[caption id="attachment_39111" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Freshman guard KT Harrell scored 13 points against Boston College, going 3-for-4 from the three-point line.
[caption id="attachment_39102" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Junior Emily Fraser won the singles title with two victories in Flight A.
[caption id="attachment_39098" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Junior Drew Courtney, above, and senior Michael Shabaz are the No.
Apparently the athletic department at Mr. Jefferson's University has a problem with free speech. How else can you explain the case of Greg Demery, a 46-year-old Arlington, Va.
[caption id="attachment_39046" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Senior guard Mustapha Farrakhan's hot hand carried Virginia to a 31-25 halftime lead, but he was limited to a single shot attempt after the break.
DURHAM, N.C. - About 45 minutes prior to Saturday's tip-off against Duke, I was doubled over on the side of the highway, ceaselessly puking out what appeared to be the remnants of several vital organs.
The top-ranked men's tennis team began its dual match season last night with a 12-1 win against No. 75 William & Mary.
[caption id="attachment_39022" align="alignleft" width="263" caption="Senior Chris Henrich, who recently became the winningest wrestler in Virginia history, added another win to his total against Pennsylvania but could not lift Virginia to victory Sunday.
[caption id="attachment_38956" align="alignleft" width="173" caption="Senior forward Will Sherrill started the past four games before fracturing his right fibula in the win against Minnesota Monday.
The Virginia men's and women's swimming and diving teams head south this weekend to take on some of the NCAA's strongest swimming programs at the Georgia Invitational. The lineups coming from Auburn, Georgia, Kansas, Minnesota, Penn State and Harvard are packed with depth and talent and will meet the Cavaliers in Athens for a three-days contest that will close out Virginia's competitive year. "This meet is the most competitive December invitational that we've been in in five years," coach Mark Bernardino said.
Senior forward Will Sherrill suffered a fractured fibula in his right leg in the second half of Monday's 87-79 win against Minnesota.
Junior midfielder Paige Selenski of the Virginia field hockey team and senior midfielder Sinead Farrelly of the Virginia women's soccer team were both named semifinalists for their respective player of the year awards. Selesnki, a Honda Award semifinalist for the second consecutive year, led the Cavaliers to their second consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament semifinals.
[caption id="attachment_38885" align="alignleft" width="208" caption="After leading Virginia to a 4-8 record this season, coach Mike London hopes to improve his team's chances in 2011 with his first recruiting class.
"That was probably as pathetic an effort defensively as we've had in a long time," Minnesota coach Tubby Smith said after his team lost to the Cavaliers Monday. Tubby almost had me there.
I'm going to make a pledge to all seven of my regular readers right now; during this upcoming holiday season, I will watch every single one of the 35 college football bowl games on TV. Why on earth would someone put themselves through that kind of torture? Well, I'll tell you, pessimistic, alternate voice.
[caption id="attachment_38881" align="alignleft" width="213" caption="Junior guard Ariana Moorer leads Virginia with 13.2 points per game and ranks second in assists.
[caption id="attachment_38828" align="alignleft" width="206" caption="Senior running back Keith Payne concluded his senior season as the leading scorer in the ACC with 16 touchdowns to go along with a team-high 749 yards.
As they do each year, the 30 teams in the NFL began this season with the same goal in mind: winning the Super Bowl.
Call me behind the times, but I can't stand Twitter. I generally have no interest in reading about what most people are doing as it is, and I have even less interest when it involves the terrible grammar necessary to limit their tweets to 140 characters.
[caption id="attachment_38824" align="alignleft" width="263" caption="Senior Chris Henrich swept all three of his matches during the weekend against Lehigh, Pittsburgh and Columbia.
