In the wake of an extremely emotional week in women?s basketball, two ranked conference rivals faced off Friday evening in John Paul Jones Arena.
Durham, N.C. ? The Blue Devils turned up the heat on the Cavaliers yesterday, thrashing Virginia 79-54 in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
?It?s like whipped cream on crap.?This was the eloquent simile Virginia coach Dave Leitao used yesterday afternoon to describe his team?s tendency to follow a lousy first half with a better second half ? a trend that continued yesterday when Duke routed the Cavaliers 79-54.To be accurate, this comparison was a simile within a metaphor.
?We?re going to have a remarkable season.?What may seem like a rather bold prediction for the Virginia softball team after suffering through a 15-39 season in 2008 is justifiable optimism in the eyes of senior captain and second baseman Casey Steffan.?We?re coming together stronger than ever, with contributions from top to bottom,? Steffan said.
The Virginia wrestling team lost to Virginia Tech 21-12 Saturday in Richmond, Va.
January was not kind to the Virginia men?s basketball team, which came away with a 1-5 record over the course of the month.
Coming off a compelling win on the road against Clemson, the No. 18 Virginia women?s basketball team will face Maryland tonight at John Paul Jones Arena.Virginia (16-4, 3-2 ACC) looks to stop a high-powered offense that has out-scored opponents by a total of 240 points, averaging 77.3 points per game this season.
For certain sports, the differences between professional teams and college athletic programs may no longer seem apparent, if drawing that distinction still makes sense at all.To illustrate this difference more fully, I think we can begin at the end of an informal spectrum of sports: the college club sport.
While many people are preparing to watch Super Bowl XLIII, the Virginia women?s tennis team will be engaging in preparation of its own.
Due to a sprint-heavy format, the Virginia men?s and women?s swimming and diving teams will have to bring an extra dose of vigor to Pennsylvania this weekend when they race Pittsburgh on Sunday.The Virginia men?s and women?s teams found perhaps their most triumphant success last weekend, proving superior to two ACC foes hailing from North Carolina: UNC and Duke.
Three of the four seniors on the Virginia women?s basketball team have seen significant playing time and have regularly started games.
Many people view the sports world through an extremely narrow lens.
The Virginia men?s tennis team will attempt to keep the ball rolling this weekend, as the Cavaliers look to add to their win column and continue their undefeated spring season.The team dispatched its first two ranked opponents of the season last weekend, defeating No.
Virginia Tech.When spoken, these two words make many Cavaliers cringe and grimace.
?Nerve-wracking.?The one-word answer was all Virginia freshman Reese Milner needed to convey what it was like to play in his very first collegiate tennis match last Sunday against Belmont.Although the rookie?s debut in the No.
Often clouded by the thrill of victory on the playing field in collegiate athletics today is the ?student? in the term ?student-athlete.? Danny and Kyle Artusio, identical twins on the Virginia wrestling team, however, uphold their titles as student-athletes while maintaining positive attitudes and strong work ethics.?If we are going to put our money where our mouth is and say we value character, they should mean a whole lot to the team because they are two of the most high-character guys I have ever met in my life,? coach Steve Garland said of the Artusios.
This past Saturday, N.C. State women?s basketball coach Kay Yow died at the age of 66, ending a bout with cancer that began in 1987.Yow was N.C.
About 15 minutes after the final buzzer went off Nov. 22, 2008 on Virginia football?s disappointing 13-3 loss to Clemson, something more amazing than the rest of the game day combined transpired on the field of Scott Stadium.Matt Taskey, a charter member of the Cavalier Marching Band, climbed up on a podium in front of more than 200 of his band mates, bid them farewell and received the loudest and longest standing ovation anyone this side of Dave Matthews has received for being part of a band in Charlottesville.The 2008 season ? CMB?s and Taskey?s fifth ? marked the final year the trumpet section leader would suit up in an orange, blue and white uniform, put that silly feather in a big blue hat and march a half-time show in front of 60,000 people.Taskey, whose official CMB membership ended this month, was one of the most special and interesting members of a band filled with special and interesting people.
In the three complete years of Virginia coach Dave Leitao?s career, he has not had a consistent shot-blocker.
When sophomore Scot Robison hit the water to swim the third leg of Virginia?s 400 free relay, it appeared as if Virginia would suffer yet another close loss to its bitter foes from North Carolina.
