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An emotional Bronco Mendenhall address the media a couple of hours after BYU annouced that Mendenhall was leaving to go and coach at Virginia University. Mendenhall spent most of the press conference with his eyes closed, looking down and wiping away tears.
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Rising up to the challenge

At the end of last year’s football season, many people looked at the Virginia program with disappointment. Across the country in Provo, Utah, Bronco Mendenhall looked at it as something quite different: a challenge.


Sophomore infielder Justin Novak struggled to produce in limited plate appearances last season. Tuesday afternoon, Novak started at second base and, with two hits, two runs and three RBIs, helped lead the Cavaliers to a 16-8 victory over William and Mary.
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​Cavaliers double up William and Mary, 16-8

In a battle of Jeffersonian origins, the No. 19 Virginia baseball team hosted William and Mary on a beautiful first day of March. Fresh off two losses in three games against East Carolina, their only home weekend series defeat to a non-conference club over coach Brian O’Connor’s tenure, the Cavaliers scratched across nine runs inthe first inning Tuesday.


Senior Ryan Shane ruled out with an undisclosed injury Saturday, sophomore Collin Altamirano stepped into Virginia's No. 1 singles position. Altamirano gave his all in a 6-2, 6-3 defeat, as the shorthanded Cavaliers fell 4-3 in Urbana, Illinois. 
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Illinois upsets men's tennis, 4-3

The No. 2 Virginia men’s tennis team suffered a tough loss to No. 11 Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, Ill. The Cavaliers fall to 8-2 on the year with this loss and the previous one to UNC.


Junior reliever Alec Bettinger blew a save and took the loss in Virginia's 5-4 loss to East Carolina on Friday. He made another appearance on Sunday and shut down the Pirates in a 4-2 victory. 
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Cavaliers salvage final game of series

The sun having already set behind the mountains that backdrop Davenport Field, Virginia baseball (4-3) entered the ninth inning with a 5-4 lead in Friday’s opener of a three-game series against East Carolina (6-1).


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All University students are required to live on Grounds in their first year, but they have many on and off-Grounds housing options going into their second year. Students face immense pressure to decide on housing as soon as possible, and this high demand has strained the capacities of both on and off-Grounds accommodations. Lauren Seeliger and Brandon Kile, two third-year Cavalier Daily News writers, discuss the impact of the student housing frenzy on both University students and the Charlottesville community.