Al Golden, Temple make difference with help off-field
By Joey Mancini | October 18, 2006When Al Golden became Temple's head coach after leaving Virginia last winter, he talked about how his players would be student-athletes.
When Al Golden became Temple's head coach after leaving Virginia last winter, he talked about how his players would be student-athletes.
What are you going to do at 10:30 tonight? The answer, unfortunately, is no longer watching a new episode of Two-a-Days.
No. 10 Virginia field hockey won its third straight game last night as it defeated Longwood 3-0.
I may have been watching football halfway across the country with a team in purple uniforms two weekends ago, but there were times when the Bill Snyder Family Center in Manhattan, Kansas felt eerily similar to an afternoon at Scott Stadium. Last spring former Virginia offensive coordinator Ron Prince was tapped to fill in the monster shoes of now-retired Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder.
The Cavaliers return to action tonight to face Longwood for the final in-region game of the regular season.
The success of the Cavalier volleyball team (13-6, 6-4 ACC) this season is largely because of the leadership of the upperclassmen.
Following their dramatic shutout of Maryland, Virginia hopes to garner another victory tonight when they take on Longwood at home under the lights tonight. "We don't let this phase us too much," freshman midfielder Jonathan Villanueva said.
Saturday's game against the Maryland Terrapins (4-2, 1-1 ACC) looked very similar to the weather throughout the day.
A win just was not in the cards Saturday night as Virginia volleyball (13-6, 6-4 ACC) fell for the first time at home this season in a close ACC loss to Florida State.
The men's and women's cross country teams traveled to Indiana State University this weekend to compete in the NCAA Pre-Nationals meet.
For one half, it appeared as if this lost season was on the verge of resurrection. For two quarters, Virginia's offense ran efficiently and the defense performed consistently.
Ladies and gentlemen, I have seen the promised land ... and it has a sweet hot tub. At last week's basketball media day, all eyes (and cameras, recorders and microphones) were focused on this season's undisputed backcourt golden boys: junior Sean Singletary and senior J.R.
There aren't many teams that begin their season with the toughest game of the year, but that's exactly what the women's ice hockey club is doing this year.
The Virginia men's and women's cross country teams will be competing at the pre-nationals meet in Terre Haute, Ind., the same location of the NCAA Championships this weekend.
The Cavaliers (12-5, 5-3 ACC) return home this weekend after a roller-coaster four game road trip.
A blustery evening at Klöckner Stadium that saw winds reach as high as 30 mph, didn't thwart Virginia (9-4-2, 4-2-1 ACC) as they advanced past in-state rival Virginia Tech (5-7-2, 1-5-1 ACC) 2-1.
Virginia (2-4, 1-1 ACC) returns home Saturday to take on ACC rival Maryland (3-2, 0-1 ACC), in the first game of a three-game homestand. The Cavaliers hope the game will be a turning point in their season.
There is one thing that all Virginia football fans can agree on: This season has been exceptionally frustrating to watch.
Though I believe most would agree that a two-day fall break would be much more appreciated, you have got to hand it to the administration for scheduling reading weekend to coincide with one of the biggest sports weekends of the year (and you thought it was the midpoint of the semester). The incredible sports lineup and the rainy weather of this past weekend meant I got little reading done but rather, took in a full day of college football, playoff baseball and NHL hockey Saturday and an early appetizer of NFL football Sunaday.
Exactly one month from today, Virginia basketball officially enters the John Paul Jones Era. The Cavaliers will take the floor against preseason top 15 Arizona Nov.