Young team aims high
By Chris Marsh | February 14, 2006For the seniors on Virginia's women's lacrosse team, winning never gets old. "For the past three years, we've gotten to the championship game," co-captain Meredith Lazarus said.
For the seniors on Virginia's women's lacrosse team, winning never gets old. "For the past three years, we've gotten to the championship game," co-captain Meredith Lazarus said.
Last year the Virginia men's lacrosse team was mere seconds away from a chance to play Duke for the national championship.
For many high school basketball stars, the transition to the college level is not an easy one. It is difficult for many such players to adjust to new situations where they are no longer at the top of the pecking order.
It's been a rough week for the Virginia women's basketball team. Their last three opponents were all ranked in the top six nationally.
Usually, a deflected pass spells doom for the team that throws it. But that was not the case Saturday night when, with 34 seconds remaining in overtime, J.R.
Two days after falling to the No. 2 Duke Blue Devils in Durham 88-65, Virginia took the floor of University Hall against the No.
Virginia kept the hope of dancing in March alive with Saturday evening's win over Virginia Tech. A home loss to the lowly Hokies likely would have ended any chance that the Cavaliers had of making the NCAA Tournament field.
The No. 6 Virginia men's tennis team added a win and a loss to their record this weekend, defeating No.
Atlantic Coast Conference officials selected sophomore Jess Lewis as the Conference's Women's Swimming and Diving Performer of the Week Monday.
The University of Virginia baseball team opens its season this weekend, with three games in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
The University of Virginia's men's soccer coach George Gelnovatch announced a three-member recruiting class which includes the nation's top recruit. Highlighting the class is midfielder Jonathan Villaneuva.
Virginia basketball is at a crucial point in its history. As the Cavaliers sit at 11-9 overall and 5-5 in the ACC, there are two directions the program can go -- and that direction largely relies on the students' involvement. The Wahoos are in a favorable position right now.
The lady Cavaliers travel to second-ranked Duke tonight as part of a weekend which features Virginia's toughest contests of the season.
After the No. 6 University of Virginia men's tennis team improved its record to 6-2 with wins against No.
When Virginia Tech (13-10, 3-7 ACC) comes to University Hall Saturday night to meet Virginia (11-9, 5-5), both teams will be fighting to keep their heads above water in the sea that is the ACC schedule.
The "big dance," otherwise known as the NCAA women's basketball tournament, is what every team plays for.
It is a cliché in sports but nevertheless an apt observation that a new season wipes the slate clean.
This past weekend, the Virginia track and field team traveled to the Collegiate Invitational in New York to compete against some of the best teams in the country, including Louisiana State, Texas A&M, Arkansas and Baylor. The men's team placed seventh out of the approximately 100 teams at the meet.
It started when Hoo Crew President Graham Tucker whispered his plan to several students in the first row of the section reserved for the student fan group.
Correction The caption for the photo accompanying the Feb. 7 article "Freshman seeks to break into starting lineup" said the photo depicted men's tennis player Nick Meros.