pitcher Daniel Lynch went No. 34 overall (compensation first round) to the Kansas City Royals and third-year outfielder JAKE MCCARTHY was tabbed 39th (competitive balance A round be- tween the first and second rounds) by the Arizona Diamondbacks. A total of 81 Cavaliers have heard their names called since O'Connor's stint as the head man began in 2004, and at least three have gone in the first five rounds every year since 2007. 183 rd Meeting between Maryland and UVA men's basketball will occur Nov. 28 at College Park in the 20th ACC-B1G Challenge. The two programs were ACC rivals until the Terrapins left for the Big Ten in July 2014, and have met once previously in the Challenge — a 76-65 Cavalier victory in 2014. Though Virginia has won seven of the last eight, they still trail in the all-time series 107-75. The UVA women will play at Michigan State on the same day for their portion of the Challenge. The two programs have not squared off since 1990, their first meeting, which was a 91-74 victory for the Cavs. We are excited to welcome Dani to UVA. We will be able to leverage her size and unique skills at the forward position. She has a great jumper and will give us depth at the forward position, add- ing a bit more diversity to our frontcourt." — Head women's basketball coach Tina Thompson on the addition of Purdue transfer DANI LAWSON, a 6-2 Cleveland native who missed all but five games last year after a knee injury hoo's talking 15 Is where UVA slotted in ESPN.com's Ultimate Draft Rank for which schools produced the most profes- sional talent over the past 10 years in the major American sports — NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, WNBA, MLL (lacrosse) and NFP (softball). That ranked fifth in the ACC, behind No. 1 UNC, No. 3 Duke, No. 6 Syra- cuse and No. 13 Florida State (par- tial member Notre Dame checked in at No. 5). The Cavs produced 96 draftees during that time frame (the study counted only rounds 1-10 of the MLB selection process), which just missed the top 10 — No. 10 Alabama had 99. Virginia's 36 MLB picks in the first 10 rounds tied for third, while its 28 lacrosse draftees tied for fifth. I've been doing this a long time. I'm entering my 19th season in Division I coaching and recruiting is not getting any easier. It is a very labor intensive and competitive part of the process. However, it is during this process that you hope you can find the right fit for your program in several areas. We feel that the guys we are bringing in are the right guys for us. They are high-character guys who work hard and are bought in to our staff. On top of that, we feel like these guys have really high ceilings in terms of their wrestling development." — Head wrestling coach Steve Garland on his incoming freshman class, which was made up of nine grapplers total, including six who were ranked among the top 20 nationally at their weight classes