Things never come too easy. For the Virginia women's tennis team yesterday, a 5-2 victory over Virginia Commonwealth was no exception. When VCU (7-4) brought only four players to face the Cavaliers in an in-state showdown at the Boar's Head Sports Club, Virginia's upset over the team ranked 10 spots higher seemed to be in the bag.
BALTIMORE, Md.-Virginia men's lacrosse coach Dom Starsia said that the battle between the No.
When things get tough, some people fold. But for the Virginia women's tennis team Wednesday night, giving in was not an option. After losing all three of their doubles matches to open the highly-anticipated showdown against in-state rival Virginia Tech, the Cavaliers roared back from the 1-0 deficit by winning five of their six singles matchups and shut the door on the Hokies, 5-2. The victory was Virginia's (6-4) second straight over Virginia Tech (7-7) and its fourth win out of its last five meetings.
The tradition of the North Carolina-Virginia rivalry is no secret, but one of the tightest competitions between the two schools is often overlooked: women's lacrosse. The No.
The Virginia men's lacrosse team's tough early-season schedule continues Saturday night when the No.
Virginia baseball will face a team gathering momentum when N.C. State rolls into U.Va. Baseball Field this weekend for a three-game series.
Like other Virginia undergraduates, you can find Katie Weinberg rushing to psychology classes, hanging out with her five apartmentmates or making late-night Arch's runs.
There were no happy endings or glorious predictions for the Virginia women's basketball team as they hung up their uniforms this season - only a plane to catch and a bit of soul-searching to do. The Cavaliers, who finished 18-14 after losing in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, believe one thing is certain, however.
These people must be stopped. Once again, corruption, large egos and rising salaries threaten to destroy a sport that we all know and love. The images are all ingrained into our memories: the crack of the bat, the expansive green outfield, the perfect spin of an expertly thrown flipper or googly.
This was not the way anyone on the Virginia men's basketball team wanted it to end. A shocking 86-85 loss to Gonzaga on Friday scarcely seems a fitting way to close the chapter on another Cavalier season.
Junior first baseman/pitcher Kristen Dennis garnered ACC Player of the Week honors after leading the Virginia softball team to the Winthrop Invitational Tournament title on Sunday in Rock Hill, S.C. The Cavaliers (22-8) advanced to the championship game of the tournament after dispatching East Carolina, 10-5, in the semifinals.
While countless hordes of MTV Spring Breakers were gyrating for the cameras on the beaches of southern Florida in skimpy clothing, Virginia wrestlers Jimi Massey, Joe Alexander and Greg Francesca also were dressed in close-fitting spandex, though obviously for different reasons.
Six Virginia women swimmers combined their efforts to lead the Cavaliers to a 12th-place finish at the NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships last weekend at the Nassua County Aquatic Center in East Meadow, N.Y. Freshmen Amy Baly and Carlie Dykehouse, sophomores Cara Lane and Mirjana Bosevska, junior Megan Roesch and senior Megan Iffland all qualified to represent the Cavaliers at the NCAAs and took home 10 top 16 event awards and 92 points. Lane put in the most spectacular and prosperous performances for the Cavaliers.
You weren't the only one praying in front of the television five days ago. At approximately 2:30 Friday afternoon, I slid off the couch and onto my knees, palms pressed together in what turned out to be a vain attempt to will the Virginia men's basketball team past 12th-seeded Gonzaga and into the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Dan Dickau and the Zags sent the Cavaliers to a season-ending third consecutive loss, but the lasting image of Virginia's 2000-01 season need not be its 0-for-March finish.
On a day when it barely overcame the bitter cold at U.Va. Baseball Field, Virginia didn't have enough gas to get by Marc Fisher.
It won't be in Scott Stadium or University Hall, and it won't be in Lane Stadium or Cassell Coliseum either.
MEMPHIS, Tenn.-In the NCAA tournament's South Region Friday afternoon, opportunity knocked three times for the Virginia men's basketball team.
Eighth-seeded Michigan overcame a 17-point deficit Saturday to score an overtime win over ninth-seeded Virginia, 81-71, in the first round of the Women's NCAA Basketball Tournament in South Bend, Ind.
The national anthem wasn't the only thing filled with rockets and bombs yesterday at Virginia Baseball Field.
Students of the staggered screen, pupils of the pick-and-roll: Gather'round. Last week I presented you with an assignment: Camp out in front of the big screen, fight your way through 48 games worth of utter NCAA madness and report back with your findings. In the time-honored tradition of sending the 16 sweetest clubs onward in search of the college hardwood holy grail, I've condensed our laundry list of observations down to not 16 (that wouldn't fit) but eight noteworthy memories and moments.
