High hopes for Travis Griffith's final year of Cavalier football were shattered with yesterday's announcement that the defensive end will need season-ending ankle surgery.
The Cavalier field hockey team fell to North Carolina 1-0 yesterday, marking its first loss of the season. The Tar Heels (6-1, 1-0 ACC) tallied the only goal of the game when forward Kristen McCann scored with 7:33 to go.
Wake Forest quarterback Ben Sankey said he knows why his team fell apart in front of 50,000 people at Scott Stadium Saturday night. "They took away our running game," Sankey said in the locker room with a tired shake of his head. The Cavalier defense did worse than that.
After the humiliating loss to Clemson last weekend, many people were ready to write off the Virginia football team.
George Welsh's Cavaliers entered Saturday's home opener with Wake Forest looking more like a horde of sick children than a football team -- a defense devastated by injury, a secondary burned alive against Clemson and a passing offense unable to strike down the field. But the Cav coach, who has confronted more than his fair share of adversity in his 18 years in Charlottesville, managed to dig deep enough into the medicine chest and unearth the solution to all Cavalier ills: Thomas Jones. In front of the record-breaking crowd of 50,000 at the revamped Scott Stadium, Jones did his best Heisman pose -- juking, sliding, cutting and steamrolling his way to 164 rushing yards and three scores in a 35-7 Cavalier triumph.
In an ACC match-up that proved to be as tenacious as expected, the Virginia men's soccer team battled Wake Forest to a 1-1 tie. "It was a hard-fought game," Virginia coach George Gelnovatch said.
RALEIGH, N.C. -- In the preseason, coach April Heinrichs anointed her Cavalier women's soccer team the best in the impressive history of the program.
I'm not going to add myself to the rapidly growing bandwagon that has seen fit to pronounce doom upon the Virginia football team a mere two weeks into the season.
The gap between omnipotent Florida State and the rest of the ACC appears to be larger than ever. After all, Florida State resides atop all 18,347 college football polls, and the 'Noles have finished each of the last 12 years ranked in the top four.
If he still were alive, Howard Cosell would have a field day with the Virginia defense. "Down goes Pope!" the raspy voice of American sports would bellow.
He might not be the flashiest player on Virginia's men's soccer team, but when Drew O'Donnell takes the field you can count on one thing for sure - he'll get the job done and get it done well. "He's not a guy who has a lot of statistics," coach George Gelnovatch said.
Watching a Virginia women's soccer game, Katie Tracy is one of the first players to stand out. She's yelling encouragement to her teammates from her spot at center midfield, out-fighting her opponents for headers and loose balls and generally doing all the things a reigning team MVP should do. Lori Lindsey is often harder to spot.
Maurice Anderson has a request. Forget about the two-inch boxcutter scar stretched across the left side of his face.
It's easy to see why Wake Forest football coach Jim Caldwell and wide receiver Jammie Deese get along - they both know what they want. Five years ago Caldwell wanted the dynamic young high school senior from Laurinburg N.C.
After two tough games on the road, the Virginia football team comes home with the hope of defending a 15-game winning streak against Wake Forest today at 7 p.m. Under the lights at Scott Stadium, the Cavaliers (1-1, 1-1 ACC) will celebrate Homecoming as they attempt to extend one of the nation's longest winning streaks.
Virginia field hockey begins this season with a changing of the guard - new faces, a new attitude and a new head coach. Jessica Wilk comes in to take over for former head coach Missi Sanders, who resigned as head coach last spring to spend more time with her young children.
He might not be the flashiest player on Virginia's men's soccer team, but when Drew O'Donnell takes the field you can count on one thing for sure - he'll get the job done and get it done well. "He's not a guy who has a lot of statistics," coach George Gelnovatch said.
Watching a Virginia women's soccer game, Katie Tracy is one of the first players to stand out. She's yelling encouragement to her teammates from her spot at center midfield, out-fighting her opponents for headers and loose balls and generally doing all the things a reigning team MVP and "unsung hero" should do. Lori Lindsey is often harder to spot.
After two tough games on the road, the Virginia football team comes home with the hope of defending a 15-game winning streak against Wake Forest tomorrow at 7 p.m. Under the lights at Scott Stadium, the Cavaliers (1-1, 1-1 ACC) will celebrate Homecoming as they attempt to extend one of the nation's longest winning streaks.
Duke may not have won the NCAA Championship last year, but the Blue Devils have a reason to celebrate anyway.
