With the score 3-0 in favor of Liberty going into the bottom of the seventh inning last night, Virginia coach Brian O'Connor decided it was time for a team meeting. The previous two Wednesday nights, Virginia (26-9, 8-7 ACC) lost to Towson and George Washington, who hold a combined record of 32-30.
One of the hottest stories in the news recently (especially on Grounds, apparently) is the controversy surrounding the Olympics this August in Beijing.
The Cavalier softball team split a doubleheader with Liberty in Lynchburg Wednesday, winning the first game 7-6before coming up short in the second game 9-6. Virginia (13-28, 4-8 ACC) held off a late rally by Liberty (8-25-1, 2-1 Big South) to take the win in the first game.
Contrary to popular belief, Cav Man was not Virginia's first mascot, but its third. Furthermore, orange and blue were not the University's original colors. These facts and other myth-busters are part of the University Guide Service's new athletics tours, which will officially commence tomorrow afternoon at John Paul Jones Arena. The tours are the brainchild of Kase Luzar, a former Cavalier football player and current athletic department employee.
With 27.9 seconds remaining in the contest, No. 6 Georgetown scored and pulled ahead, leading to an upset of the No.
This column is going to fail. I'm 100 percent, no question, hand-on-my-heart guaranteeing it. Why?
The Cavaliers, led by freshman starter Jake Cowan and junior DH Greg Miclat, put a four-game losing streak behind them with a 6-0 shutout Tuesday afternoon against Longwood. Cowan, who pitched a career-high 6.1 shutout innings against the Lancers, struck out five batters while only giving up one walk.
Heading into the homestretch of the season, the Virginia softball team will take a break from conference play with a midweek doubleheader against Liberty Wednesday in Lynchburg.
The Monday, April 7 Sports article "Men's rowing displaces George Washington" stated that George Washington's varsity men's rowing team, unlike Virginia's club team, receives varsity funding, gear and food and gives varsity scholarships.
The top-ranked Virginia men's tennis team has steam-rolled its way to a 23-0 record this season, making it the favorite to win the national championship this spring.
It's already April 9. That's the time some college students begin to think about graduation and many begin to worry about finals.
Most first-year students have an entire year to adjust to life away from their families and the rigors of college-level classes; the spring semester brings new classes, but not a dramatic change from the fall semester.
Floyd Mayweather is the world's best pound-for-pound boxer, according to many aficionados of the sport (of which I am not one). But apparently, his brains don't match his brawn, as he somehow decided it would be a good idea to fight Big Show in Wrestlemania XXIV . I don't watch World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling (because it's fake), so I didn't see this match, but this story was too good to be true.
Leah Wigger, a former member of the Virginia women's golf team, won her first professional tournament this past weekend in the Sunshine State. Wigger, a 2007 College graduate, shot a 4-under 212 to win the inaugural American Systems Invitational on the Duramed Futures Tour, held in Daytona Beach, Fla.
During preseason, Virginia baseball coach Brian O'Connor anticipated that, with such a young team this year, he would have to wait until around game 35 or 40 to tell what this team can really achieve. After Virginia lost games 31 to 33 over the weekend to Florida State, and game 30 to Towson before that, I don't know about O'Connor, but I remain clueless.
Virginia wrestling fans can anticipate great things during upcoming seasons from an already impressive young squad. At the center of the Cavaliers' youth movement is freshman Chris Henrich, who was recently named 2008 ACC Freshman of the Year. "I think its been an awesome honor, especially with the recruiting classes that have been brought into the ACC this year," Henrich said.
The inaugural Virginia-Missouri Jefferson Dual came down to the wire for both Virginia track teams Saturday, as the women's team edged out Missouri 103-99 and the men's squad narrowly lost 97-105. After trailing Missouri by 19 points, the Virginia women's squad rallied with 10 top finishes, including a first place 4x400m time that sealed the Cavaliers' overall win.
The No. 40 Virginia women's tennis team fell off a three-match winning streak into a two-match losing streak this weekend, suffering two 0-7 defeats on the road at the hands of No.
The No. 14 Virginia baseball team was swept by No. 6 Florida State over the weekend in a three-game series, capped by nearly identical losses in a Sunday doubleheader.
The top-ranked Virginia men's tennis team traveled down Tobacco Road this weekend and continued its undefeated season, beating both No.
