After a silver medal finish in the 100-meter breaststroke last week in Sydney, former Virginia swimmer Ed Moses seized the Olympic gold Saturday as a member of the 4x100 medley relay team that smashed the world record by more than a second. Moses, Lenny Krayzelburg, Ian Crocker and Gary Hall Jr.
The Virginia women's volleyball team lost in straight sets to Wake Forest Friday night but improved its mental approach and determination overnight to defeat Florida State, 3-1 (15-9, 14-16, 15-8, 15-6), and shoot back into the ACC title race. "Our match was just a mental test and we did really well tonight," Cav coach Melissa Aldrich Shelton said.
If you were unsure about the Clemson offense, Woody Dantzler or the Tigers' dreams of an ACC title, you're singing a different tune now. Sure, Dantzler, a quarterback no less, led the ACC in rushing before Clemson visited Virginia Saturday.
NORFOLK--They say history repeats itself. Yesterday it happened when the Virginia field hockey team lost to Old Dominion for the seventh-straight time, this time by a 5-1 score. Senior goalkeeper Becky Worthington gave the No.
Entering Saturday's game against Clemson, Virginia knew it needed to contain quarterback Woodrow Dantzler to win.
After Tuesday's narrow defeat of ACC rival Duke, the Virginia women's volleyball team faces two of its toughest conference opponents this weekend at University Hall.
After playing five of its first seven games on the road, the Virginia women's soccer team will host the Coca-Cola Classic at home this weekend.
It's a good thing the Cavs don't have to play Clemson in Death Valley this year. Last season at home, the Tigers tore into the defense of the No.
Coming off an exhilarating 1-0 overtime victory over Virginia Commonwealth Wednesday night, the eighth-ranked Virginia men's soccer team will face the 10th-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels this Sunday at 2 p.m.
Alecko Eskandarian is not Brandi Chastain. She took her shirt off. Last night, when the freshman forward ended a long night for the Virginia men's soccer team, he simply pulled his over his head. In the 10th minute of overtime against Virginia Commonwealth, Eskandarian corralled a pass from junior forward Sheldon Barnes on the left side of the goal mouth, dribbled past the fallen goalkeeper and tapped home a shot to give the No.
It's always fun to sit back and think "what if?" What if the earth was flat? What if the moon was made of green cheese?
Lewis Chitengwa thrives on distinction and challenge. Right now, he has both. As the only black African-born player on a major U.S.
Led by former Virginia forward Chris Albright, the U.S. men's soccer team beat Kuwait 3-1 in Melbourne, Australia Tuesday.
Having climbed back to eighth in the nation after two straight wins, the Virginia men's soccer team faces nationally-ranked Virginia Commonwealth at 7 p.m.
Led by a record-breaking performance from senior middle blocker Deanna Zwarich, the Cavalier women's volleyball team ended a four-match losing streak by squeezing out a three-hour 3-2 win against Duke. The Cavs (5-6, 1-0 ACC) had to rally to take the last two games after the Blue Devils (9-4, 0-1) grabbed a 2-1 lead. "We started out well and then relaxed a little bit in the second and third games," Zwarich said.
I know most of you Wahoos are kidding - or at least I hope you are - when you brand Ed Moses a loser because he is not bringing an individual gold home from Sydney.
After a freshman season in which he tied for the team lead with 28 receptions, wide receiver Billy McMullen had every reason to expect a breakout year this season.
The Virginia men's golf team was in the lead through 36 holes of play at the Coca-Cola Tennessee Tournament of Champions, but Louisiana State grabbed the lead in yesterday's final round, relegating the Cavs to second. The Cavaliers shot an eight-under par 856, while the Tigers won with a 13-under 851. Cav senior Cameron Yancey led the field in individual competition before yesterday's round, but he finished in sixth with a four-under 212.
Intimidating. That's what you think when you see a field hockey goalkeeper. It's the loads of padding she wears that make her appear twice as big.
Historians will tell you the original Renaissance man was Leonardo da Vinci. If not Leo, then Benjamin Franklin or Thomas Jefferson are next in line. But the historians are woefully wrong.
