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Struggling Hokies set to host surging Cavs

Two days after securing a win on their own Senior Night, the Virginia women's lacrosse team aims to spoil Virginia Tech's festivities and come out of Blacksburg with its fourth ACC win. The Hokies currently stand at 6-7 on the season despite a 0-4 ACC record that has left them in sole possession of last place in the conference standings.


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Virginia ready for lone home meet

The Virginia Cavaliers track and field team will be competing in this season's first and only home competition of the season, the Lou Onesty/ Milton Abramson Invitational, this weekend at Lannigan Track.


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Cavaliers sweep Duke in double-header

The Virginia softball team pulled out two important wins Wednesday over James Madison, sweeping the Dukes in an afternoon doubleheader. The first win rode largely on the strength of Erin Horn, who virtually single-handedly shut down the Dukes' offense.


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Cavs barely miss Lancers' stab

The No. 17 Virginia baseball team outlasted the Longwood Lancers Wednesday, 6-4. The Cavaliers scored two runs in the eighth inning to win a game in which both starting pitchers lasted six innings and reach a record of 28-9. Virginia's lineup ran Longwood starter Brian McCullough's pitch total up to 118 over six and two-thirds innings.


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Virginia secures win for Seniors

The Virginia women's lacrosse team celebrated Senior Night Wednesday evening with a 13-9 victory over the George Mason Patriots (7-5) at Klöckner Stadium. The night began with a commemoration of the team's seven seniors, and the excitement continued into the start of the game as the No.


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Virginia begins five-game homestand against Lancers

After capping off a grueling stretch of seven straight road games with a pair of wins in Durham this past weekend, the Virginia men's baseball team returns home this evening to face the visiting Longwood Lancers at Davenport Field. During the extended road trip, the No.


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Patriots look to break Cavs' streak

Returning to play after a week off, the No. 5 Virginia women's lacrosse team will face off with the George Mason Patriots in their final regular season home game Wednesday. The Patriots will attempt to pull out their first-ever win against the Cavaliers in the teams' short history together. The Cavaliers (11-2, 3-1) are riding the strength of a five-game win streak, including their 15-8 victory over Old Dominion last Wednesday, prior to the week off.


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Club Rugby narrowly misses Sweet Sixteen

This weekend, the Virginia men's rugby team will play their final matches at the third Annual Chris "Blumpkin" Ball Tournament, a "friendly" competition in Harrisonburg, Va. Their season is coming to a close because the team narrowly missed qualifying for the Sweet Sixteen, the national rugby tournament.


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Virginia learns from past experience

"It's not always what happens in a situation but how you react to it," senior defender Michael Culver said. Those words rang true for Culver and his teammates two years ago when the University of Virginia men's lacrosse team had one of its worst seasons in recent memory.


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