Gritty Wolfpack visit U.Va. for ACC opener
By Blair Capps | September 19, 2008Tonight?s 7 p.m. matchup against N.C. State at Kl
Tonight?s 7 p.m. matchup against N.C. State at Kl
Sophomore quarterback Peter Lalich has been dismissed from the Virginia football team after admitting he violated the terms of his probation by consuming alcohol.
For its last non-conference game before ACC play starts, the Virginia women?s soccer team will travel to Morgantown, W.Va., to take on the Mountaineers at 2 p.m.
Having put together a 7-2 record so far, including a sweep of the Marriott Jefferson Cup last weekend, Virginia?s volleyball team will head to Evanston, Ill.
Tonight?s 7 p.m. matchup against N.C. State at Kl
The Virginia field hockey kept its 27-game ? now 28-game ? unbeaten streak against Virginia Commonwealth alive as the Cavaliers trounced the Rams 3-0 last night at the University Hall Turf Field.The Cavaliers (7-1) also extended their home winning streak to seven games.
I am about to do something I doubt any other sports columnist has ever done before. For the next 107 lines, several paragraphs and few hundred words, I?m going to talk about food.Not just any food, though.
The Virginia women?s soccer team has certainly been tested in the non-conference schedule so far this season; a 1-1 tie to Auburn and a 2-1 victory on a go-ahead goal in the 87th minute against Dartmouth testify to that.
The No. 8 Virginia field hockey team will seek to protect an undefeated home record when it takes on in-state rival Virginia Commonwealth tonight at 6 p.m.
This weekend Virginia women?s tennis will host the U.Va. Invitational at the Snyder Tennis Center, with play beginning Friday and concluding Sunday.
With rounds of 68, 72 and 68 at the Cougar Classic, junior Whitney Neuhauser set a new Virginia 54-hole tournament scoring record of 208, besting the old record of 210 set by Leah Wigger in 2005.
Starting off 1-2 is not necessarily a measure of how good a team really is. The way the Cavaliers opened up the 2008 football season, however, suggests the chances for a quality season are low.
Imagine this: You?re a student at one of the nation?s finest institutions of higher learning.
Normally when a team gets a new coach, that coach needs some time to successfully apply his or her new philosophy to the team dynamic.
This past week, I took a long look at all of my class syllabi, marked the exam dates in my calendar and promised myself I wouldn?t waste my time getting caught up in the frivolities and drama of a football season this year.And then Saturday morning came and I remembered we had leftover pizza in the fridge and I came to my senses.
Conditioning is one of the most important ingredients to success in collegiate sports, yet it is often overlooked as a necessary element of success when compared to other team qualities such as talent and coaching.The importance of conditioning does not seem lost on Virginia men?s soccer coach George Gelnovatch, however.
The Virginia men?s tennis team dominated in the annual U.Va. Fall Invitational this past weekend, winning titles in four of the five flights in which Virginia athletes competed.No.
See the title of this column? Sub in coach Al Groh for Forrest, and that?s the message I have for the U.Va.
Despite losing a heartbreaking thriller to James Madison last Wednesday, this past weekend the No. 8 Virginia field hockey team once again proved why it is one of the best teams in the country.This stretch of games marked the only time this season the Cavaliers will play three games in five days.
STORRS, Conn. ? It took Connecticut barely a quarter and a half to burst out to a 28-0 lead against the Virginia football team.At game?s end Saturday, the 45-10 score was not quite as lopsided numerically as the 52-7 drubbing by the Trojans, but was equally traumatic against a Husky