COLLEGE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

CNU reaches C2C final

Second-seeded Christopher Newport traveled to the West Coast and earned a spot in the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference championship match, beating third-seeded host UC Santa Cruz 3-0 (12, 16, 30-28). The Captains will play for the title at 6 p.m. Eastern Saturday against No. 1 seed Salisbury, the 24th-ranked team in NCAA Division III.

In a quarterfinal Friday, Mary Washington (9-21) outlasted Regent 3-2 (17-25, 25-16, 22-25, 25-16, 15-9). The Royals finished 17-9 as Rylee Stewart had 36 assists and Erin Saunders had 17 kills and 15 digs. UMW’s Natalie Brown had 20 kills and 12 digs.

Salisbury (28-5) then ousted Mary Washington 3-0 (25-15, 25-6, 25-11). UMW will take on UC Santa Cruz for third place at 3 p.m. Eastern Saturday.

W&M handles Hampton

William & Mary (11-15, 6-9 Coastal Athletic Association) swept Hampton 3-0 (25-14, 25-20, 25-15) to start a season-closing two-match series at Holland Hall.

Beatriz Silva had 21 assists and three aces and Devereaux Hoxsie haed eight kills and five blocks for the Tribe. Katerina Pappa and Racquel Frazier led HU (1-25, 0-15) with eight kills each.

The teams will close the season with a 1 p.m. rematch Saturday.

Old Dominion (5-21, 2-13 Sun Belt) lost 3-0 (25-14, 25-15, 25-7) at Arkansas State (18-8, 11-4) in the first of a two-match series in Jonesboro. Elisa Maggi had eight kills, Wiktoria Zagumny 17 assists and Katie Kilpatrick 14 assists for ODU.

Norfolk State celebrated three seniors but lost 3-0 (25-17, 25-21, 25-10) to Howard. Gabrielle Gilbert had 15 kills, Jasmine Mataira 22 assists and Mary Nahinu 10 digs for NSU.

The Spartans (5-23, 3-11) honored seniors Mya Wood, Ryan Nored and Sydney McCree. They next will prepare for the Mid-Eastern Conference Tournament, starting Thursday at Coppin State.

COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER

Top-seeded UVA blanks High Point in NCAA first round

Virginia (13-3-4), one of the NCAA field of 64’s four top seeds, began the tournament in style with a 5-0 triumph over Big South tourney champ High Point (5-10-5) in Charlottesville. Maggie Cagle had two assists and netted a penalty kick for UVA.

Ella Carter, Allie Ross, Addison Halpern and Sophia Bradley also scored for the Cavaliers. They will host a second-round match Thursday against the winner between No. 8 seed Penn State and Army.

Clemson turns back Liberty

Also in the NCAA first round, Taylor Leib scored in the 82nd minute to lift Clemson, one of the four No. 8 seeds, to a 2-1 victory over Liberty (14-4-4).

Elle Bissinger’s header off a corner kick put Clemson ahead in the 19th minute, but in the 20th, the Flames’ Ivy Garner scored her 16th goal of the year.

The Tigers will travel to No. 1 seed Vanderbilt for the round of 32.

COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY

No. 4 UVA falls in NCAA round of 16

Miami of Ohio (16-4) upset fourth-seeded Virginia 2-1 in the NCAA round of 16 in Charlottesville, ending the Cavaliers’ season at 16-3.

Mia Abello gave UVA a 1-0 lead just 2:56 into the game on a penalty corner, off assists by Lauren Kenah and Mary Adams, but the Cavaliers never broke through again.

Miami’s Malena Sabez tied the score with a goal off a penalty corner in the 13th minute, and the RedHawks moved ahead in the 39th minute on Justina Intzes’ goal off a corner.

The RedHawks, outshot 10-8, had an apparent third goal disallowed after video review in the fourth quarter, but they held on to advance to a 1 p.m. Sunday quarterfinal in Charlottesville against Northwestern, which beat Yale 5-1.

Also, Syracuse beat Liberty 4-2 in penalty strokes after a 2-2 deadlock. That moved the Orange into a quarterfinal against second-seeded Princeton, the host of a four-team grouping.

With Syracuse ahead 2-1, Liberty’s Josefina Tomasi scored with 42 seconds left in the fourth quarter to extend the game.

COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY

UVA men third, women fourth in regional

Virginia’s men were third and its women were fourth in the NCAA Southeast Regional, which the Cavaliers hosted on the Panorama Farms course.

The UVA men, ranked fourth nationally, took third in the 8-kilometer race with 95 points. Wake Forest won with 55 and Eastern Kentucky was second with 68. Virginia Tech was fourth with 119, North Carolina fifth with 157. William & Mary was 12th with 347.

Among the Cavaliers, Gary Martin finished fifth in 29:37.5, Brett Gardner seventh in 29:43.8 for seventh and Justin Wachtel 13th in 29:55.8.

The ACC took seven of the top eight spots in the women’s team standings, with NC State (55 points) prevailing, followed by North Carolina (108, third), Virginia (138, fourth), Wake Forest (147, fifth), Duke (194, sixth), Virginia Tech (223, seventh) and Clemson (243, eighth). South Carolina was the exception, taking second at 100.

William & Mary (544) was 18th and Hampton (1,053) was 35th.

UVA’s women came into the meet ranked 16th nationally. They gained three all-region honors in the 6-kilometer race: Gillian Bushee (10th place, 19:42.2), Tatum David (12th, 19:47.3) and Stella Kermes (19th, 19:58.0).

The top two finishers in each of the nine regional meets gain automatic berths in the NCAA championship meet. The other 13 at-large spots in the fields of 31 will be announced at 5 p.m. Saturday, and the UVA and Virginia Tech men and UVA women seem like strong candidates.

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