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to college life. "It's a little different to be back," Vittese said. "Right now, I'm struggling with all the work we have to do in such a small amount of time. There's a lot of time you have to invest as a college student. I'm trying to readjust to being a student after a year and a half. I'm finding better ways to manage my time. That's the biggest readjustment." While both Selenski and Vittese know there is likely more field hockey in their futures, they have a clear idea of what they want to get out of their final season at UVa. "We're just looking to go game by game and jell as a team," Selenski said. "I think if that happens we'll do great. We play really well together and hopefully we can reach that ultimate goal of win- ning a national championship, but we have to keep going game by game just really focus on growing and getting better. The other things will fall into place." ◆ CAVALIERS IN LONDON former Cavalier women's soccer player Becky Sauerbrunn joined the exclusive club of Olympic gold medal winners. Perdue and McLean swam on the United States' women's and men's 4x200-meter freestyle relays to earn their gold, while Sauerb- runn was a veteran defender for Team USA women's soccer that emerged victorious. Perdue also made headlines for the kind of thing that could only happen at the it. In fact, a few made international headlines during the 2012 Olympic Summer Games. Fourth-year swimmer Lauren Perdue, former UVa swimmer Matt McLean and Olympics. She created a quite a stir when she tweeted she'd been asked out by — and turned down — basketball superstar LeBron James. "Lebron James just invited me to dinner … Um wuuuutttt?!?" Perdue wrote in her to the dining hall that never was still raised eyebrows. "He was kind of joking, but he was basically like, 'Would you like to come eat with me at the dining hall?' And I said, 'Um, I'm sorry, I have a curfew.' So I turned that one down, yeah," Perdue told the Charlotte Observer. Not all the Cavaliers at the Games were representing Team USA. Former UVa All-American David Karasek and Twitter account (@LoPerdue) at one point during the Games. She also sent out a picture of the two together. She later explained the engaged James was only after a friendly meal, but the trip als for the USA. PHOTO BY MATT RILEY/COURTESY UVA UVa swimmers Lauren Perdue and Matt McLean brought home gold med- The field hockey stars weren't the only Cavaliers competing in London, far from first-year Yannick Kaesser were on the Swiss team; Katya Bachrouche swam for Lebanon; former rower Inge Janssen competed for The Netherlands; and former NCAA tennis champion Somdev Devvarman played for his native India. Devvarman, who also plays on the professional tennis circuit, said winning an Olympic gold would be an even represent India in the Olympic Games. Being a part of the entire Indian contingent, the opening ceremony, the lighting of the flame. I'm looking forward to all of it. CAVALIER CORNER ◆ OCTOBER 2012 ◆ 29 greater accomplishment than claiming a grand slam title, but for him the opportunity to represent his country was something he couldn't pass up, working hard to return from injury in time for the Olympic Games. "It's a dream come true, — Shane Mettlen " he said before leaving for London. "I am absolutely thrilled and honored to be able to "