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Deadspin | Virginia erupts in fourth quarter, comes back to beat Wake Forest
Anthony Colandrea passed for 357 yards and three touchdowns and helped Virginia rally for a 31-30 victory against Wake Forest on Saturday night in Winston-Salem, N.C.
The Cavaliers (2-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) trailed 30-17 entering the fourth quarter before a touchdown catch by Trell Harris and a touchdown run by Grady Brosterhous, the latter with 2:07 remaining for Virginia’s first lead of the game.
Colandrea completed 33 of 43 passes and was picked off twice. Tyler Neville caught two TDs and Malachi Fields tallied 11 receptions for a career-high 148 yards in the Cavaliers’ first win at Wake Forest since 2002.
Hank Bachmeier passed for 403 yards and one score, and Demond Claiborne rushed for 86 yards and two TDs for the Demon Deacons (1-1, 0-1). Donavon Greene caught 11 passes for 166 yards and a TD.
Wake Forest led 10-3 after the first quarter thanks to a 17-yard TD run by Claiborne on the Demon Deacons’ opening drive and a 21-yard field goal by Matthew Dennis.
Virginia missed multiple opportunities early. Harris dropped a wide-open 55-yard touchdown pass, and a goal-line stand by the Demon Deacons forced the Cavaliers to settle for a chip-shot field goal.
Wake Forest got Claiborne’s second TD of the night early in the second quarter for a 17-3 lead. His 2-yard plunge came two plays after Kevin Pointer intercepted Colandrea’s deflected pass.
Colandrea bounced back with TD passes to Neville (18 and 24 yards) on back-to-back drives, sandwiched around a 38-yard field goal by Dennis, to pull Virginia within 20-17 by halftime. Wake Forest started the second half with a 14-play, 75-yard drive, converting two fourth downs before Bachmeier’s 3-yard touchdown pass to Greene made it 27-17.
Dennis’ third field goal extended the lead to 30-17 late in the third quarter.
Virginia made it a one-score game at 30-24 on Colandrea’s 24-yard TD pass to Harris with 10:37 left in the fourth.
The Cavaliers got the ball back and converted two fourth downs of their own before taking the lead on a 1-yard scoring run by Brosterhous and an extra point by Will Bettridge.
Wake Forest managed to get two more possessions, but Taylor Morin’s fumble was recovered by Virginia’s Antonio Clary with 1:24 left and the Demon Deacons’ last-ditch, multiple-lateral effort ended near midfield just moments later.
–Field Level Media
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Breaking the stigma: Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline host Operation H.E.R mental health summit
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – Breaking down the walls on a conversation that’s never easy to have.
“There’s such a mental health stigma in the community. It’s critical that people come forward and are willing to have this conversation,” said Leigh Gathings, the Vice President of Behavioral Health for LewisGale.
Girl Scouts from across the state came together to do just that at Operation H.E.R: Strong Minds, Strong Girls Mental Health Summit.
“We are really excited to share with our girls and their parents and caregivers and teachers an opportunity for them to learn more about mental well being and how to show up for each other,” said Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline Chief Executive Officer Nikki Williams.
This is the first event of this magnitude hosted by the Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline. Williams said it’s been in the works for a year now after girls in the organization talked about the challenges they face daily.
“As Girl Scouts, that’s what we’re supposed to do, is meet girls where they are,” said Williams. “We say we move at the speed of girls, and the girls are telling us this was important to them right now.”
Throughout the day, Girl Scouts of all ages attend workshops talking all things mental health. They learned new coping mechanisms for when things get tough.
Gathings said these kinds of conversations are crucial to have as kids are growing up.
“It’s critical that our girls are able to speak to the emotions that they’re feeling and to be a good friend and to understand the feelings that they’re having,” she said. “So that if their feelings become out of sync they’re able to speak up and ask for help.”
But young girls aren’t the only ones who learned something new. Parents who attended learned to have supportive conversations with their children.
“It’s critical that we understand that what’s going on with our children, whether we’re a coach, a teacher, a Girl Scout leader or a parent. It’s crucial that we’re having those conversations, that we know what our kids are feeling and experiencing, and then we understand their stressors,” added Gathings.
The Girl Scout mission is to build girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.
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By the Numbers: Breaking Down Virginia’s Big Win at Wake Forest
Virginia reversed some lopsided historical trends in its fourth-quarter comeback victory at Wake Forest on Saturday night. The Cavaliers had lost their last five games against the Demon Deacons, but managed to beat Wake for the first time since 2007 and earn their first victory in Winston-Salem since 2002. Virginia now leads the all-time series with Wake Forest 35-17, a series that dates back to 1889.
UVA improved to 2-0 for the first time since 2021 and this marks just the third time since 2013 that the Cavaliers have won their first two games of the season. The other two instances came in 2021 and 2019.
The 14-point deficit Virginia erased was the largest comeback for the program since October of 2021, when the Cavaliers came back from down 17 points to beat Louisville on the road.
Virginia won its ACC opener for the first time since 2020 (Duke) and won its ACC opener on the road for the first time since 2019 (at Pittsburgh).
See the chart below for a breakdown of the stats from Virginia’s victory over Wake Forest:
Virginia |
Stat |
Wake Forest |
---|---|---|
430 |
Total Offense |
544 |
73 |
Rushing Offense |
141 |
2.6 |
Yards Per Rush |
3.5 |
357 |
Passing Offense |
403 |
77% |
Completion % |
63% |
10.8 |
Yards Per Completion |
14.9 |
3/3 |
Red Zone Attempts |
6/6 |
17 |
Red Zone Points |
30 |
3/14 (21.4%) |
3rd Downs |
5/15 (33.3%) |
3/3 |
4th Downs |
2/4 |
27:50 |
Possession Time |
32:10 |
5-50 |
Penalties-Yards |
4-35 |
2 |
Turnovers |
1 |
6 |
Sacks By |
1 |
6 |
Tackles For Loss |
5 |
5 |
Big Plays (20+ Yards) |
75 |
Here are some key individual stats from the game along with some more notes:
Anthony Colandrea completed 33 of 43 passing attempts for 357 yards and three touchdowns. His 33 completions were a career-high and most by a Cavalier quarterback since Brennan Armstrong against Pitt in 2021. Colandrea’s three touchdown passes matched a career-high.
Malachi Fields went over 100 receiving yards for the second-straight game, catching 11 of the 13 passes that went his way for 148 yards. 46 of those 148 receiving yards came after the catch. His 11 receptions and 148 receiving yards were both career-highs.
Of the 43 passes attempted by Colandrea, 33 were caught and only one was dropped. Trell Harris was responsible for that one drop, but made up for it by catching seven passes for 91 yards and a touchdown. His seven receptions were a career-high.
Eight different players caught a pass for Virginia in the game, including five players with at least four receptions. Tyler Neville caught all four passes that targeted him and two of those receptions went for touchdowns. That was the first two-touchdown game of his career and Neville is the first Cavalier tight end to catch two touchdowns in a game since Tom Santi did so against Duke in 2007.
Grady Brosterhous executed a quarterback sneak for a touchdown with a little over two minutes remaining. That score was the first of his career and stood as the game-winning touchdown after Will Bettridge converted the PAT to give UVA the lead.
Antonio Clary led the Cavaliers in tackles with 11 for the second-straight week and recorded his second-career sack. Jonas Sanker also posted double-digit tackles with 10 and posted his first-career sack. Trey McDonald made a career-high nine tackles and recorded his first-career sack.
The Virginia defense racked up six sacks, most in a single game since posting eight sacks against Georgia Tech in 2022. UVA had 11 total sacks in the 2023 season.
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West Virginia Handles Albany for the First Win of the Season
Morgantown, WV – West Virginia rushed for 305 yards with sophomore running back Jahiem White leading the way with 125 yards and junior CJ Donaldson checking in with 100 rushing yards as the Mountaineers (1-1) dispatched the Albany Great Danes (1-1),
West Virginia started the opening possession of the game at its own 10-yard line, but senior quarterback Garrett Greene quickly got the offense out of the shadow of its own endzone. Greene started the drive with a 14-yard completion to sophomore Traylon Ray, Jahiem White busted up the middle for 14 yards and Greene hit Ray again for 13 yards before White hit a run for 16 yards into Albany territory at the 37-yard line.
The Mountaineers methodically moved deeper into Albany territory until White found the endzone from 14 yards out for the 7-0 lead.
After the West Virginia defense held Albany to a three and out, Greene and the offense quickly went back to work, finding sophomore Rodney Gallagher for a 21-yard completion and a run by sophomore CJ Donaldson moved the Mountaineers to midfield. Justin Robinson collected his first reception of his Mountaineer career, then two players later, Robinson hauled in a 12-yard touchdown pass for the 14-0 lead.
The Mountaineers third drive of the game went into the second quarter, and tight end Kole Taylor capped off a six-play 69-yard drive with a 39-yard touchdown reception and the Mountaineers were rolling with a 21-0 advantage.
Albany found the endzone with a 10-play 87-yard touchdown drive. Sophomore quarterback Myles Burkett gashed the defense with completions of 23 yards and 19 yards before sophomore running back Griffin Woodell ran for a seven-yard touchdown with 4:40 remaining in the half.
Then, on the first play of the ensuing drive, White fumbled after a 36-yard run, giving the ball to the Great Danes a their own 36-yard line. Myles took advantage of the extra possession, finishing the six-play 64-yard drive with a 33-yard touchdown pass to senior Jacari Carter to cut into the WVU lead, 21-14.
West Virginia responded on the final drive of the half with a big dose of the running game. CJ Donaldson ran 20 yards on three carries before a pair of runs from Green put them into Albany territory. Then, on a quarterback draw, Greene scurried for 40 yards and the touchdown to put the Mountaineers up 14 and took a 28-14 advantage into halftime.
Following an eight-play 84-yard Albany drive that stalled at the WVU one-yard line, the Mountaineers went the length of the field in 14 plays with Hudson Clement hauling in a 10-yard touchdown pass for a 35-14 lead.
West Virginia added to its lead on the following possession. Greene connected with Jaden Bray for 44 yards, then four plays later, sophomore CJ Donaldson punched it into the endzone, and the Mountaineers were rolling with a 42-14 lead.
West Virginia redshirt sophomore quarterback Nicco Marchiol checked into the game in the fourth quarter. CJ Donaldson set up the Mountaineers inside Albany territory with a 48-yard run and Marciol scampered into the end zone for a 12-yard touchdown and the Mountaineers held a 49-14 lead with 7:22 remaining in the game.
The Mountaineer defense held Albany out of the endzone as time expired for the 49-14 victory.
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