Virginia drops second straight game Sunday
By Cavalier Daily Staff | February 16, 2009The Virginia women?s basketball team fell Sunday for the second time in four days, losing to N.C.
The Virginia women?s basketball team fell Sunday for the second time in four days, losing to N.C.
The Virginia men?s lacrosse team found retribution for its 2006 season-opening upset with a 13-7 home victory Saturday against Drexel.
Senior weekend was a success for the Virginia wrestling team, as the squad picked up its first two conference wins of the season.The Cavaliers (11-10, 2-2 ACC) faced N.C.
The Virginia men?s basketball team ? loser of eight straight ACC games ? is set to face No.
No. 15 Virginia was unable to defeat conference foe No. 9 Maryland last night, as the Cavaliers (19-6, 5-4 ACC) fell to the Terrapins (20-4, 8-2 ACC) 94-78 in College Park.
Two years ago, almost to the day, the then-top-ranked Virginia men?s lacrosse team stood on the University Hall Turf Field in disbelief.
?Perseverance, character and integrity,? are what define this year?s seniors, Virginia coach Steve Garland said.The Cavaliers (9-10, 0-2 ACC) will have a chance to put those qualities to the test when they play host to N.C.
?People have underrated us.?Senior Dominic Inglot will have a chance to prove his critics wrong this weekend when the No.
Former Virginia defensive coordinator Bob Pruett officially announced his retirement Wednesday, stepping down after 30 years of service in the collegiate coaching ranks.
The Virginia women?s basketball team will commence a two-game road swing tonight when it travels to College Park, Md.
And you thought photos of Michael Phelps hitting the bong were big news.
?We?re on a mission a little bit more than last year.?While Virginia sophomore Rhamel Bratton meant for the statement to apply to the entire Cavalier men?s lacrosse team, it is perhaps most relevant to the squad?s midfielders.Although the main offensive threat on a lacrosse team typically lies with a team?s attack, Virginia?s returning midfielders still feel as if they were not up to par in 2008.?Defenses would slide down and favor the attack more, so it would make games tougher when the midfielders didn?t pick up the slack,? Bratton said.This year, the Cavaliers? midfield is looking to create more opportunities on offense, and much of that production could come from Rhamel?s twin brother, Shamel, who netted 14 goals last season, including overtime winners against Johns Hopkins and Syracuse during the regular season.?Shamel has been a revelation since the beginning of fall lacrosse,? Virginia coach Dom Starsia said.
Three national championships, five ACC titles, 54 All-Americans. The Virginia women?s lacrosse team boasts a decorated history, and if a No.
That thumping you heard last week? Right around 1 in the afternoon?
?It?s a vicious cycle.?That?s how Virginia men?s tennis player senior Dominic Inglot described his struggle of overcoming a torn rotator cuff injury.
For the first time since Jan. 6 in a 74-50 win against Brown, the Virginia men?s basketball team won the first half against Florida State yesterday.
It is the evening of Feb. 3, 2008, and the New England Patriots just closed out a season of what could have been the most impressive season performance in NFL history with a loss in the most important game of that season, thus finishing 18-1, just one game shy of perfection.
I went to Virginia Tech for a year after graduating from high school.
Virginia softball will head out to Las Vegas this weekend to play in the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic.
FootballThree of the top 11 recruiting classes in the nation were fielded by ACC teams during signing day a week ago.