Terrapins prove
By Tracy Berman | November 22, 1999COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- After Saturday's 34-30 victory over Maryland, the focal point of many seemed to be the thrilling scoring drive that ended with 26 seconds left and gave Virginia the victory.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- After Saturday's 34-30 victory over Maryland, the focal point of many seemed to be the thrilling scoring drive that ended with 26 seconds left and gave Virginia the victory.
Thanks to an impressive season-ending run -- which culminated with a hard-fought triple overtime loss to No.
Over George Welsh's 18 years as Virginia football coach, he has led the team to 10 bowl games, four bowl wins and, for the last 12 years, has helped the squad to at least seven wins every season.
The relay drill was going well for the Virginia women's soccer team at last week's practice -- until common courtesy intervened. As third-year forward Kyla Robinson made the tag at the end of her relay leg and began to slow up from her sprint, teammate Angela Hucles was right on her heels.
The Virginia men's basketball team will tip off its regular season tonight against Elon at 7:30 p.m.
The Virginia volleyball team begins its quest for its first Conference title tomorrow at the ACC Tournament in Orlando, Fla.
As "Hoop Dreams" - the brilliant documentary focusing on the separate but similar sagas of two aspiring high-school ballers - draws to a close, William Gates, whose hardcourt heroics earned him a scholarship to Marquette, leaves the audience to ponder these final words: "If I don't make it, don't forget about me." I wonder if Korleone Young was listening.
Entering last season, the Cavalier women's basketball team had high expectations for the NCAA Tournament.
Mary Frances Scott's Virginia volleyball career may be winding down, but the fourth-year setter keeps piling up the awards. Scott earned Co-ACC Volleyball Player of the Week accolades for her play last week, her second such honor this season.
What an absolute travesty it was that backup quarterback David Rivers did not see more time Saturday than a mere appearance late in the fourth quarter. Just one week prior, Rivers rescued the possibility of a seven-win season with a monster outing against then-No.
At virtually every Virginia football game, there are many Cavalier fans toting signs in attempts to get their faces on TV.
Friday the Virginia women's basketball team endured a 96-44 rout at the hands of the U.S. National Team.
The Virginia men's soccer team knew that in order to secure a spot in the 32-team NCAA Tournament they would have to conclude the season with a strong showing in the ACC tourney.
For the past 12 years, only four teams in Division I have racked up seven or more victories every season.
The preseason doesn't look to get much easier for the Cavalier women's basketball team as the Russian national team comes calling at University Hall tonight at 7:30 p.m. The Russian national team comes into tonight's showdown continuing their seven-game American tour after previous stops in Atlanta, Raleigh, Chapel Hill and Clemson.
The Virginia women's crew team literally blew their competition out the water this weekend, winning all four events at the regatta they hosted on the Rivanna Reservoir. Over 250 rowers from six teams came to the Cavalier boathouse to compete in Sunday's "Rivanna Romp." All of the Cavaliers' ACC opponents -- North Carolina, Duke and Clemson -- attended, as well as teams from the University of Miami, Georgetown and Ohio State. Rowers competed in four different events on the four-kilometer course.
First Dan Ellis was knocked out of the Florida State game, both literally and figuratively. Then he watched backup David Rivers lead Virginia to its biggest win of the season against Georgia Tech, creating a full-scale quarterback controversy.
For the third straight year, the Virginia field hockey team bowed out of the NCAA Tournament after a 3-0 loss to Old Dominion.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.--The Virginia men's soccer team fell last night 2-1 in triple overtime to No.
At this point last week, the Virginia women's soccer team had lost four of its last five games and was still recovering from a heart-wrenching loss to Clemson in the first round of the ACC Tournament.