Virginia crews dominate Oregon State, Tennessee
Three schools sent crew teams to Charlottesville to face No. 9 Virginia on the Rivanna River over the weekend, and three schools left with multiple losses.
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Three schools sent crew teams to Charlottesville to face No. 9 Virginia on the Rivanna River over the weekend, and three schools left with multiple losses.
In the first and only home meet of the season, the Virginia track team performed well as the host team. Though the Lou Onesty/Milton G. Abramson Meet is an unscored invitational meet, the Virginia women finished first and the men finished second. The Virginia women totaled a whopping 216.5 points in 19 events, ahead of second-place Monmouth University (66.50 points). The Virginia men finished with 131 points in an equal number of events, just 39 points behind the leader, Penn State University (180 points).
In the scattered rain of Saturday morning, the No. 6 Virginia women's crew team managed to win three out of five races against the No. 11 Michigan State Spartans.
In a battle of winless ACC teams Tuesday, the Virginia women's tennis team came out on top.
The University rowing team opens its 2005 spring season Saturday at the ACC/Big 10 Challenge. The regatta will be held on the Griggs Reservoir in Columbus, Ohio.
The Virginia softball team fell to No. 4 Tennessee 10-0 yesterday at the Park. It was this season's first game against a ranked opponent for Virginia.
The physical preparation is there, and the proof is a 10-1 regular season record, an undefeated 5-0 conference record and an ACC title. Yet now, after the regular season has ended, the No. 10 Virginia men's swimming and diving team is looking to prepare itself mentally and capitalize on its regular season success to perform on the national scale.
They are called the Wet Wahoos, and they are often overlooked in the world of swimming in Charlottesville, given the consistency and success of the Virginia men's and women's varsity swimming and diving team. The Virginia club swimming team has emerged from previous failure into a large and successful program. The team consists of roughly 125 swimmers who dedicate some of their free time to continuing their passion for swimming.
The entire fate of Virginia women's swimming does not rest on the times of three swimmers.
Complacency can be a fatal flaw. If a precedent has been set, then there is no need to expand upon it. Well if the Virginia men's swimming and diving team followed the norm, it would have stopped six years ago.
When the Virginia swimming and diving team's six straight ACC title streak began in 1999, the margin of victory over second-place Florida State was a measly 6.5 points.
It was not supposed to happen. All the hard-work, training, preparation and a successful regular season were indications of a promising postseason. To an uninformed bystander, a second place finish behind talented No. 12 Maryland may seem acceptable for the No. 13 Virginia women's swimming and diving team. But not for this Cavalier team, where second place means the end to its streak of two consecutive ACC titles.
In sports, experience is everything. It is the factor that overcomes the jitters and fears of big-stage performance. The defending ACC-champion Virginia women's swimming and diving team is ready to prove to the conference that it can capitalize on experience.
The streak continues.
They are both the same size, 6'2". They are practically the same weight, 185 and 170 pounds, respectively. They both have been numerously decorated in their swimming careers. However, Virginia junior Fran Crippen and Florida junior Ryan Lochte finished close in another category one of them had not hoped to, placement.
It is the moment that students and alumni eagerly wait for before each home football game -
There is nothing wrong with being a hard-working individual. A hard-working individual is often too busy making sure that their objectives are achieved to get caught up in the emotion of a situation.
Interceptions are typically associated with defensive backs and usually considered their most defining statistic. That is why it is strange to see two interceptions under the name Ahmad Brooks in Saturday's boxscore -- strange because the sophomore Brooks is a middle linebacker, a position not usually associated with picks or passes defended.
According to No. 4 Virginia's home record, Klöckner Stadium is a great environment to play in. Playing the last two games at home, including Sunday's contest against No. 24 Clemson, could give the Cavaliers the momentum they need entering the ACC tournament. So far this season, Virginia has won all of its games at Klöckner.