Kirsty Blue hits the ball over the net while Erin Leaser looks on. Tech topped Miami to put themselves in a three-way tie for first in the ACC.
The women's team, composed of seniors Jordan McHorney, Megan Newell, Sara Smith and junior Jessica Earl, broke the pool record in the 200-medley relay with a time of 1:42.1.
Smith would later break her own 200 IM pool record with a time of 2:03.91. The men's team broke the 200-medley pool record with a team of junior Jonathan Huss, senior Ian deToll and sophomore Stephan Hawkins.
Following this successful weekend, the H2Okies head to Charlottesville to face the Virginia Cavaliers in two contests. The No. 23-ranked Tech women's squad will face its No. 10 Cavalier counterpart. The Virginia men's squad is currently ranked 15th in the country, and will present a tough challenge on Oct. 29 at 5 p.m.
-- by Justin Long
GOLF EIGHTH AT LANDFALL
Hoping to defend its title from last year, the Tech golf team returned to the Landfall Tradition at the par-72, 7,130-yard Country Club at Landfall's Nicklaus Course in Wilmington, N.C., this past weekend.
Tech was the only ACC team in the tournament, shooting a first-round score of 313 and tying host UNCW for eighth on Friday.
Iowa had gained the lead after the first day of play as the only team to shoot under par at 286.
Saturday was much brighter for the Hokies as sophomore Garland Green shot a one-under-par 71 and moved into a tie for the lead.
With help from senior Drew Weaver, sophomores Marshall Bailey and Aaron Eckstein and freshman Blake Redmond, the Hokies were able to move up two spots to sixth after shooting a second round 308, giving them a total of 621.
After day two the Hokies were trailing leader Iowa by 23 strokes.
On Sunday, the team continued to move up the leader board shooting a team tournament low, 293, bringing the total to 914 -- six strokes behind third place VCU.
After shooting three-over-par 75 in the last round, Green was able to pull out an individual best fifth-place finish with a tournament total of five-over-par 221.
It was Weaver who took a hold of the reins and shot one-under-par 71 on Sunday, bringing his individual total to 225 and in a tie for 12th.
This was the team's last event of the fall season. The spring season starts on Feb. 27 at the Puerto Rico Classic in San Juan.
-- by Lindsay Faulkner
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hokie mens ice hockey snags a pair of wins over thepack and clemson last weekend!!!! while mens rugby coontiue htier run for the confrence cup but even though we won the socre line did not tell the whole match!!!! details(and marfu action!!) right here: http://www.americanrugbynews.com/artman/publish/college/Penn_State_edges_Kutztown_in_game_of_week.shtml
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