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cavalier sports 10 CAVALIER CORNER 4 College Cup appearances for the Virginia women's soccer program, the last three of which have come under the guidance of head coach Steve Swanson. The Cavaliers (14-4-3) defeated three conference champions — Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (Ohio Valley Conference), Rice (C-USA) and TCU (Big 12) — during this year's four-match run to the national semifinals, before falling to unbeaten No. 1 Florida State in a penalty kick shootout after the two teams played to a 0-0 draw through two overtimes. 7 No-hitters in Virginia baseball history after the combined effort versus Wake Forest in a 17-0 win May 14. The trio of fourth-year Andrew Abbott, first-year Jake Berry and fourth-year Griff McGarry teamed up to strike out 20 batters, the most by UVA in a single game this season, while holding the Demon Deacons hitless. Five of the seven UVA no-hitters have come during Brian O'Connor's tenure (2004-present). 7 Outdoor track and field individual ACC titles for Virginia — first-year Jada Seaman (long jump), second-year Ethan Dabbs (javelin), second-year Owayne Owens (triple jump), graduate student Brenton Foster (high jump), graduate student Andrenette Knight (400-meter hurdles), graduate student Michaela Meyer (1,500 meters) and first-year Claudio Romero (discus). Both the men's and women's squads posted third-place team finishes at the ACC meet May 13-15. UVA will next compete at the NCAA East Regional May 26-29 in Jacksonville, Fla. 11 Consecutive ACC titles for the Virginia rowing program. The No. 3 Cavaliers have now won 20 of the 21 ACC championship regattas and 82 of the 90 championship races. This year, UVA finished with 99 points, easily outdistancing runner-up Duke (84). The Wahoos were slated to return to action at the NCAA Rowing Championship May 28-30 in Sarasota, Fla. 13 ACC championships for the Virginia men's tennis program, after winning its first under ACC Coach of the Year Andres Pedroso. The top- seeded Wahoos secured the title with a 4-3 victory over No. 3 seed North Carolina April 25. UVA (23-3 overall, 12-0 ACC) had won 17 straight matches before seeing its season come to an end with a 4-2 loss to USC in the NCAA Championship's round of 16 on May 17. 50 Former Virginia alums have now appeared in a Major League Baseball game. Right-handed pitcher Alec Bettinger (2014-17) was the 49th to do so, making his first career start against the defending world champion Los Angeles Dodgers May 2. The next day, left-handed pitcher Daniel Lynch (2016-18) became the 50th when he started against the Cleveland Indians. Twenty-seven of those 50 were coached by Brian O'Connor during his 18 seasons in Charlottesville. Virginia is one of four schools to have multiple players make their debut in 2021. 53 All-time wins in the NCAA Tournament for Virginia's men's lacrosse program. The Cavaliers rank third on the all-time list with 40 appearances and fourth in all- time victories. UVA advanced to the quarterfinals for the 10th time in the last 20 seasons with a 13-11 victory over Bryant May 16. That gave the Hoos five straight wins in NCAA play, which ties for the second-longest NCAA winning streak in program history (2011-12). 19 Was the ranking of new Virginia forward JAYDEN GARDNER on ESPN.com writer Jeff Borzello's list of the top 100 college basketball transfers for 2021-22 as of May 14. The 6-7, 235-pound Gardner earned All- AAC first-team honors after averaging 18.3 points and 8.3 rebounds per game for East Carolina as a third-year in 2020-21. The Wahoos also landed the No. 42 player on the list, former Indiana guard Armaan Franklin. Last season, the 6-4, 195-pound Franklin averaged 11.4 points and 4.1 rebounds while shooting 42.4 percent from three-point range as a second-year for the Hoosiers. around grounds DID YOU KNOW? The 2021 NFL Draft marked just the third time in the past 50 years that Virginia did not have a player selected. The only two other times that happened were 1983 and 2017. June 28, 1983 — The Houston Rockets selected Virginia's Ralph Sampson with the first over- all pick in the NBA Draft. Sampson, a 7-foot-4 center who was a three-time National Player of the Year for the Cavaliers, became the first player in school history to be taken with the top pick in the NBA Draft. The previ- ous high selection was forward Wally Walker going fifth overall to the Port- land Trail Blazers in 1976. PHOTO COURTESY HOUSTON ROCKETS this month in uva history PHOTO COURTESY ECU ATHLETICS