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March sadness

I've been having trouble trying to make sense of how my bracket could be so bad. I had Davidson losing in the first round.


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Softball looks to turn season around against Lancers

After losing eight of nine games in the Red and Black Tournament and Cavalier Classic, the Virginia softball team has an opportunity to win three games in a row for the second time this season with a doubleheader Wednesday against Longwood University. The Cavaliers (9-23, 4-5 ACC) have struggled to find a regular level of performance.


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Women's lacrosse downs Blue Devils

The Virginia women's lacrosse team prevailed 13-9 in Durham to beat Duke Saturday, becoming the first team to defeat the Blue Devils at home in 19 games. Virginia got out to a strong start against the Blue Devils with an 8-2 halftime advantage.


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Maryland ends Cavs' win streak

The Maryland men's lacrosse team tarnished the top-ranked Cavaliers' perfect record Saturday, handing them a 13-7 defeat at Byrd Stadium. The Terrapins (7-2, 2-1 ACC) scored first and maintained the lead for the full 60 minutes.


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Credit where credit is due

It took the length of the regular season, but after amassing a 22-8 record including 10 wins in conference play, the Virginia women's basketball team cracked the AP Top 25 as it headed to the ACC Tournament in early March as the No.


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Don't look down

For Sean Singletary, this season certainly wasn't as he envisioned it. Watching his team have its season end at the hands of Bradley, a middle-of-the-pack squad in the Missouri Valley Conference, wasn't how he expected it would end, either. What was he thinking when, as he received yet another standing ovation, he walked off the court at JPJ for the last time? Something only Sean would think. "Just 'I need to get some rest, and get back in the gym,'" he said.


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Pitching crumbles in home loss

The Virginia pitching staff had no answers for George Washington yesterday, as the Colonials went on an offensive rampage and defeated Virginia 17-5. The loss was Virginia's first at home in 2008 and the 17 runs given up were the most the Virginia pitching staff has allowed since 2004, when the Cavaliers (20-5, 5-4 ACC) lost 22-3 at Miami. "We got ours tonight," Virginia coach Brian O'Connor said.

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