In a game that hung in the balance going into the ninth inning at Davenport Field, the Cavaliers were able to fight off a scrappy team from VMI 5-3 for their ninth straight victory.
Writing this column was the last thing that I needed to do before my Spring Break could begin. Now that it is in print, I guess that I am free sailing (falling?) toward a Friday morning arrival in Punta Cana, which is located in the Dominican Republic.
The No. 9 Virginia women's lacrosse team will take on No. 13 Richmond tonight. The match will mark the 30th time the Cavaliers and Spiders have faced off against each other, while Virginia (1-0, 1-0 ACC) leads the all-time series with a record of 26-2-1. Last year, however, Richmond handed the squad its first loss of the season in a 7-8 defeat. "Richmond's a really big game," senior defender and co-captain Jessy Morgan said.
Women's basketball freshman Monica Wright was named ACC Rookie of the Week for the eighth time this season.
I don't know about the rest of you, but the second half of the Virginia-Georgia Tech basketball game Saturday afternoon just got me livid. Those of you watching on television probably missed it. I was just waiting for it to happen.Four minutes into the second half, nothing.Eight minutes, nada.12 minutes gone by, zippy.
The Virginia women's hockey team played host to the Delaware Valley Collegiate Hockey League Championship this past weekend as two days of intense games excited fans at the Charlottesville Ice Park.
Although freshman Abby Snyder was selected as a captain, she is not the only freshman who is standing out on the 2007 Virginia softball team.
Junior men's tennis player Somdev Devvarman was named ACC Player of the Week after going 2-0 in doubles and singles last week in Virginia wins against No.
After reeling off eight wins in eight days, No. 9 Virginia (10-1) looks to remain unbeaten at Davenport Field as they take on VMI (5-2) tonight.
Women's basketball sophomore Lyndra Littles was named to the 2007 All-ACC second team. Littles leads the Cavaliers in scoring (16.8 ppg) and rebounds (8.9 rpg). With the 2007 ACC tournament announced, the No.
By a quick show of hands, who here would trade all their toes (and maybe a few fingers) to be a hotshot college baseball player?
In the Landfall Tradition Tournament -- the last tournament the Virginia women's golf team competed in this fall -- the Cavaliers took first place after winning a tiebreaker against Michigan State.
The mark of a good basketball team is its ability to win games from day to day despite not always putting forth its best effort. The Virginia men's basketball team has made a good case to join this category.
The Virginia baseball team swept its weekend series against Bucknell, which included two victories in a Saturday doubleheader.
Sports journalism isn't rocket science. Typically, it involves a relatively knowledgeable person watching a game live and then reflecting on that game in an objective (game story) or subjective (column) manner.
The No. 3 Virginia men's tennis team (10-1) competed almost flawlessly at the Boyd Tinsley Courts this weekend.
An old saying goes something like, "Getting to the top is easy; it's staying there that is the hard part." Nothing could be truer for the Virginia men's basketball team, which earlier this week tied for first place in the ACC for the second time this season.
After recording their first loss of the season at the National Team Indoor tournament last weekend, the No.
Last Sunday's upset by the Drexel men's lacrosse team surely put a bounce in the step of Stony Brook's squad during practice this week.
The Virginia women's tennis team will travel to Cambridge, Mass. Saturday and Providence, R.I. Sunday to take on Harvard and Brown, respectively.
