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No. 5 baseball falls to Radford, 9-8

By Daniel Weltz | April 10, 2013

Wednesday, more than a year after fellow Big South member Liberty stunned the home crowd, Radford flipped the script on the nation’s fifth-ranked team to earn its biggest upset in school history. The Highlanders blitzed junior starter Artie Lewicki in his long-awaited return from Tommy John surgery, tallying three runs in the top of the first and built a 9-1 lead through two innings.

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No. 11 Cavaliers vie for tournament bid

By Matthew Morris | April 10, 2013

Though Virginia sits at No. 11 in the current IWLCA Coaches Poll, every one of the Cavaliers, from coach Julie Myers to the last player off the bench, understands that their regular season, a day-by-day process begun in the cold of February, now rides on its last two contests.

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Virginia looks to end losing streak against No. 7 Duke

By Zack Bartee | April 10, 2013

After dropping its fifth straight game last Saturday in a 10-7 loss to No. 3 North Carolina, the Virginia men’s lacrosse team finds itself unranked for the first time since 2004 and in desperate need of a win as the Cavaliers close out their conference schedule on the road Friday against No. 7 Duke.

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Men's tennis eyes conference milestone

By Kerry Mitchell | April 10, 2013

On April 23, 2006, the Virginia men’s tennis team lost in the ACC Championship match 4-3 to Duke. The team took the doubles point and two singles matches for a 3-0 lead, but the Blue Devils fought back for the conference title. Three weeks passed and the Cavaliers downed Wake Forest in the NCAA Round of 32 and today – nearly seven years later – they have yet to lose to a conference opponent.

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Women's doubles round into form

By Ryan Taylor | April 9, 2013

The No. 18 Virginia women’s tennis team (13-7, 6-1 ACC) has been virtually unstoppable in recent weeks, going 10-1 since losing to third-ranked Texas A&M. Success has not come easy for the Cavaliers, though, as injuries have threatened to derail their stellar performance.

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A masterful legacy

By Fritz Metzinger | April 9, 2013

The Masters is similar to the UVA of golf majors. Both the green jacket ceremony and our University relish unabashedly in championing pretentious traditions.

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Staley receives Hall call

By Fritz Metzinger | April 9, 2013

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Monday that Virginia legend, WNBA standout, three-time Olympic gold medalist and successful collegiate head coach Dawn Staley will join 12 others as part of the Class of 2013. She will become the first Cavalier women’s basketball player to be inducted into the Springfield, Mass. institution.

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Northwestern outlasts No. 11 women's lacrosse

By Matthew Morris | April 8, 2013

In the opening minutes of the Cavaliers’ showdown against No. 4 Northwestern, the sense of anticipation only grew. By the end of Virginia’s 11-6 loss to the defending NCAA champion Wildcats, however, the excitement had given way to disappointment.

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Women's tennis sweeps weekend matches

April 7, 2013

The No. 18 Virginia women’s team continued its strong run, winning all three of its weekend matches in Charlottesville to improve to 10-1 in its past 11 matches and extend its winning streak to five games.

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Men's Tennis moves closer to milestone

April 7, 2013

The top-ranked Virginia men’s tennis team posted two road victories this weekend, defeating No. 25 Wake Forest 6-1 Saturday and No. 36 N.C. State 7-0 Sunday. The victories extended the Cavaliers’ ACC-record conference win streak to 99 matches.

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Softball swept by North Carolina

April 7, 2013

The Virginia softball team dropped all three games against North Carolina this weekend in Chapel Hill, losing 5-1 and 2-1 in a doubleheader Saturday and again 2-1 Sunday.

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No. 18 Virginia loses fifth straight

By Zack Bartee | April 7, 2013

On a gorgeous day Saturday in front of 6,787 fans, Klöckner Stadium’s largest crowd of the year, the No. 18 Virginia men’s lacrosse team continued its recent slide against No. 4 North Carolina, falling 10-7. The loss marks the first five-game losing streak in coach Dom Starsia’s 21-year career at Virginia and the program’s first since 1966.

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Football holds spring exhibition

By Michael Eilbacher | April 6, 2013

On a chilly Saturday at Scott Stadium, a Virginia football team surrounded by questions suited up for their annual Orange & Blue intra-squad scrimmage. Over the course of the game – an 18-15 win by the Orange team – some aspects of the coming year began to come into focus, while others may remain a mystery right up until the end of the summer.

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