With high hopes and noteworthy preseason rankings, the Virginia women's soccer team suits up tomorrow night for its 2002 season-opener.
Both the Virginia Cavaliers (0-1, 0-0 ACC) and the No. 5 Florida State Seminoles (1-0, 0-0) faced game-deciding plays in the closing seconds of their respective openers last week. The Seminoles resisted Iowa State's surge on the last play, tackling quarterback Seneca Wallace at the goal line to preserve their 38-31 win.
The No. 5 Virginia men's soccer team can only hope that the third time will be the charm. After two losses during the preseason Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Soccer Showcase exhibition matches -- to the Spartans of Michigan State and the No.
Virginia senior wide receiver Billy McMullen was among 32 players selected for the "watch list" for the Fred Biletnikoff award, given annually to the nation's top receiver.
Baseball players should strike. No, I didn't leave out a word there. They should strike and stay on strike until they are treated like the majority of American workers -- fairly. It is natural for us to like the players and not the greedy owners, much as workers like their co-workers and not their boss.
No matter what the average Wahoo remembers from last year of the men's basketball student fan group, students should now expect a revamped Team Cavalier. "Last year it was basically just a men's basketball student group," said Derik Diver, the newly hired Athletic Department liaison for Team Cavalier.
Bailey named finalist for Rimington Trophy The Rimington Trophy Committee named Virginia football player Kevin Bailey as one of 36 finalists for its award.
When Coach Al Groh returned to the University as the head football coach last year, he brought with him the 3-4 defensive scheme he had used in the NFL.
Freshman running back Wali Lundy was named ACC Rookie of the Week after carrying the ball 20 times for a team-high 94 yards.
This season, there's only one game that Virginia's field hockey team does not want to play. Considering the Cavaliers' brutal schedule, which pits Virginia against defending conference champion Maryland and defending national champion Michigan, one might conclude that the Cavaliers may find themselves outmatched. Although Virginia certainly will have to face the Wolverines and the Terps, there is a realistic chance the Cavaliers will not have to play in the one game they dread.
There is not a more intriguing story this football season than that of Steve Spurrier and his Washington Gators -- I mean, Redskins.
This season, there's only one game that Virginia's field hockey team does not want to play. Considering the Cavaliers' brutal schedule, which pits Virginia against defending conference champion Maryland and defending national champion Michigan, one might conclude that the Cavaliers may find themselves outmatched. Although Virginia will certainly have to face the Wolverines and the Terps, there is a realistic chance the Cavaliers will not have to play in the one game they dread.
There is not a more intriguing story this football season than that of Steve Spurrier and his Washington Gators -- I mean, Redskins.
Five fumbles and two big plays were almost forgotten thanks to one tremendous near-comeback. The Colorado State Rams (1-0) defeated the host Virginia Cavaliers (0-1) 35-29 in the Jim Thorpe Classic Thursday night.
It was an event for all things early at Scott Stadium Thursday night. The Virginia football team mixed it up with Colorado State in the earliest season opener in college football history.
It's that time of the year again. Fans from miles around Charlottesville flocked to Scott Stadium yesterday for the annual "Meet the Team" day, which included head coach Al Groh's first press conference of the year for Virginia media.
Only five votes behind perennial stalwart and NCAA runner-up North Carolina, the Virginia women's soccer team was picked to finish second this season by ACC head coaches in a preseason poll.
A h, summer. The beginning of August means many things to the average Charlottesville resident.
Last week, Virginia men's tennis head coach Brian Boland announced the hiring of Tony Bresky and Nathan Crick as assistant coaches to help instruct a young team that produced lackluster results last season.
Sports writerswho met at the 31st annual Football Kickoff in Pinehurst, N.C. predicted the final rankings for the ACC this season.
