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The perfect storm

By Dan Stalcup | November 17, 2009

Unless you have some combination of the powers of teleportation and time travel, chances are you missed at least some parts of the monumental games and competitions this past weekend. And that's a shame - Friday, Saturday and Sunday were one of the most remarkable weekends in recent Virginia sports history. Here's an hour-by-crazy-hour account of those incredible three days for those of us who don't drive DeLoreans. Friday, 5 p.m.: At University Park, Pa., the unranked women's soccer team takes on St.

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Seniors see fond farewell spoiled by visiting Duke

By Abbey Hendricks | November 17, 2009

[caption id="attachment_32027" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Senior outside hitter Lauren Dickson was one of three Cavaliers honored before the squad's final home match of the year.

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Fixing the

By Eric Strow | November 17, 2009

Let's assume for a second you asked the BCS to embrace a playoff-style tournament to decide college football's champion, and your request was rejected emphatically.

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No. 2 Virginia punches ticket to national semis

By Aaron Bernstein | November 16, 2009

[caption id="attachment_31994" align="alignleft" width="238" caption="Sophomore midfielder Paige Selenski boosted Virginia to its third-ever NCAA semifinal appearance Sunday with her game-winning goal in overtime against Michigan State.

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Fresh look gives Cavs debut win

By Jack Bird | November 16, 2009

[caption id="attachment_31992" align="alignleft" width="203" caption="Sophomore guard Sylven Landesberg's 23 points helped the Cavaliers to a season-opening win against Longwood Friday.

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Step one

By Andrew Seidman | November 16, 2009

There's only so much you can take away from Friday's season opener against Longwood, but game one of the Tony Bennett era certainly presented some of the new coach's principles that will be put to the test against better competition in the near future. I've heard concerns that Bennett's defense-first approach will translate into dull, low-scoring games, with the offense primarily operating in half-court sets.

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Eagles inch past feisty Cavaliers en route to fourth-quarter victory

By Andrew Seidman | November 16, 2009

[caption id="attachment_31989" align="alignleft" width="234" caption="Rashawn Jackson ran for 61 yards in the Cavaliers' 14-10 loss against Boston College.

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Squad boosts Ryan into elite 700-win club with pair of wins

By Dan Stalcup | November 16, 2009

[caption id="attachment_31987" align="alignleft" width="236" caption="Coach Debbie Ryan earned her 700th career win when the Cavaliers topped UMBC on Friday.

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Squad earns first ACC title in five years

November 16, 2009

The No. 6 Virginia men's soccer team defeated No. 20 N.C. State 1-0 to win the ACC Tournament Sunday in Cary, N.C, grabbing the ACC's automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. Sophomore defender Hunter Jumper whipped a cross into the box to senior midfielder Jordan Evans, who flicked a header to freshman forward Will Bates.

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Hoops 2009

November 13, 2009

PDF, 3.1 MB The Cavalier Daily's annual preview of Virginia basketball comes to the online edition!

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Sports Talk #5

November 13, 2009

The Cavalier Daily's own Jack Bird, Nick Eilerson and Dan Stalcup break down the Virginia basketball team's chances of success in the 2009-10 season in this edition of Sports Talk.

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Virginia looks for spark against visiting Spiders

By Meryem Karad | November 12, 2009

[caption id="attachment_31904" align="alignleft" width="188" caption="Sophomore Paige Selenski was named to the ACC All- Tournament team after scoring two goals in the squad's first-round victory against Duke.

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Squad looks to spoil BC

By Meryem Karad | November 12, 2009

[caption id="attachment_31902" align="alignleft" width="206" caption="Senior fullback Rashawn Jackson leads the team in rushing yards this season, recording 366 yards on 64 carries, good for an average of 5.6 yards per rush.

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Forecasting the football future

By Jack Bird | November 12, 2009

With nine weeks behind us, the NFL regular season is more or less half finished. Other than the Texans and the Giants, who have yet to have their bye weeks, each team has eight games played and eight games yet to play. It's a bit too early to start talking about the various scenarios detailing which teams make the playoffs, depending on the outcomes of certain games.

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Harriers

By Aaron Bernstein | November 12, 2009

[caption id="attachment_31898" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Junior Emil Heineking will look to continue his perfect season at Saturday's NCAA Regionals.

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Tucker takes indefinite leave of absence

November 12, 2009

[caption id="attachment_31895" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Senior Jamil Tucker will take an indefinite leave of absence from the team for personal reasons.

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Cavs open ACC tournament play against Terps

By Meryem Karad | November 11, 2009

[caption id="attachment_31878" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Freshman forward Will Bates received second team All-ACC honors and was also named to the All-Freshmen Team.

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BC

By Will Van Wazer | November 11, 2009

[caption id="attachment_31876" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Senior linebacker Aaron Clark and other Virginia captains decided to donate the team's game-day meal stipend to Mark Herzlich's cause.

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Epic games: part II

By Aaron Perryman | November 11, 2009

Right before football season began, I compiled my top-10 list of the best Virginia football games I had attended in person.

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Virginia takes on Wake, Duke at home

By Abbey Hendricks | November 11, 2009

[caption id="attachment_31872" align="alignleft" width="213" caption=""I want nothing more than to beat Duke for our seniors," junior defensive specialist A.J.