Hear from Hibah Shaikh 👇after profitable the clinching level in at present’s 4-0 victory towards LIU within the #NCAAWTEN First Spherical #GoHoos⚔️ pic.twitter.com/hqqhCzCOxb
— Virginia Girls’s Tennis (@UVAWomensTennis) May 5, 2023
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Virginia Opens NCAA Championship with 4-0 Win Against LIU
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia girls’s tennis group (19-6) opened play on the 2023 NCAA Girls’s Tennis Group Championship with a 4-0 victory towards LIU (12-11) on the Virginia Tennis Facility on the Boar’s Head Resort.
The Cavaliers advance to face Princeton (17-6) on Saturday, Might 6 at 4 p.m. on the similar places. Princeton superior with a 4-0 victory towards Fordham within the opening match of the Charlottesville Regional.
The Cavaliers acquired off to a powerful begin towards the Sharks in doubles with Julia Adams and Mélodie Collard profitable 6-1 on the highest courtroom. Natasha Subhash and Annabelle Xu clinched the purpose with a 6-2 win on courtroom two.
Collard put the Cavaliers forward 2-0 with a 6-0, 6-0 win towards Elinor Storkaas on courtroom 5, ending her match earlier than courtroom one had accomplished its first set. Xu adopted with a 6-1, 6-2 win towards Saki Oyama on courtroom three moments earlier than Hibah Shaikh completed a 6-0, 6-0 win on courtroom 4 to clinch the victory.
Virginia is the No. 12 seed within the championship. The Ivy League champion Tigers are ranked No. 56 within the newest ITA rankings.
Virginia and Princeton confronted each other final 12 months within the Spherical of 32 in Charlottesville with the Cavaliers choosing up a 4-0 victory.
Tickets for the NCAA Championship matches are $5 for common admission and $3 for college students with a sound ID per day (ages 2 and up are required to have a ticket). Tickets will likely be obtainable for buy on-line, over the cellphone, or on the Bryant Corridor ticket workplace and might be picked up on the courts.
#11 Virginia 4, LIU 0
Singles competitors
- #61 Julia Adams (VA) vs. V Erechtchenko (LIU) 5-7, unfinished
- #53 Natasha Subhash (VA) vs. Leo Boisseau (LIU) 6-4, 4-0, unfinished
- #92 Annabelle Xu (VA) def. Saki Oyama (LIU) 6-1, 6-2
- Hibah Shaikh (VA) def. Marion Deloziere (LIU) 6-0, 6-0
- Melodie Collard (VA) def. Elinor Storkaas (LIU) 6-0, 6-0
- Nicole Kiefer (VA) vs. Kate Jorjoliani (LIU) 2-6, 3-2, unfinished
Doubles competitors
- Julia Adams/Melodie Collard (VA) def. V Erechtchenko/Elinor Storkaas (LIU) 6-1
- Natasha Subhash/Annabelle Xu (VA) def. Leo Boisseau/Marion Deloziere (LIU) 6-2
- Sara Ziodato/Hibah Shaikh (VA) vs. Saki Oyama/Ekaterine Jorjoliani (LIU) 5-3, unfinished
Order of end: Doubles (1,2); Singles (5,3,4)
T-1:47 A-151
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Virginia Tech pro-Palestine protesters speak after arrest
BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) – Pro-Palestine protesters held a press conference at Virginia Tech after the University’s response to this past weekend’s protests and arrests.
“On that day at 5:30, [they] told us that the reason we were allowed to stay was in order for our voices to be heard, all the while, they came for the expressive reason of suppressing us and telling us to leave,” said Virginia Tech student Emon Green.
On Sunday, 82 protesters were arrested for protesting on campus grounds. That list includes 52 students and 5 professors.
Green believes the environment was safe and protestors were peaceful.
“The Vice President of Student Affairs came down to speak with us, but not for the open conversation,” said one Virginia Tech student. “We believe she was there for a while we explained our demands and why we had created the encampment. She replies by saying I am not here to discuss why you are here, but only to tell you that you have to leave.”
She recalls Sunday events describing the arrest as traumatic.
“Many arrestees reported numbness and loss of feeling in their hands. Due to the zip ties being overly tight to the point of cutting circulation,” she said.
VT Student Faatina Hameed added they are committed to their original demands; To Disclose, Divest, and Defend.
“On October 11, President Sands released a statement condemning the events of October 7 and the loss of civilian life in Israel, burst Hall was lit up in the color of the Israeli flag,” Hameed announced. “Our most immediate and critical ask was for Sands and the administration to release a statement equally recognizing the immense loss of life in Gaza as well as a result of the Israeli regime’s attacks.”
Some protesters say they were charged with trespassing and face student conduct charges.
One Virginia Tech professor requests the university drop all charges against the protesters.
“We additionally demand that they reinstate and that they protect students and faculty is a constitutional right to assembly, free speech and protest moving forward,” said Virginia Tech professor Desirée Poets.
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36th Annual Virginia Wine & Craft Festival: A Day of Delight in Front Royal
On Friday, April 26, the Front Royal Rotary sponsored a downtown Front Royal “Pub Crawl” featuring a Phony Ponies “horse race” ticket holders could bet on to add to the Rotary fundraiser, and a little reward for their knowledge of the relative prowess and breeding of the involved Phony Ponies. Or as one pre-race announcer informed the crowd, “We’ve got three stallions and two old mares in this race,” which was met by some boos from the filly-supporting contingent.
And it was one of those two filly mares that led the five-horse field across the finish line after three laps around the Gazebo in the in the Main Street Downs Raceway shortly after 7:30 p.m. — that was “Blazin’ Botox” (Warren County Sheriff Crystal Cline), followed in order by “Money for Nothing” (Front Royal Rotary President Ken Evans), “Closing Real Fast” (Front Royal Police Chief Kahle Magalis), “Bullseye” (Warren County Rotary President Michael Williams), and “The Old Gray Mare” or was that “Mayor” (Front Royal Mayor Lori Cockrell).
It was a highly competitive race with some post finish line challenges offered by runner up Money for Nothing, whose jockey Evans noted an unapproved by the Racing Commission pre-race change into borrowed running shoes by the winner, as well as some out-of-my-lane territorial elbow-bumping by Blazin’ Botox to keep him in his 2nd place position. WAIT, do horses have elbows? I guess phony ones do.
Jockey Cockrell explained her disappointing 5th place finish, noting she had locked in behind Bullseye/Williams early in the running. However, it ended up being a bad spot to draft, as Bullseye appeared to be having an equipment break-down in front of her, as in a drooping “saddle” threatening that stallions stability and which she had to pull back from for caution’s sake.
On the more serious side, the second annual Talk Derby To Me Pub Crawl fundraiser was in support of Rotary International’s eradicate polio worldwide effort. More information about Rotary’s efforts to end polio can be found at this website: https://www.rotary.org/en/our-causes/ending-polio
Involved and supporting downtown businesses included Vibrissa, the On Cue Sports Bar & Grill, Buckle & Belle Boutique, sponsor of the “Phony Ponies” race, C&C Frozen Treats, Pavemint Smoking Taphouse, Honey & Hops, Catamount Lounge, and Garcia & Gavino. Hope we didn’t miss anyone, and we’ll update as necessary if we did.
And in a late update, individual sponsoring of the Phony Ponies was provided by: Ken Evans, ReMax Reality sponsoring Evans on “Money For Nothing”; CSM Aesthetics sponsored “Blazin’ Botox” and jockey Cline; Clint Pierpoint, Next Home Reality Select sponsored “Closing Real Fast” with Chief Magalis on the saddle; Lori Cockrell for Mayor sponsored “The Old Grey Mare” with the mayor riding; and Shenandoah Valley Axe Throwing Co. sponsored the saddle-failing “Bullseye” with Williams keeping his stallion upright.
And if you missed the fun and excitement, here are a few more shots.
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Virginia air travelers have one year to get REAL ID
RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ) – Virginia residents who want to board an airplane for a domestic flight will soon need a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license, according to a reminder from the Transportation Security Administration. If the license is not REAL ID-compliant, travelers will need another form of approved identification, such as a passport to board a flight or enter a secure federal facility or military base.
The REAL ID driver’s license and identification card have a small star in the upper right corner to indicate they meet federal regulations that establish minimum security standards.
REAL ID goes into effect May 7, 2025.
“REAL ID is a coordinated effort by the federal government to improve the reliability and accuracy of driver licenses and identification cards,” says Robin “Chuck” Burke, TSA’s Federal Security Director for Richmond International Airport. “The improvements are intended to inhibit terrorists’ ability to evade detection by using fraudulent identification.”
Virginia residents have the option to upgrade to a REAL ID if their licenses do not currently have the star, or stick with an older standard driver’s license. However, TSA says, a standard credential—without the star—will not be valid to board a domestic flight or to access secure federal facilities, including military bases and some federal offices.
To get the REAL ID star, Virginians will need to visit a local Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles office in person and have with them certain documents to prove U.S. citizenship and Virginia residency. Required documents include one proof of identity (passport or U.S. birth certificate), proof of legal presence for non-U.S. citizens, two proofs of Virginia residency, social security card (if issued) and a current driver’s license if you are applying to exchange one issued by another U.S. state.
Transportation Security Administration officers who staff the ticket document checking station at airports will not allow travelers into the checkpoint without a REAL ID-compliant license or another form of acceptable ID after May 7, 2025, according to TSA, because of a federal law (The REAL ID Act of 2005) that mandates a REAL ID is needed for federal purposes.
Travelers will start to notice new signs at airports nationwide to remind them that REAL ID-compliant licenses or other acceptable forms of ID, such as a valid passport, federal government PIV card or U.S. military ID, will be mandatory for air travel beginning on May 7, 2025, Burke explained. “Critically important, on May 7, 2025, individuals who are unable to verify their identity may not be permitted to enter the TSA checkpoint and will not be allowed to fly,” he said.
For more information and details about how to obtain a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license or identification card in Virginia, visit Virginia’s Department of Motor Vehicles website.
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