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 Spring
Sports Update
by Chris Coleman, TechSideline.com, TSLMail #429 April 23, 2010 Today was a big day for Virginia Tech's Queen Harrison. The senior was named ACC Women's Outdoor Track MVP. She won the conference title in the 100 and 400 meter hurdles last weekend at the ACC Championships. In the 400 meter hurdles, Harrison set a conference meet record with a time of 54.66. Her 100 meter hurdle time was 12.44. This is Harrison's second MVP award of the season. Earlier this year she won the ACC Women's Indoor Track MVP, when she won the 100 and 400 meter hurdle events in the indoor circuit. She was also named ACC Women's Track Performer of the Year on March 19. Harrison won the 100 meter hurdle indoor National Championship back in March. She'll look to repeat as outdoor champion later in the outdoor season. Baseball Team at Georgia Tech Tech will get yet another challenge over the weekend. They'll head out on the road yet again, this time to Atlanta where they will take on #4 Georgia Tech, who is 33-5 on the season. The Yellow Jackets are an extremely impressive team that swept a good Clemson team last weekend. The Hokies are looking to make the ACC Tournament for the first time since the conference expanded to 12 teams. Eight teams make the tournament, including the top two teams from each division, and then the next four best teams regardless of division. Here's a look at the ACC standings as of today.
As of now, the Hokies would be in the tournament. Maryland, Wake Forest, UNC and Duke would be on the outside looking in. Virginia Tech plays in the more difficult division of the ACC. Both Virginia and Georgia Tech are ranked in the top five in the Baseball America poll, with Miami right behind them at #14. With Virginia Tech at #20, the ACC Coastal Division is as good as any college baseball division in America. The Hokies have played a very difficult road schedule to boot. They have played at Clemson, at Florida State and at Virginia, and now they must travel to Georgia Tech as well. If Tech makes the ACC Tournament this year, as well as the NCAA Regionals, they certainly will have earned it.
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Tomorrow
is the Spring Game, which will be very entertaining for fans who
have not seen the Hokies in person since this past season. However,
with the starting lineup split in half, as well as so many offensive
line injuries, don't expect a crisply played game.
Just
a couple of reminders and lots of links about pre-game, in-game, and
post-game activities tomorrow for the Spring Game. We've got enough
stuff here to keep you busy all day long, including the TSL pre-game
tailgate and a post-game event with Bud Foster at Collegiate Inn of
Blacksburg.
The
annual Spring Game, one of Virginia Tech's best recruiting tools,
takes place tomorrow and a number of top 2011 targets are expected
to be in Blacksburg. TechSideline.com will follow up with prospects
for reports over the weekend, but for now let's review some of the
prospects Tech has offered that are expected to be in attendance.
Saturday's
Spring Game will be the final opportunity for a number of young
players to impress the coaching staff. It will also be the last
chance for the coaching staff to evaluate players until practice
begins in August. For fans, it's their one chance to see the team
play and get their first look at some of the younger talent.
The
NFL Draft begins on Thursday night, and ends on Saturday. Several
Hokies have a chance to hear their names called, though none are
expected to go on Thursday night in the first round. A couple could
go as early as Friday, when rounds two and three are broadcast. The
draft will conclude on Saturday with rounds four through seven.
Bud
Foster's defense has come a long way this spring. Replacing seven
starters from a year ago, the Hokies have managed to get faster this
spring, and this unit probably has a higher upside than the 2009
group.
Dinwiddie
(VA) defensive line prospect Corey Marshall is holding steady
with eight official scholarship offers, but interest from other
schools continues to trickle in. The 6-1, 255-pound junior, one of
the top defensive prospects in the state's 2011 class, says the
University of Miami is one of the more recent schools to express
interest.
Virginia
Tech has just one more week of practice, and the team will conclude
the spring with Saturday's Maroon-White game. Both the offense and
the defense did some good things in Saturday's scrimmage, and there
were some depth chart changes at the end of last week. Today we'll
focus on the offense and see how each position is shaping up.