Virginia faces test before ACC event
By Chloe Newschwander | February 10, 2011[caption id="attachment_40283" align="alignleft" width="136" caption="Coach Mark Bernardino will finalize his championship roster Saturday.
[caption id="attachment_40283" align="alignleft" width="136" caption="Coach Mark Bernardino will finalize his championship roster Saturday.
[caption id="attachment_40215" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Redshirt sophomore Matt Snyder looks to improve on the 27-16 overall record he compiled last season.
Atop the ladder of every professional sports franchise, a giant wallet is pulling all the strings. All of the team operations rely on the decisions of its owner.
[caption id="attachment_40212" align="alignleft" width="187" caption="Sophomore tailback Torrey Mack finished the 2010 season with 79 yards on 13 carries.
[caption id="attachment_40210" align="alignleft" width="244" caption="Sophomore guard Lexie Gerson has scored in double figures in six games this season, including 19 points against Radford.
There's this little poster floating around Grounds, and perhaps you have seen it. On this otherwise nondescript piece of paper is a list of the hundred or so things that fourth years are supposed to do before they take their degrees and leave the University on their path toward the real world.
[caption id="attachment_40134" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sophomore point guard China Crosby shot 50 percent from the field and went 2-for-3 from behind the arc yesterday, totaling a career-high 14 points.
English Premier League soccer will never be confused with the NFL, MLB, NBA or NHL. And that's a good thing for everyone involved.
[caption id="attachment_40129" align="alignleft" width="253" caption="Junior attack Josie Owen returns with a Virginia squad that lost its top two scorers to graduation last spring.
[caption id="attachment_40127" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="In Virginia's bout against the evenly-matched Fighting Illini, junior Lindsey Hardenbergh earned her fourth victory in singles play, preserving her perfect record.
[caption id="attachment_40013" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior Michael Shabaz earned the Cavaliers' decisive point after beating Kentucky's junior Eric Quigley at No.
The Virginia women's basketball team knows it could have beaten Florida State earlier this season. When the team hosts the Seminoles tonight, it will have the chance to prove it. "So many shots rimmed out in the Florida State game," coach Debbie Ryan said.
[caption id="attachment_40010" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Virginia coach Mike London pulled in the nation's No.
The Virginia wrestling team could not recover from an early deficit Saturday, dropping a 20-12 decision to No.
The Virginia men's and women's swimming and diving teams brought their dual meet schedule to a victorious close this weekend, collecting road wins against N.C.
[caption id="attachment_39948" align="alignleft" width="139" caption="Senior Mustapha Farrakhan scored 21 points against Clemson Wednesday, including six crucial points in the game's final minute.
Watching the Cavaliers grind out Wednesday night's 49-47 win against Clemson was like watching a half-dead Rocky stumble to his feet to secure the KO against Apollo Creed in "Rocky II." It was like watching Neo get shot in the chest 10 times from point-blank range but still surviving in "The Matrix." Like watching your friend approach the finish line of the city marathon in brisk stride, only to trip 30 yards out, get hit in the head by an errant cement block, be stabbed in the leg by a crazed fan and then just barely reach his nearly lifeless hand across the line a half second before the second-place finisher. No matter how much air leaked from the tires, though, Virginia's beat-up Jeep Wrangler still managed to pull into victory lane.
[caption id="attachment_39944" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Freshman Alex Domijan will give Virginia new blood against old rival Kentucky as he and sophomore Jarmere Jenkins play No.
Nobody is giving Virginia wrestling a chance. The Cavaliers (15-5, 2-0 ACC) will travel to Blacksburg this weekend, where the No.
[caption id="attachment_39938" align="alignleft" width="218" caption="Sophomore forward Telia McCall had a career night Thursday, scoring a team-high 12 points and adding three steals and two rebounds.