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go to college. "I didn't even have to "After he committed, think about it when Kevin I was down here a lot to asked me," she said. "It's visit him and I really liked been really, really aweUVa," Ryan said. "It made some." my decision a lot easier. It's worked out well for It was great having someboth of them. body I was close to already, "I really enjoy going to and his success drove me school with Mary," Betsy to be a lot more successsaid. "We've taken a ton of ful, too." classes together and she's Justin never had any one of my best friends. I'm doubts that his talented just glad she's here." younger brother should Betsy said the sport her sister once mocked has Attending UVa and being part of the rowing join him at UVa. team has led to Mary and Betsy Nilan be"I explained to Ryan made them better friends. "Once we both started coming closer, while Ryan and Justin Shane that for tennis there's not rowing we got closer be- enjoy competing together on the men's ten- a better school in the counnis squad. cause we had something in Photos by Matt Riley/courtesy UVa try than Virginia," Justin said. "I let him know that common, the same goals, I wanted him to come here. Our parents are defithe same group of friends and the same mindset." nitely happy we are both here. They come to pretty much every home meet and travel to a few." Justin And Ryan Shane It seems only natural that a pair of tennis-loving brothers from Falls Church, Va., would wind up Kelly And Brooke Boyd sharing the court together at UVa. The thought of First-year women's lacrosse players Kelly and playing together for one of the nation's top proBrooke Boyd can truly attribute at least a little of grams without even leaving their home state had to their success to each other. You see, the twin sisters be enticing to the Shane brothers, who spent about look so much alike that at times it can be difficult as much time together on the court growing up as for opposing defenders to know whom they are they did in their own house. supposed to guard. "We grew up practicing together every day for "They are so dominant on the field, we often about three hours," said Justin, a third-year. "We can't tell them apart," Brooke Kuhl-McClelland, would practice with our coach as a group for about their coach at St. Paul's High School in Baltimore, an hour a day, then we'd have a private lesson or told MaxPreps.com last year. go hit with our dad. Ryan would always want to Of course, their ability also makes it tough on compete. We could be pretty intense competitors the defense. with each other, but by the time we were 16, 17, 18 "We mostly developed our stick skills in the back we were pretty close." yard," Brooke told the website. "It's what we are So when Justin started having success in Charproudest of now. lottesville, it made it clear to Ryan, a first-year who "We played a lot of catch and practiced our went 10-2 in singles this fall, where he wanted to shooting on the goal we've had in our back yard for