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UPCOMING HOME EVENTS
Friday, Sept. 30
Men's Soccer vs. Syracuse – Thompson Field @ 6 p.m. (free admission)
Volleyball vs. Boston College – Cassell Coliseum @ 6 p.m. (free admission)
Saturday, Oct. 1
Swimming and Diving vs. George Washington & Ohio – Christiansburg Aquatic Center @ 11 a.m. (free admission)
Women's Soccer vs. North Carolina – Thompson Field @ 7 p.m. (free admission)
Sunday Oct. 2
Volleyball vs. North Carolina – Cassell Coliseum @ 1 p.m. (free admission)
HEADLINES FROM LAST WEEK
Women's soccer shut out No. 22 NC State on the road Sunday 1-0, following up its impressive performance last Thursday by defeating Wake Forest 2-0.
Volleyball took down Clemson 3-2 to open ACC play, with Ava Francis finishing with a season-high 17 kills.
Swimming and diving started off its season with the annual Hokie Belt Challenge, an intersquad meet that encompassed splitting equally into two teams – maroon and orange. Orange took the win on both sides for the men's and women's competitions.
Both tennis teams opened their fall season, with the men playing well at Duke and women doing so at Elon and William & Mary.
Aisha Sheppard, who was a five-year letter winner for women's basketball at Tech, became the first Hokie to win a WNBA championship.
Earning win No. 100 in his storied career, men's soccer head coach Mike Brizendine got it against Longwood by a score of 4-0.
Women's golf was led by Becca DiNunzio at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate in Knoxville, Tennessee, with her carding a 6-under (207) to place seventh.
Men's basketball got to receive its ACC championship rings at the Virginia Tech football game last Thursday. Check out the impressive rings.
LAST WEEK'S SCOREBOARD
Tuesday, Sept. 20
Men's Soccer vs. Longwood (Thompson Field) – W, 4-0
Thursday, Sept. 22
Football vs. West Virginia (Lane Stadium) – L, 33-10
Women's Soccer at NC State – W, 1-0
Sunday, Sept 25
Women's Soccer at Wake Forest – W, 2-0
