You've been to the games. You've seen her. Admit it: The girl has skills. The mention of Virginia's feature twirler Erica Seredni may provoke some cynical comments, but tossing a baton in the air and catching it precisely as you move across the field isn't that easy.
The Cavalier men's cross country team finished fourth at the NCAA Southeast Regional meet Saturday.
The 21st-ranked Virginia men's soccer team fell to top-ranked Wake Forest 3-1 Friday night. The Cavaliers' (10-6-2) last regular season game was also their last conference contest before heading to the ACC Tournament Tuesday.
Each year during college basketball season, the ACC-Big Ten Challenge pits two of the most dominant conferences against one another.
Welcome to Virginia, Aisha Mohammed. The highly-touted Nigerian junior center came to Virginia last season but had to sit out the year with a torn ACL suffered while playing for her native country during the World Championship last fall. Mohammed, a transfer from Central Arizona, leads the forwards and post players into a hopeful 2007-08 campaign.
The Virginia women's volleyball team does not want to be the first ACC team to fall to N.C. State this season.
The Virginia field hockey team will head to the NCAA Championships for the second straight year under the direction of coach Michele Madison.
The Cavalier men's cross country team continues to put forth great performances. This time, junior Kevin Tschirhart carried the day, winning the 8K at Saturday's Cavalier Open by a comfortable 24 seconds.
The Virginia women's soccer team will begin the quest for its first ACC championship since 2004 today as the No.
In baseball there is a saying that you can tell how the season will go by the first hitter of the year.
Though senior guard Sean Singletary is the face of the Virginia men's basketball team, a group of players behind him is ready to step into the limelight.
During a race, members of the Virginia women's rowing team are in charge of pulling their glorified toothpick of a boat over 2,000 meters of water in less time than it takes to walk to class.
It was a good weekend for Virginia sports teams that played in Charlottesville: the football team squeaked out a win over Wake Forest; the men's basketball team annihilated Carson-Newman in an exhibition; the volleyball team swept Clemson (but did fall to Georgia Tech); and the wrestling team crushed their three opponents.
He's back. With senior guard Sean Singletary's decision not to enter the NBA draft and to return to Virginia for the 2007-08 season, hopes are high among the Cavalier faithful that the team can repeat its outstanding run of last year.
The Virginia men's and women's swimming and diving teams have opened the 2007-2008 season with a bang, compiling a 2-1 record.
Last year, in her 30th season as head coach for Virginia's women's basketball team, coach Debbie Ryan led the Cavaliers to their 25th postseason appearance under her guidance, making the quarterfinals of the Women's National Invitation Tournament; however, the bar will be set higher this year, and an NCAA Tournament berth is expected. Ryan will look to her outstanding backcourt of senior point guard Sharneé Zoll and sophomore sensation Monica Wright to lead the team back to the Big Dance for the first time since 2005. Zoll, a co-captain for the Cavaliers, earned All-ACC honors her sophomore season but suffered from injuries during her junior campaign.
Men's Soccer: Cavs fall to Terps on the road The Virginia men's soccer team picked up its fourth ACC loss of the year Saturday night, falling 4-1 to Maryland on the road.The Terrapins (9-4-4, 3-3-1 ACC) got out to a 1-0 lead early in the first half, but the Cavaliers (10-5-2, 1-4-2 ACC) did not stay down for long.
If my psychology professor were to diagnose U.Va. football with one personality type, I'm sure he would describe the team as collectively "Type A": risk-takers who seek the thrill that comes from living life on the edge.
The odds were stacked against Virginia. Quarterback Jameel Sewell's fumble during the first quarter probably cost the Cavaliers at least a field goal.
One game after another, Virginia finds itself in painstakingly close contests. And one game after another, it seems as if Virginia pulls a win out of nowhere. Saturday's affair was no different as No.
