COLLEGE BASKETBALL
An ACC/SEC Challenge game against NCAA Tournament participant Texas A&M on Nov. 29 at home highlights the Virginia men’s basketball team’s non-conference schedule for the upcoming season.
The Cavaliers have 11 non-ACC contests planned, including seven home games.
Other matchups include a game at Memphis on Dec. 19, and neutral-site contests against Florida (Nov. 10) in the Hall of Fame series in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Wisconsin (Nov. 20) and West Virginia or SMU (Nov. 22) in the Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off in Florida.
The other home games include Tarleton State (Nov. 6), North Carolina A&T (Nov. 14), Texas Southern (Nov. 16), North Carolina Central (Dec. 5), Northeastern (Dec. 16) and Morgan State (Dec. 27).
PRO BASKETBALL
Ex-NSU star part of team’s Hall induction
Norfolk State legend Bob Dandridge’s legacy continued to grow on Sunday as the 1977-78 Washington Bullets championship team was inducted into the Washington D.C. Sports Hall of Fame at Nationals Park.
Dandridge played a key role in the team’s championship run in 1978, leading the squad to the franchise’s only NBA title. He averaged 19.3 points and 5.9 rebounds a game and 21.2 points and 6.5 rebounds per contest in the playoffs.
HIGH SCHOOLS
11 local schools collect VHSL honor
The Virginia High School League has recognized 116 member schools for their outstanding sportsmanship during the 2022-23 spring season, and 11 of them are from Hampton Roads.
These schools had no player or coach ejections, and their programs weren’t placed on warning status.
The Hampton Roads schools included Bethel, Denbigh, Granby, Green Run, Hickory, Lake Taylor, Manor, Maury, Oscar Smith, Smithfield and Tabb.
COLLEGE TENNIS
ITA recognizes four ODU players
Four Old Dominion men’s tennis players — Luca Maldoner, Brandon Perez, Cosme Rolland De Ravel and Oliver Tobisch — have been selected as ITA Scholar-Athletes.
The Monarchs also picked up ITA All-Academic Team honors.
- Four Virginia men’s tennis players were named ITA All-Academic Scholar-Athletes: Chris Rodesch, Ty Switzer, Jeffrey von der Schulenburg and Douglas Yaffa.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS
Five ODU players earn ITA award
Five Old Dominion women’s tennis players have been named ITA Scholar-Athletes.
The honorees were Shahar Biran, Sofia Johnson, Tatsiana Sasnouskaya, Alexandra Viktorovitch and Alesya Yakubovich.
The Monarchs also earned All-Academic Team honors.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE GOLF
ODU trio get scholar awards
Old Dominion’s Federica Torre, Leah Onosato and Pilar Muguruza have been named Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholars.
To receive the distinction, honorees must have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher, be an amateur and on their team’s roster through the end of the season and have played in 50% of their school’s regularly scheduled competitive rounds during the year.
COLLEGES
VWU reveals new coaches
Virginia Wesleyan has announced new coaching appointments for upcoming academic year:
- Shane Kohler as men’s soccer head coach
- Dillon May as Director of men’s/women’s cross country and track & field
- K’Vonte Scott as Assistant Director of men’s/women’s cross country and track & field
- Madison Heck as women’s lacrosse head coach
Briefly
- Single-game tickets for Virginia home football games, except for the Virginia Tech game on Nov. 25, will go on sale to the public at 9 a.m. Wednesday. The Cavaliers’ home opener is set for Sept. 9 against James Madison.
