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Virginia wins first ACC Championship since
By William Hrachovina | March 18, 2010The 33-year drought is over.
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The 33-year drought is over.
[caption id="attachment_33756" align="alignleft" width="238" caption="Senior Mei Christensen earned a No.
At some point in every sports fan's life, there comes a time when one must wave good-bye to the hometown team's old stadium and welcome the new.
Many people who see me hang out with my friends assume that we hate each other's guts. We spend about 90 percent of our waking minutes yelling and arguing about stuff deemed by most to be "ridiculous" or "pointless." But from my perspective, there's no issue too trivial or absurd to debate.
Armed with a balanced offensive attack and perhaps a little bit of the luck on St. Patrick's Day, the No.
[caption id="attachment_33751" align="alignleft" width="261" caption="Senior outfielder Sarah Tacke was named ACC Player of the Week after hitting .562 in six games.
[caption id="attachment_33727" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sophomore attack Rhamel Bratton scored four goals against Syracuse and is currently third on the team in scoring with 11 goals.
[caption id="attachment_33724" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sophomore Will Roberts pitched six solid innings, only allowing one earned run on four hits while recording a career-high eight strikeouts and five walks.
Recently, I followed two Virginia high school boys basketball teams en route to state title games at the Siegel Center located at Virginia Commonwealth University. One of those teams is near and dear to my heart.
[caption id="attachment_33720" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Robby Andrews edged out Oregon's Andrew Wheating, a four-time All-American and a participant in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, to win the national 800-meter indoor title.
Coming off two straight victories against ranked opponents, the No. 6 Virginia women's lacrosse team hopes to make it three in a row tonight against in-state rival No.
[caption id="attachment_33676" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Although guards Sammy Zeglinski and Jontel Evans were held scoreless against Duke, their defensive pressure limited the Blue Devils to their lowest scoring total of the season.
When the players arrived at John Paul Jones Arena at 10 a.m. March 6 before the 1:30 tip-off of Virginia's regular season finale, they were informed that a season that could not have gone further south had indeed plummeted to a deeper, darker cellar: Second Team All-ACC selection Sylven Landesberg had been suspended for the rest of the season. Not by Athletic Director Craig Littlepage, nor by University student-athlete watchdogs.
[caption id="attachment_33673" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Freshman pitcher Melanie Mitchell struck out 11 batters in Virginia's first game against Maryland and pitched a complete game in the second contest, allowing only one run.
[caption id="attachment_33671" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="ACC Player of the Week Ainsley Baker scored a career-high five goals in Virginia's victory against the Tar Heels.
No. 18 Virginia women's golf team traveled to New Orleans this past weekend to compete in the Tiger/Wave Golf Classic at the English Turn Golf and Country Club.
The No. 27 Virginia women's tennis team will travel to Huntington, W.Va. Saturday before heading to Richmond next week for matches against No.
The No. 2 Cavalier men's lacrosse team will square off against defending national champion No.
The snow in Charlottesville may be melting, but the Virginia men's basketball team remains ice cold after a 68-55 loss at Boston College Wednesday stretched its losing streak to a dismal eight games. The Cavaliers (14-14, 5-10 ACC) will hope to turn things around this weekend as they face a Maryland team that throttled Virginia 85-66 at College Park, Md.
Following a two-week break since their last match, the No. 23 Cavaliers look to make a run in this weekend's ACC Tournament in Raleigh, N.C. The ACC's dearth of wrestling programs - only six schools have wrestling teams - will work to Virginia's advantage this weekend, coach Steve Garland said.
