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A men’s varsity lacrosse player has been arrested and charged with killing a member of the university’s women’s lacrosse team.

The victim has been identified as Yeardley Love, 22, a fourth-year student at the university, the Charlottesville police department said in a statement. Police said her body was discovered this morning at a 14th St. N..W. apartment.

“She suffered visible physical trauma, however the specific cause of death is undetermined pending an autopsy,” the statement said.

George Huguely, a senior at UVA was arrested for the slaying and has been charged with first degree murder. Huguely, also 22, was an All-American high school lacrosse player who plays for UVA men’s lacrosse team. He is from Chevy Chase, Maryland.

In a statement to the school community, UVA President John Casteen said “this death moves us to deep anguish for the loss of a student of uncommon talent and promise, and we express the University’s and our own sympathy for Yeardley’s family, teammates, and friends. That she appears now to have been murdered by another student compounds this sense of loss by suggesting that Yeardley died without comfort or consolation from those closest to her.”