OL Mac Hollensteiner Not Transferring to Virginia, Staying at Georgetown

Virginia’s depleted offensive line unit is not going to be receiving as many reinforcements via the switch portal as initially anticipated. Georgetown offensive lineman Mac Hollensteiner, who initially introduced his intention to switch to UVA again on January twenty third, will reportedly not be transferring to Virginia and can as an alternative keep at Georgetown, in keeping with Mike Barber from the Richmond Occasions-Dispatch. 

No particulars relating to this choice have been made out there past Barber’s report that Hollensteiner shall be remaining at Georgetown for “private causes.” 

The 6’6″, 310-pound offensive lineman from Bethesda, Maryland was a high commodity within the switch market after he entered the portal as a graduate scholar again in November. Hollensteiner held provides from Michigan State, Oklahoma State, Vanderbilt, Colorado, UConn, East Carolina, Fresno State, and several other others. On January thirteenth, UVA made a suggestion to Hollensteiner, who visited Grounds quickly after after which shortly introduced he could be committing to the Cavaliers with two years of eligibility remaining. 

“Proud to announce my dedication to UVA as a grad scholar and to proceed enjoying soccer,” Hollensteiner mentioned in a social media put up on January twenty third, which has since been deleted.  

Now, it’s obvious that Hollensteiner is not going to be becoming a member of the UVA soccer program in its first season beneath Tony Elliott and can as an alternative be remaining at Georgetown, the place he has appeared in simply 12 video games over the course of his collegiate profession going again to 2018. 

Virginia’s offensive line unit has been some of the attention-grabbing storylines of this offseason, which noticed the departures of six offensive linemen who had vital beginning expertise for the Cavaliers: Olu Oluwatimi (transferred to Michigan), Bobby Haskins (transferred to USC), Ryan Swoboda (transferred to UCF), Joe Bissinger (transferred to SMU), Ryan Nelson (NFL), and Chris Glaser (NFL). 

UVA offensive line coach Garett Tujague has carried out a improbable job on the recruiting path for the reason that finish of the season, securing a number of proficient highschool recruits in addition to just a few gamers via the switch portal. Along with Hollensteiner, who will now not be becoming a member of Tujague’s unit, Virginia acquired switch commitments from Dartmouth offensive lineman John Paul Flores and Lehigh offensive lineman Andrew Canelas, who introduced his dedication to UVA on Saturday. 

Shedding Hollensteiner is unlucky, however between incoming transfers and recruits and gamers nonetheless in this system comparable to Derek Devine and Noah Josey, the items are nonetheless there for Tujague to assemble a succesful offensive line to guard Brennan Armstrong this season. 

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