Virginia adds 5-11 guard from Bath County

Damin Altizer, a 5-foot-11 guard from Bath County High School, has been added to the Virginia men's basketball team following walk-on tryouts.

Altizer was a three-time All-Pioneer District selection at Bath County, where his teammates included John Phillips, a tight end on the UVa football team.

UVa coach Dave Leitao also announced the selection of 6-5 Bob McCormick, a conference player of the year in Chicago, and 6-3 David Noel from Houston.

Noel is a freshman and the other two are sophomores.

W&L volleyball team reaches Sweet 16

HOBOKEN, N.J. -- The fifth-seeded Washington and Lee volleyball team reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division III Volleyball Championship for the first time with a 25-30, 30-28, 30-19, 29-31, 15-13 victory over top-seeded New York University.

Senior Lauren Edmonson led the Generals with a school-record 11 service aces and a team-high 25 digs.

The Generals will face the winner of the match between Stevens Institute of Technology and SUNY Cortland today at 7 p.m.

Cavaliers advance in NCAA Tournament

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- The Virginia women's soccer team advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament with a 2-0 victory over No. 9 ranked West Virginia. Julia Falk and Nikki Lieb scored second half goals for the Cavaliers, who advance to play the Wake Forest-Old Dominion winner on Sunday.

Area players honored

Seven Washington and Lee players have made the academic all-district football first team for small-college players.

Getting the nod were Generals D.J. Hackett, Ryan Neff, Chris Joseph, Walker Williams, Kyle Luby, Mark Snoddy and Kyle Harvey. They were joined on the team by Bridgewater quarterback Jeff Highfill, a William Byrd graduate.

VMI linebacker Jacob Rochester made the academic all-district first team for Division I players.

The academic all-district third team for Division I volleyball players included Radford University's Melinda Clelland.

-- Staff reports