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.
As you may have read last week, I was not quite super-excited about SUPER BOWL XL (and really, it lived down to that sentiment). But that didn't stop me from being excited about the Super Bowl commercials.
The University of Virginia wrestling team is on a roll, and it could not have come at a better time. After dropping Ohio and James Madison Sunday afternoon at Memorial Gymnasium, the Cavaliers (10-4 overall) are currently riding a five-match winning streak and sit tied atop the ACC with a 2-0 conference record. Now, with the ACC and NCAA Championships on the horizon, they face a crucial three-match stretch that could make or break or their season. Saturday, they will play at third place North Carolina State at noon and then hop over to Duke to play the Blue Devils at 7 p.m.
It was a strange game. That is the only way to describe Virginia's loss last night at Maryland.
Normally when a team is predicted to finish in the middle of the Atlantic Coast Conference, they feel disrespected or slighted.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- This is one that got away. After leading by as many as 14 points in the first half, Virginia (11-9, 5-5 ACC) frittered away its lead and succumbed to a furious late charge by Maryland (15-7, 5-4 ACC), falling 76-65 to the Terrapins at the Comcast Center in College Park.
As Virginia's seventh-ranked men's tennis team captured two wins in two days, defeating No. 8 Baylor and No.
The Virginia men's basketball team (11-8, 5-4 ACC) will look to continue their successful season as they take on the Maryland Terrapins (14-7, 4-4 ACC) tonight at the Comcast Center.
Usually a tell-tale sign that a program is among the top of the country is the excellence of their recruiting class.
Bob Stoops (Oklahoma), Mack Brown (Texas), Charlie Weis (Notre Dame), Pete Carroll (USC), Al Groh (Virginia). It does not take Big Bird or Cookie Monster to realize that one of these names doesn't belong.
A l Pacino put it best in "Any Given Sunday": life is a game of inches. Tuesday evening in Raleigh, the Cavaliers lost when Sean Singletary's dessperate three-pointer bounced off the back left of the rim at the buzzer.
The Virginia Cavaliers showed glimpses of their impeccable form of last season by sweeping aside the challenges of No.
