I n trying to hold down No. 21 North Carolina yes terday, the Virginia women's basketball team played tight defense and forced 21 turnovers.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Sunday's matinee in Chapel Hill pitted Virginia against No. 21 North Carolina.
DURHAM, NC - After scoring only ten field goals in the first half, the Duke Blue Devils used a 17-6 run to open the second half and put the Virginia men's basketball team away for good. A first half that seemed to preview a nail-biter turned out to be a tease, as the Blue Devils (18-1, 6-1 ACC) picked it up in the second half to beat the Cavaliers (14-3, 4-3), 94-81 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. In the first half, Virginia stayed tight behind the efforts of its freshmen.
Sunday night, the Virginia men's basketball team will have its mettle tested in one of the stiffest challenges that college basketball has to offer.
After toppling Florida State, 66-62, on Wednesday, the Virginia women's basketball team (11-8, 4-4 ACC) now sets its sights on Chapel Hill, where it will take on ACC foe North Carolina (14-5, 4-3) on Sunday. "Carolina's a great team, and we are going to have to play very, very well to beat them," Virginia coach Debbie Ryan said.
The Virginia swimming and diving team will travel to Columbia, S.C., on Saturday to square off against South Carolina at noon. The meet will be significant for the No.
Two Cavaliers named All-Americans Two Virginia men's soccer players were named to the 2001 National Soccer Coaches Association of America/adidas All-America teams.
The No. 7 Virginia men's basketball has the chance to maintain its recent winning ways against VMI tonight at University Hall. Virginia (13-2, 4-2 ACC) is coming off of a narrow 69-65 win over Georgia Tech on Tuesday, the Cavaliers' first victory in Atlanta in seven years.
Virginia freshman Brandi Teamer once again played like a true veteran to lead a young Cavaliers' team over Florida State.
Duke point guard Jason Williams was named ACC player of the week on Tuesday after his outstanding performances against No.
The Virginia women's basketball team came out with a win last night when it faced Florida State in a closely contested match-up at University Hall.
ATLANTA - The Virginia men's basketball team achieved a feat last night that it hasn't come up with in seven years.
The Virginia women's basketball team, which has played in streaks of success during the season, will try to get back to its winning ways against Florida State tonight at 7:30 at University Hall.
The ACC released the Virginia football team's 2002 schedule Friday. The Cavaliers will play 12 regular season games, six in Charlottesville and eight against teams that went to bowl games last season. Virginia opens its schedule Aug.
OK, so I went a little overboard on the Baltimore Ravens pick last week. The Steelers 27-10 victory Sunday showed me two things: 1) The Miami Dolphins team that the Ravens beat the week before was a joke.
No. 10 Virginia (12-2, 3-2 ACC) returns to the road tonight to face ACC foe Georgia Tech (7-11, 0-5). Virginia hopes to build off back-to-back home wins over conference rivals No.
F or real estate enthusiasts, the key to a superior sale is acknowl- edged as "Location, location, location." For teams trying to stop the Cavaliers' offense recently, it's been more like "Zone, zone, zone." Because of Virginia players' ability to break down man-to-man defenses with their driving abilities (Chris Williams, Adam Hall, Keith Jenifer) or strong inside game (Travis Watson) opponents have grown fond of playing a zone defense and daring Virginia to shoot the outside shot. In the Cavaliers' two losses this season, they were unable to connect from three-point range against the zone.
DURHAM, N.C. W ho would ever think that a coach could be happy after a 17-point loss? Although the final score says that the Cavaliers lost 86-69, Debbie Ryan's young squad can take a moral victory away with them from Cameron Indoor Stadium.
DURHAM, N.C. - On Sunday afternoon, the Virginia women's basketball team had all it could handle in facing No.
Just when their backs were flat to the mat, the Virginia wrestling team pulled itself together and escaped an otherwise lackluster season by placing second at the Virginia Intercollegiate State Wrestling Championships Saturday. Virginia Tech beat out the Cavaliers by 15.5 points to claim the state championship.
