“He’s been playing the last six weeks basically on one good leg and hasn’t really been able to practice,” Virginia coach Dom Starsia said Monday. “But he came back to practice about two weeks ago. He’s not 100 percent, but he’s starting to feel a little bit better finally, and I think he realized that with the way we are right now offensively and personnel-wise, we just needed out attack to step up more. I think he’s been a little frustrated because he hasn’t been able to perform in games the way he felt like he should be and contribute as much in practice. … As we’ve had to re-tool offensively, it’s been hard not to have him with us. About two weeks ago, he decided that he was going to try to do more in practice in spite of the fact that he’s a little bit gimpy. So we don’t ask him to do everything that we do, but just having him out there has been good for my peace of mind, if nothing else.”

Speaking of Starsia, Sunday’s victory tied him with former Army coach Jack Emmer for the most wins by a coach on the Division I level. Naturally, Starsia tried to downplay his career record of 326-118.

“I think anybody would understand if I told you that I haven’t really had a lot of time to think about it,” he said. “It’s been a complicated endeavor over 37 years. It was really neat that Jack was here yesterday. For me, I think Jim Adams [of Army, Penn and Virginia] has held the record and Dick Garber [of Massachusetts] maybe and Jack Emmer. Those were the people that were my role models as I was growing up in coaching and to be on any list that includes those guys is a little bit humbling. When we have a little time to consider all this, we can think about it some more.”