When the Virginia women?s lacrosse team saw Northwestern on its schedule at the beginning of the season, the players circled the game and saw it as an opportunity to defeat the four-time defending national champs in a game that could be a stepping stone on the way to a fourth conference title.
Men?s Track and FieldThe Virginia men?s track and field team made history Saturday at the ACC Championships, tying Florida State for the title and marking the first time in program history the squad has held a share of the outdoor crown.
Before heading south to begin postseason play, the Virginia men?s lacrosse team will wrap up its regular season at home Saturday against unranked Dartmouth.The Cavaliers (12-1, 2-1), currently ranked No.
?If you?re trying to be phony or selling them something that?s not there, it doesn?t work.?New Virginia men?s basketball coach Tony Bennett used these words to describe the conversations he had with 2009 recruits Tristan Spurlock and Jontel Evans, both of whom recently told Bennett that they would honor their commitments to attend Virginia.Bennett may as well have been talking about the interview I conducted with him Wednesday morning.
The No. 10 Virginia women?s lacrosse team will take on four-time national champion No.
After a pair of midweek rainouts, the No. 13 Virginia baseball team heads north this weekend to take on Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Mass.Despite falling to Massachusetts on the road Wednesday, Boston College (23-13, 9-7) enters this weekend?s series on a roll, having won three of its past five games.
Virginia men?s basketball coach Tony Bennett said yesterday that 2009 signees Tristan Spurlock and Jontel Evans both recently decided to stay committed to Virginia.?Both of our recruits informed us they are staying,? Bennett said.
Yesterday morning, while I was in the midst of an exclusive interview with newly appointed Virginia men?s basketball coach Tony Bennett in his office at the John Paul Jones Arena, his cell phone rang from his desk a few feet away.
For the second consecutive year, the Virginia men?s tennis team has marched through its regular season undefeated and mostly unchallenged.
In any sport, the ability to respond positively to failure often serves as the litmus test for determining a team or individual?s level of success in crucial moments.
A message to Eugene Monroe, Kevin Ogletree, Cedric Peerman, John Phillips, Clint Sintim and other NFL prospects: Do not accept Facebook friend requests from any unknown beautiful women.At least not until after the 2009 NFL Draft April 25 and 26.That?s because those blue eyes looking at you from her profile picture might not really be hers.
For the second straight weekend, the Virginia women?s golf team will travel south to North Carolina.
To this point in the season, there has been a degree of frustration for a very young Virginia baseball team.
I have more papers, lab reports, presentations and problem sets to do in the next couple of weeks than I care to think about.
The Virginia women?s lacrosse team defeated its sixth in-state opponent of the season last night in a 21-8 romp against George Mason on the road.
As I polished off my thesis in between gulps of my local brew of the week, I found an opportunity to break from line edits and sprung rhythm to reflect about my time as an editor and writer for The Cavalier Daily.
Paulus to Packers?Greg Paulus seems to take a lot of heat from fans around the ACC, but he is undeniably an athlete in the truest sense.
For Virginia women?s tennis coach Mark Guilbeau, team success is more than just winning and losing.?How well they treat each other and how they care for each other and how they push each other at times, and how they strive for a common goal is going to ultimately mean more to them than anything that they take from here,? Guilbeau said.A victory along the way serves to help build team morale, and after last weekend?s wins against Wake Forest and N.C.
Durham, N.C. ? The Virginia men?s lacrosse came across a road block in its undefeated season in Durham, as Duke defeated the Cavaliers 15-10 Saturday.
Overcoming adversity has been a theme for the Virginia women?s tennis team.
