Following a disappointing 3-0 shutout loss against Michigan State Saturday, the Virginia field hockey team received positive news Tuesday as it was announced that senior midfielders Paige Selenski and Michelle Vittese would participate in the upcoming Pan American Games for Team USA. The qualifier tournament, which will be held Oct.
[caption id="attachment_45323" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior kicker Robert Randolph earned his second consecutive National Placekicker of the Week award after his 23-yard field goal handed the Cavaliers a 34-31 victory.
Quickly, raise your hand if you have heard one of these before: "He's a great closer; when the game's on the line you want the ball in his hands." Or, on the other side, "He's a choke artist; he just doesn't know how to finish games." I write this because as a die-hard Dallas Cowboys fan, last Sunday I was forced to watch in agony as my team blew a 14-point fourth-quarter lead, thanks in large part to the struggles of quarterback Tony Romo.
[caption id="attachment_45318" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior defender Hunter Jumper picked up a yellow card during a physical 2-0 loss against Liberty.
Unless you were either hiding under a rock last Saturday night or were too plastered to remember, you are probably aware that Virginia Tech is not the only 2-0 football team in the commonwealth.
[caption id="attachment_45254" align="alignleft" width="261" caption="Senior defender Hunter Jumper played all 90 minutes during the Cavaliers' 1-0 shutout against Duke last weekend.
Plaxico Burress should be a New York Giants legend. He just should. There's no debate about it. If we lived in a just world, Plax would have gone down in Giants lore right alongside Michael Strahan and Eli Manning as a legend of the Super Bowl XLII team.
[caption id="attachment_45251" align="alignleft" width="194" caption="Sophomore libero Emily Rottman registered 47 digs throughout the three-day Ohio Volleyball Tournament this past weekend.
The No. 17 Virginia women's cross country team and the No. 19 men's team finished first and second place, respectively, at this weekend's Lou Onesty Open held in Charlottesville. [caption id="attachment_45249" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Senior Anna Corrigan finished first in the 5k at the Lou Onesty Open.
Virginia women's basketball freshman forward Sarah Imovbioh has been deemed ineligible to practice or play for the Cavaliers for the upcoming 2011-12 campaign by the NCAA.
[caption id="attachment_45188" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Virginia football team celebrates after senior kicker Robert Randolph drilled a 23-yard field goal to knock off the Hoosiers.
The No. 7 Virginia women's soccer team entered the Nike Soccer Classic this weekend undefeated but struggled during the weekend's tournament as it finished with a scoreless draw Friday against Washington State and then suffered the season's first loss Sunday against Penn State.
To me, the greatest thing about sports is that there's always a next year. No matter how many games a team loses, or how close the players got to a championship, only to see the ultimate prize slip through their fingertips at the final moments, there will always be a next year to come out and try it again. Unfortunately, in life, it's often much more difficult to look forward to next year - a fact we were all reminded of by the events we as a nation commemorated this past Sunday.
[caption id="attachment_45184" align="alignleft" width="202" caption="Sophomore forward Brian Span scored Virginia's lone goal as the Cavaliers opened ACC play with a 1-0 win.
The No. 7 Virginia field hockey team lost its third game of the regular season this past weekend, marking its worst start since 2005.
[caption id="attachment_45144" align="alignleft" width="245" caption="Freshman cornerback Demetrious Nicholson highlighted a strong defensive performance against William & Mary, returning an interception for 31 yards.
[caption id="attachment_45142" align="alignleft" width="258" caption="Forward Chris Somerville is one of 12 freshmen on the Virginia roster and has started all four games for the team and tallied a goal against Richmond.
[caption id="attachment_45140" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Freshman forward and former Gatorade High School Player of the Year Morgan Brian has wasted no time in making her mark on the field for Virginia.
After slipping from their top-three preseason ranking, The No. 7 Virginia field hockey team heads to Oxford, Ohio this weekend for matches against Miami and Michigan State. Virginia goes into the weekend after a needed 3-0 shutout Wednesday at James Madison, during which a more cohesive Cavaliers team controlled almost all aspects of the game and held the Dukes to a 13-3 shot deficit.
[caption id="attachment_45087" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Since earning the starting nod against West Virginia in the Cavaliers' season opener, freshman goalkeeper Spencer LaCivita has collected 13 saves and shut out one opponent during his first four starts between the pipes for Virginia.
