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cavalier sports 10 CAVALIER CORNER around grounds PHOTO COURTESY UVA Coach Adams' impact on UVA lacrosse has been profound, lasting much longer than the 15 years he coached here in Charlottesville. As the head coach of our program, he led Virginia to a consistently high level of success, while also being widely respected for his integrity and sportsmanship. He was a true Hall of Famer as both a coach and player. I am a better coach for having spent time with Jim these past three years, learning from him and reveling in his stories of both his playing and coaching career." — UVA men's lacrosse head coach Lars Tiffany on Jim "Ace" Adams, the 15th head coach in Virginia men's lacrosse history, who passed away at the age of 91 Nov. 10 in Charlottesville PHOTO COURTESY UVA 16 Seconds separated the No. 21 Virginia men's cross country team's top five runners at the NCAA Southeast Regional Nov. 15 at Earlysville, Va., helping the Cavaliers capture their third regional title in program history and their first since 2014. Fourth-year AJ Ernst (11th with a time of 30:17.8) crossed the finish line first, followed by redshirt fourth-year Ari Klau (15th, 30:27.8), redshirt fourth-year Alex Corbett (16th, 30:31.2), second-year Peter Morris (17th, 30:31.6) and fourth-year Lachlan Cook (20th, 30:33.5). UVA's score of 79 easily outdistanced runner-up Virginia Tech's 109 to clinch an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships Nov. 23 in Terre Haute, Ind. 19 Game unbeaten streak (16-0-3) for the Virginia women's soccer squad to open this season. The third-longest such streak in program history came to an end with a 2-1 overtime defeat at the hands of fellow top-five foe North Carolina in the championship game of the ACC Tournament. Despite the defeat, the Cavaliers (17-1-3) earned the top seed in the NCAA Championship and opened with a 3-0 win over Radford in the first round Nov. 16. Dec. 31, 1984 Quarterback DON MAJKOWSKI led Virginia to its first-ever bowl win, 27-24 over Big Ten foe Purdue in the Peach Bowl. The Big Ten runner-up Boilermakers, who were led by star quarterback Jim Everett and future NFL Hall of Fame cor- nerback Rod Woodson, built a 24-14 halftime lead. However, the Wahoos rode a dominant rushing attack to victory in the final 30 minutes. The UVA backfield of Ma- jkowski and running backs Howard Petty and Barry Word kept the Purdue defense off balance with a combination of sweeps, dives and options while rushing for nearly 200 yards in the second half and 274 for the game. After a one-yard touchdown run by Majkowski and a 19-yard field goal by UVA kicker Kenny Stadlin, the Cavaliers and the Boilermakers were deadlocked at 24 midway through the fourth quarter. UVA then drove down to the Purdue 1-yard line before Stadlin converted a 22-yard field goal with 7:17 remaining in the game to provide the winning margin. DID YOU KNOW? The Virginia men's basketball pro- gram allowed fewer than 50 points in each of the first three games of a season for the first time in the shot clock era (which began in 1985-86). The last time the Cavaliers were that stingy defensively to open a season was all the way back in 1948-49. UVA started with a 48-34 win at ACC rival Syracuse Nov. 6, defeated James Madison 65-34 Nov. 10 and knocked off Columbia 60-42 Nov. 16. As of Nov. 18, Virginia ranked first in the nation in both scoring defense (36.7 points allowed per game) and field goal percentage defense (25.0). "There is not a better feeling in the world. This team has something special. They fight for each other. We have no 'stars' that dominate player of the week honors or things like that. They just stay together and have a great team dynamic." — UVA field hockey head coach Michele Madison after her team knocked off No. 3 Maryland to advance to the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament 5th Trip to the national semifi- nals of the NCAA Tourna- ment for the No. 4-ranked Virginia FIELD HOCKEY SQUAD (18-4 overall, 4-2 ACC) thanks to a 1-0 over- time victory versus No. 3 Maryland in the quarterfi- nals Nov. 17. The Cavaliers previously made back- to-back appearances in field hockey's Final Four in 1997 and 1998, and again in 2009 and 2010. this month in uva history