[caption id="attachment_30725" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Freshman wideout Tim Smith leads Virginia in touchdown receptions with two scores, and in yards per reception with a 25.5 average through three games.
[caption id="attachment_30723" align="alignleft" width="230" caption="Freshman defender Emily Carrollo played for 77 minutes against Virginia Tech and took two shots against the Hokies.
Being a D.C. sports fan and a U.Va. student is just a bundle of fun right now. Saturdays, you get to watch Virginia get smooshed in football.
[caption id="attachment_30720" align="alignleft" width="193" caption="Senior outside hitter Lauren Dickson leads the Cavaliers in kills, totaling 165 in 49 sets played.
Two Cavaliers will represent the Virginia women's tennis team next week at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American Championships in Los Angeles. Senior Jennifer Stevens and sophomore Emily Fraser qualified for the championship because of their impressive performances last year.
[caption id="attachment_30681" align="alignleft" width="215" caption="Sophomore forward Chris Agorsor found a good time to score his first goal of the season against VCU.
When I wrote a column last week called "Hokie for a weekend" about how great I found the Virginia Tech football atmosphere to be during its home game against Nebraska - even confessing that I rushed the field with my friends - I expected a bit of backlash.
[caption id="attachment_30678" align="alignleft" width="286" caption="Senior forward Caitlin Miskel scored her first goal of the season against Clemson in Sunday's home game.
[caption id="attachment_30676" align="alignleft" width="208" caption="Sophomore midfielder Paige Selenski was named ACC Player of the Week after scoring three goals against Boston University and Boston College last week.
College football needs nothing more than another BCS buster to crash the party this year and create more havoc and hand-wringing for the BCS officials come January.
[caption id="attachment_30633" align="alignleft" width="203" caption="Junior Sanam Singh captured the A-2 singles title at the Plus One Invitational with a straight set victory against Tennessee freshman Rhyne Williams.
The National Hockey League regular season begins with a doubleheader Thursday ... Still reading? Even if you don't like hockey, this column is - hopefully - an interesting read because the NHL had some offseason storylines that any sport would find interesting: rising star punches cabbie, superstar gets traded to title contender, wunderkind heads to Long Island and stuff like that. I consulted my trusted NHL advisers, Andy Roos and Mike Bukantz, both fellow fourth-year students at the University, and together we came up with the following list of players and teams to watch this season, as well as the requisite preview article picks. Offseason News in Chicago and San Jose The Chicago Blackhawks are loaded with star-caliber players, including 21-year-old captain Jonathan Toews, recently-signed Marian Hossa and Brian Campbell.
[caption id="attachment_30630" align="alignleft" width="231" caption="Sophomore Greg Monaco is part of stalwart Cavalier defense that has given up only four goals in seven games this season, three of which were shutouts.
[caption id="attachment_30628" align="alignleft" width="181" caption="Now in his second season as Virginia's coach, Lee Maes has always encouraged his players to follow three basic rules: continually strive to improve, treat each opponent the same regardless of ranking and always stay in the present.
[caption id="attachment_30625" align="alignleft" width="243" caption="Virginia swim coach Mark Bernardino has led the men's and women's squads to 19 conference titles combined during his 31 years at the helm.
[caption id="attachment_30607" align="alignleft" width="219" caption="Midfielder Jimmy Simpson saw scoring chances against Clemson, but failed to convert as Virginia fell.
[caption id="attachment_30604" align="alignleft" width="211" caption="Virginia coach George Gelnovatch has led the Cavaliers to the NCAAs in all 13 of his years at the helm, extending Virginia's streak to 27 straight.
[caption id="attachment_30602" align="alignleft" width="261" caption="Sophomore midfielder Inga St
[caption id="attachment_30600" align="alignleft" width="298" caption="Senior midfielder Jess Rostedt scored the Cavaliers' backbreaking second goal against Clemson in Sunday's victory at home, Virginia's first ACC win.
