The No. 20 Virginia women cruised to a 151-125 victory over visiting Miami Friday night in the season opener at the Aquatic and Fitness Center. The score doesn't do justice to the dominating performance turned in by the Cavalier swimmers.
Cavalier midfielder Shannon Foley was poised over a corner kick early in the second half of yesterday's contest with Clemson when teammate Sarah Huffman ran over.
DURHAM, N.C. For those of you who neglected to listen to your beloved Cavaliers on the radio Saturday, you were probably quite pleased when you saw the 37-16 final score.
Yesterday afternoon, a large Virginia crowd ready for an upset welcomed top-ranked Wake Forest to Charlottesville for an in-conference battle.
The Virginia volleyball team picked up two critical conference wins this weekend by beating both Duke and Wake Forest.
DURHAM, N.C. -- Virginia overcame nine penalties for 85 yards and shaky play from quarterback Marques Hagans to knock off Duke, 37-16, thanks to a resurgent ground game.
The Virginia volleyball team looks to climb the ACC standings as they return home to host a pair of conference matches this weekend.
According to No. 4 Virginia's home record, Klöckner Stadium is a great environment to play in. Playing the last two games at home, including Sunday's contest against No.
The Virginia men's soccer team will face off against Duke tomorrow at 7 p.m. The Blue Devils are the third ranked team in the Atlantic Coast Conference, trailing behind the No.
Injuries can ravage a football team's season. And in a collision sport like football, they tend to occur more often than in other big-time college and professional sports such as basketball, soccer and baseball.
Allison Flynn has always been a star for the Virginia field hockey team, an athlete capable of providing numerous transformations to lead her team to victory.
NEW YORK, N.Y. The American League Champion Boston Red Sox. It has a nice ring to it, don't you think? The Sox, of course, could not make it easy on Red Sox Nation, facing the brink of elimination before rallying to do no what no baseball team had ever done before -- overcome a 3-0 series deficit to win a seven-game series.
On a chilly, damp night at Klöckner Stadium, Virginia (13-2) defeated Longwood University (1-13) in overtime on a golden goal by senior Matt Oliver.
When I woke up Sunday morning aghast, recalling the 36-3 thrashing the Cavaliers had received at the hands of Florida State the night before, I started to reflect on the Virginia season to date. I had jumped on the bandwagon, thinking the Cavs could actually go into Doak Campbell Stadium and beat the 'Noles, who had struggled against Syracuse. It seemed as if the Syracuse game merely roused a sleeping giant, rather than expose its flaws.
What comes to mind when you think of Duke athletic stars? Images of J.J. Redick's sweet shooting touch, Shelden Williams's stellar moves in the low post and Chris Duhons's ball distribution skills might flash through your head.
It was a tale of two halves for the offense of the women's soccer team in its 3-0 victory over Virginia Tech last night. The fourth-ranked Cavaliers (12-2-1, 4-2-1 ACC) dominated the Hokies (8-7-0, 3-5-0) statistically in the first half but had little to show for it.
He was a three-year starter. He had 60 tackles and six interceptions in his senior year and eight career sacks and tackles for a loss -- impressive numbers for any aspiring NFL cornerback. NFL scouts, however, only saw one number when they looked at Virginia's ball-hawking cornerback Almondo "Muffin" Curry -- "5-foot-8-inch." For all his exploits on the gridiron, Curry was passed over by the NFL in favor of taller cornerbacks to match up with today's towering receivers, a fact not lost on "Muffin." "To me, it's not even a point of how good you are, or what you can do out on the football field," Curry said.
A court date has been set for former women's basketball guard Cherrie Graham. Earlier this summer, Graham was arrested after allegedly assaulting two Charlottesville police officers after a dispute involving her towed car.
If you've been following Virginia volleyball this year, then it won't shock you to learn that a Cavalier freshman is leading the ACC in a statistical category. What might surprise you is that the freshman player is Melissa Caldwell.
Early in the second quarter at Western Michigan in September 2003, a freshman Virginia receiver broke the huddle and lined up in the wideout spot next to junior Ottawa Anderson.
