[caption id="attachment_45611" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="After collecting a red card Friday night against No.
Bundle up, Virginia, the ACC is about to get a lot colder. In a move which shows how little even its own members think of Big East football, Syracuse and Pittsburgh have applied to, and were subsequently unanimously accepted to, the Atlantic Coast Conference.
[caption id="attachment_45608" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Junior back Phoebe Willis hails from a family which has seen 17 of its members come and go from Grounds during the last 150 years.
[caption id="attachment_45606" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Junior middle blocker Jessica O'Shoney registered 27 total kills to lead the Cavaliers during their two-game slate in Blacksburg this past weekend.
Several members of the Virginia women's tennis team found early success this past weekend as the Cavaliers hosted foes from a variety of schools in the U.Va.
[caption id="attachment_45528" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior fullback Max Milien snagged a short pass from sophomore quarterback Michael Rocco and took it the distance during the third quarter.
The play-by-play section of a box score is a familiar sight for any seasoned football fan. Before Matt Welsh and I road-tripped to Chapel Hill for our first Virginia away game, we decided to record our own play-by-play of the events prior to kickoff.
[caption id="attachment_45525" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Junior forward Will Bates put Virginia ahead in the 71st minute after converting a penalty kick, but his goal was not enough.
The No. 18 Virginia field hockey team continued its worst season start in more than a decade after a disappointing weekend in Evanston, Ill.
The No. 14 Virginia women's soccer team suffered its second loss of the season yesterday afternoon against No.
[caption id="attachment_45466" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Junior linebacker Steve Greer recorded seven tackles against Indiana to bring his total on the season to nine, the third-most on the team.
[caption id="attachment_45463" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sophomore forward Gloria Douglas opened the scoring in the 14th minute against Maryland and later added an assist.
For most of Michele Madison's tenure as Virginia's field hockey coach, the results have been impressive.
[caption id="attachment_45458" align="alignleft" width="266" caption="Freshman forward Chris Somerville has started all six games for Virginia this season but has failed to find the net since a 7-1 romp against Richmond Aug.
[caption id="attachment_45381" align="alignleft" width="194" caption="Senior defender Amanda Fancher and the rest of Virginia's defense will go up against a Maryland attack that averaged three goals per game and never lost during its opening eight matches.
I try to like the MLB. I really do. I can live with the quaint opposition to instant replay in an attempt to keep the game as it was back in the day.
[caption id="attachment_45376" align="alignleft" width="262" caption="Entering this weekend's slate against the Hokies and the Huskies, junior settle Beth Wildermuth is averaging 9.97 assists per set.
Following a disappointing 3-0 shutout loss against Michigan State Saturday, the Virginia field hockey team received positive news Tuesday as it was announced that senior midfielders Paige Selenski and Michelle Vittese would participate in the upcoming Pan American Games for Team USA. The qualifier tournament, which will be held Oct.
[caption id="attachment_45323" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior kicker Robert Randolph earned his second consecutive National Placekicker of the Week award after his 23-yard field goal handed the Cavaliers a 34-31 victory.
Quickly, raise your hand if you have heard one of these before: "He's a great closer; when the game's on the line you want the ball in his hands." Or, on the other side, "He's a choke artist; he just doesn't know how to finish games." I write this because as a die-hard Dallas Cowboys fan, last Sunday I was forced to watch in agony as my team blew a 14-point fourth-quarter lead, thanks in large part to the struggles of quarterback Tony Romo.
