Five finalists for the John R. Wooden Award, presented annually to the nation's best college basketball player, were announced yesterday.
Wake Forest athletic direction Ron Wellman announced yesterday that Mike Peterson will serve as the new head coach for the Demon Deacon's women's basketball team. Peterson has served as an assistant coach for the University of Minnesota men's team for the past five years.
In Durham this weekend, Virginia's David Sullivan set a new personal best in the pole vault with a height of 16' 8.75" to win the first of two titles for the Cavaliers. Javelin thrower Inge Jorgenson also won her competition with a toss of 163' 4", a successful performance for the former ACC champion and All-American. Jason Young won the men's 200-meter developmental race with a time of 21.67 seconds.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Eight members of the Virginia men's lacrosse team weren't even born the last time the Cavaliers were held to just two goals.
DURHAM, N.C. -- In their last ACC matchup of the year, the Virginia (9-2, 2-1 ACC) women's lacrosse high-octane offense ran into a staunch Duke (6-3, 2-1) defense Saturday and came up just short, losing 10-9.
The No. 14 Horned Frogs and the No. 18 Tar Heels thwarted the efforts of the Cavaliers in what could have been a monumental doubleheader weekend for No.
The No. 65 Cavaliers dropped a 6-1 match to No. 3 Duke yesterday afternoon at the Boar's Head Sports Club.
For a softball team whose season-long goal has been to make the regional tournament, the Cavaliers certainly are making things difficult for themselves. Virginia (25-20, 0-2 ACC) dropped two games yesterday to ACC rival North Carolina (32-14, 2-0) in the team's first two conference games of the season.
DURHAM, N.C. -- Virginia coach Brian O'Connor said the games in April will tell what kind of a baseball team Virginia has. The squad began April in strong fashion this weekend with a three-game sweep of Duke (14-16, 3-6 ACC) in Durham. Virginia improved to 25-7 on the season and 8-4 in the conference while defeating the Blue Devils, 3-1, in the series finale and 8-1, 6-5 in the first two contests.
Freshman Alisa Wulff was granted release from the women's basketball team due to family medical problems, coach Debbie Ryan announced Wednesday. Wulff's father recently was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and will require a heart transplant within the next two years.
A national No. 1 ranking in any sport can be both a blessing and a hindrance. Teams will rarely acknowledge this fact, preferring instead to deny any recognition of rankings.
Pete Gillen's seat just got a lot cooler. Virginia Athletics Director Craig Littlepage announced yesterday that the services of Virginia's men's basketball coach will be retained for next season. Littlepage emphasized the Cavaliers' late-season success, the progress of freshman point guard T.J.
Both the men's and women's swimming teams had a strong showing Wednesday, winning four of six annual ACC swimming awards. Sophomore Fran Crippen earned ACC Male Swimmer of the Year for the second time in a row.
Coming off two decisive victories over Brown Tuesday and Wednesday, the Virginia baseball team (22-7, 5-4 ACC) is now focusing its attention on Duke.
Rain pelted the field to begin Wednesday's doubleheader, but Virginia's bats did the hitting in the end.
Virginia tennis fans, prepare for the weekend of your lives. With the No. 12 men's team and the No.
A hat trick wasn't enough for junior attacker Amy Appelt Wednesday night, and neither was a hat trick times two.
As a three-year member of the 'Hoo Crew and as a rabid basketball fan who hasn't missed a non-winter break home game since first year, I would like to endorse the Athletic Department's proposed online basketball ticketing system. I'll admit that I was skeptical at first, believing that any system that required the Virginia student body to plan to attend a basketball game was inherently flawed considering the large fluctuations in student attendance over the past few years.
Virginia junior Andrew Dobies was named ACC Pitcher of the Week on Monday for his outstanding pitching performance last Saturday against N.C.
Virginia head basketball coach Pete Gillen was scheduled to meet with Athletic Director Craig Littlepage yesterday morning to review the state of the men's basketball program, the Charlottesville Daily Progress reported. Top Virginia officials have aroused recent suspicion surrounding Gillen's coaching status by not commenting on whether or not the coach will be retained for the remainder of his contract.
