In a battle of winless teams, George Mason broke out of the gates in the first inning, hammering Virginia for four runs en route to a 6-4 victory yesterday at U.Va.
Virginia swept the ACC women's basketball weekly awards yesterday, as sophomore guard Telisha Quarles was named Player of the Week and freshman forward Schuye LaRue grabbed Rookie of the Week honors for their performances in Cavalier victories against Clemson Thursday and No.
The success of the Virginia men's basketball team this season has brought many Cavalier players into the limelight.
Virginia defensive back Chris Williams, a redshirt freshman who participated in more defensive plays than any other Cavalier last season, is academically ineligible and will not play football in the fall. Williams, a second-year Engineering student, will not participate in spring practice and will miss the 2000 season as well, confirmed Michael Colley, assistant athletic media relations director, yesterday. "He is academically ineligible and won't be able to play," Colley said. Williams declined to comment. Virginia Asst.
Three hundred sixty-seven days ago, the Virginia men's basketball team stood seconds away from a miracle win over No.
The winless Virginia baseball team takes on equally-struggling George Mason this afternoon at the U.Va.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-What do you do when you have to counter a 7-foot, 264-pound menace with a 6-foot-7 freshman who is 14 pounds lighter?
Cara Lane and the Virginia women's swimming and diving team put together a handful of record-setting performances this weekend at the ACC Championships in Chapel Hill, but host North Carolina bumped the defending champion Cavaliers from the Conference throne, winning by nearly 150 points. No.
After two seasons as Virginia's starting placekicker, Todd Braverman will not be back for his final year of eligibility with the Cavaliers. The decision came as a surprise to the redshirt junior, who said he assumed all was well after hearing nothing a few weeks ago when Cav Coach George Welsh was bidding goodbye to those players he had decided to let go. At a Feb.
With busloads of fans from her hometown looking on, Virginia guard Telisha Quarles led the No. 21 Cavalier women's basketball team to a 60-51 victory over No.
Thursday against Clemson, it seemed everyone on the Virginia women's basketball team had a hot shooting hand, but when the offense turned cold yesterday against No.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-Finally. It took a bright class of new players, a new coach and even a new millennium, but the Virginia men's basketball team finally broke its 19-year losing streak at North Carolina. Junior reserve shooting guard Keith Friel sparked the Cavalier offense in the second half to spur a 90-76 Cav victory over the Tar Heels yesterday at the Dean Smith Center. The win marked Virginia's first victory at the 14-year-old Dean Dome.
In her 23rd season as coach of the Virginia women's basketball team, Debbie Ryan has seen a lot of great teams.
In the midst of a two-game winning streak that has kept hopes of an NCAA Tournament berth alive, the Virginia men's basketball team (17-8, 7-5 ACC) faces a daunting task Sunday when they travel to North Carolina to face the Tar Heels (16-9, 7-4). The excitement of the Cavaliers' earlier home victory over the Tar Heels has been tempered by the fact that the Cavs have never won at the Dean Smith Center.
Third-year forward Svetlana Volnaya scored 22 points on 4-of-4 three-point shooting in Virginia women's basketball's 72-63 victory over ACC rival Clemson last night at Littlejohn Coliseum. Forward Lisa Hosac and guard Telisha Quarles both shot 3-for-5 from long range to lead the Cavalier charge.
When Laura Gaworecki was deciding where she wanted to play collegiate soccer two years ago, she met plenty of coaches.
Related Links Virginia softball   The Virginia softball team was voted second in the ACC Preseason Coaches Poll Monday, finishing five points behind two-time defending Conference champion Florida State. The five ACC head coaches gave the Cavaliers 18 points in the poll, including one first-place vote.
First-year phenoms are media magnets in this era of college sports.
The moon was nearly full and the sky was mostly dark as the Virginia baseball team tried to squint its way to victory against Old Dominion in yesterday's home opener.
For a man whose facial expression never changed, whose steely, 1,000-yard stare terrified even Mike Ditka, Tom Landry always looked a little peculiar with a brushed suede fedora atop his balding head. Maybe his unbending calm for 29 seasons along the Dallas Cowboys sideline rendered the hat a bit odd.
