[caption id="attachment_42859" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sophomore pitcher Melanie Mitchell returned to action this past weekend after being sidelined by injury for nearly a month.
[caption id="attachment_42857" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Against Virginia Tech, the Cavaliers hope to ride the hot scoring hand of sophomore midfielder Annie Thomas, who tied her season high with three goals during a wild 19-18 win against Harvard Sunday.
The end of the summer has meant one thing for me during the past few years. Without fail, there has come a time each August or September when I have no choice but to give up on my hope that the Mets will make one last push for a playoff spot.
In an attempt to relieve the college basketball overload that swamps most sports fans this time of year, I'm going to talk about something else - and don't worry, I'll avoid the tired topics of Barry Bonds, Jim Tressel and the NFL draft as well.
[caption id="attachment_42790" align="alignleft" width="224" caption="After posting Virginia's first perfect game, junior Will Roberts collected College Baseball's National Player of the Week and ACC Pitcher of the Week honors.
[caption id="attachment_42788" align="alignleft" width="263" caption="Junior attack Julie Gardner, who switched positions at the beginning of the season, has tallied a team-high 21 assists and 22 goals in 12 starts during 2011.
You may not realize it, but the newspaper you are reading right now was in part an invention of Virginia football fans.
[caption id="attachment_42784" align="alignleft" width="270" caption="Sophomore pitcher Melanie Mitchell only yielded one run in her first start since suffering an injury.
Now that the Major League Baseball season is officially under way - and in conformity with modern media's rules of knee-jerk, way-too-early reactions - it's about time for some thoughts and reflections regarding the first weekend of the 2011 season. Let's start with a look at several of the early favorites to make a run at the World Series.
[caption id="attachment_42747" align="alignleft" width="208" caption="Freshman Alex Domijan hammered Duke's senior Reid Carleton Friday, The nation's No.
[caption id="attachment_42739" align="alignleft" width="196" caption="Sophomore quarterback Michael Rocco started for the winning Blue team and completed 10 of 22 passes for that squad.
[caption id="attachment_42735" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Playing before 10,545 fans at Scott Stadium, junior attackman Chris Bocklet led the Cavaliers with two goals, including one to end a 25-minute scoring drought.
The Cavaliers arrived at Virginia Tech this weekend ranking No. 1 in two polls. After outscoring the Hokies 37-8 during a three-game sweep, the team made a case to be the country's unanimous top team. Virginia (28-2, 11-1 ACC) plated 17 runs in four innings Friday, as the team took the opener 18-3.
The No. 17 Virginia women's tennis team missed two opportunities to down top-five teams this weekend, falling against No.
At the core of my love for sports lie the VCU Rams. My impressionable four-year-old mind was irrevocably jolted in the winter of 1992, when I strode through one of those swinging grey doors inside the Richmond Coliseum.
[caption id="attachment_42641" align="alignleft" width="224" caption="Senior Sanam Singh recorded a 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 match-winning victory against No.
For the second time in the last five years, a No. 11-seeded CAA team from the state of Virginia is gearing up play for a berth in the NCAA basketball championship game.
The members of the Virginia baseball team had several reasons to celebrate Tuesday night's victory against George Washington.
[caption id="attachment_42632" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A week after earning ACC Defensive Player of the Week, junior defender Bailey Fogarty forced four Old Dominion turnovers and collected three draw controls.
[caption id="attachment_42521" align="alignleft" width="224" caption="Junior pitcher Will Roberts tied a career high with 10 strikeouts and threw just 98 pitches en route to the first perfect game in Virginia history Tuesday.
