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on our team this year," Boyle said. "I like the fact that we have a lot of versatility on the team this year." Boyle also appreciates the effort she is seeing in practice. "The girls have been working really hard, but we have got to be a better rebounding team to win more games in this conference," Boyle said. "We struggled in the first couple years in the recruiting wars to get the girls that we've wanted. "It's a really tough conference to play in if you're not big." When it comes to the starting five, Boyle has options. "Aliyah, Lisa, Jocelyn and Dom — they can play multiple positions, so it's really trying to work through rotations more than it is anything else right now," Boyle explained. "Obviously, that will be based off of who we are playing and just who's playing well that night." In the season opener against Middle Ten- nessee State Nov. 11, a 63-51 UVA victory, the Hoos opened with a four-guard lineup including two rookies. Huland El and Mason — who is coming off a season in which she averaged 10.0 points and 3.8 rebounds per game, dished out 78 assists and collected 52 steals — both started at guard, and so did the rookies Toussaint and Willoughby. Moses was the QUICK FACTS Head Coach: Joanne Boyle, 90-72 at UVA (6th year); 294-165 career (16th year) 2015-16 In Review: 18-16 overall, 6-10 ACC (9th); advanced to the quarterfinals of the WNIT Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 7/4 Key Additions: C Felicia Aiyeotan, F Lisa Jablonowski, F Shakyna Payne, G Dominique Toussaint and G Jocelyn Willoughby Key Loss: G Mikayla Venson (15.2 points and 2.7 assists per game) and G Faith Randolph (13.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per game) RETURNING LEADERS Points: Breyana Mason (10.0 per game) Rebounds: Lauren Moses (6.9 per game) Assists: Mason (2.3 per game) Steals: Mason and Moses (1.5 per game) Blocks: Moses (0.7 per game) FG Pct.: Moses (43.7) 3FG Pct.: Aliyah Huland El (32.7) FT Pct.: Huland El (81.0) First-year guard Jocelyn Willoughby was the Cavaliers' leading scorer through two contests with an average of 17.0 points per game. PHOTO BY MATT RILEY/COURTESY UVA