Though I assumed the duties of a columnist this semester, I think I managed to evade the usual expectations of the office: to convince you of how I view the world of sports.
Football has the coin flip. Basketball has the jump ball. Men?s lacrosse, however, has the faceoff to initiate the start of the game and decide who first holds possession.
BaseballMiami was swept for the first time in two seasons this past weekend, as the Hurricanes dropped all three games against North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C.
As if tearing through the ACC regular season to go undefeated for the second consecutive year, extending its ACC winning streak to 45 games and notching its third ACC Championship in as many years was not enough, the Virginia men?s tennis team added a little icing on the cake: Showing no mercy, the No.
History was made Saturday at Miami?s Cobb Stadium, where the Virginia men?s track and field team won the school?s first-ever ACC Outdoor Championship.
Prior to Virginia?s series against Boston College, Virginia coach Brian O?Connor said that, unlike in past years, his team had yet to hit its peak.
This coming weekend is the NFL Draft, which means many things for sports fans at the University.
The Virginia men?s golf team shot a final round 2-over 290 Sunday to finish ninth at the 54-hole ACC Championships at the Old North State Club in New London, N.C.The team?s 5-over 869 total was one shot behind Virginia Tech and North Carolina, and three shots back of sixth-place Maryland.
The Virginia softball team played its final home series of the season this past weekend against Georgia Tech.
The No. 3 Virginia women?s golf team suffered a disappointing fourth-place finish at the ACC Championships at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.
The Virginia men?s lacrosse team used a fourth quarter comprised of eight unanswered points to vault itself to a 13-6 victory against Dartmouth Saturday.?We haven?t played offense well for a month,? senior attackman Garret Billings said, ?even in [this] whole game, except for the fourth quarter.?It was senior day at Kl
Two weeks ago, sophomore pitcher Robert Morey?s role in ACC play was as a seldom-used middle reliever.The past two weekends, however, Morey has been the Sunday starter, and yesterday against Boston College he threw the best game No.
Spring football games tend to be nothing more than glorified scrimmages that generate little buzz ? unless there is one of three factors in play: a major competition for the starting quarterback slot, a new coach or a new offensive or defensive system.All three of these currently are affecting the Virginia football team, and so Saturday?s game at Scott Stadium proved to be an interesting matchup for the nearly 8,000 fans in attendance.Just as was the case last year, the Cavaliers have a three-way competition for the starting quarterback position.
The No. 10 Virginia women?s lacrosse team suffered its sixth loss of the spring Sunday ? its most during a season since 1995 ? falling to No.
When the Virginia women?s lacrosse team saw Northwestern on its schedule at the beginning of the season, the players circled the game and saw it as an opportunity to defeat the four-time defending national champs in a game that could be a stepping stone on the way to a fourth conference title.
Men?s Track and FieldThe Virginia men?s track and field team made history Saturday at the ACC Championships, tying Florida State for the title and marking the first time in program history the squad has held a share of the outdoor crown.
Before heading south to begin postseason play, the Virginia men?s lacrosse team will wrap up its regular season at home Saturday against unranked Dartmouth.The Cavaliers (12-1, 2-1), currently ranked No.
?If you?re trying to be phony or selling them something that?s not there, it doesn?t work.?New Virginia men?s basketball coach Tony Bennett used these words to describe the conversations he had with 2009 recruits Tristan Spurlock and Jontel Evans, both of whom recently told Bennett that they would honor their commitments to attend Virginia.Bennett may as well have been talking about the interview I conducted with him Wednesday morning.
The No. 10 Virginia women?s lacrosse team will take on four-time national champion No.
After a pair of midweek rainouts, the No. 13 Virginia baseball team heads north this weekend to take on Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Mass.Despite falling to Massachusetts on the road Wednesday, Boston College (23-13, 9-7) enters this weekend?s series on a roll, having won three of its past five games.
