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Improved first-half play not enough for underdog Cavs

Chapel Hill, N.C. ? It still wasn?t pretty, but perhaps for Wahoos it was slightly more bearable.Though the Virginia men?s basketball team got off to a less auspicious first half than it did during the previous four games, the Cavaliers trailed by as many as 20 points in the second half, falling to the No.


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Senioritis

In the first half of the Virginia men?s basketball team?s all-too-predictable 76-61 loss against North Carolina Saturday, Roy Williams was grimacing on the sidelines.?The first half was like pulling teeth,? Williams said.And yet, the Tar Heels never trailed in the opening period, and led at halftime by eight.Therein is a telltale sign you?re a bad team: when you?re not getting blown out, the coach on the other sideline says his team is not playing up to snuff.


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The kiss of depth

?First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits, or they?ll eventually conquer you.??Dr. Rob Gilbert, success authorIt seems for every Virginia women?s basketball victory, the story goes something like this: Lyndra Littles puts up about 25 points, Monica Wright scores 20 and grabs about seven rebounds and Aisha Mohammed totals about 15 and 10.


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Women

The Virginia women?s tennis team had a busy weekend of ups and downs as it traveled to Ohio State Friday and Tennessee Sunday.The Cavaliers defeated the lady Buckeyes 4-3


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Blue Devils

Last night?s women?s basketball game between Virginia and Duke probably could be characterized as a slugfest.


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Cavs toe rubber in first action of spring Saturday

The Virginia softball team will begin its 2009 campaign this weekend, and judging by the Cavaliers? 15-39 (6-15 ACC) record last spring, the team will need to play very differently if it is going to see more success on the diamond this year.The team will face Middle Tennessee and East Carolina back to back Saturday and Sunday at Greenville, N.C.


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Second shot at Vols gives Cavaliers chance for revenge

?It?s disturbing.?That?s how Virginia women?s tennis coach Mark Guilbeau described his young squad?s 2-5 loss to Tennessee Saturday at the ITA National Indoors Qualifier, which cost the team a trip to the National Indoors tournament next weekend.This weekend, however, the No.


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Monarchs

The Cavalier mat men will travel to Norfolk, Va. to take on in-state foe Old Dominion Sunday.


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Times, they are changin

Calvin Baker, Jeff Jones, Sylven Landesberg, Solomon Tat, Assane Sene.That was the group of five that Virginia coach Dave Leitao put on the court to start the second half in the men?s basketball team?s 80-70 loss to Boston College last night at John Paul Jones Arena, following yet another atrocious opening period from the Cavaliers.This time, they trailed by 20.With 1:09 remaining in the final period, Leitao made his first sub of the second half: Mustapha Farrakhan for Baker.Of the five second half starters, only Landesberg was on the floor for the opening whistle.


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Groh announces next season's recruiting class

College football?s National Letter of Intent Day was held yesterday, and Virginia coach Al Groh officially announced his 2009 recruiting class, totaling 25 student-athletes.Headlining the class is 6-foot-7, 330-pound offensive lineman Morgan Moses of Meadowbrook High School in Richmond.


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Wildcats look to scratch perfect record

The Virginia men?s tennis team will look to build on its undefeated record this weekend when it takes on Kentucky and Maryland, its first ACC opponent of the season, at the Boar?s Head Sports Club.The Cavaliers are coming off a strong performance last weekend, during which the team beat both Arkansas and East Tennessee State 7-0 to qualify for the ITA National Indoor Championships.


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