The Virginia women's cross country team dealt with as much adversity as it had ever faced Saturday at the annual Pre-Nationals Meet in the Ames, Iowa, but it still managed to finish a respectable 17th place.
Bobby Knight's trachea-grabbing, secretary-belittling tactics did much to sully the once-venerated coaching profession.
The Virginia swimming and diving teams opened their seasons with smashing wins over West Virginia Saturday afternoon at the Aquatic & Fitness Center.
Less than three minutes into Saturday night's game against the James Madison Dukes, Virginia center midfielder Lori Lindsey scored a spectacular goal to start off what would become a 3-0 victory for the Cavalier women's soccer team. Lindsey received a cross on the ground from forward Darci Borski that seemed intended for fellow forward Alyssa Benitez.
With guards Jermaine Harper and Keith Jenifer already on board for the 2001-02 season, the Virginia men's basketball program received a third verbal commitment yesterday when Jason Clark announced his intention to wear the orange and blue. "I felt Virginia was the best place for me," Clark told recruiting Web site InsidersReport.com.
Even before the Virginia field hockey team took the field against No. 3 North Carolina yesterday, the weight of the game was evident.
Tied at one with less than four minutes left, Wake Forest's Gabi Lieb scored the game-winning goal as the Demon Deacon women's soccer team handed the Cavaliers a deflating 2-1 loss in Winston-Salem last night. The No.
Despite the loss of many major contributors, the Virginia swimming and diving teams hope to make a big splash in their season-opening meet.
Midway through last season, Virginia starting goalkeeper Kyle Singer discovered he had mononucleosis and would have to sit out the rest of the soccer season.
Home, sweet home. That's what the Virginia field hockey team will be thinking this weekend when it hosts Georgetown tonight at 7 p.m.
Virginia coach George Welsh has had a lot to worry about after his starting quarterback went down in last week's win against Maryland.
Leaves may be withering and falling all over Grounds, but on the University Hall Turf Field, Carrie Goodloe already is blooming for the Virginia field hockey team. Goodloe has scored 16 of her 18 points this season in the Cavs' last five games and looks as though she is getting better and better with every game. "I've just been working really hard," she said.
Brandi Teamer and Joanna Kemp, previously the two tallest members of the Virginia women's basketball freshman class, will not play this season, The Daily Progress reported yesterday. Teamer, a 6-foot-2 power forward from Joliet, Ill., has been declared academically ineligible to attend Virginia.
At one point or another, every Virginia sports fan wonders what perks go with wearing the orange and blue.
Virginia women's soccer coach Steve Swanson has his own unwritten "Zero Tolerance" policy. It does not cover NCAA eligibility infractions or illegal athletic gambling.
For those of you who think student-athletes are stupid, meet Bob Thiele. He'll change your mind. Thiele, a senior captain of the men's cross country team, defies the stereotype of the academically challenged jock.
Anyone who's anyone in the world of collegiate soccer knows to disregard the National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll at the beginning of the season.
Last season the Virginia men's basketball team lacked a pure center, putting it at a disadvantage against teams with large front lines.
Two years after putting together a top-five recruiting class, the Virginia men's basketball program again has an abundance of scholarships to hand out and plenty of talented prospects to pursue. Seniors Donald Hand, Keith Friel and Stephane Dondon will graduate following this season.
Alas, the Virginia football team ... or what's left of the hamstrung hodgepodge after Dan Ellis' right leg crumpled beneath him, has the week off. So the way I figure it, so too does this lowly columnist proudly bearing the moniker "big-money sport tycoon" across his chest.
