If the first games are any indication, it's going to be a banner year for the Virginia women's soccer team.
In the latest edition of 'Athletes Behaving Badly,' the 2010 summer sports season was bursting with material.
At a press conference Wednesday evening, Athletic Director Craig Littlepage reaffirmed the decisions of the No.
[caption id="attachment_34842" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sophomore infielder Steven Proscia has rebounded from a midseason hitting slump, helping to maintain his Cavaliers' top national ranking and chance of heading to Omaha for the second-straight year.
[caption id="attachment_34840" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Freshman outfielder Taylor Williams is one of Virginia's several surprising underclassmen.
There wasn't much time left for the Capitals, and it was the deciding game seven. Washington was down two goals to none.
[caption id="attachment_34837" align="alignleft" width="222" caption="Junior goalie
[caption id="attachment_34817" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Junior pitcher Robert Morey started against Duke in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament last season and pitched in three NCAA Tournament games.
[caption id="attachment_34815" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior midfieler Brittany Kalkstein ranks fourth in NCAA history with 277 draw controls, which is seven shy of the record.
It's been a few months since I've written a column for this newspaper. But during its last week of publication for my last semester of college, I couldn't pass up an offer to have my ugly mug appear on these pages once more. So what do I do with my last column in this paper?
I'm not usually a big fan of writing sports columns in list form, but lists are fun and - more important - fast to finish.
[caption id="attachment_34772" align="alignleft" width="243" caption="Sophomore catcher John Hicks has stepped in nicely for the injured Franco Valdes.
I always imagined writing something eloquent for my final column, but these types of things rarely go as planned.
[caption id="attachment_34769" align="alignleft" width="228" caption="Senior Houston Barrick rallied back to win his singles match against Duke's Jared Pinsky 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-1 to help the Cavaliers clinch the ACC Title Sunday.
For my last column ever, I could spew some of my own advice, but I doubt you'd listen. I'm young and not even sure of the next step in my own life.
[caption id="attachment_34730" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The men's 4x800m relay team won the elite Championship of America event at the Penn Relays last weekend with a combined 7:15:38 time.
This is the last sports column that I will write for The Cavalier Daily. It took a lot of thinking to decide what would go into this column.
[caption id="attachment_34727" align="alignleft" width="202" caption="Sophomore infielder Steven Proscia, who led ACC freshmen last year with a .333 batting average, has bounced back from a recent hitting slump, slugging three home runs against Maryland.
The Virginia women's tennis team's goal going into the ACC Tournament was to make it to semifinals for the first time during coach Mark Guilbeau's four-year tenure.
The Virginia men's golf team placed runner-up at the ACC Championship in New London, N.C. this past weekend, falling behind Georgia Tech by 13 strokes.
