Five years ago redshirt senior Matt Nelson suffered a blow to his temple in wrestling practice which left him with a concussion. At the time, few people could have foreseen how the injury would derail his promising athletic career.
The Virginia men's and women's track and field teams posted a pair of fourth-place team finishes at the ACC Indoor Championships in Boston last weekend. The Cavaliers' day was highlighted by individual victories for seniors Marcus Robinson and Mark Amirault and juniors Morgane Gay and Pearl Bickersteth. Robinson's opening mark of 53 feet, 6.5 inches in the triple jump stood up to earn the All-American his second gold in the event.
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To cope with loss and disappointment, sports fans tend to dwell on the supposed significance of events which seemed irrelevant at the time.
The No. 12 Virginia women's tennis team won the Blue/Gray Classic in Montgomery, AL last weekend, reaching the final round with two decisive wins against Auburn and No.
The No. 3 Virginia men's tennis team cruised past in-state rival No. 37 Virginia Tech 6-1 in Blacksburg Sunday, rebounding from last week's loss against No.
Thirteen games into the season, the Virginia softball team is off to its best start since 1993. In its first home stand of the season this weekend, Virginia (11-2, 0-0 ACC) won all five of its games at the round-robin style Cavalier Invitational.
Bolstered by an exceptional performance from its defensive unit, the No.
The Virginia women's basketball team concluded its home schedule Friday before taking a trip to Tallahassee yesterday to defeat Florida State 66-57.
After a back-and-forth 11-inning affair against William & Mary in which freshman outfielder Mike Papi delivered a walk-off hit, the Cavaliers (5-1-1) walloped Monmouth (3-3) in the schools' first-ever meeting.
For the second consecutive game, the No.
An undersized Virginia men's basketball team constantly fought foul trouble and saw its best scorer suffer his worst performance of the season Saturday, yet it fell one shot short of taking No.
The Virginia softball team plays a rare series of home matches this weekend when it hosts the Cavalier Invitational, a tournament featuring Ohio, Colgate and Saint Joseph's. With an opening schedule consisting primarily of play on the road, the tournament marks the first and last time the Cavaliers (6-2, 0-0 ACC) will play in Charlottesville until March 24. The Cavaliers performed impressively in their first two tournaments, allowing fewer than two runs per game and scoring more than five on average. "It was a great way to open the season up," junior catcher Kristen Hawkins said after the East Carolina Pirate Classic, the squad's first tournament held in Greenville, NC. Virginia's pair of losses came last Friday at the East Carolina Pirate Clash - the squad's second tournament, also held in Greenville, NC - against two teams with high-caliber pitching.
