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Sports message boards find new use after tragedy

By Eric Kolenich | April 17, 2007

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

By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins | April 16, 2007

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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Sports in Brief

By Cavalier Daily Staff | April 16, 2007

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

By Sean Bielawski | April 16, 2007

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

By Kyle O'Connor | April 16, 2007

"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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M Lax: Cavs to duke it out in N.C.

By Carlos Valle | April 13, 2007

The Virginia men's lacrosse team will look to go undefeated in conference play for the second consecutive season this weekend as it faces Duke Saturday in Durham, N.C. The Cavaliers (10-1, 2-0 ACC) prevailed against what proved to be a tough North Carolina team 10-9 in overtime last weekend at Klöckner Stadium.

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Early bird gets the worm

By Kevin Zdancewicz | April 12, 2007

If you make it out to the spring football game Saturday, you'll see a preliminary preview of this fall's squad, the official 2007 orange T-shirt and probably more Aquafina and Alltel ads than anyone should have to witness.

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Women's Lacrosse: Seniors lead Virginia to victory over Hoyas

By Ben Gibson | April 12, 2007

It may have been raining, but that did not stop the Class of 2007 from shining as the Virginia women's lacrosse team defeated Georgetown last night 14-7 at Klöckner Stadium. The Cavaliers got off to a fast start, scoring in the second minute and never looking back as they held the lead for the entire game.

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Baseball: Cavaliers buck Rams for 30th win of season

By Eric Kolenich | April 11, 2007

RICHMOND, VA -- The Cavaliers overcame errors early in the game and took advantage of sloppy VCU pitching to win 8-1 at the Diamond in Richmond last night. The crowd of 2,237 was a record high for the Rams (19-14, 5-6 CAA) and was the second week in a row Virginia (30-7, 10-5 ACC) has traveled to a game that broke the attendance record. Virginia freshman starter Jeff Lorick gave up the lone run in the first inning.

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Packing a verbal punch

By Joey Mancini | April 11, 2007

When I was in elementary school, there was a banner in my classroom that read, "What is right is not always popular; what is popular is not always right." There have been several situations in sports and media in recent weeks, however, in which the popular reaction to an action was appropriate and well-warranted.

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