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Players, coaches, fans remember '95 upset

As the University of Virginia football team lines up against No. 4 Florida State Saturday, another game will be fresh on the minds of many players, coaches and fans. This year's match against FSU marks the 10-year anniversary of Virginia's greatest football victory -- Nov.


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Virginia finds field hockey gold mine in Lititz, Penn.

With three of the girls on the Virginia roster hailing from Lititz, Pa., the small town in central Pennsylvania has found a real niche in the Virginia field hockey program. Seniors Sarah Miller and Dana Anderson welcomed the third Lititz resident to the team, Lucy Meyers, this fall. All three graduated from Warwick High School, where Virginia head coach Jess Wilk was visiting on a recruiting trip yesterday. But even before Miller and Anderson arrived on Grounds, Katie Jo Gerfen set the precedent for all future Virginia bound Lititz-ites.


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Chop-blocks: legal if not late

In a reaction to the maelstrom of national media attention currently surrounding the Virginia football program, Cavalier left tackle Brad Butler has been suspended for the upcoming game against Florida State.


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Baseball team rediscovers success of past

Club sports are supposed to be stress and commitment-free activities. Winning is just a result of good fun and skill, not the ever-consuming "championship or bust" mentality of professional athletes. So, when the Virginia club baseball team won its conference title, it was both exciting and surprising. "Winning the ACC Tournament was definitely a shot in the arm," senior pitcher Robert Cox said.


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Senior captain supports Virginia from sidelines

Beaming with positive energy, senior co-captain Kristin Chaney can be found on the sidelines cheering on the volleyball team after suffering several injuries in the past few weeks. Chaney, known to be a versatile player for the Cavaliers, has an impressive career despite her multiple torn ligaments. In her first year of wearing the orange and blue, Chaney was a starting setter for 12 matches and achieved career highs in both assists and digs.


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Cure for a losing skid

Luckily, I have previous experience with huge letdowns. If we go back in time approximately one year ago, there was a momentous disaster in the form of a presidential election.


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Former coach serves many roles

In the fall of 2006, when the doors of the new John Paul Jones Arena open to welcome its first Virginia basketball game, few students will be aware of the people behind its creation.


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Watching the women's soccer game against Clemson Sunday might have given fans a strange feeling of dejá vu.


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Block hurt Butler's, U.Va's reputation

When an offensive lineman gets two starters from the opposing defense ejected from the game, it usually can't hurt your chances to win. Especially when one of those starters is the preseason ACC Player of the Year ... and he anchors the second best rush defense in America. Games like Saturday's at Boston College are the reason that I don't bet on sports.

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All University students are required to live on Grounds in their first year, but they have many on and off-Grounds housing options going into their second year. Students face immense pressure to decide on housing as soon as possible, and this high demand has strained the capacities of both on and off-Grounds accommodations. Lauren Seeliger and Brandon Kile, two third-year Cavalier Daily News writers, discuss the impact of the student housing frenzy on both University students and the Charlottesville community.