Sports

Go get Tubby

Sometimes, it is all too easy to read between the lines. No matter how the athletic department advertised its ?farewell? to Virginia basketball coach Dave Leitao, I cannot help but feel that a pink slip was involved.In a move that was less ?resignation? and more ?your services are no longer needed,? it is my opinion that Craig Littlepage finally pulled the trigger.Whether it was pressure from Virginia boosters, fans or from within, Littlepage sent a message that I read as a 10-18 record is just not good enough.

Cavs aim to hurdle Highlanders

The Virginia softball team will challenge non-conference foe Radford in a Thursday doubleheader on the road before preparing for a weekend series against in-state rival Virginia Tech.The Cavaliers (18-7, 1-2 ACC) are coming off their first ACC series last weekend, in which they dropped two of three games against N.C.

Team set to tackle Florida squads, looks to halt two-game ACC skid

After two consecutive losses, it is hard for a team not to be disheartened, especially with two tough in-conference matches looming.Although the No.

Bernardino prepares team for NCAA meet

Swimming is a sport of strategy. Races can come down to tenths of seconds, which can change any race?s outcome.

How it strikes a contemporary

To me, reporters occupy a unique niche in relation to the repetition of language because of the serial nature of journalism.

Virginia draft entrants take part in Pro Day

The Virginia football team hosted scouts from 29 of the 32 NFL teams at its annual draft-eligible players? Pro Timing Day this past Thursday.

Early offense lifts Cavs to victory against Towson

Virginia bounced back from its two-game losing streak with a dominant 13-4 win against Towson yesterday evening at Davenport Field.The No.

Nothing lasts forever

This year was going to be different. Sure, point guard Sharne

Streak of losses to ranked foes ends against Dukes

The No. 10 Virginia women?s lacrosse team topped No. 18 JMU 18-9 last night in Harrisonburg, Va., ending a three-game losing streak against ranked opponents.The Cavaliers (7-3, 1-2 ACC) scored 12 goals in the second half and were led by senior midfielders Blair Weymouth and Ashley McCulloch, along with junior attack Whitaker Hagerman, who each scored a hat trick.

Around the ACC

Men?s BasketballThe performance of ACC teams in the NCAA Tournament the past weekend was mediocre, and they came nowhere near the success of representing teams from the rival Big East, which still has five of the eight teams it sent to the tourney.

Cavs

Eventually, every song must stop and every dance must come to an end.Unfortunately for the Virginia women?s basketball team, the fun came to a halt all too early, as a dominant California team ousted the Cavaliers 99-73 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament last night.

Virginia looks to rebound with midweek Towson games

After an ACC series loss this weekend, the Virginia baseball team remains in Charlottesville for a two-day set Tuesday and Wednesday against Towson.Towson (12-10, 1-2 CAA) will be a tough competitor in the midweek for Virginia.

The last shot

Looking through the window of my hotel room and down at the street 21 stories below, one would have witnessed a typical evening scene in downtown Philadelphia, where businessmen, street vendors, bums and children form a medley of intersecting dots in a rush to get from place to place amid the din of frantic taxis and angry bus drivers.

Cavaliers hope for return to winning ways against Dukes

The No. 9 Virginia women?s lacrosse team will travel to Harrisonburg, Va.

The WBC: It Matters

I hope you watched the championship of the World Baseball Classic last night.

Track and field wraps up big weekend at Swashbuckle

The Virginia track and field teams competed in their season-opening outdoor meet, the U.Va.

Athlete of the Week: Carly Winger

Basic Information:Year: Senior

Softball loses two of three at N.C. State to begin conference play

The Virginia softball team struggled in its ACC opener this weekend, losing two out of three games to N.C.

Marist

Survive and advance. The Virginia women?s basketball team managed to do just that in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday, edging Marist 68-61 in Los Angeles.

In 20 years of coaching and playing college baseball, Virginia coach Brian O?Connor had never seen a final out quite like the one that allowed Miami to inflict the first loss against Virginia this season.A final out made on a play at the plate on a passed-ball third strike turned out to be the pivotal moment of a bizarre but thrilling series, as the Cavaliers lost their first series of the season to the Hurricanes.