The Virginia women's basketball team plays host to in-state rival Richmond at 2 p.m. Sunday in a game that will carry some extra meaning for the players. "Any in-state game is a game we get up for," senior guard Sharneé Zoll said. The Cavaliers (1-2) lost to the Spiders (1-2) 73-70 last season in a tight matchup in Richmond.
Part of Virginia coach Dave Leitao's strategy for improving the basketball program has been to recruit players who can make an immediate contribution.
This afternoon's meet pitting the 12th-ranked Virginia men's swimming and diving team against 11th-ranked Tennessee has been pegged as the national "meet of the week" by swimmingworldmagazine.com. "We have a tremendous opponent in Tennessee," Virginia coach Mark Bernardino said.
"Virginia is 102nd in team offense. I'm not sure I've ever seen an 8-2 team do that before," color commentator Bob Davie remarked during ESPN2's telecast of the U.Va.
After a rough start, the Virginia men's basketball team pulled away and shot down Howard last night 92-53.
Coming off of its first loss of the young season, the Virginia women's basketball team looks to get back on track as it travels to take on South Carolina tonight. The Gamecocks (1-0) enter the contest after a 93-33 victory against St.
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Coming off an impressive 18-point win in their home debut against Vermont, the Virginia men's basketball team will complete its two-game home stand tonight against Howard. In Sunday's win against Vermont, Virginia (1-0) avoided joining the highly-touted group of Kentucky, USC and Georgia Tech, who all lost their home openers to lesser teams in Gardner-Webb, Mercer and UNC Greensboro, respectively.
With two goals, senior Chris Tierney led the Virginia men's soccer team yesterday to its first ACC victory in more than a month.
Drive. Walk. Run. Hang-glide. Street luge. Jump on the old Big Wheel. Get a piggyback ride from Jeffrey Fitzgerald.
The Virginia men's basketball team set a program record by going 16-1 at home in their first season at John Paul Jones Arena and played their way into a share of the regular season conference championship by winning all eight of their conference games at JPJ. Virginia coach Dave Leitao said while last season's success was special, he focused more on the impact such success has on future seasons. "I think it raises everybody's awareness as to who we are," Leitao said.
The Virginia club field hockey team returned last weekend from James Madison with another title in hand: The team won the 2007 National Field Hockey League Championships. Senior Nicole Debien, co-president and forward, said the Cavaliers were part of the league's Elite Eight that went to nationals at JMU.
After winning their last regular-season and first ACC Tournament match to secure an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, the Virginia field hockey team lost its first-round match to Penn State Saturday 3-2 to end Virginia's season.
In the 2006-07 season, J.R. Reynolds and Sean Singletary accounted for 37.4 of Virginia's 77.0 points per game.
FOOTBALL: Virginia Tech game set for noon The Nov. 24 contents between Virginia Tech and Virginia will commence at 12:00 p.m.
After a mediocre showing against Longwood Saturday night, the Cavaliers came out and gave it their all last night against a ranked opponent but fell short of a win, losing to No.
The Virginia men's soccer team battles N.C. State today for the remaining spot in the quarterfinals of the ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. Seeded eighth and ninth respectively, the No.
Great teams validate their success during the postseason. The Virginia women's soccer team will look to do just that.
Buffalo Bills wide receiver Lee Evans once paid $20,000 to a teammate for the ability to wear the number 83.
he Virginia women's basketball team won its season opener against Longwood 62-49 Saturday night. In her official debut as a Cavalier, junior center Aisha Mohammed led all scorers with 16 points.
