Happy Holidays!We may have lost touch throughout the course of the semester, but winter is upon us and it?s time again for the Virginia athletic department?s annual Christmas letter.
After finishing the Women?s Basketball Coaches Association Classic 2-1 last weekend, Virginia is ready to travel to Champaign, Ill.
The toughest schedule in program history combined with no home matches until Jan.
You?re walking along the beach, wading in the tide. Ahead of you is a pier, and sitting on the edge of the pier is a pudgy man in a uniform and a baseball cap.You walk onto the pier and up to the edge to admire the view.
With Thanksgiving having come and gone, I?m sure everyone reflected deeply on what they are thankful for.
For former Virginia basketball star and proud Golden Gopher parent Ralph Sampson, the matchup between Virginia and Minnesota in the ACC/Big 10 Challenge was a win-win situation.
BLACKSBURG, Va. ? A season that seemed to be full of promise ended in disappointment for Virginia when it lost to Virginia Tech 17-14 in front of a sellout crowd at Lane Stadium.
The headline of this column is what senior Vic Hall called the Virginia formation with Hall under center Saturday.The Hoo-cat, the Wildcat, the Vic-cat, whatever you want to call it ? it was certainly a curveball, and it most certainly worked.
When asked how sophomore quarterback Marc Verica could recover from his costly fourth-quarter interception against Virginia Tech as well as his turnover-ridden games against Wake Forest and Clemson, Virginia coach Al Groh provided a simple response.?Dr. Phil,? he said.Forget just Verica ? the entire team and coaching staff need a therapy session with Dr. Phil.
The Virginia volleyball team?s match with Virginia Tech Friday was one that Virginia?s coaches and many of its players had highlighted on their calendars several weeks before.
After the Virginia men?s basketball team dropped its home bout with Liberty a week ago, it seemed unlikely that the Cavaliers could hang with Syracuse on the road in their next game.
The Virginia women?s basketball team went 2-1 in the three-game Women?s Basketball Coaches Association Classic at Marquette during the holiday break.
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Many Virginia Tech fans are not too fond of Sean Glennon.Virginia coach Al Groh, on the other hand, has nothing but good things to say about the senior quarterback.
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33-21. 17-0. 52-14. These are the double-digit losses the seniors of the Virginia football team have endured during their careers as Cavaliers.Going back one more year, for the team?s fifth-year seniors, Virginia was defeated 24-10 by the Hokies back in 2004 as well.
After what could turn out to be the toughest road stint of the Virginia women?s basketball season, during which the Cavaliers faced then-No.
What is about to go down Saturday in Blacksburg is the 90th edition of the Virginia-Virginia Tech football game.
For 27 consecutive seasons, the Virginia men?s soccer team has hosted an NCAA Tournament game.
Back in mid-September, I wrote a column making a series of bold and unlikely predictions about the college and pro football seasons this year.
