Cavaliers top Vols to take Indoor crown
By Emily Poe | February 16, 2010[caption id="attachment_33163" align="alignleft" width="164" caption="No. 3 junior Michael Shabaz earned a 6-4, 6-4 singles victory against No.
[caption id="attachment_33163" align="alignleft" width="164" caption="No. 3 junior Michael Shabaz earned a 6-4, 6-4 singles victory against No.
[caption id="attachment_33161" align="alignleft" width="234" caption="Senior guard Monica Wright jumped to third place on the ACC all-time scoring list last night, as she contributed 33 points to the Cavalier victory.
The Virginia softball team opened its season last weekend with a 1-1 split against UNC Wilmington and Elon. After delivering a 9-0 blow to UNC Wilmington to start the weekend's slate of games, the Cavaliers faced a surprising 10-4 deficit with three innings left to play against the Phoenix.
[caption id="attachment_33118" align="alignleft" width="178" caption="Junior forward Mike Scott led the Cavaliers with 20 points and 13 rebounds, keeping his team competitive throughout.
[caption id="attachment_33116" align="alignleft" width="211" caption="Senior guard Monica Wright enters tonight's game ranked first in the ACC in scoring, averaging 22.7 points per game.
Watching the game Saturday was torturous. And I'm not just talking about the awful announcers who several times called two-point shots "three-pointers," mispronounced names left and right, and even on one occasion referred to the Virginia Tech players as "Cavaliers." Blegh.
The spring semester traditionally promises two things to Virginia students: good weather and great athletics.
The Virginia wrestling team went undefeated in North Carolina this weekend, topping conference opponents Duke and N.C.
As the Cavaliers head to Blacksburg tomorrow, they will look to avenge a loss earlier this season to Virginia Tech, during which they saw a 10-point lead dissipate during the game's second half.
Two weeks after shutting down Princeton 42-0, the No. 24 Cavaliers will travel to North Carolina this weekend for dual ACC matches against Duke and N.C.
The No. 21 Virginia women's basketball team will look for a bit of breathing room in the tightly-packed ACC when it travels to Coral Gables to take on conference foe Miami tonight. Even though the Cavaliers (17-6, 6-3 ACC) have not lost to the Hurricanes (16-7, 3-5 ACC) since 2005 and own the all-time series record 6-1, this is no guarantee that Virginia will walk away with a win.
When William McGarvey Dudley died a week ago today at the age of 88, few students blinked an eye. Heck, it took nearly a week for this newspaper to run a story about him. But if there's any community who should mourn the passing of "Bullet" Bill Dudley, it is the University community. Dudley was an all-star in numerous areas.
Following its first regular season loss since 2006 Saturday, the No. 2 Virginia men's tennis team now looks to reclaim its dominance at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Team Indoor Championship this weekend at the Boar's Head Sports Club in Charlottesville. Virginia will be joined by 15 other top teams in the country, including No.
[caption id="attachment_33082" align="alignleft" width="217" caption="The Cavaliers open their season this weekend looking to improve upon a mediocre 25-22 record from last year, when the team went an abysmal 2-15 in ACC play.
[caption id="attachment_33026" align="alignleft" width="187" caption="Junior Sanam Singh dropped matches at No.
1. Football: Virginia 39-Georgia Tech 38
[caption id="attachment_33043" align="alignleft" width="253" caption="'Bullet' Bill Dudley was inducted into the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame in 1966.
Let's get one thing straight before I get called a spineless, syrup-sucking ne'er-do-well because I'm writing a column about a sport other than Virginia men's basketball - I'm just as ecstatic as the next 'Hoo about the Cavaliers' unexpected ascent up the ACC ladder, but the way I see it, I'm actually doing Will Sherrill & Co. a big favor in the karma department.
The men's basketball game originally scheduled against the Terrapins tonight at the Comcast Center in College Park, Md., has been postponed to Monday because of inclement weather conditions. The University of Maryland's campus has been closed since Friday as a result of last weekend's winter storm. Though the Terrapins played against North Carolina at home last Sunday, the anticipated foot of snow tonight in the Washington, D.C., area would make it "impossible" to clear the roads and parking lots in time for the game tonight, according to University officials. Before heading to College Park next Monday, Virginia will take on in-state rival Virginia Tech in Blacksburg Saturday. -compiled by Andrew Seidman
[caption id="attachment_32988" align="alignleft" width="184" caption="Jerome Meyinsse did not play in the final 10 games of last season with former coach Dave Leitao.