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Virginia lanced by Longwood in second game

On a chilly April afternoon, the Virginia softball team split a doubleheader against Longwood, winning the first game 5-2 before falling to the Lancers (19-15) in the second game 6-2. Virginia (15-31, 1-14 ACC) jumped out to a quick lead in the first game, scoring two runs in the first inning.


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Camels shock Tarheels in 11 innings Campbell University (8-31) took out the No. 2 ranked baseball team in the country,North Carolina (32-7, 13-5 ACC) in Chapel Hill in 11 innings last night.


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Baseball: Cavalier win full of stellar performances

Following a somber five minutes of silence dedicated to the victims of the shootings at Virginia Tech prior to the start of the game, the Virginia baseball team set emotions aside to put away in-state foe Richmond 12-5. "Our team, doing what we did with the silence, we're conscious of what's in people's hearts right now," Virginia coach Brian O'Connor said.


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Softball: Cavs seek to lace up midweek wins over Lancers

For the Virginia softball team, the 2007 season has been one of disappointments. Despite all of the setbacks, the Cavaliers will take on non-ACC opponent Longwood today in a doubleheader and aim to pick up a few wins before the start of the ACC tournament. This pair of games comes on the heels of another subpar ACC series for the Cavaliers (14-30, 1-14 ACC), who were most recently swept by N.C.


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150 chances to lose

Maybe I should have seen it coming. They have a $36 million dollar payroll -- almost half of their 2006 budget and the third lowest in Major League Baseball.


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Sports message boards find new use after tragedy

In the wake of yesterday's tragedy at Virginia Tech, online sports message boards served a more important purpose, providing an outlet for people to report information about the shootings that killed 33 people. With cell phone coverage limited yesterday in the Blacksburg area, many turned to sports message boards to communicate news reports as well as personal reactions to the day's events.


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Track & Field: Virginia runs away with win

It was a dark and stormy day, but Virginia wasn't about to let that hold them back. Both the men's and women's track and field teams came out on top Saturday in the Lou Onesty Invitational, Virginia's annual home meet. The victories have a special significance for the Cavaliers, who are usually anywhere but Virginia for competitions. "In other sports you always talk about the home field advantage," Virginia coach Randy Bungard said.


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No. 13 Virginia women's rowing goes 11-0 on weekend Virginia's women's rowing team swept the competition this weekend at the Windermere Real Estate Classic held at Redwood Shores, Calif.


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Baseball: Adams slams walk-off homerun

The University of Virginia's baseball team found itself one out away from dropping its second straight game to visiting Georgia Tech Saturday afternoon, but sophomore David Adams simply would not let that happen.


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A tale of two Schaubs

"I t was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness ... it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair." When Charles Dickens wrote those words in 1859, he wasn't talking about football.

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