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Moving forward
By Dan Stalcup | April 8, 2009Bummed out by the collapse of the men?s basketball team this year?
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Bummed out by the collapse of the men?s basketball team this year?
Barely beyond the halfway point of the 2009 season, the Virginia baseball team has already hit 30 home runs.With sophomore centerfielder Jarrett Parker?s ninth bomb of the year last night, the Cavaliers reached the 30-home run mark for the fourth time in coach Brian O?Connor?s six-year tenure as Virginia cruised past Stony Brook in an 8-0 win.The most home runs O?Connor has ever seen in his time at Virginia came in 2005, when the Cavaliers belted 35.Senior pitcher Robert Poutier earned his third win in just his fourth start of the season, allowing five hits and two walks in five innings while striking out eight.
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The Virginia softball team is hoping to recover after a series of disappointing losses against Maryland during the weekend as the Cavaliers take on traditionally competitive Longwood in a doubleheader today.
Men?s BasketballIt?s old news by now, but North Carolina took home the national championship Monday night, routing Michigan State 89-72 in front of a NCAA Championship-record crowd of 72,922 at Ford Field in Detroit, Mich.
After flipping the Terrapins Sunday in a 17-2 series-clinching win, the Virginia baseball team plays Stony Brook at home tonight and in New York tomorrow.
The Virginia softball team tried to get back on track in the ACC this weekend during a series against the Maryland Terrapins.
The No. 3 Virginia women?s golf team used a strong final round Sunday to push its way to a second-place finish in the 18-team Bryan National Collegiate, a three-day tournament held in Greensboro, N.C.
The No. 7 Virginia women?s rowing team had mixed results against No.
Warning: This column is going to come off like a rant ? because it is a rant.
Down-to-the-wire finishes are nothing new for the men?s lacrosse team.
The good news is that I made it out of Giants Stadium alive and still wearing my Redskins sweatshirt.
When the home crowd at Davenport Field cheered sophomore Corey Hunt for trading belts with sophomore second baseman Phil Gosselin, all seemed right with Cavalier baseball.
Dominic Inglot would not be denied a victory on his senior day. After he and sophomore partner Michael Shabaz lost to North Carolina in doubles for the second consecutive match, Inglot made a stand.?Senior day, last day here, regular season ? I didn?t want to lose two matches in a day,? Inglot said.
Virginia lost to two of its conference rivals on the road this weekend in North Carolina.
The No. 9 Virginia women?s lacrosse team secured a much needed win as the Cavaliers escaped with an 11-9 victory against Boston College Saturday.
Less than a week ago, the Virginia men?s lacrosse team emerged victorious in the longest Division I game in NCAA history.
After losing its last two conference series against North Carolina and Miami, the Virginia baseball team is eager to take on what may prove a lesser conference foe, Maryland.Last weekend?s series loss was just as disappointing as Virginia?s late-inning collapses against Miami the week before.
The Virginia women?s tennis team travels this weekend to face off against ACC foes Duke and North Carolina.
Though playing the likes of North Carolina and Duke in basketball in the same weekend might be challenging, the Virginia men?s tennis team will likely face less resistance when it faces the two conference rivals today and Sunday.Although the Blue Devils (12-5, 5-2 ACC) and the Tar Heels (13-6, 2-4 ACC) have had relatively successful seasons thus far, neither boasts an undefeated record like the No.
