Volleyball
The Virginia Tech women's volleyball team opened its season with a record of 3-0 for the first time since the 1981 season. Head Coach Greg Smith's first coaching effort saw the Hokies finish 3-1 for the tournament, taking second in the Hokie Volleyball Classic at Cassell Coliseum behind Southwest Texas.
Football
The football team played before an all-time record crowd of 56,272 in Saturday's 52-23 win over Akron.
Cross Country
Wet and muddy conditions did not slow the Virginia Tech men's and women's
cross country teams Saturday as both squads picked up perfect-score
victories over Virginia Military Institute.
Although the men were solid against VMI with a 15-50 score, the alumni team
was another story. The alumni men's team claimed a victory over the varsity
team for first time in meet history. Mike Cox led the way for the
ex-Hokies, with a winning time of 20:16 on the four-mile course. He was
followed in the team scoring by fellow graduates Jay Johns and Jason Dowdy.
Tech's top two runners, Chris Seaton and Ben Dowdy, are redshirting the
season and therefore did not count in the overall scoring. Seaton took
second and Dowdy was fourth, but without their efforts contributing to the
team scores, the alumni earned their first victory 29-30 in the nine years
the meet has been held. Michael Christman and Paul Hayes were the top two
varsity runners.
