To start every quarter and to resume play following every goal, lacrosse fans are treated to one of the most pure athletic struggles in all of sport.
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The road to a national title runs through the Gateway to the West for Scott Moore and Tim Foley, who will represent Virginia in the 2004 NCAA wrestling championships this week in St.
The No. 19 Virginia baseball team is off to its best start ever at 17-2 (3-0 ACC) after a three-game sweep of No.
In Elton Brown's mind, there was still hope. Even after Virginia fell to No. 5 Duke in the quarterfinals in the ACC tournament to drop its overall mark to 17-12 and its record against ACC teams to 7-11, the junior forward felt that the squad still had the necessary credentials to receive serious consideration from the NCAA tournament selection committee. "This team showed a lot of character at the end of the year," Brown said.
The Cavaliers began their Spring Break with a winning record, but returned home with a losing one. Virginia (13-14) entered its first weekend of games against Sacramento State with a 9-5 record.
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- In the final seconds of Duke's decisive semifinal win over Georgia Tech, Chris Duhon held up six fingers to the cheering Blue Devil crowd. The senior point guard was undoubtedly making a reference to his school's five-year win streak in the ACC tournament.
Virginia's early exit from last week's ACC women's basketball tournament signified more than just a humbling loss to end a disappointing season.
Virginia struggled against their ranked opponents over Spring Break, falling to No. 60 Southern Methodist University and No.
The Cavalier men's tennis team earned key wins over Spring Break by toppling No. 17 Texas and No.
GREENSBORO, N.C. --Field goal percentage -- not the opposing team-- proved to be the greatest antagonist to the Virginia women's basketball team in the ACC Tournament, as the Cavaliers shot a dismal 21.7 percent from the field in their 64-45 season-ending loss to North Carolina last week in Greensboro, N.C. Virginia (13-16) displayed its poorest shooting performance of the season against the Tar Heels, converting on only 4-30 attempts in the first half for 13.3 percent. "We got really good shots, especially in the first half," Virginia coach Debbie Ryan said.
In their first meeting since last May's NCAA championship game, the No. 1 Princeton Tigers women's lacrosse team defeated the No.
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- It had been nine years since Virginia had won an ACC tournament game. It was only 17 hours later that the Cavaliers returned to their losing ways. After squeezing out an 83-79 overtime victory over Clemson in Thursday's first round, the Cavaliers fell to regular season champion Duke 84-74 in Friday's quarterfinals.
Trailing 8-7 with a minute to go in last Saturday'sgame against Princeton, Virginia turned up its defensive intensity and forced a Tiger turnover, giving the Cavaliers a final chance to tie the score.
The Virginia wrestling team will be hoping to emulate the recent success of their swimming counterparts when the ACC championships get underway in University Hall Saturday.
And just when you thought it was safe to count the Virginia Cavaliers out of the postseason picture, they go and pull one on you. They have won three games in a row and four of their last five. The Cavaliers are riding high off of an improbable winning streak that has included three victories over Top 25 teams, three game-winning three pointers by senior Todd Billet, an inspired, dramatic win on Senior Night over a hot No.
When Youth Dies for Loyalties Sake The Hallowed Memory of Love Abides. This inscription reads as startling on the pages of a newspaper as it does in the dim light of our University Chapel. The chapel might be the last place that you would expect to find a vital piece of our nation's sports history, but a little sleuthing will reveal just that.
The Virginia women's basketball team (13-15, 6-10 ACC) will begin ACC tournament play this Saturday as the No.
While the University students take one week off from classes, the 10-1 Virginia baseball team will look to continue their hot start.
Unlike most students, the athletes on the Virginia men's and women's tennis teams will be hard at work during their Spring Break.
