Think back to the days just before this semester began. This was a time when Charlottesville was still hot and humid, first-year students were about to soil themselves out of nervousness and Virginia football was on the brink of a renaissance.
[caption id="attachment_37191" align="alignleft" width="214" caption="Junior goalkeeper Chantel Jones needs one more shutout in a Cavalier uniform to tie the Virginia record for most shutouts in a career.
Unless you were one of the few people who watched Team USA beat Turkey to capture gold at the FIBA World Basketball Championships, your most recent basketball memory is probably watching LeBron James stab Cleveland Cavaliers fans in the back during The Decision.
[caption id="attachment_37125" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Redshirt junior guard Sammy Zeglinski will be sidelined for an undetermined amount of time after he suffered a knee injury during practice.
"The Office" is back for its seventh season, and because this is Steve Carell's farewell tour with the Scranton crew, I had high hopes that the show's writers would pull out all the stops.
[caption id="attachment_37122" align="alignleft" width="228" caption="Junior midfielder Paige Selenski scored two goals last night to help the No.
[caption id="attachment_37120" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior Emil Heineking won his second consecutive individual title at Panorama Farms Friday.
The No. 25 men's golf team won its second consecutive tournament of the 2010 season, topping the leaderboard at The Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate.
[caption id="attachment_37062" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior running back Keith Payne ran for a touchdown and 107 yards on 23 carries, just seven yards shy of his career high.
Following the opening kickoff, my North Carolina friend turned to me and made an outrageous prediction. "T.J.
[caption id="attachment_37059" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Junior forward Brian Ownby injected energy into the Virginia attack despite battling a sore throat.
The Virginia volleyball team had a tough weekend in Memorial Gymnasium, losing 3-0 Friday against Duke before falling 3-1 Sunday against Wake Forest. The losses ended a three-game winning streak for the Cavaliers (9-10, 3-6 ACC). The Blue Devils (16-3, 8-1 ACC) were knotted with Virginia at 9-9 in the first set Friday but pulled away to earn an 18-10 lead.
Another game, another down-to-the-wire finish for the Virginia women's soccer team. The Cavaliers beat the visiting Wake Forest Demon Deacons 2-1, despite playing a man down for more than 70 minutes during the game. Virginia (10-3-1, 4-2-0 ACC) started the game with an unconventional lineup - junior goalkeeper Chantel Jones, ranked second in Virginia history with 30 shutouts, was benched for the first 10 minutes for reasons the coaches said they wished to keep in-house.
[caption id="attachment_37052" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Freshman midfielder Katie Robinson scored her first career goal in Saturday's loss against No.
The South's Oldest Rivalry will be renewed once again tomorrow as the Virginia football team squares off against North Carolina for the 115th meeting between the two conference foes. Virginia has won 10 of the last 12 matchups against the Tar Heels.
After a hard-fought match against in-state foe James Madison, Virginia heads back into conference play tonight to face ACC rival Virginia Tech. The Cavaliers (8-2-2, 1-2-1 ACC) endured an arduous, scoreless 110 minutes against JMU (7-2-2, 2-1-1 CAA) Tuesday night.
It was a long 82 minutes for the nervous fans at Kl
The Virginia volleyball team looks to continue its three-game winning streak as it returns home this weekend to take on ACC foes Duke and Wake Forest. The Cavaliers (9-8, 3-4 ACC), who began 0-4 in the conference, are coming off of two impressive performances last weekend, defeating Boston College 3-1 and sweeping Maryland 3-0.
The Virginia men's and women's cross country teams will return home this weekend to host the Panorama Farms Invitational.
[caption id="attachment_37005" align="alignleft" width="198" caption="Sophomore midfielder Tara Puffenberger has scored in two straight games for the Cavaliers, tallying seven goals on the season.
