Scott Stadium will be full of Virginia sports fans Saturday as the Hoos play a rare lax game there followed by the Spring football game. Faceoff of the lax game is scheduled for Noon.
#10 Maryland (6-2, 0-2) will be the first ACC game of the season for the Hoos. The Terps come to Scott for the first lacrosse game to be played inside Scott Stadium since 1995. Virginia (7-2, 0-0) is ranked #6 in the nation, and is coming off a disappointing loss last weekend in Baltimore to Johns Hopkins. The leading scorer for the Hoos is Steele Stanwick who leads the team with 20 goals and 19 assists.
In the last meeting of the two teams in Charlottesville, UVA won on a Brian Carroll goal 1 minute into the seventh overtime, and that game still stands as the longest game in the history of NCAA Division-I lacrosse. Just this past week, Queens University of Charlotte beat Feiffer with just one minute to play in the seventh overtime to surpass the UVA-MD game as the longest ever played in collegiate lacrosse.
Tickets for the lacrosse game are $7 for adults, and $5 for youths, seniors, and UVA faculty or staff. The lax game will be broadcast live on AM-1070 WINA, also on ESPN-U, as well as on the internet by ESPN-3. The football scrimmage is free and open to all.
Hopefully after seeing his team perform in the Spring game, Mike London and his coaching staff will have a clearer understanding of who the starting quarterback will be going into the summer. At this point through the first several practices, none of the options at QB have distinguished themselves as the next signal caller for the Wahoos.
ESPN will webcast Virginia’s Orange-Blue Spring Football Game on ESPN-3. UVA is one of eight schools scheduled to have their spring football game carried by ESPN.
