Wrestlers start fast, rout James Madison
Like eating a good breakfast to start the day, a wrestling team needs a strong start in the lower weight classes to get the momentum rolling in its favor.
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Like eating a good breakfast to start the day, a wrestling team needs a strong start in the lower weight classes to get the momentum rolling in its favor.
The best wrestler in the Commonwealth of Virginia is not 6-foot-5 and 300 pounds, like the monsters of the World Wrestling Federation. He wrestles on a mat, not in a ring. He is simply 5-foot-6 and weighs in at a meager 125 pounds. Fifth-year Cavalier tri-captain Steve Garland may be small, but he has become a big player in the world of collegiate wrestling.
The Virginia wrestling team heads to North Carolina tonight, looking to steal a pair of ACC wins against Duke at 7:30 p.m. and North Carolina State tomorrow at 2 p.m.
The Virginia baseball team, which finished seventh in the ACC last season, has been picked to take sixth place this year, according to the Preseason Baseball Coaches Poll. The Cavaliers received 31 voting points in the poll, tying them with N.C. State. The Cavs return 17 lettermen and seven starters from last year's team, which finished 21-35 overall and 8-15 in the ACC.
After beginning the season at VMI's Keydet Invitational, the action returns home where the Cavalier wrestling team, led by Coach Lenny Bernstein, will take on John Trudgeon's Keydets, in their first dual meet of the season.
The Virginia men's and women's swimming and diving teams will host this weekend's Cavalier Invitational at the Aquatic and Fitness Center. West Virginia, Central Connecticut State, Villanova and Harvard will all be competing for the tournament title.
The Virginia men's soccer team knew that in order to secure a spot in the 32-team NCAA Tournament they would have to conclude the season with a strong showing in the ACC tourney.
The ACC handed out two of its weekly football honors to a pair of Cavaliers for their part in Virginia's 45-38 victory over then-No. 7 Georgia Tech.
With the scent of last year's comeback win by the Ramblin' Wreck still lingering, the Virginia football team looks to gain revenge on Georgia Tech tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. at Scott Stadium. If the Cavs want to pull off the upset, however, they'll have to do it without Dan Ellis starting at quarterback.