Cavaliers battle Spartans in Leelanau

From staff reports

The University of Virginia women’s Division One soccer team will play a preseason match against Michigan State University (MSU) women’s soccer team on Friday, Aug. 15, at 1 p.m. at Myles Kimmerly Park, one mile west of Maple City. The event is free and open to the public. Bring a lawn chair or blanket, and prepare to enjoy a fast-paced game of the world’s sport.

The nationally number-one ranked Virginia Cavaliers have held their preseason training at the Leelanau School for the past dozen years. Head coach Steve “Swanee” Swanson is a 1984 MSU graduate; his wife Julie (Polakowski) Swanson was a star basketball player at Leland High School, and was named the first-ever “Miss Basketball” in 1981 during her senior year. She went on to play basketball for the Spartans.

Read this story in our online archives about the Cavaliers and other top-notch college sports teams that train at the Leelanau School.