NOVA’s co-ed ice hockey team began its season on Sept. 16, and has played eight regular games through Nov. 5.

The NOVA men’s soccer team’s chances for a winning season rested on the results of its final game against the Stevenson University JV team in a match on Oct. 23 near Baltimore.

Baha is the oldest of four brothers. He was born in Afghanistan and came to the U.S. with his family 14 years ago….Starting with a tiny room with three machines, he helped to establish a fitness center at the NOVA Alexandria campus.

This year’s Northern Virginia Community College women’s volleyball team carried over three players from last year’s 11-14 squad and added two new sophomores plus five freshmen.

Photos by: Carina Thornton

NOVA Flag Football team practice at Loudoun campus.

NOVA has recently announced that it has joined the National Junior College Athletic Association, effective for the 2011-12 academic year.

The NOVA men’s soccer team won its second match of the young season on the afternoon of Sept. 27 at Woodbridge’s Howison Homestead Park.

With the loss, Coach Matt Blarney’s team ended with a 3-8 record in NOVA’s second year of fielding a lacrosse team.

About 80 NOVA athletics, coaches and managers from six teams gathered at the Springfield Hilton on the night of April 28 to celebrate their various sports, at the annual sports banquet.