COLLEGE FOOTBALL
UVA QB Morris sues for seventh season
Virginia quarterback Chandler Morris has filed a lawsuit against the NCAA seeking a seventh year of eligibility, his agent, Simon Pflum, told ESPN.
Morris, 25, and his attorneys filed a lawsuit in Charlottesville Circuit Court seeking a preliminary injunction in his continued quest to be approved for one more season of eligibility after his medical redshirt waiver and appeal were denied by the NCAA in January.
Morris led Virginia to 11 wins and an ACC championship-game appearance in 2025 while accounting for 3,245 total yards and 21 touchdowns. The Cavaliers were 16th in the final AP Top 25 poll — UVA’s best finish since 1995 — following a 13-7 victory over Missouri in the Gator Bowl.
Morris sought a medical redshirt for his 2022 season while with TCU after he coped with a knee injury that he said significantly impacted his mental health. Morris was injured in the season opener against Colorado and lost his starting job to Max Duggan, who then led the Horned Frogs to the national championship game.
Morris returned from the injury to play in three more games as a backup during the 2022 season, including the title-game loss to Georgia. Since he had redshirted in 2021, the injury-shortened season counted as a full year of eligibility by NCAA standards.
His attorneys say the 26 snaps Morris played over the three appearances were part of a medically prescribed mental health treatment plan and that the NCAA disregarded mental health documentation submitted by UVA on Morris’ behalf in denying his eligibility waiver.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
No. 2 Va. Wesleyan opens with sweep
Virginia Wesleyan, ranked second in Division III after being last year’s NCAA runner-up, began its season by sweeping North Carolina Wesleyan 10-0, 14-1 in a doubleheader in Rocky Mount. The host Bishops fell to 0-3-1.
In Game 1, Laci Campbell doubled in both of her at-bats, drove in four runs and scored two. Sarah Prosser and Taylor McQueen drove in two runs apiece. Winner Hannah Hearl and Savannah Ballou combined for a five-inning two-hitter without a walk. Hearl struck out seven in four innings.
In Game 2, VWU plated 13 runs in the third of a five-inning game and finished with 15 hits — 14 of them singles. Winner Emma Adams pitched a four-hitter and was 2 for 3 with a run and three RBIs. McQueen drove in four runs, Prosser scored three, and Morgan Tucker was 2 for 2 with two runs and an RBI, Samantha Deitsch was 2 for 2 with a run and an RBI.
COLLEGE MEN’S LACROSSE
No. 3 CNU deals Jackets first defeat
Christopher Newport (6-0), ranked third in Division III, won 14-6 at home against Randolph-Macon (4-1), outscoring the Yellow Jackets 7-1 in the first quarter.
Jamie Smith netted six goals, and Kevin Miller — a junior All-American named to the USILA National Team of the Week after being honored as the Coastal Lacrosse Conference Offensive Player of the Week — had six assists and a goal. Ryan Miller, Kevin’s younger brother, had a goal and two assists.
COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD
UVA teammates honored
Virginia teammates Suzie Kennelly and Ava Rice earned Atlantic Coast Conference honors after strong performances at the Virginia Tech Challenge.
Kennelly, the Women’s Field Athlete of the Week, threw a personal best of 15.34 meters (50 feet, 4 inches) to finish fourth in the shot put. Her mark in Blackburg was her first over 15 meters this season.
In the 60-meter hurdles, Women’s Freshman of the Week Rice was the runner-up in the preliminaries and finals. Recording the second-fastest qualifying time of 8.50, Rice lowered her time in the final to 8.40 to place just behind teammate Maya Rollins.
