If I had made a list in mid-November about where I wanted the women's basketball team to be in mid-February, most items would be checked off right about now. Is Monica Wright playing out of her mind and continually improving?
This is going to be unprecedented. During my four years at this school, I have read countless columns on college basketball and college football.
[caption id="attachment_33204" align="alignleft" width="255" caption="The No. 11 Cavaliers are undefeated in the ACC this season and will begin their quest for a third straight title starting today at North Carolina.
[caption id="attachment_33166" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Junior guard Jeff Jones was one of the few bright spots for the Cavaliers this weekend, coming off the bench to contribute 16 points.
Every time I pick up a column by a fellow writer - sometimes in The Cavalier Daily, sometimes not - about the fan base at Virginia, I yawn.
[caption id="attachment_33163" align="alignleft" width="164" caption="No. 3 junior Michael Shabaz earned a 6-4, 6-4 singles victory against No.
[caption id="attachment_33161" align="alignleft" width="234" caption="Senior guard Monica Wright jumped to third place on the ACC all-time scoring list last night, as she contributed 33 points to the Cavalier victory.
The Virginia softball team opened its season last weekend with a 1-1 split against UNC Wilmington and Elon. After delivering a 9-0 blow to UNC Wilmington to start the weekend's slate of games, the Cavaliers faced a surprising 10-4 deficit with three innings left to play against the Phoenix.
[caption id="attachment_33118" align="alignleft" width="178" caption="Junior forward Mike Scott led the Cavaliers with 20 points and 13 rebounds, keeping his team competitive throughout.
[caption id="attachment_33116" align="alignleft" width="211" caption="Senior guard Monica Wright enters tonight's game ranked first in the ACC in scoring, averaging 22.7 points per game.
Watching the game Saturday was torturous. And I'm not just talking about the awful announcers who several times called two-point shots "three-pointers," mispronounced names left and right, and even on one occasion referred to the Virginia Tech players as "Cavaliers." Blegh.
The spring semester traditionally promises two things to Virginia students: good weather and great athletics.
The Virginia wrestling team went undefeated in North Carolina this weekend, topping conference opponents Duke and N.C.
As the Cavaliers head to Blacksburg tomorrow, they will look to avenge a loss earlier this season to Virginia Tech, during which they saw a 10-point lead dissipate during the game's second half.
Two weeks after shutting down Princeton 42-0, the No. 24 Cavaliers will travel to North Carolina this weekend for dual ACC matches against Duke and N.C.
The No. 21 Virginia women's basketball team will look for a bit of breathing room in the tightly-packed ACC when it travels to Coral Gables to take on conference foe Miami tonight. Even though the Cavaliers (17-6, 6-3 ACC) have not lost to the Hurricanes (16-7, 3-5 ACC) since 2005 and own the all-time series record 6-1, this is no guarantee that Virginia will walk away with a win.
When William McGarvey Dudley died a week ago today at the age of 88, few students blinked an eye. Heck, it took nearly a week for this newspaper to run a story about him. But if there's any community who should mourn the passing of "Bullet" Bill Dudley, it is the University community. Dudley was an all-star in numerous areas.
Following its first regular season loss since 2006 Saturday, the No. 2 Virginia men's tennis team now looks to reclaim its dominance at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Team Indoor Championship this weekend at the Boar's Head Sports Club in Charlottesville. Virginia will be joined by 15 other top teams in the country, including No.
[caption id="attachment_33082" align="alignleft" width="217" caption="The Cavaliers open their season this weekend looking to improve upon a mediocre 25-22 record from last year, when the team went an abysmal 2-15 in ACC play.
[caption id="attachment_33026" align="alignleft" width="187" caption="Junior Sanam Singh dropped matches at No.
