Name recognition won't be an issue for Virginia's football program in its upcoming recruiting ventures into Southwest Virginia.

UVa head coach Al Groh confirmed Tuesday that receivers coach Wayne Lineburg has been given responsibilities for Lynchburg, Roanoke and Danville, as well as parts west.

Lineburg, the Cavaliers' receivers coach, is a former Radford High School quarterback and the youngest son of legendary former Bobcats coach Norman Lineburg.

"Two things went into this," Groh said. "One was his awareness of the area. The other was the area's awareness of him. The Lineburg name is well-known in Southwest Virginia."

Lineburg, a walk-on quarterback for the Cavaliers in the early 1990s, has been one of the principals in a UVa recruiting surge this offseason that has resulted in commitments from six in-state players. There were three Virginians in the Cavaliers' 18-man February signing class.

Lineburg was the lead recruiter for two UVa recruits along the U.S. 29 corridor, safety Corey Lillard from Liberty High School in Bealeton and quarterback Quintin Hunter from Orange County.

"From having worked at Richmond and William and Mary, he's basically recruited all parts of Virginia," Groh said. "So, initially, we could have put him anywhere in the state. But, with Wayne's background and the family history in Southwest Virginia, it made sense for him to take it over."

Previously, Levern Belin recruited Southwest Virginia for the Cavaliers, but Belin had little background in the area.

George Washington High School coach Dan Newell, whose David Wilson has emerged as a national recruit, once interviewed for a job at Radford before taking a position at Pulaski County. He needed no introduction to Lineburg.

"If [the Cavaliers] have a chance, I feel that that's their best chance of making a connection," Newell said. "I feel good about the way he represents UVa and his relationship with kids in this part of the country."

No strangers

Sunday's first-round matchup with North Carolina in the NCAA women's lacrosse tournament will pit Virginia coach Julie Myers against her one-time teammate, Jenny Levy, the Tar Heels' coach. Playing under their maiden names of Plzak and Slingluff, Myers and Levy were All-Americans on Virginia's 1991 NCAA championship team.

In her 13 seasons as UVa women's lacrosse coach, Myers has won an NCAA championships and five ACC championships, including the last three, but been named ACC coach of the year only once, when she shared the award with Levy in 2002.

Maybe that's because the voting is held before the ACC tournament and the Cavaliers have won the regular-season title only once under Myers, when they had a 3-0 conference record in 2002. Myers was national coach of the year when UVa won the 2004 NCAA title.

Odds 'n' ends

First-year UVa women's golf coach Kim Lewellen has been named ACC coach of the year, the sixth UVa coach to be so recognized this year. The others were Al Groh in football, Jason Dunn in men's cross country, Brian Boland in men's tennis, Kevin Sauer in rowing and Mark Bernardino in both men's and women's swimming.

nMaryland-Baltimore County, which visits second-seeded Virginia for a first-round men's NCAA lacrosse tournament game Sunday at 5 p.m., has won 11 games in a row after a 1-3 start. The Retrievers received an automatic berth after rallying from a nine-goal deficit to defeat Albany 14-13 in the America East championship game.