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cavalier sports 6 CAVALIER CORNER around grounds PHOTO COURTESY UVA 2 Cavaliers were named to the USA Swimming National Team — red- shirt fourth-year Brendan Casey (10,000-meter open water swim) and 2017 graduate Leah Smith (200-meter, 400-meter, 800-meter and 1,500-meter freestyle and 400-meter individual medley). Additionally, a pair of UVA coaches will serve the squad — head coach Todd DeSorbo and associate head coach Tyler Fenwick. 3 Goals allowed in more than 672 minutes of action and eight starts by second-year women's soccer goalie Laurel Ivory, leading to an individual 0.40 goals against average, which ranks third in the ACC, and 7-1 record for the No. 4 Wahoos (8-1) through Sept. 23. 4 Former Cavaliers earned medals at the 2018 World Rowing Cham- pionships in Bulgaria. Kristine O'Brien (2013 graduate) and Team USA won a gold in the women's eight, while Susanne Grainger (2013) and Christine Roper (2011) helped Canada finish second in the race. Former two-sport athlete Meghan O'Leary (2008) — who played softball and volleyball — won bronze in the women's double for the USA. 11 Guaranteed games for men's basketball this season against NCAA Tournament teams from last year — and it could be 12, if the Cavaliers face Butler Nov. 22 in the second game at the Battle 4 Atlantis. On the other half of the bracket, UVA could get a 13th Big Dance participant if they also face either Florida or Oklahoma. 13 Points tallied by field hockey first-year star GRACE WALLIS for the No. 10 Cavaliers, which leads the team and ranks eighth in the league for per-game average (1.6) through Sept. 23. She has notched her four goals on just 12 shots. "I was literally overwhelmed. Even to this day — it's been months now — I just can't believe it." — New women's basketball head coach TINA THOMPSON to NBA-TV before her enshrinement at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, which hap- pened Sept. 7 hoo's talking "Anna was driven from the minute she stepped on the golf course. She was in it to win it. After her birdie on the 13th green, she came up to me and said her goal was to finish the final five holes by going two under. It was incredible to see her accomplish that." — Women's golf head coach Ria Scott on fourth-year Anna Redding, who tied for medalist honors at the Mary Fossum Invitational Sept. 15-16; Redding's performance helped the Cavs win the team title in Scott's UVA debut PHOTO COURTESY UVA