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Rowing team hosts annual Rivanna Romp

By Alix Glynn | November 14, 2014

The Virginia women’s rowing team wraps up the fall season Sunday with its annual home regatta, the Rivanna Romp. Teams from Louisville, Penn, Old Dominion, Columbia, Oklahoma, Duke and Clemson will travel to Charlottesville to compete in the event. The Cavaliers won both the Varsity Eight and Varsity Four races last year and will field several boats in both races again this year.

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Virginia volleyball hosts Commonwealth Clash

By Daniel Fisher | November 14, 2014

On Friday the Virginia women’s volleyball team will look to snap a two-game losing streak and make a final push for the NCAA tournament in a home rivalry matchup against Virginia Tech. Virginia (15-11, 8-5 ACC) has five regular season games left on its schedule – games it can’t afford to lose.

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Weekend previews: Nov. 14-16

By Cavalier Daily Sports Staff | November 14, 2014

A skinny on weekend competition for the cross country, wrestling, and swim and dive teams. Full previews for the men's basketball, women's basketball, volleyball and women's soccer weekend matchups are also available online.

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Women's soccer hosts High Point in NCAA First Round

By Jacob Hochberger | November 12, 2014

Ever since the Virginia women’s soccer team arrived at spring camp more than seven months ago, the focus has been on getting back to the NCAA tournament and avenging last season’s heartbreaking College Cup loss to UCLA in penalty kicks. Throughout the regular season, the team spoke of ambitious postseason goals, while reiterating that the next game on the schedule would be the most important.

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Basketball teams announce new recruiting classes

By Matthew Morris | November 12, 2014

Virginia men’s basketball coach Tony Bennett announced Wednesday afternoon that the team had signed the bulky Brewster Academy senior forward Jarred Reuter to a National Letter of Intent. Earlier in the day, Virginia women’s basketball coach Joanne Boyle also announced that high school senior post players Debra Ferguson, Moné Jones and Shakyna Payne would all head to Charlottesville for the 2015-16 season.

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Cavaliers visit James Madison to start new season

November 12, 2014

The Virginia men’s basketball team will tip off its 2014-15 regular season this Friday night at James Madison in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Junior forward Evan Nolte and sophomore guard London Perrantes have been suspended for the game due to violations of team rules over the summer.

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Hoops with a side of stuffing

By Matthew Morris | November 12, 2014

This summer, Virginia junior guard Justin Anderson collaborated with strength and conditioning coach Mike Curtis to lose a little weight and strike the proper ratio between body fat and muscle. Now a sleeker 225 pounds, Anderson said Curtis — dubbed the “best strength coach in the country” by coach Tony Bennett at the No. 9 Cavaliers’ Oct. 22 media day — helped him fine-tune his diet.

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Men's basketball opens 2014-15 season, eyes ACC repeat

By Ryan Taylor | November 12, 2014

The No. 9 Virginia men’s basketball team returns to the hardwood Friday for the first time since falling to Michigan State in the NCAA tournament. Despite reigning as ACC regular season and tournament champions, the Cavaliers enter the 2014-15 campaign as just the fourth-highest ranked team in the ACC.

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Women's basketball seeks first postseason appearance since 2012

By Chanhong Luu | November 12, 2014

The Virginia women’s basketball team opens its 2014-15 campaign this Friday night at John Paul Jones Arena against Ohio State, looking to improve on last season's 14-17 overall and 6-10 ACC record. The season was the first-ever losing effort in coach Joanne Boyle's 12 years at the collegiate level — none of her teams had ever finished fewer than two games above .500.

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Man City's woes

By Nikolas Samaras | November 12, 2014

America loves to hate winners. The teams who make you scowl just to think about with their sickeningly sweet appearances, fair-weather fans, and ubiquitous worldwide pomp.

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The power of 757

By Matthew Morris | November 11, 2014

It has been more than two years since Bayside High rising senior Taquan “Smoke” Mizzell committed to Virginia over North Carolina and West Virginia, affirming the Cavaliers’ considerable influence in Southeastern Virginia’s Hampton Roads region.

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Detrimentally early recruiting

By Krishna Korupolu | November 11, 2014

In nearly every circumstance, the early-recruiting process that exists in basketball hurts recruits such as Boatright, Peebles and Kelly by removing them from the nationwide recruiting process.

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Outclassed

By Matthew Morris | November 9, 2014

Simply shoring up perceived deficiencies won’t put Virginia in position to really compete with teams like Florida State. To do that, the Cavaliers must take a lengthy step forward.

Despite throwing a career-high three touchdowns Saturday against No. 2 Florida State, sophomore quarterback Greyson Lambert turned the ball over twice and could not lead the Cavaliers to victory in Tallahassee.
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Miscues doom Virginia against No. 2 Seminoles

By Ryan Taylor | November 9, 2014

The Virginia football team (4-6, 2-4 ACC) dropped its fourth game in a row Saturday with a 34-20 loss to No. 2 Florida State (9-0, 6-0 ACC) in Tallahassee. The Cavaliers now must win their final two games if they hope to reach bowl eligibility.

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