Forget what your calendar says, spring is officially here. The sun is shining, the weather is turning, and the boys of summer have returned to Florida to kick off another baseball season.
[caption id="attachment_41415" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior guard Mustapha Farrakhan averaged nearly four points per game in his first three seasons as a Cavalier.
[caption id="attachment_41411" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="As Virginia's second-best hitter, sophomore shortstop Chris Taylor hopes to find success at the plate against the Tribe, which allows seven runs per game on average.
The Virginia track and field team collected a handful of accolades following a solid overall performance at the 2011 ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships this past weekend. Friday night, redshirt senior Ryan Collins became the first conference performer to win three-straight ACC titles in the 5000m.
[caption id="attachment_41373" align="alignleft" width="171" caption="Junior center Assane Sene scored 10 points on a perfect night of shooting from the floor and the free throw line to lead the Cavaliers against Boston College Saturday.
As a pair of giant, multi-colored slinkies randomly gyrated to techno beats at midcourt Saturday afternoon, stupefied Virginia fans sat back in complete silence, utterly stunned by the events unfolding before them.
"If there's a better guy in college baseball, I'd like to see him." That's what Virginia coach Brian O'Connor had to say about junior pitcher Danny Hultzen.
For the fourth consecutive year - and for the 12th time in the last 13 years - the Virginia men's swimming and diving team won the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships Saturday in Atlanta, Ga. The Cavaliers collected 820 points during the four-day event to top second-place North Carolina's 588 points and leave Florida State's 511.5 points as a distant third. The Virginia men entered the meet ranked No.
The Virginia softball team won three of five games this past weekend at the Cathedral City Classic in Palm Springs, Calif. The Cavaliers (9-5) earned two wins Thursday - a 9-3 romp against BYU and a close 4-2 decision against Utah.
[caption id="attachment_41281" align="alignleft" width="169" caption="Senior Jayna Hartig played in her last regular season home game Thursday night against Duke.
[caption id="attachment_41277" align="alignleft" width="148" caption="Freshman guard Joe Harris came off the bench the last time Virginia met the Eagles, but is now the team's second leading scorer with 10.6 points a game.
[caption id="attachment_41274" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Junior Chris Bocklet comes to Long Island as the reigning ACC Player of the Week.
[caption id="attachment_41269" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="After delivering a game-tying RBI against VMI, sophomore shortstop Stephen Bruno will look to bring the same tenacity against ECU.
When the No. 12 Virginia women's lacrosse team travels to No. 8 Syracuse Sunday, the team will have its first opportunity of the year to build a winning streak.
In just one week's time, the Virginia women's tennis team toppled two of the nation's top 20 teams at the ITA National Indoor Championship and vaulted 14 spots to earn the program's highest-ever ITA ranking at No.
[caption id="attachment_41157" align="alignleft" width="141" caption="With his team knotted up with the Keydets 3-3, senior centerfielder John Barr belted a go-ahead double to right-center.
[caption id="attachment_41153" align="alignleft" width="186" caption="Sophomore point guard Jontel Evans dished out an ACC career-high seven assists to help his team complete the season sweep of the Yellow Jackets.
It's another exciting time for Virginia athletics. Our winter sports teams are beginning to wrap up their seasons with championships, and our spring sports teams already are setting program-firsts just two weeks into the season.
