[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.
Virginia men's basketball coach Tony Bennett started the season with six promising freshman. Now, he only has five. Freshman guard Billy Baron recently informed the Cavaliers he will be leaving the team this semester and transferring to Rhode Island.
[caption id="attachment_39828" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Sophomore center Simone Egwu should have her hands full defending the strong interior play of Wake Forest's sophomore center Sandra Garcia.
It was a simple comment on washingtonpost.com that best summed up the past week for Virginia basketball: "There's no shame in losing at Wake Forest; all teams struggle in Winston-Salem.
[caption id="attachment_39824" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior All-American Matt McLean notched two personal victories in the Cavs' most recent conference meet.
[caption id="attachment_39822" align="alignleft" width="157" caption="In Virginia's most recent outing against Wake Forest, sophomore Hana Tomlhanovic clinched a 6-1,6-1 victory against sophomore Kathryn Talbert.
[caption id="attachment_39753" align="alignleft" width="169" caption="After a strong start to the season, coach Tony Bennett and the Virginia basketball team find themselves sorely in need of a victory Wednesday.
Unlike most of the other Wahoo faithful walking back from the Virginia-Wake Forest basketball game Saturday, I found myself in a surprisingly good mood following the Demon Deacons' first ACC win of the season.
I may be preaching to the choir, given that my readers are allegedly "sports fans," but it bears repeating that the student fan base here at Virginia is subpar.
