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Volleyball

Molten Classic

The VCU volleyball team will be in Provo, Utah, this weekend to participate in the Molten Classic. Opponents include Stanford, ranked number four in the CSTV/AVCA Division I Preseason Top-25 Coaches Poll. Then, they’ll play Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Friday, and will stay in Provo through Saturday night to play Stanford and BYU.

Volleyball

Molten Classic

The VCU volleyball team will be in Provo, Utah, this weekend to participate in the Molten Classic. Opponents include Stanford, ranked number four in the CSTV/AVCA Division I Preseason Top-25 Coaches Poll. Then, they’ll play Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Friday, and will stay in Provo through Saturday night to play Stanford and BYU.

Last weekend, VCU came out of the Duke Invitational with a 2-1 record, beating gardner-Webb and Marquette, but losing to Duke.

BYU, which has qualified for the NCAA 20 times now, will host the tournament and be VCU’s final challenge. The Rams are bringing with them Ludmila Francescatto (Fraiburga, Brazil), named Monday as the CAA Player of the Week for getting 25 kills and 22 digs against Marquette last week, tacking on her third 20-20 performance and setting a new personal record in digs.

Women’s Soccer

Connecticut Huskies Classic

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The women’s soccer team wrapped up the Florida Atlantic Tournament with a tie Sunday, Aug. 27, at Florida Atlantic.

In the 14th minute of Sunday’s game, Hayley Moorwood (Auckland, New Zealand) scored the Rams’ point after Leigh Anthony (Fredericksburg/W.T. Woodson HS) crossed over a free kick to her.

No more scoring took place until the 74th minute, when the Florida Atlantic Owls player Tessa McGarrity sent a kick over the goalkeeper’s head.

VCU was outnumbered on shots 8-12 and each team had four shots-on-goal.

The Rams beat the Stetson Hatters 3-1 on Saturday, Aug. 26, with a 13-3 advantage over Stetson in shots, and 8-2 for shots-on-goal.

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