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Groh must... stay?

Should Virginia coach Al Groh be fired?It?s a question that sportswriters and fans have brought up following every game since Virginia was embarrassed at Duke 31-3 in Durham Sept.


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U.Va. hopes to topple Highlanders

He?s played just two regular-season games, but freshman guard Sylven Landesberg ? ?Learning Center,? as some have dubbed him ? is already way ahead of the curve.As Virginia prepares to take on Radford tonight at John Paul Jones Arena, it has a common denominator in each of its close wins to open the season: Landesberg was the leading Virginia scorer.


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Virginia field hockey players receive awards

The accolades continue to pour in for the Virginia field hockey team, as five Cavaliers were named to the Longstreth/NFHCA Division I All-South Region Teams.Senior back Inge Kaars Sijpesteijn and freshman midfielder Paige Selenski were selected for the first team, while junior midfielder/forward Traci Ragukas, freshman midfielder/back Michelle Vittese and freshman back Floor Vogels were named to the second team.


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Second time around

For all intents and purposes, Virginia?s 77-75 win against South Florida was its season debut.Before I get to why it was a debut, let?s appreciate how fitting a matchup it was for coaches to try to gauge their teams at this point in the season.


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Cavs take Bulls by horns in home squeaker

In a game that lacked the basket-to-basket offensive excitement of last Sunday?s matchup against VMI, the Virginia men?s basketball team worked out a 77-75 victory against South Florida last night.?Without playing particularly well today, we were still able to win and do it a little bit gutty,? Virginia coach Dave Leitao said.One player who showed a lot of guts was freshman guard Sylven Landesberg, who played nothing like a freshman in this game, especially down the stretch.


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Copper captivates Cavs with career

No one said married life was easy. But senior Jon Copper takes it to an entirely new dimension.While starting 36 consecutive games and counting for Virginia at inside linebacker, Copper is also the only current football player for Virginia who has tied the knot.


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Christensen nominated as national swimmer of week

After taking part in four first-place races at the double dual meet with Florida State and Penn State during the weekend, including an Aquatic & Fitness Center record time in the 200 back, junior Mei Christensen was awarded the Counsilman Hunsaker National Collegiate Swimmer-of-the-Week honors by CollegeSwimming.com.Christensen?s time of 1:56.42 beat the old time of 1:57.13, set in 2002 by Class of 2006 graduate Brielle White, a seven-time All-American backstroker and two-time ACC Swimmer of the Year in her career at Virginia.In addition to her record first-place time in the 200 back, Christensen also won the 100 back (54.59) and swam a leg of the first-place finishing 200 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay teams as the women?s team claimed two convincing victories, 216-129 against Florida State and 201-148 against Penn State.?compiled by Paul Montana


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Women

Advancing to the NCAA Championships in cross country is quite an accomplishment, earning an automatic berth is even more impressive, but having both men?s and women?s teams automatically qualify for nationals falls into the realm of the remarkable.The Virginia women?s cross country team?s first-place finish at last Saturday?s NCAA Southeast Regionals, coupled with the Cavalier men?s runner-up team performance, marks just the third time in program history that both squads have advanced to nationals and the first time both have made it on automatic bids.?I think it?s a huge step,? senior Andrew Jesien said.


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Since the Contemplative Commons opening April 4, the building has hosted events for the University community. Sam Cole, Commons’ Assistant Director of Student Engagement, discusses how the Contemplative Sciences Center is molding itself to meet students’ needs and provide a wide range of opportunities for students to discover contemplative practices that can help them thrive at the University.