For one reason or another, athletes have the reputation of being difficult first-year residents for RAs here at U.Va.
Finishing 18th overall at the NCAA championships this past weekend, the Virginia men's swimming team broke its seven-year streak of placing among the top 15 nationally. Considering that the team captured its eighth consecutive title at the ACC Championships in February, their weak finish was particularly disappointing.
Last week, the Virginia Festival of the Book was held here in Charlottesville and one of my new favorite authors, Warren St.
The University of Virginia softball team opens its home schedule today with a doubleheader at the Park at 1:00 p.m.
The Virginia baseball team endured a shaky first inning and defeated Coppin State 12-1 yesterday to improve their record to 23-5 overall, 9-6 in the ACC.
After leaving behind disappointed home crowds in Williamsburg and Princeton, N.J. in their last two games, the Virginia women's lacrosse team will now look to give their own home crowd something to cheer about. Virginia enters Wednesday's game against No.
The Virginia football program's rebuilding process began by subtraction yesterday when Al Groh announced that Ahmad Brooks, Tony Franklin and Vince Redd have been dismissed from the team. "It is a privilege, and not a right, to wear a Cavalier jersey and to represent our university community," Groh said.
The No. 11 Virginia tennis team will travel to Williamsburg today to take on William & Mary in their final non-conference match of the season.
The history of the NFL Draft is a strange one
There is no debating that Virginia basketball is in major transition mode. With a new coach and arena, the program is on the verge of national prominence.
In their ninth game of a ten-game homestand, the Virginia baseball team will take on Coppin State this afternoon at 4. The Cavaliers (22-5, 6-3 ACC) are off to their best start in team history.
Casual observers of the Virginia women's lacrosse team may be surprised to see freshman Blair Weymouth only three points behind senior Tyler Leachman in the team statistics.
After splitting the first two games of the series with Wake Forest, Virginia's senior left-hander Mike Ballard took the mound for the Cavaliers looking to salvage a series victory for Virginia with a win over the Demon Deacons in Sunday afternoon's rubber match.
After a long layoff, the No.11 Virginia men's tennis team returned outdoors to record victories over ACC foes Wake Forest and N.C.
The No. 43 University of Virginia's women's tennis team (8-6, 2-3) made history Saturday, beating No.
Revenge might be a dish best served cold, but the frigid conditions did not stop a record crowd of 7,440 people from watching the No.
It's always nice to win a series against a quality opponent. However, as Virginia baseball coach Brian O'Connor knows, Sunday's win against Wake Forest might prove to be even more crucial down the line. "It was a critical series win for us because Wake Forest is a team that could be in contention for an at-large bid too at the end of the year," O'Connor said.
Since the National Football League opened its free agency period March 11, there have been plenty of winners and losers. Daniel Snyder has been doing his best George Steinbrenner impression and has brought in the likes of Antwaan Randle El, Brandon Lloyd, Andre Carter and Adam Archuleta for the Washington Redskins. On the contrary, teams like the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts have suffered heavy losses, with the Patriots losing Willie McGinest, David Givens, Adam Viniateri and, potentially, Tom Ashworth, while the Colts lost star running back Edgerrin James. Perhaps the biggest story of the free agent period, though, has been the quarterback carousel.
The Virginia women's basketball team will seek to continue its post-season run tonight when it takes on Pittsburgh in the third round of the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT). The Panthers are 21-10 overall and 9-7 in the Big East.
This past weekend four women from Virginia's swim team competed in the NCAA Championships. Those four -
