Cavalier men to travel to Europe
By Stuart Burkhalter | March 29, 2000Although the men's basketball team's season only recently ended, preparation for next year has already begun.
Although the men's basketball team's season only recently ended, preparation for next year has already begun.
RICHMOND-Neither sporadic rain nor gusting winds could stop Virginia from toppling Richmond 11-2 after a stunning display of batting prowess in the first inning. Virginia's (14-14-1) magical four-run first inning began with Shawn McCleary scoring from third on a wild pitch by Spider right-hander Tom Mahony.
After the first few rounds of the NCAA Tournament, I thought nothing could surprise me anymore. But I also never thought North Carolina had a chance at making the Final Four. While I am still shocked at how a team that was so mediocre throughout the regular season could perform so well in the Tournament, I can take comfort in knowing that at least I wasn't the only one surprised by the Tar Heels' performance lately. After all, if the North Carolina men's basketball players believed they had any chance at making the Final Four, Tar Heel point guards Ed Cota and Terrence Newby would not have scheduled their court date for April 3, the date of the national championship game in Indianapolis. The April 3 court date was Cota and Newby's third attempt at an appearance in district court for an Oct.
The Virginia women's tennis team hopes to squash any symptoms of arachnophobia when they face the Richmond Spiders today at the Snyder Tennis Center. The Cavaliers (9-5, 0-1 ACC) are coming off a hard-fought 7-2 loss to No.
The Virginia crew team's varsity eight split a pair of races Saturday in the ACC/Big Ten Double Dual Regatta in Raleigh.
Cavalier sophomore Ed Moses left the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships this weekend with two world short course records and two NCAA gold medals in the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke.
I stand before you today, gentle readers, a wiser man. Much like the blind Greek soothsayer Tieresias - or perhaps more like Yoda - I have seen the future.
Still recovering from her team's crushing defeat to Tennessee in the NCAA Tournament third round Sunday, Virginia point guard Renee Robinson took time to look back.
At the end of the third quarter of Saturday's game against Johns Hopkins, the Cavalier men's lacrosse team had reason to worry.
MEMPHIS-The Virginia women's basketball team made an early second-half run, but a physically overpowering Tennessee squad regained a huge lead and rolled into the NCAA Elite Eight.
Virginia breaststroker Ed Moses shattered a pair of world short course records this weekend at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, leading the Cavalier men to a 12th-place team finish. Moses captured the second and third NCAA titles in Virginia men's swimming history, taking the gold in the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke.
Steve Garland, Cavalier wrestling's golden boy at 125 pounds, still remembers every detail of the match that made him a Virginia legend.
The Virginia baseball team overcame a six-run deficit to beat Wake Forest Saturday but could not muster enough offense to recover from a middle-inning explosion by the Demon Deacons yesterday, as Wake grabbed a 13-5 victory to win the three-game series at the U.Va.
The Virginia men's tennis team picked up a pair of 4-2 wins this weekend in its first taste of conference action this season.
An agonizing weekend for the Virginia softball team ended yesterday with two losses in the Hoo's Who Tournament and a half-hour postgame team meeting. After the Cavaliers (11-25) squandered a two-run lead and Penn State took a 7-4 extra-inning win in the second game of a doubleheader, coach Cheryl Sprangel held a lengthy meeting in rightfield with the demoralized players.
After dishing out a handful of beatings this season, the Virginia women's lacrosse team found itself on the receiving end of one Saturday afternoon, falling to North Carolina 12-5. The No.
When Virginia fifth-year senior Ashley Widger walked off the field after the Cavaliers' 16-6 loss to Maryland in last season's NCAA women's lacrosse championship game May 16, it seemed to mark the end of her collegiate career.
In the first of three days of competition, the No. 7 Virginia men's swimming team began the 2000 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships with strong performances from its 400-meter medley relay team and senior Austin Ramirez. The medley foursome of sophomores Chris Mousetis and Ed Moses, junior Troy Johnson and senior Doak Finch finished fourth with a time of 3:33.47. Ramirez swam a 3:47.76 in the 400 freestyle to take eighth.
The Virginia softball team will kick off the 2000 UVA Hoo's Who Tournament at when they face Pittsburgh at noon and Bowling Green at 4:00 p.m.
The Virginia men's lacrosse team will renew a long-standing rivalry between powerhouse programs when they take on Johns Hopkins tomorrow at Klöckner Stadium at 2 p.m. The No.