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8 CAVALIER CORNER cavalier sports 2ND Nationally in passing yards per game (394.6) and total offense (408.0 yards per game) was where third-year UVA quarter- back Brennan Armstrong ranked through games played Oct. 2. Armstrong also was tied for sev- enth in passing touchdowns (14), and ranked ninth in points respon- sible for (98) and 11th in points responsible for per game (19.6). Photo courtesy UVA Photo courtesy UVA 1.00 Goals-against average for UVA first-year field hockey goalkeeper Tyler Kennedy, which ranked third in the ACC and ninth in the nation as of Oct. 4. She was also third in the ACC and 19th nationally in save percentage (.767) for the No. 14-ranked Cavaliers (7-3 overall, 2-1 ACC). 2 Virginia women's tennis players earned top-10 preseason singles rankings from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Reigning NCAA singles champion Emma Navarro, a second-year, was listed as the nation's No. 1 player, while third- year Natasha Subhash was No. 8. UVA was the only school to place two players among the top 10. Subhash and fellow 2021 NCAA Doubles All-American Sofia Munera, a fourth-year, were No. 4 in the preseason doubles rank- ings. In addition, first-year Melo- die Collard was ranked No. 3 on the ITA Top-10 Newcomers list. 4 Former Virginia baseball play- ers — right-handed pitcher Alec Bettinger May 2 with the Milwau- kee Brewers, left-handed pitcher Daniel Lynch May 3 with the Kansas City Royals, second baseman Ernie Clement June 13 with the Cleveland Indians and outfielder Jake McCarthy Aug. 27 with the Arizona Diamondbacks — who made their Ma- jor League Baseball debuts during the 2021 season, tied for the most by any college baseball program. Over the past three seasons, 13 Cavaliers have debuted in Major League Baseball, the most of any college base- ball program, per UVA media relations. During head coach Brian O'Connor's ten- ure, 28 of his former players have played in a Major League Baseball game. 13 Touchdown passes by Brennan Armstrong in the first four games, tying four others — Clemson's Tajh Boyd, Virginia Tech's Jerod Evans, Louisville's Lamar Jackson and NC State's Philip Rivers — for the most by an ACC quarterback in the first four games of a season since 2000. 87 Blocks through 14 matches for graduate student middle blocker Alana Walker as of Oct. 4. She led the ACC in both total blocks and blocks per set (1.74), and she ranked No. 2 in the nation in both categories. 554 554 Passing yards for Brennan Armstrong against North Carolina Sept. 18 — the most in a single game by a Cavalier and the third most all time by an ACC quarterback (Clemson's Deshaun Watson racked up 580 vs. Pitt in 2016 and Miami's Stephen Morris had 566 vs. NC State in 2012). Armstrong is one of only nine quarterbacks to throw for at least 550 yards against a Power Five opponent since 2015: Rk. Player, School Opponent (Year) Yards 1. Patrick Mahomes, Texas Tech Oklahoma (2016) 734 2. K.J. Costello, Mississippi State LSU (2020) 632 3. Anthony Gordon, Washington State Oregon State (2019) 606 4. Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma Oklahoma State (2017) 598 5. Deshaun Watson, Clemson Pitt (2016) 580 6. David Blough, Purdue Missouri (2018) 572 7. Anthony Gordon, Washington State UCLA (2019) 570 8. Brennan Armstrong, Virginia North Carolina (2021) 554 9. Sam Howell, North Carolina Wake Forest (2020) 550 There's nothing like playing in New York. I think it is the best tennis atmosphere in the world and I am super excited. I had a great season at UVA last year. It is great playing college tennis and playing on a team. I was really happy how that has rewarded me by getting this wild card. I'm grateful to be here in New York and I'm ready and excited to play!" — Virginia second-year tennis standout Emma Navarro on playing in the U.S. Open, where she fell 6-1, 7-5 to No. 119-ranked Christina McHale Aug. 30 It's not describable, not for me, for the players. They've been working their guts out. They respond and they're allowing themselves to be coached. They're listening and they're working, they're listening and they're working, and they're listening and they're working, and they're trying. To see that much effort go into it and have a tangible yield, and to see the smiles, there's no way to describe that. It's unbelievable. I'm so happy for my team." — The Fralin Family Head Football Coach Bronco Mendenhall after his squad's 30-28 win at Miami on how gratifying is it to win an ACC game on the road 39 Career shutouts for fifth-year UVA goalkeeper Laurel Ivory, following a 0-0 double-overtime tie against No. 5 North Carolina Oct. 3. That was the most among all active NCAA Division I goalkeepers as of Oct. 4. Ivory has recorded seven of those shutouts for the No. 2 Cavaliers (10-1-1 overall, 3-0-1 ACC) this season.