Team takes on Terrapins
By Daniel Weltz | September 30, 2011[caption id="attachment_46219" align="alignleft" width="183" caption="Sophomore forward Elly Buckley leads the Cavaliers with seven goals, four assists and 24 shots on goal.
[caption id="attachment_46219" align="alignleft" width="183" caption="Sophomore forward Elly Buckley leads the Cavaliers with seven goals, four assists and 24 shots on goal.
The last time the Virginia women's cross country team competed, it earned a perfect score of 15 by sweeping the first seven finishes at the Lou Onesty Open. Today, the Cavaliers will return to action for the Paul Short Invitational at Lehigh University.
[caption id="attachment_46142" align="alignleft" width="168" caption="Junior forward Caroline Miller earned ACC Women's Soccer Player of the Week honors after her golden goal in double overtime gave Virginia a 1-0 victory at No.
[caption id="attachment_46140" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Virginia coach Lee Maes addressed his players' recent struggles during an atypical post-game meeting last weekend.
If you've paid attention to college football's conference realignment headlines during the last two weeks, you probably have heard the following rumors: Texas A&M to the SEC; Texas A&M back to the Big-12; Texas A&M actually to the SEC; Texas and Texas Tech to the PAC-12; Oklahoma and Oklahoma State to the PAC-12; Texas and Texas Tech to the ACC; West Virginia to the ACC; West Virginia to the SEC; West Virginia to absolutely nowhere; Syracuse and Pitt to the ACC; Notre Dame and Penn State to the ACC; UConn and Rutgers to the ACC; Missouri to the SEC; A hybrid super-conference of the Big-12 and Big East remnants; a 22-team hybrid super-conference of the Mountain West and Conference USA; and BYU, Louisville, West Virginia and Cincinnati to the Big-12. Some of the rumors turned out to be true.
Have you ever watched one of your favorite players and thought, "This team would great if they had another guy just like him?" Well, for the next four years, Cavalier fans are in luck.
When I was 10 years old, I experienced the Giants' improbable run to Super Bowl XXXV. Unfortunately, I was too young to fully appreciate the moment.
Like any Giants fan, I was ecstatic to see defensive tackle Chris Canty - a former Wahoo - knock Michael Vick off his feet last Sunday during the third quarter of a crucial NFC East matchup.
[caption id="attachment_46043" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Senior Ben Kohles netted his 18th career top-10 finish Tuesday, as both he and freshman Denny McCarthy tied for fourth at the VCU Shootout.
[caption id="attachment_45979" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Freshman right side hitter Tori Janowski paced Virginia with 10 kills against Miami Sunday after tallying eight against Florida State Friday.
In the age of 24 hour-a-day sports coverage, overreaction has become the norm. We all have become conditioned to extremism - every fumble is cause for a benching, each loss means it's time for a coach to go and an upset is a surefire sign that the season is over.
[caption id="attachment_45976" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="On the first shot of the second overtime against North Carolina, junior forward Caroline Miller buried the golden goal into the corner of the net for her team-leading 10th goal of the season.
[caption id="attachment_45974" align="alignleft" width="292" caption="Junior Jarmere Jenkins triumphed in the orange singles and orange doubles draws at the U.Va.
[caption id="attachment_45919" align="alignleft" width="146" caption="Junior outside linebacker LaRoy Reynolds recorded a team-high 12 tackles and also forced a key fumble but could not prevent a big play late from Southern Miss.
"Sunshine go away today/ I don't feel much like dancing." Jonathan Edwards first crooned the opening words of "Sunshine" in 1971 as an anti-war protest.
[caption id="attachment_45916" align="alignleft" width="203" caption="Freshman midfielder Eric Bird entered Friday's game against North Carolina tied for fourth on the team in scoring with one goal and two assists.
[caption id="attachment_45914" align="alignleft" width="267" caption="Freshman midfielder Kelsey LeBlanc scored the first of Virginia's goals against Boston College for her second goal of the season.
[caption id="attachment_45868" align="alignleft" width="192" caption="Sophomore quarterback Michael Rocco has completed 61.1 percent of his passes for 652 yards.
[caption id="attachment_45866" align="alignleft" width="218" caption="Senior defender Hunter Jumper comes back from suspension tonight.
[caption id="attachment_45864" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sophomore midfielder Elly Buckley leads Virginia with five goals, 13 points and 26 shots this season.