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Virginia prepares for early-season showdown

For the first time this season, the No. 8 North Carolina lacrosse team will leave the friendly confines of Chapel Hill. Virginia looks to spoil that road debut and make it five consecutive Cavalier victories over the Tar Heels and hand Carolina a costly second conference loss. UNC has already lost to No.


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Well-balanced Cavs begin ACC play at Virginia Tech

The University of Virginia softball team begins ACC play this weekend as they travel to Virginia Tech for a three-game series. Entering the series, the Cavaliers bring a 13-7 record and a well-balanced attack in pitching and offense. Junior catcher and outfielder Amy McKean has been raising plenty of eyebrows this season, leading the Cavaliers' offense.


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Only Madness at UConn is in the lack of discipline

UConn made me love the single sanction. A.J. Price and Marcus Williams, two guards on the UConn men's basketball team, were involved in the theft of $11,000 worth of computers from fellow students this past summer. According to MSNBC, "In their criminal cases, both applied for a special form of probation for first-time offenders.


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Ferguson places sixth in NCAAs

As Spring Break came to a close and students returned to Charlottesville, the Virginia track team's Tomika Ferguson earned All-American honors at the NCAA Championships in Arkansas. Ferguson placed sixth in the triple jump competition, hitting a jump of 13.32 m and breaking her own school record by 12 m.


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Six-run seventh inning wins game 10-3 for Cavaliers

The Virginia baseball team got out to a slow start, but they exploded in one big inning. After driving in six runs in the seventh, the Cavaliers blew out Dayton 10-3 to improve their record to 16-4 on the season. "It was a great win," Virginia coach Brian O'Connor said.


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It was announced last night that the Virginia women's basketball team did not receive a bid to the 2006 NCAA Tournament and will be likely receive an NIT bid.In addition to conference champion North Carolina, six ACC teams accepted bids on Monday.


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