[caption id="attachment_43719" align="alignleft" width="107" caption="Senior catcher Alison Pitman leads the Cavaliers with 31 runs this season and will look to counter a Georgia Tech team which has belted an ACC-high 85 total home runs this year.
[caption id="attachment_43666" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Junior Danny Hultzen, who usually contributes on the mound, registered a rare, inside-the-park grand slam last night.
Following last Tuesday's matchup between the Lakers and the Spurs, NBA Commissioner David Stern fined Kobe Bryant a sum of $100,000 for using a gay slur to refer to a referee who had hit the superstar with a technical foul during the game. While I completely understand what kind of image the commissioner is trying to promote with the punishment and the need for serious responses to problems like this, Stern is dealing with this situation in the completely wrong way. Since the rise of Allen Iverson and what some people have come to describe as the "thug" culture of the NBA, Stern has taken whatever steps he could to combat a negative image of his players.
[caption id="attachment_43663" align="alignleft" width="203" caption="After tallying a team-high 51 points throughout the regular season, junior Julie Gardner was named to the 2011 All-ACC team yesterday afternoon.
[caption id="attachment_43661" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sophomore Robby Andrews enters the ACC Championship ranked No.
The No. 2 Virginia rowing team travels south to Clemson, S.C. this weekend, eyeing an opportunity to defend its conference title and once again exert its dominance against its rivals at the ACC Championships.
I am a Carolina Panthers fan. Now before you laugh at me or make a Jimmy Clausen joke, I just want to remind you that the Panthers played in the Super Bowl a mere seven years ago.
After sweeping Duke last weekend, Virginia became the unanimous No. 1 team in the nation. The Cavaliers justified that ranking against Radford last night by crushing the Highlanders, 12-0, breaking the single-season ACC shutout record in the process. When Virginia (37-3, 16-2 ACC) hosted Radford (21-15) April 5, the team struggled to score against senior pitcher Cassidy McDaniel.
[caption id="attachment_43613" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior Sanam Singh, who has been battling a stomach ailment, bounced back from a disappointing singles defeat against Clemson to tally a straight-sets win against Georgia Tech last weekend.
[caption id="attachment_43608" align="alignleft" width="137" caption="Freshman forward Will Regan scored a season-high seven points during a 60-47 loss home loss against Iowa State Dec.
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, athletes were role models for children to idolize. Fans could send mail to their favorite player and reasonably expect their hero to reply with a letter and autographed trading card.
[caption id="attachment_43498" align="alignleft" width="233" caption="Sophomore Erin Vierra hopes that the 2011 Virginia women's tennis team's drive to change the culture of the program will help coach Mark Guilbeau land top recruits in future years.
[caption id="attachment_43496" align="alignleft" width="266" caption="Sophomore right fielder Colin Harrington, who has stepped up in place of injured senior Kenny Swab, boasts a .423 batting average through 15 games.
Welcome back, everyone, to the second, biannual meeting here at the Wahoo Auction House! Back by popular demand, we at the Wahoo Auction House are proud to return to Grounds with the goal of helping you get your hands on priceless Virginia sports memorabilia from the first few months of 2011.
[caption id="attachment_43491" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Varsity Eight team registered first place finishes against No.
[caption id="attachment_43417" align="alignleft" width="170" caption="Junior catcher John Hicks batted .500 for the series while adding four runs and four RBIs, including a walk-off RBI single in the 11th inning of game two.
[caption id="attachment_43415" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Despite being hobbled by a knee injury, freshman Justin Shane gutted out wins in singles and doubles against Clemson and in doubles against Georgia Tech.
The Virginia softball team earned a crucial series victory at home this past weekend against conference rival Virginia Tech.
Let me preface this column by saying that I was not raised to be a "sports guy." I wasn't forced to watch football every Sunday as a child, and my father wasn't one of those dads who screamed himself hoarse at my Little League games and made me cry in the dugout - that was my mom.
[caption id="attachment_43411" align="alignleft" width="201" caption="Junior midfielder Colin Briggs tallied a career-best four goals against Duke, but he could not prevent another loss to the Cavaliers' chief ACC rival.
