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Virginia seeks strong end to season at NCAAs

By Robert Elder | March 19, 2014

This season, the Virginia women’s swim and dive team has been one to remember. Under first year coach Augie Busch, the Cavaliers not only won their seventh consecutive ACC title, but also shattered the record books in the process. Now, the long season which began with its first meet in October has one more stop for No. 7 Virginia — Minneapolis, Minn., for the NCAA women’s swimming and diving championships.

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Cut the Hedges

By Fritz Metzinger | March 18, 2014

On Monday, Virginia alumnus Ian Cohen wrote a story for Grantland entitled “In Praise of Virginia: The Mediocre, Miraculous No. 1 Seed.” With respect to Mr. Cohen, I disliked the article.

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Coping with March Madness

By Kerry Mitchell | March 18, 2014

On Sunday, the Virginia Cavaliers and the hated Duke Blue Devils were locked in a battle for the ages, and I was reduced to a rabid, shaking wreck on the couch. And for what?

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Virginia looks to turn season around

By Robert Elder | March 18, 2014

The first few weeks of the 2014 season have proved to be a difficult challenge for Virginia. The Cavaliers, faced with one of the nation’s toughest schedules, lost four games against top-10 ranked opponents, including multiple in which the opponent’s second half run sunk a chance for a Virginia victory.

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No. 10 men’s golf opens spring season with two top-five finishes

By Zack Bartee | March 17, 2014

The No. 10 Virginia men’s golf team played the first two events of its spring schedule last week. The Cavaliers first took second place at the Palmetto Intercollegiate in Aiken, S.C., before finishing fourth at the Schenkel Invitational Sunday in Statesboro, Ga.

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Softball continues slump, swept by Syracuse

By Matthew Wurzburger | March 17, 2014

Virginia softball dropped all three games of a weekend series against Syracuse. The Cavaliers were thoroughly routed by the Orange in each, losing 8-0, 13-1 and 14-3.

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Lavender competes in NCAA Indoor Championships

By Matthew Wurzburger | March 17, 2014

Junior sprinter Jordan Lavender was the lone member of the Virginia Indoor Track & Field team to compete in the NCAA Championships last weekend in Albuquerque, N.M.

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Women's golf posts strong showings in South Carolina, Florida

By Peter Nance | March 17, 2014

The Virginia women’s golf team travelled to Hilton Head, S.C. and Gainesville, Fla. over spring break to compete in the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate and the SunTrust Gator Invitational. The Cavaliers finished 13th and sixth, respectively.

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Fifth-ranked rowing dominates in spring season opener

By Peter Nance | March 17, 2014

Finally back on the water after a long winter, the No. 5 Virginia women’s rowing team opened the spring season this weekend in Tennessee at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational. The Cavaliers swept the 21 races they competed in across the two-day event, a great start for their bid to win the NCAA title for the third time in five years.

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A tradition unlike any other

By Zack Bartee | March 16, 2014

Back in Charlottesville, hours after the confetti was swept off the floor of the Greensboro Coliseum, it still doesn’t feel real. The Virginia Cavaliers, 2014 ACC Tournament champions.

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No. 7 Men’s lacrosse unbeaten streak ended

By Ryan Taylor | March 16, 2014

The No. 7 Virginia men’s lacrosse team dropped its first two games of the season over the break, falling to No. 15 Cornell and No. 11 Notre Dame. The Cavaliers now sit at 6-2 overall and an even 1-1 in conference play.

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Cavaliers place third in ACC Wrestling Championship

By Matthew Wurzberger | March 16, 2014

The No. 12 Virginia wrestling team competed at the ACC Championships Saturday, March 8 in Blacksburg, Va.

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No. 5 Baseball sweeps Boston College, wins two walk-offs Saturday

By Matthew Morris | March 16, 2014

Saturday night, the Virginia baseball team captured the back end of a nearly eight-hour doubleheader to complete a three-game sweep of Boston College at Davenport Field.

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Princeton women’s lacrosse upsets No. 6 Virginia

By Robert Elder | March 16, 2014

Looking to put together its first win streak of the season, the No. 6 Virginia women’s lacrosse team (3-5, 0-2 ACC) dropped a tough game to Princeton (2-3, 0-1 Ivy), 15-13. After Princeton jumped out to a 2-0 lead, the Cavaliers responded with a 3-0 run over a 2:01 span.

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No. 5 Women’s tennis splits four matches

By Kristen Cauley | March 16, 2014

The No. 5 Virginia women’s tennis team kept busy during spring break, battling four ranked opponents in matches at home and on the road.

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Virginia basketball wins ACC Tournament

By Michael Eilbacher | March 16, 2014

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Tony Bennett had been asked so frequently by the media about Wally Walker that it had become a running joke. The Virginia coach was well aware that it had been nearly 40 years — 38, to be exact — since Walker’s Cavaliers had won the ACC Tournament, and his team had the first opportunity to match the 1976 team’s feat in 20 years.

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STORIFY: Virginia wins first ACC tournament title since 1976 and your reactions

By Jenna Truong | March 16, 2014

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A family affair

By Zack Bartee | March 15, 2014

Dick Bennett, who rarely watches or attends Virginia games, promised his son Tony that he would watch the Cavaliers’ ACC Tournament opener against Florida State.

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ACC Tournament: Virginia advances to title game

By Michael Eilbacher | March 15, 2014

Up 51-48 with nine second left to play in their ACC semifinal game against Pittsburgh, the Virginia men’s basketball team’s lead was not looking particularly safe.

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Walking the walk

By Zack Bartee | March 14, 2014

If the No. 6 Virginia men’s basketball team needed any additional motivation entering its ACC Tournament Quarterfinals matchup against Florida State, Seminole senior forward Okaro White generously provided the gasoline for its fire.