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Squad heads to Illinois

[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.


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Saving all-star weekend

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.


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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.


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USA softball selects Schmidt, Johns

[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.


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Q&A with Ben Olsen

[caption id="attachment_39680" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Former Cavalier midfielder Ben Olsen played 12 seasons with D.C.


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Squad struggles in two weekend tilts

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.


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Virginia wastes Sene

[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.


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Matmen record resounding win

[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.


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Step right up

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.


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Garland hopes for consistency

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.


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