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Sophomore goalie Matt Barrett qualifies as a veteran on the youthful Virginia defense. He is currently eighth in the country in saves per game (13.25).
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Virginia’s young defense growing up fast

Through a combination of graduations, transfers and injuries, the Virginia men’s lacrosse team lost virtually every regular from 2014’s defense. The lone holdover is sophomore goalie Matt Barrett, who had his share of struggles a year ago.


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Late run pushes Virginia past Harvard

The No.8 Virginia women’s lacrosse team opened its home schedule on Tuesday afternoon with a 13-9 victory against Harvard. Down one goal with 14:27 remaining in the game, the Cavaliers (3-2, 0-1 ACC) went on a 5-0 run to secure its second straight win of the season.


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Projecting Virginia’s top NFL Prospects

Dating back to 1984, Virginia has had a player selected in the NFL draft for 31 consecutive seasons. And in 2015 — with the likes of Eli Harold, Max Valles and Anthony Harris headlining a list of 18 draft eligible alumni — the streak is sure to continue to 32 years.


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Last-Second Goal Lifts No. 8 Women's Lacrosse past Penn State

With four seconds remaining in the game, Virginia senior attacker Casey Bocklett scored a goal to seal the 16-15 victory for the eighth-ranked Cavaliers over No.9 Penn State Saturday afternoon, closing out their season-opening road trip. Virginia had previously lost to No. 3 Syracuse and No. 5 Northwestern by one goal apiece.


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No. 11 men's tennis falls again to Baylor

For the 11th-ranked Virginia (7-2) men’s tennis team, the beginning of the spring 2015 season has been an increasingly complicated puzzle. Although it boasts the top two singles players in the nation in sophomore Thai-Son Kwiatkoski and junior Ryan Shane, the Cavaliers have now dropped two matches in 15 days, both to the fifth-ranked Baylor Bears (9-2), following seven straight wins to begin the year.


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Softball goes 1-2 against Pittsburgh

The Virginia softball team (4-14, 1-2 ACC) traveled to the FMU Softball Stadium in Florence, South Carolina, where it sandwiched a win between two losses to drop the series to Pittsburgh (15-2, 2-1 ACC). The Cavaliers began their first series of conference play with a doubleheader on Saturday.


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Men place 8th at ACC Championships

After suffering suspensions, transfers and injuries, the No. 25 Virginia men’s swimming and diving team suspected its usual standard of excellence would be tough to meet in 2015. However, that knowledge did little to ease the pain of its ACC Championship Meet performance.


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Women's basketball knocks off No. 8 Louisville

The Virginia women’s basketball team ended its regular season at John Paul Jones Arena with a bang Sunday afternoon by upsetting No. 8 Louisville 75-59 on Senior Day and securing its first win against a ranked opponent and 13th win at home this year.


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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.