On Friday as Virginia opens training camp, reality replaces the visions as Kelly will officially return to the gridiron after a four-year hiatus to dominate for the school’s lacrosse coach, Dom Starsia.

Michael Colley died of an apparent heart attack during a walk at Virginia Beach, where he was vacationing with friends.

As Virginia prepares to face Cornell in the NCAA semifinals in Foxborough, Mass., on Saturday, Carroll figures to be, like he has all season, an important cog in an offense that ranks No. 1 in Division.

Virginia has announced its presence to the college lacrosse world — with authority.

The Cavaliers, looking extremely worthy as the tournament’s No. 1 seed, jumped the eighth-seeded Blue Jays early, then overwhelmed Hopkins en route to a 19-8 knockout before a crowd of 12,142.

The Cavaliers, looking extremely worthy as the tournament’s No. 1 seed, jumped the eighth-seeded Blue Jays early, then overwhelmed Hopkins en route to a 19-8 knockout before a crowd of 12,142.

When you consider that just one goal separated Virginia and Johns Hopkins when they last met during the regular season, it’s a near certainty that one of the most important players on the field for the rematch this Sunday in the NCAA tournament quarterfinals will be the smallest guy.

Against the 16th-seeded Wildcats, Virginia seemed to have at least temporarily cured its woes.

Behind five goals from Brian Carroll, four from Danny Glading and three apiece from Steele Stanwick and John Haldy, No. 1-seeded UVa (14-2) pounded Villanova, 18-6, in front of a crowd of 2,921.

This afternoon, 16 years later, Virginia and Villanova will finally meet again when the Cavaliers host the Wildcats in a first-round NCAA tournament game at Klockner Stadium.

According to Wikipedia, the law of averages is “a lay term used to express a belief that outcomes of a random event shall even out within a small sample.”

Virginia coach Dom Starsia says that in all of his years of coaching he’s never had a player “challenge” him as much as Mike Timms.

Timms has been in the Virginia lacrosse program since 2004. During that time, UVa has gone 0-5 against Duke.

In the fall, Gary Gill nearly had to splash water on his face. There they were — his three sons playing on the same lacrosse field, on the same team.

As the top-ranked Cavaliers prepare to face ninth-ranked Maryland in their ACC opener this afternoon at Klockner Stadium, they sit at 10-0.