Virginia Tech swimming and diving wrapped up competition this past week at the SMU Classic with both programs finishing ahead of ranked teams in the final standings.
The No. 11 men’s squad finished second with 256 points, defeating No. 21 SMU, Missouri and Arizona. On the women’s side, the Hokies finished fifth overall and edged out No. 22 Arizona in the team standings.
Golf runner ups
The Virginia Tech golf team finished tournament play at the Testudo Cup on Tuesday, finishing second as a team and carding a 3-under 861 (291-287-283). The three-round event took place at P.B. Dye Golf Club (par 72, 7,099 yards). The Hokies’ final round was the best of all teams, posting a 5-under to end the tournament.
won the individual title, carding a 10-under 206 (70-68-68) for his first collegiate victory. recorded 14 birdies on his way to the title, tied for second across all tournament players. tied for fifth individually with a 3-under 213 (70-72-71).
This is the second runner-up finish for the Hokies, who tied for second at the J.T. Poston Invitational in September.
Former Hokie honored
Former Virginia Tech men’s soccer goalkeeper has been named the 2026 MLS NEXT Pro Goalkeeper of the Year, the league announced Thursday.
Joseph earned the honor after a standout professional debut with Portland Timbers2, helping the club secure its first-ever MLS NEXT Pro postseason berth and the Pacific Division title. The San Diego, Calif., native led the league with 12 clean sheets, anchoring a defensive unit that conceded the second-fewest goals (29) in the league and recorded the second-fewest losses (4) during the regular season.
In his first professional campaign, Joseph started all 23 of his appearances, logging 2,070 minutes and recording 65 saves. His consistency between the posts helped Timbers2 finish second in the Western Conference with 57 points and earn the No. 2 seed in the conference playoffs.
RU duo Big South weekly honors
The Big South Conference announced Thursday afternoon that Radford University men’s golf junior (Golfer of the Week) and David Goode (Freshman of the Week) swept the conference’s weekly awards list for the second time this season. After a slow start in the Golfweek Fall Challenge finishing in T-50th place and T-55th place at the Bryan National Collegiate, Blevins had a breakout performance this week competing at the Testudo Cup.
The junior placed eighth overall with a score of 215 (-1) to lead the Highlanders.
Blevins started out day one slow going three-over par on his first round of play, as Radford as a team took a round to get going. That was followed by shooting one-over during his second round to end the day at four-over. However, on the second day and final round of play, Blevins tied the best round of the competition with a score of five-under par for a round score of 67.
He found his stride on the eighth hole, a 483-yard par 5, with the junior shooting an eagle to go along with five other birdies. The next best scoring Highlander was the freshman Goode with a score of 216 (E) to finish just one place behind Blevins in T-9th place overall to continue his strong start to the year.
