COLLEGE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Old Dominion began its season by overcoming VCU 3-1 (25-20, 20-25 25-18, 26-24) Friday night in the Monarchs’ Quest for the Crown round-robin in Norfolk.
With the fourth set tied at 24, Alice Munari scored kills on the last two points off Teresa Atilano assists to down the Rams.
Myah Conway had 15 kills, freshman Bryanna Jones 14 and Munari 10 for ODU. Atilano had 38 assists and nine digs, and freshman Kate Kilpatrick had 19 digs and nine assists.
VCU’s Ana Brangioni had 13 kills and nine digs.
Tribe splits opening matches
William & Mary began its season by splitting two matches at the Mountaineer Classic in Boone, North Carolina. After losing 3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 25-19) to homestanding Appalachian State, the Tribe outlasted Tennessee Tech 3-2 (18-25, 25-15, 17-25, 25-10, 15-10).
Against App State, Maddie Meyers had nine kills and four digs for the Tribe, while Eleanor Stothoff had eight kills and five digs. For ASU, McCall Denny had eight kills and 10 digs, while Maya Winterhoff had seven kills and six blocks.
Against Tennessee Tech, Tabb High graduate Sarah Callender had 14 digs, two blocks, and nine kills, including one on match point. Also for the Tribe, Taylor Burrell had 14 kills, Lindsay Kahren had 16 digs and Amy Schwem had 18 assists and eight digs.
COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL
W&M adds graduate assistant
William & Mary coach Dane Fischer announced the addition of Andrew Fish as the program’s graduate assistant.
Fischer said Fish is pursuing a master’s degree from the Mason School of Business and will take the lead on a number of our social media projects.
Fish previously worked as a student assistant at Elon, including assisting with video responsibilities in 2022, and has worked at Duke and Alabama camps. He graduated from Elon in May.
COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY
Kellam product sparks JMU over W&M
Kellam High graduate Tori Carawan had a goal and an assist to help James Madison win 4-2 at William & Mary in the opener for both teams. Winning goalie Brandelynn Heinbaugh had 16 saves.
Also for JMU, Mia Julian had a goal and two assists, while Azul Covarrubias had two goals.
For the Tribe, Jayden Moon scored and assisted on Lauren Curran’s goal.
No. 6 UVA rallies past No. 5 Penn State
No. 6 Virginia overcame No. 5 Penn State 2-1 in Charlottesville in a season opener.
The Nittany Lions went ahead in the 27th minute on Natalie Freeman’s goal, but Laura Janssen scored the tying goal off a Minnie Pollock assist in the 32nd minute, then assisted Pollock on the eventual winner in the 49th minute.
UVA was credited with two defensive saves in addition to goalie Tyler Kennedy’s six. Penn State goalie Brie Barraco made eight.
OBITUARY
Legendary R.E. Lee basketball coach dies
Paul Hatcher, the legendary former boys basketball coach at Robert E. Lee High in Staunton, died Friday at age 80 after an extended illness.
In 43 years, Hatcher’s teams combined for an 897-174 record with four state titles. Three of those teams finished undefeated.
