Alright, I guess it is official. I am never going to play professional baseball. My lifelong dream of playing catcher for the Baltimore Orioles has come to a sad, silent close. I'd been waiting years for a call and it never came. I even used Hoostrak to search for an opening.
By Ernie Washington Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Nine years after receiving their diplomas, twins Tiki and Ronde Barber returned to Charlottesville for arguably their greatest achievement: A $1 million donation to the University of Virginia. But with all their work off the field, it can be easy to forget that both brothers still excel on the gridiron. After being honored as co-male athletes of the year out of Cave Spring High School in Roanoke County, Va., the Barbers decided to attend The University of Virginia even though their parents attended Virginia Tech.
From Charlottesville to Tokyo to Hollywood, all your big money stays and plays with me! Perfect again last week, but I'm not interested in gloating; gambling gods are a fickle bunch. Meanwhile, Virginia gets an absolute slap in the face from Vegas, coming in at a 6.5-point underdog to East Carolina Saturday. Sure we still have a lot of questions, and we're historically a lousy road team, but 6.5 points?
By Zach Rowen Cavalier Daily Associate Editor No. 4 Virginia avoided a letdown after Saturday night's thriller over Clemson and held on to defeat Liberty last night 2-0 at Klöckner Stadium.
I was lucky enough to be able to spend my last Sunday afternoon in a box suite at FedEx Field where I watched my boys, the Washington Redskins, pull off a thrilling 36-30 overtime victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars. As I reminisce about that glorious Sunday afternoon that put the Redskins at 2-2, and right in the thick of things in the NFC East, a few thoughts come to mind about the striking differences between watching a game at Scott Stadium versus FedEx Field. No.
If you're looking for a tough-nosed club sport, look no further than the Virginia men's ice hockey club.
Following their dramatic win over Clemson, the Cavaliers (10-1-0, 3-1-1 ACC) will look for another victory tonight when they take on Liberty (4-4). Saturday's game was a pivotal one for the Cavaliers.
Over the weekend, goalkeeper Kendall McBrearty traveled with the rest of the Virginia womens' lacrosse team to her high school alma mater. Saint Steven and Saint Agnes High school in Alexandria, Virginia held the inaugural Stars and Stripes exhibition series.
While Virginia coach Steve Swanson says he cannot recall an injury-free season during his career, this season the womens' soccer team seems particularly plagued by them. Soccer, which never fails to pit players against one another in midair head-to-head combat, has a reputation for producing season-ending injuries.
By Barney Breen-Portnoy Cavalier Daily Senior Associate Editor DURHAM -- Thanks to a dominant defensive effort, Virginia halted its two-game losing skid Saturday with a 37-0 victory over Duke at Wallace Wade Stadium. "We're happy for the players that they have something to really be pleased with themselves about," Virginia coach Al Groh said.
Virginia, at least briefly, halted the downward trajectory of its season Saturday by beating down a wretched Duke squad 37-0, in a game that was about as tedious to watch as anything on C-SPAN. You haven't seen a terrible football team play until you've attended a Duke game, and you haven't seen a pathetic football atmosphere until you've spent a Saturday afternoon at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham.
By Ben Gibson Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Freshman midfielder Jonathan Villanueva could not have picked a better time to score his first goal of the year. In the 76th minute, sophomore forward Yannick Reyering found Villanueva with a long ball from midfield.
Tiki and Ronde Barber make me sick. I'm serious. I just had to pop a couple Tylenol after typing their names.
After losing 24-7 to a solid Georgia Tech team last Thursday, the Cavaliers head down to Durham, N.C.
Following last night's draw in Tallahassee, Fla., the Virginia women's soccer team heads even farther south Sunday to take on the Miami Hurricanes. Virginia embarked on the season's first conference road trip with a 2-0-0 ACC record, marking the fourth consecutive year the Cavaliers have defeated their first two conference opponents. "It was great to get these [wins] under our belt at home before we head[ed] out on the road to Florida," sophomore Jen Redmond said. In their two previous away games, the Cavaliers fell in overtime to the Tennessee Lady Volunteers, 1-0, and tied the West Virginia Mountaineers, 1-1. The Hurricanes are 6-3-0 on the season but just 0-2-0 in the ACC following a pair of losses at the hands of N.C.
The Cavaliers will not get any chance to recover from a tough weekend when they play the top-ranked Maryland Terrapins tonight.
The Cavaliers (11-1, 4-1 ACC) head to College Park to play Maryland (7-4, 0-2 ACC) Saturday, the second match of a four-match road trip. The team has won their last four matches, all of them against ACC opponents; they defeated North Carolina, N.C.
After a narrow defeat at the hands of ACC foe North Carolina last Saturday, the Virginia men's soccer team would have liked to bounce back with a decisive win against the American Eagles.
With one minute left in regulation, sophomore forward Yannick Reyering yelled in frustration as he was fouled at midfield.
The Virginia women's soccer team faces a significant challenge Thursday as they travel to Florida State for their first ACC road game.
