[caption id="attachment_36936" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Redshirt senior running back Anthony Allen scored three touchdowns on a career-high 195 yards rushing Saturday.
I hardly recognized him at first. Where was the turtleneck or the sweatshirt? But the body language gave him away like an elderly woman at a David Guetta concert.
It was one strike away from being the best game of my life, but three errors made it the worst. My dad, brother and I stood still in Turner Field, temporarily paralyzed by emotions too bitter to comprehend.
[caption id="attachment_36932" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sophomore forward Will Bates scored two goals against Alabama A&M but left Tuesday's match against JMU after the 29th minute with a bruised knee.
[caption id="attachment_36930" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior midfielder Lindsey Miller nearly scored what would have been a game-winning goal during the 55th minute, but game officials said it did not count.
The Virginia volleyball team traveled north this weekend and came back with two wins against Boston College and Maryland. Friday night, the Cavaliers (9-8.
[caption id="attachment_36880" align="alignleft" width="255" caption="Senior running back Keith Payne and the rest of the Cavalier rushing attack will need to keep the Georgia Tech offense off the field to give Virginia a chance Saturday in Atlanta.
[caption id="attachment_36878" align="alignleft" width="257" caption="Senior forward Meghan Lencyzk scored the game-winning goal against No.
The No. 4 Virginia field hockey team (10-1, 1-1 ACC) welcomes No. 3 Princeton to Turf Field tonight, pitting two of the nation's top teams against each other. The matchup against the Tigers (8-1, 3-0 Ivy) brings a sense of competitiveness that may not be present with other matches.
As most University students return home to enjoy Fall Break, players on the men's soccer team will be busy with two non-conference games at Kl
[caption id="attachment_36874" align="alignleft" width="159" caption="Sophomore middle hitter Jessica O'Shoney ranked third in the ACC with a .388 attack percentage and sixth with 1.16 blocks per set.
[caption id="attachment_36805" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Junior midfielder Paige Selenski scored her team-leading 16th goal against Longwood last night to put Virginia ahead 1-0.
[caption id="attachment_36799" align="alignleft" width="169" caption="Second-year coach Tony Bennett praised his six freshmen yesterday but said they still need to learn his defense.
Coach Jack Clark lost his job last week. Given the ever-changing carousal of coaches, one man getting fired hardly seems like news.
[caption id="attachment_36791" align="alignleft" width="264" caption="Fifth-year senior Stephanie Garcia won the Lou Onesty Open at Panorama Farms to open her last year, earning ACC Performer of the Week honors.
[caption id="attachment_36741" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Junior midfielder Brian Ownby scored his third goal of the season for the Cavaliers off an Ari Dimas corner in the fifth minute of the game.
I wrote the first draft of this column Saturday night, with the sight of the Florida State Seminoles intercepting multiple Virginia passes still fresh in my mind.
[caption id="attachment_36738" align="alignleft" width="235" caption="Freshman forward Elly Buckley currently leads the team with six assists on the season and is second on the team in points, having scored 20 in her 10 games for Virginia.
[caption id="attachment_36736" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The sand courts currently being built on Nameless Field will provide a new training method for the volleyball program.
Just as it was for generations of Americans before me, some of the most cherished moments of my childhood were spent at a ballpark.
