The fireworks from the Dogwoods festival at McIntire Park could be seen over the center field wall during last night's baseball game at Davenport Field.
At the age when most children are learning how to ride bikes with training wheels or to run without bringing home skinned knees, Kristen Dennis was picking up a Nerf baseball bat and slamming home runs over the hedge of her family's yard. Starting to play organized softball in San Diego recreation leagues when she was six-years-old, Dennis' early exposure to the sport appears to have served the Virginia softball phenom well.
Despite falling behind early in its last game before the ACC Tournament, the Virginia women's lacrosse team made a gradual comeback to defeat George Mason at home last night, 17-11.
Virginia midfielder Nick Russo was named ACC men's lacrosse Player of the Week yesterday for his efforts in the Cavaliers' victory over Duke Saturday, the team's seventh victory in a row. Russo, a senior from Port Jefferson, N.Y., tallied two goals and an assist against the Blue Devils in the Cavaliers' 15-10 victory that clinched the ACC regular season championship.
In 1997, Dana Coons walked on to the Virginia cross country team. Five years later, while serving as an assistant coach for distance and cross country runners, Coons, a 2001 University graduate, was selected to represent the United States in the April 7 Seoul Women's Ekiden race in Seoul, South Korea. Coons ran the third fastest six kilometer leg of the Seoul Ekiden, helping the United States finish seventh while the Russian and Japanese teams took first and second place, respectively. "My trip to Seoul was a wonderful and memorable experience," Coons said.
The Virginia women's club gymnastics team ended its season with an 11th place finish in the NAIGC National Championships, where 27 women's teams and 260 women competed at Ohio State last weekend.
The No. 3 Virginia and No. 19 George Mason women's lacrosse teams may play in the same state, but they are coming from completely different directions heading into today's matchup. The Cavaliers (11-2, 3-0 ACC) have won six straight games, including four wins in a row over opponents ranked in the top 20.
The Virginia baseball team suffered a hard weekend, losing three games to Wake Forest (28-6, 11-3 ACC), and is now left to search for consistency.
This is crunch time for the Virginia women's lacrosse team. Yeah, the Cavaliers are the third-ranked team in the country.
The Virginia track and field teams performed as expected Saturday, easily winning their first home meet of the season at the Lou Onesty/Milton G.
The Virginia women's rowing team won four events Saturday at the George Washington Invitational Crew Classic held in Washington, D.C. The Cavaliers finished first in the varsity eight, the second varsity eight, the varsity four and the second novice eight. Virginia took the varsity eight competition for the seventh year in a row with a time of six minutes, 35.1 seconds, followed by Columbia (6:37.3). The Cavaliers' second varsity eight won its race in 6:39.4, followed by Columbia (6:53.5). Related LinksVirginia women's crewVirginia golf Virginia's varsity four took its event with a time of 7:40.7, followed by Tennessee (7:53.7), the Virginia second varsity four (7:57.2) and Georgetown. The Cavaliers took the second novice eight race with a time of 6:57.5, followed by Navy (7:15.7). Men's golf finishes first at Wofford Invitational The Virginia men's golf team took first place in a 12-team field Saturday at the Wofford Invitational at the Carolina Country Club in Spartanburg, S.C. The Cavaliers finished first with a two-under 862.
This weekend's series against No. 5 Wake Forest likely left the Virginia baseball team feeling as if a win just wasn't in the cards.
Simply the best. The Virginia men's lacrosse team can lay claim to thay title after handing No. 12 Duke a 15-10 loss in action at Klockner Stadium Saturday.
On a day that saw the softball team lose two one-run games to North Carolina at home, frustration was the team's overriding emotion. After blanking the Cavaliers (38-17, 0-4 ACC) 1-0 in the first game of yesterday's doubleheader, North Carolina (29-21, 2-2) led 5-2 going into the bottom of the seventh.
Sunday's match against the University of North Carolina probably did not go the way the seniors of the Virginia men's tennis team envisioned their final home contest. The No.
While the Virginia offense finally appears to have broken out of its midseason cocoon, it will need to be clicking on all cylinders when No.
Despite a six-game winning streak and a No. 2 national ranking, times aren't getting any easier for the men's lacrosse team these days. Coming off consecutive road victories over No.
The Virginia track team hosts the Lou Onesty/Milton G. Abramson Invitational tomorrow at Lannigan Field.
The Virginia men's tennis team fell to No. 30 Virginia Tech yesterday, 5-2 to drop to 11-10 overall on the season. Senior Jonathan Chou and sophomore Gregg Alpert were the only players to pick up wins for the Cavaliers.
Last weekend, the Virginia softball team (37-14) emerged victorious at the highly competitive Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C., completing the tournament with a 4-0 record against ACC rivals Maryland, UNC and Georgia Tech.
