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Pressure is on Peerman, Cavaliers to improve rush attack Saturday
By Ernie Washington | November 29, 2008]]>
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Many Virginia Tech fans are not too fond of Sean Glennon.Virginia coach Al Groh, on the other hand, has nothing but good things to say about the senior quarterback.
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33-21. 17-0. 52-14. These are the double-digit losses the seniors of the Virginia football team have endured during their careers as Cavaliers.Going back one more year, for the team?s fifth-year seniors, Virginia was defeated 24-10 by the Hokies back in 2004 as well.
After what could turn out to be the toughest road stint of the Virginia women?s basketball season, during which the Cavaliers faced then-No.
What is about to go down Saturday in Blacksburg is the 90th edition of the Virginia-Virginia Tech football game.
For 27 consecutive seasons, the Virginia men?s soccer team has hosted an NCAA Tournament game.
Back in mid-September, I wrote a column making a series of bold and unlikely predictions about the college and pro football seasons this year.
On paper, it would seem that any ACC men?s basketball team should put a pounding on Virginia?s Big South foe Liberty tonight at John Paul Jones Arena.Virginia, however, has yet to dominate anybody this season, including two other foes from the Big South.
The Virginia men?s cross country team put the final touches on what has been an impressive season for first-year coach Jason Vigilante with a 14th place showing at yesterday?s NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind.
The No. 24 Virginia wrestling team fell to No. 14 Penn State 19-15 Sunday morning in a match that came down to the last wrestler at the Sprawl & Brawl held in Binghamton, N.Y.The surprise of the match was Cavalier freshman Jedd Moore, who beat the No.
Womensfieldhockey.com named Virginia field hockey freshman midfielder Paige Selenski National Rookie of the Year yesterday.
In the Monday, Nov. 24 Sports column titled ?Groh must ... stay??, the columnist wrote, ?When Peter Lalich?s father Todd tells The Daily Progress that Al Groh turns boys into men after Peter is kicked off the team, that tells me something.? The sentence should have stated, ?When Peter Lalich?s father Todd tells The Daily Progress that Al Groh turns boys into men after Peter is suspended from the team, that tells me something.? Todd Lalich?s statement was made before Peter Lalich officially left the Virginia football team.
Virginia?s volleyball team lost both of its matches this weekend in the team?s final road trip of the season.Visiting Wake Forest (19-12, 10-9 ACC) in a match Friday evening, the Cavaliers (16-15, 8-11 ACC) fell 3-1 (18-25, 25-20, 25-27, 25-19). Virginia was led in Friday?s match by senior outside hitter Beth Shelton, who put up 19 kills while landing a double-double with 13 digs.The Cavaliers traveled Saturday evening to Durham where they fell 3-0 (24-26, 15-25, 21-25). Two seniors, Shelton and middle blocker Shannon Davis, led the team with nine kills apiece in their final road match.The Cavaliers play their final match of the regular season Friday at 6 p.m.
The close game against VMI was considered an entertaining, high-scoring affair.
?I think our effort was there tonight,? senior midfielder/defender Nikki Krzysik said.
Should Virginia coach Al Groh be fired?It?s a question that sportswriters and fans have brought up following every game since Virginia was embarrassed at Duke 31-3 in Durham Sept.
?It?s a pretty easy game to describe, right?? Virginia coach Al Groh said.
Eight months ago tomorrow, the Virginia women?s basketball team fell in a tight match to Old Dominion at the Monarchs? arena in Norfolk, Va.
The Virginia men?s and women?s cross country teams finish their respective seasons today in the NCAA National Championships, and both teams have high hopes of capturing the title in Terre Haute, Ind.
