Following one of the biggest wins in team history, the women?s basketball team must turn around and face another tough opponent on the road tonight in Norfolk, Va.Then-No.
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.
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.
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.
There?s a lot to look forward to during Thanksgiving Break: your old bed, sleeping in, awkward questions from distant family members.
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
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.
I have three regrets in my life up to this point. The first is falling asleep during the 2006 Rose Bowl.
Lost in the shuffle of Kurt Warner?s resurrection, the Tennessee Titans? out-of-nowhere undefeated record and the Detroit Lions forgetting how to win a game, is, in my opinion, the feel-good story of the year.
The No. 16 Virginia women?s basketball team upset reigning national champion No.
As the 2008-09 men?s basketball campaign gets underway, there is one question that coaches, players, fans and media alike are trying to answer: What is the effect of the new 3-point line?The rule change to move the line back was passed in the spring of 2007 to take effect starting this season; the line now sits 20 feet, 9 inches from the basket, one foot further than the previous line of 19 feet, 9 inches.With the three-ball turning into a short jump shot in recent years as big men expanded their games to the perimeter and as players became more athletic and versatile on the whole, basketball has clearly become a perimeter-based game; in 1986-87, Division I games averaged 9.1 3-point attempts per game, an number that has climbed steadily to an all-time high of 19.07 3-point attempts per game last season.
The early signing period for NCAA volleyball ends tomorrow, and Virginia?s team has landed two key recruits.Tobi Farrar, one of the signed recruits, is a middle blocker from Arlington, Texas.
The Virginia women?s rowing team capped off a full day of racing Sunday with three victories at the Rivanna Romp held on the Rivanna Reservoir in Charlottesville.The host Cavaliers emerged victorious in the Varsity 8 race, as Virginia ?A? crossed the line with a winning time of 13:06.55 to outpace second-place Ohio State ?A? by four seconds.
Around 11:30 Sunday night I was definitely happy. The worries of an increasing academic load were suddenly lighter.
In 2007, it was Greg Oden and Kevin Durant. In 2008, it was Derrick Rose and Michael Beasley.
After a high-scoring victory in its season opener, the Virginia men?s basketball team will attempt to keep the ball rolling tonight against South Florida.The early games on the Cavaliers? schedule, meant to help the team prepare for its tougher ACC matchups, provide an interesting look at player development and the team?s overall potential.
?I just fired our schedule-maker.?Virginia coach Dave Leitao?s quip following the men?s basketball team?s 107-97 victory against VMI was naturally in jest, but his point was clear.
For the Cavaliers, Friday night?s 78-48 victory against High Point was all about firsts.Their first game of the season.
?On that day [against West Virginia], we weren?t good enough to win.
Finish strong.This is the Virginia volleyball team motto for the second half of the season, and it is something the team has put into practice the past two weekends.Now on a three-match winning streak, the Cavaliers overcame a rocky first set against Maryland in Friday night?s match to win 3-1 (17-25, 26-24, 25-18, 25-22) and followed that with a Saturday evening 3-0 sweep of Boston College (25-14, 25-19, 25-18).Friday night against Maryland (6-23, 2-15 ACC), the Cavaliers (16-13, 8-9 ACC) took control of the game after the first set and refused to relent to the Terrapins? pushes to regain control.
