Virginia sets sights on Golden Eagles
By Sam Casscells | September 23, 2011[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_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.
After enjoying the winningest season in program history, the Virginia baseball team returns to the dugout at Davenport Field at 6 p.m.
[caption id="attachment_45800" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Senior goalkeeper Chantel Jones has allowed just 0.88 goals per game this season, but faces a North Carolina team that averages 3.29 goals Saturday.
[caption id="attachment_45777" align="alignleft" width="255" caption="Junior setter Beth Wildermuth leads Virginia with 389 assists this season.
[caption id="attachment_45773" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Junior Brittany Altomare led Virginia in scoring during 7 of 11 tournaments last year, including a first place finish at the Golfweek Collegiate Challenge.
Last Saturday's tussle against North Carolina at Chapel Hill held special meaning for Virginia redshirt freshman running back Kevin Parks.
[caption id="attachment_45702" align="alignleft" width="224" caption="Junior forward Will Bates bursted out of the gates, scoring four times during the game's first 20 minutes.
Many moons ago, there was a young, wily boxer - an overzealous, undersized scrapper who never fought as the physically bigger man.
[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.