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.
[caption id="attachment_39749" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Coach Eileen Schmidt guided the 2010 Virginia softball team to a 13-7 record in conference play and their first-ever NCAA Tournament berth.
[caption id="attachment_39682" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Junior pitcher Danny Hultzen returns to the mound for the Cavaliers after tallying a team-best 11 wins during the 2010 season.
[caption id="attachment_39680" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Former Cavalier midfielder Ben Olsen played 12 seasons with D.C.
[caption id="attachment_39678" align="alignleft" width="210" caption="Freshman Alex Domijan currently ranks as the No.
The Virginia men's swimming and diving team emerged from this weekend's dual road meet against Pittsburgh with its unblemished record intact,
The No. 26 Virginia women's tennis team emerged from its first conference match of the year with a 5-2 victory against No.
The Virginia women's basketball team lost its sixth conference game of the season, 84-74, against Clemson at Littlejohn Coliseum Sunday afternoon. Against the Tigers (10-13, 3-5 ACC), the Cavaliers rallied back from a 19-point deficit late in the first half but still trailed 42-29 at halftime.
[caption id="attachment_39555" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Junior center Assane Sene recorded his first double-double as a Cavalier with 15 points and 13 rebounds against Wake Forest, but his second straight productive game failed to fuel a Virginia victory against the Demon Deacons.
[caption id="attachment_39553" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Virginia sophomore Stephen Doty literally stepped up for the Cavaliers against Princeton by winning a 6-1 decision in the 197-pound weight class - two classes above his norm - to cap the team's overall victory.
[caption id="attachment_39551" align="alignleft" width="208" caption="No. 27-ranked senior Michael Shabaz earned a hard-fought singles victory and teamed up with junior Drew Courtney for a comfortable doubles win against Cornell.
[caption id="attachment_39519" align="alignleft" width="178" caption="Coach Tony Bennett was frustrated with his team's defensive performance.
With less than 10 minutes to play in last night's game, Virginia was exceeding expectations. The Cavaliers were holding Jordan Williams - Maryland's do-it-all forward and the ACC's fifth leading scorer - to a measly two points.
[caption id="attachment_39523" align="alignleft" width="262" caption="Junior forward Chelsea Shine leads the team with 11.2 points per game.
Consistently inconsistent. That's the best way to describe the 2010-11 Virginia wrestling team's season thus far. One week the Cavaliers (14-5, 2-0 ACC) come out and dismantle an opponent and the next they let up just enough to allow a weaker team get the better of them.
? The top-ranked Virginia men's tennis team will host the ITA Kickoff this weekend at the Boar's Head Sports Club.
This week's installment of "Ridiculous Happenings in College Sports" comes from the University of Connecticut, where Robert Burton, a major benefactor of the Huskies football program, wrote an angry six-page letter demanding the return of a $3 million gift he gave, along with removal of his family name from the football complex. Why?
[caption id="attachment_39427" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Junior center Assane Sene will have the task of containing Maryland's sophomore forward Jordan Williams, who is averaging 17.6 points and 12.1 rebounds per game, along with 13 double-doubles.
[caption id="attachment_39417" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sophomore Erin Vierra is the highest ranked Cavalier in the ITA national rankings at No.
As the weeks before the ACC Championships wind down, the Virginia men's and women's swim and dive teams hope to repeat their recent success, starting with this weekend's meet at Pittsburgh. "Since we are coming down the home stretch, it will be a good opportunity for the team to continue to be tough and race beat up a few more times before championship season starts," senior Matt McLean said.
