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AROUND THE GROUNDS 2 Men's tennis programs that boasted a pair of play- ers ranked in the nation's top 10 of the preseason ITA singles rankings — Virginia and Oklahoma. Fourth- year Ryan Shane, the defending NCAA singles champion, checked in at No. 2, while third-year Thai-Son Kwiatkowski was eighth. Four others were listed in the nation's top 125. UVa was the only school with a pair of doubles teams ranked in the top 15. 2 Times that first-year middle hitter Anna Walsh has been named ACC Freshman of the Week, most recently on Sept. 21 after helping the Cavaliers win the American Classic Tournament. 3 Current and former Cavalier tennis stars that re- corded victories Sept. 27 — Shane won his first ITF Futures Singles title at the Costa Mesa Pro Classic, while graduates Sanam Singh (2011) won the singles crown at the Mayfair Clubs Futures tournament in Markham, Canada, and Treat Huey won the ATP Challenger Doubles championship at the St. Petersburg Open. 12 Match unbeaten streak, dating back to its 2014 NCAA Tournament run, for the then-No. 4 men's soccer team that was snapped Sept. 25, when the squad lost at then-No. 14 Notre Dame. The 2015 team opened 5-1-2. 38 Straight wins at Klöckner Stadium for the wom- en's soccer team before they fell to then-No. 6 Notre Dame 2-1 in double overtime Sept. 24. The streak dated back to Nov. 18, 2012, but the top-ranked squad in the country bounced back three days later with a 1-0 victory over then-No. 19 Duke. 849 Was the men's golf team's score, which was 3 under par, during the stroke play portion of the Dick's Sporting Goods Challenge Cup. It tied host Vanderbilt for first place, although the Commodores won a sudden-death playoff. With help from Virginia, the ACC beat the SEC in the match play portion for the second straight year. NUMBERS 7 Tackles for loss in four games recorded by redshirt second- year linebacker MICAH KISER, including 4.5 sacks among his team-best 39 tackles. He is already halfway to reaching Max Valles' 2014 high of nine sacks; Valles was selected in the sixth round of the 2015 NFL Draft.