Usually on Sundays, we here at Outside the Boxscore like to name our Winner/Winners of the Week whether it be a sports team/inanimate object/or something completely off the wall.
Here is this week's winner: University of Virginia Women's Lacrosse
When this women's lacrosse score flashed across most news agencies and ESPN's bottom line, "North Carolina 17 Virginia 7", it not only ended Virginia's title hopes for the 2010 Women's Lacrosse title but might have ended the extra pain for having to play for slained player, Yeardley Love.
Love was found dead of an apparent murder back in the early parts of May at an off-campus apartment. The only suspect in her murder was her boyfriend, George Huguely who also played lacrosse for the Virginia men's team. Not only did it shock both lacrosse teams but having two lives changed forever is a shame to say the least.
The women's lacrosse team won their opening round playoff game in the women's lacrosse tournament against Towson amongst cheers for Yeardley Love and the team wearing armbands/t-shirts with the slogan, "One Team, One Heart, One Love" to signify their fallen hero.
Although their dreams ended against North Carolina, the world of sports is just that, the world of sports. The grand schema of things is more unbelievable than we can imagine but maybe that one win helped the team cope with the loss of Love and give tribute to her as a human being and player.
The healing process can now begin for these young women and they have their whole lives ahead of them to achieve anything they want. At Virginia's graduation today, Love will be posthumously awarded her degree and her teammates will walk in her honor.
We here at Outside the Boxscore send our condolences to Love's family and the members of the Virginia's women's lacrosse team, our winners of the week.
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Winners of the Week: University of Virginia Women's Lacrosse
