COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Former Old Dominion coach Jeff Jones was named to two committees that give him a role in helping to determine who receives bids to the NCAA Tournament and the National Invitation Tournament.
Jones was named the chair of the 2026 NIT Selection Committee after serving on that group last year. He was also named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Advisory Committee, which will advise the NCAA Tournament committee on seeding for teams in higher brackets.
COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY
W&M teams 2nd, 4th in CAA meet
William & Mary’s women were second and its men were fourth in Friday’s Coastal Athletic Association championship meet at Ocean County Park in Lakewood, New Jersey.
Tribe women’s senior Perry Irons placed second among 118 runners with the sixth-fastest 6-kilometer time in W&M history, 20 minutes, 1.60 seconds.
Led by gold medalist Katie Blount (19:55.00), Elon’s women won with 28 points, followed by the Tribe (68), Northeastern (100), host Monmouth (102) and the College of Charleston (141). Hampton was 10th in the 12-team field with 299.
W&M sophomore Molley Weithman repeated as an All-CAA performer alongside Irons, taking 13th in 21:27.10. Kelly Ann Sutterfield was 17th in 21:35.80.
In the men’s 8K race, Tribe junior Hayes Trapp took third for the second year in a row. He finished in 23:37.90, trailing Hofstra teammates Fredrick Kipkosgei (23:01.60) and Abraham Longosiwa (23:25.60) in the field of 104.
Hofstra won the team trophy with 44 points, followed by Northeastern (51), Stony Brook (67) and W&M (69). Hampton placed 11th with 326, led by 54th-place Khalid Hamid in 25:55.90.
Four Tribe men gained all-conference acclaim: Trapp, senior Brendan DiStefano (10th, 24:05.70), redshirt freshman Caleb Wilcox (13th, 24:12.10) and true freshman Eli Phillips (15th, 24:13.00).
UVA men win ACC
Virginia won the men’s ACC championship for the fifth time overall and the first time since 2008, totaling 61 points to runner-up Syracuse’s 65 and third-place Wake Forest’s 111 at Louisville’s E.P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park. Notre Dame (114) and Virginia Tech (152) completed the top five among 17 teams.
UVA entered the meet ranked fourth nationally, while Wake was 10th.
Gary Martin paced the Cavaliers, finishing 8 kilometers in 22:39.4 for second place behind Wake Forest’s Rocky Hansen (22:18.6), who broke the course record by about 40 seconds. Justin Wachtel (10th place, 22:59.7) Nate Mountain (12th, 23:00.5) and Brett Gardner (13, 23:01.5) also sparked UVA.
In the women’s race, NC State (28 points), Notre Dame (89), North Carolina (127), Stanford (150) and UVA (170) finished 1-5. Virginia Tech was eighth at 214.
In the women’s 6K race, Tatum David led UVA by finishing 17th in 19:56.5, while Gillian Bushee was 18th in 19:59.1. The Wolfpack’s Angelina Napoleon won in a course-record 19:13.9.
Virginia Tech’s George Couttie (fourth) and Nicholas Kipchirchir (20th) gained men’s All-ACC honors, and 21st-place woman Katie Bohike also gained that award.
COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER
ODU scores late to tie JMU
Lewis Rourke scored in the 87th minute as Old Dominion (5-5-6, 1-3-4 Sun Belt) rallied for a 1-1 tie at James Madison (1-10-4, 0-6-2).
Jamie Wynne’s high-arching cross careened off a JMU defender before Micah Wayland tapped the ball to Rourke for the goal.
JMU’s Cameron Arnold netted a long shot late in the first half, a goal that made ESPN’s “Top 10 Plays” on “SportsCenter.” But the Dukes were eliminated from postseason contention.
ODU, in seventh place as it tries to be among the eight teams that make the conference tournament out of 10, closes its regular season at home at 6 p.m. Tuesday against 18th-ranked Kentucky, which leads the conference.
No. 6 UVA clinches ACC regular-season title
Freshman Bacary Tandjigora delivered a goal in the 85th minute, clinching the ACC regular-season title for No. 6 Virginia (10-1-4, 5-0-3) with a 1-0 win over SMU (7-4-4, 3-2-3) in Dallas.
The Cavaliers broke through when Nick Dang lofted a ball into the 6ix-yard box that was headed down by Nick Simmonds. The ball fell to Tandjigora, who blasted it into the the net.
UVA will be at home Nov. 9 for a 4 p.m. quarterfinal against the winner between ninth-seeded North Carolina and eighth-seeded Notre Dame.
COLLEGE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Tribe’s winning streak at 3
William & Mary (9-13, 4-7 Coastal Athletic Association) extended its winning streak to three matches, prevailing 3-0 (26-24, 25-21, 25-18) at UNC Wilmington (3-18, 2-9). The Seahawks will get a rematch at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Audrey Brcka had 13 kills, while Nicole Smith had 12 kills, eight digs and a .391 hitting percentage.
Marshall stops ODU
Marshall (13-11, 5-6 Sun Belt) beat Old Dominion 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-14) to start a two-match series in Huntington, West Virginia.
Katie Rakoski led ODU (5-17, 2-9) with 10 kills, Wiktoria Zagumny tallied 32 assists, and Kate Kilpatrick led both teams with 17 digs.
NSU’s Gilbert reaches 1,000 kills in defeat
Norfolk State’s Gabrielle Gilbert surpassed 1,000 career kills, though the Spartans lost 3-2 (24-26, 26-24, 18-25, 25-7, 15-5) to visiting Maryland Eastern Shore.
Gilbert, who had 16 kills Friday for the Spartans (2-21, 1-9 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) stands tied for second in program history with Jessica Johnson (2012–14, ’16) at 1,002 kills. UMES improved to 9-14, 6-4.
Regent coach takes 50th victory
Fifth-year coach Katelyn Totherow gained her 50th victory with Regent as the Royals (14-8) swept Washington Adventist 3-0 (25-15, 25-12, 25-14) in Takoma Park, Maryland.
Erin Saunders had 10 kills, Rylee Stewart had 15 assists and Eliana Winn had five blocks for Regent.
COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY
ODU wins on Senior Day
Amelie Zielcke scored twice as Old Dominion celebrated Senior Day by defeating Georgetown 3-1.
Her goals in the 18th and 35th minutes gave the Monarchs (8-9, 5-2 Big East) a 2-0 lead, and Sian Emslie made it 3-0 in the 47th.
The Hoyas (5-12, 1-6) averted a shutout with Ellie Johnson’s goal in the 52nd minute, but ODU outshot them 17-4.
Even before the game, ODU knew it had gained the No. 3 seed in the conference tournament. The Monarchs will face second-seeded Connecticut on Nov. 7 in Lynchburg. Liberty is the top seed.
No. 4 Cavaliers take share of ACC title
No. 4 Virginia (14-1, 7-1) took a four-goal lead and took a share of the ACC regular-season championship with a 5-3 victory in Charlottesville over No. 6 Wake Forest (15-3, 7-1).
The Cavaliers, Demon Deacons and North Carolina shared the title with identical conference records.
Caroline Nemec, Mia Abello, Mary Adams, Suze Leemans and Bella Moore scored to put the Cavaliers ahead 5-1 early in the fourth quarter. Virginia’s Nilou Lempers recorded eight saves for the victory.
W&M falls to Drexel
Drexel (12-7, 4-2 Coastal Athletic Association) overcame William & Mary 5-1 in Philadelphia, dropping the Tribe to 1-16, 0-7.Sophomore Ava Rossman scored her first college goal in the 24th minute for W&M, cutting the Tribe’s deficit to 3-1.
Valentina Van Helem scored twice in the first 8:06 for the Dragons. She and Pili Lemoine each had two goals and an assist.
The Tribe, which didn’t qualify for the four-team CAA tourney, will wrap up its season Sunday against La Salle in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
