[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.
[caption id="attachment_38769" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Virginia Tech sophomore running back David Wilson gashed the Cavalier defense for 148 rushing and receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Monday, Nov. 22 Washington def. Virginia 106-63 Then-No. 13 Washington shot 58 percent from the field - and made 17-of-26 three-point attempts - to hand Virginia its most lopsided defeat since a 99-54 loss at North Carolina March 1, 2006.
[caption id="attachment_38766" align="alignleft" width="168" caption="Junior forward Chelsea Shine leads Virginia in rebounding, blocks and steals.
The Virginia volleyball team concluded its season with a five-set loss at Virginia Tech Friday night.
[caption id="attachment_38718" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Junior defensive tackle Nick Jenkins hopes to improve a rush-defense that is the 14th worst in the nation in rushing yards allowed.
[caption id="attachment_38716" align="alignleft" width="161" caption="Redshirt junior Ryan Collins finished in 32nd place at the NCAA Championships yesterday, becoming just the sixth Cavalier ever to receive All-American honors.
It's the top of the first inning in the first game of the season and Charlie Brown is standing on a pitcher's mound covered in dandelions.
[caption id="attachment_38713" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sophomore Lauren Perdue earned two individual victories in the 50 and 200 free this past weekend at the Aquatic & Fitness Center.
Just as they have done all season long, the Cavaliers spent a nippy Saturday after noon in Boston fighting, scrapping, clobbering and pounding.
[caption id="attachment_38663" align="alignleft" width="266" caption="Junior midfielder Paige Selenski scored three goals Saturday, becoming the ninth player ever to do so in the tournament semifinals or finals.
[caption id="attachment_38661" align="alignleft" width="241" caption="Senior midfielder Sinead Farrelly scored the first of Virginia's two second-half goals in the contest.
The Virginia women's basketball team came back from a 16-point deficit late in the first half to secure a 74-63 victory against Longwood yesterday at John Paul Jones Arena. The Cavaliers started off the game cold, shooting just 8-for-35 in the first half.
