The Virginia men's tennis team defeated Pennsylvania 7-1 Saturday evening at the Boar's Head Sports Club in its spring season opener. In the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Fall rankings, Virginia was ranked No.
The women's basketball game Sunday between Virginia and Duke at University Hall was billed as a battle for first place in the ACC, with both teams sharing identical 7-1 Conference records. And battle they did, en route to a 61-42 triumph over the Blue Devils. The No.
The Virginia wrestling team heads to North Carolina tonight, looking to steal a pair of ACC wins against Duke at 7:30 p.m.
The Virginia men's and women's swimming and diving teams established themselves as the force to be reckoned with in the ACC by sweeping North Carolina at Chapel Hill last Sunday.
The Virginia men's basketball team kicks off a four-game road trip Super Bowl Sunday, as they travel to Winston-Salem, N.C., to face Wake Forest at 1 p.m. The surging Cavaliers (14-5, 4-2 ACC), winners of their last four games, are meeting a Demon Deacon squad (11-7, 2-4) that has been struggling recently.
The Virginia women's basketball team remained undefeated in Winston-Salem, defeating Wake Forest 58-47 to rebound from Monday night's loss to Kent.
Virginia lacrosse fourth-years Amy Fromal, Ashley Widger and Stephy Samaras earned preseason LaxPower All-American honors Monday, seven months after guiding the Cavaliers to the NCAA finals against Maryland. Fromal and Widger, both Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association first-team All-Americans last season, made the preseason first team, while Samaras garnered an honorable mention. Fromal, who plays primarily defensive wing, scored the game-winning goal against Duke in the NCAA semifinals.
In a matchup of two surprisingly top-ranked ACC teams, Virginia took control during the final five minutes of last night's game in University Hall, earning a 86-81 victory over the Seminoles. Clutch foul shooting, intense defense and timely scoring allowed the Cavaliers to win their fourth Conference game, matching last season's ACC victory total. Donald Hand scored a game-high 28 points for Virginia (14-5, 4-2 ACC) while junior college transfer Stephane Dondon had a breakthrough game, coming off the bench and tallying 14 points on five of six from the floor. "Coach has been telling me to just relax and play my game, and it did happen" last night, Dondon said. Florida State (8-9, 3-3) led with just under five minutes remaining after Ron Hale, who posted 26 points and eight rebounds, gave the Seminoles a 69-67 lead.
Now that he's firmly ensconced as the grand poobah of the Washington Wizards, Michael Jordan won't be returning to the NBA anytime soon.
With all the fuss surrounding the talented Cavalier newcomers -- including a scintillating pure point guard from the Bronx -- incumbent floor general Donald Hand was almost lost in the shuffle.
Florida State senior forward Damous Anderson and Maryland freshman forward Tahj Holden received recognition from the ACC after notching career bests in victories last week. Anderson, named ACC Player of the Week, scored 24 points in a Seminole loss at Georgia Tech and a career-high 25 in FSU's upset of then-21st-ranked North Carolina Saturday.
At the beginning of the season, Virginia and Florida State were picked to finish at the bottom of the Conference.
In the past, Virginia fans been criticized as some of the worst in the ACC. They don't cheer loudly enough, don't come to enough games and don't stay to the end if the Cavs are losing.
RICHMOND--All right, everyone off the bandwagon. Maybe it was the six-day layoff. Maybe it was the chill that hung over the ice hockey/basketball floor of the Richmond Coliseum.
RICHMOND--This time, when the game reached overtime, the Cavaliers got it right. The Virginia men's basketball team overcame a frenzied charge by Virginia Tech and emerged with a hard-fought 71-66 victory over a very determined squad of Hokies last night at the Richmond Coliseum.
The Virginia women's basketball team ended its 10-game win streak last night as it fell to Kent in an 85-74 defeat. The No.
Reverend Jesse Jackson wants to see greater representation of minorities in sports in both the coaching ranks and the front office.
The Virginia men's and women's swimming teams dominated Duke Friday, coasting to a pair of easy ACC wins.
A year ago, Svetlana Volnaya was just a shooter. She filled that role well in her first season with the Cavaliers, converting 26 percent of her three-point tries, but although she possessed the physical skills to be a better all-around player, Volnaya had problems finding her own shot rather than relying on others to get her involved. So how did The Shooter, the Virginia women basketball team's 6-foot-1 Belarus native, go from being a player on the outside looking in, waiting for kick-outs from the Cavs' hard-working guards, to the top scorer in the ACC?
Seconds after Tampa Bay Buccaneer quarterback Shaun King's fourth-down pass was swatted down in the end zone by a pack of St.
