The University of Virginia field hockey team opened its weekend with an overtime loss against Central Michigan University Saturday. The Central Michigan Chippewas (2-2) scored on a shot corner in the first half for the first point of the game.
Every time fans leave a game early, my dad always asks, "Why do people stay at a viewing of the Titanic, even when they know the ship is still going to sink?" I could not help but reflect upon my Dad's wisdom in relation to the University of Virginia basketball program. The last three years at this fine University, I jumped onboard Virginia's version of the Titanic, which we will call the SS March Madness.
Virginia men's tennis player Somdev Devvarman defeated Dane Chuntraruk to advance to the final qualifying round of the Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center USTA Pro Classic Sunday. Devvarman backed up his No.12 ITA collegiate ranking with a strong 6-2, 6-0 victory.
For 88 minutes it felt like déjà vu for the Virginia women's soccer team. Friday the Cavaliers lost a heartbreaker to Tennessee in the Virginia-hosted Nike Classic, despite dominating the game.
If a wise man had come down from a mountain onto the soccer field and said to the women's soccer team, "Beware the corner kick," then maybe Virginia would have been prepared.
Swingman Gary Forbes, expected to be a starter this year for Virginia, will leave the University and transfer to a school closer to his hometown of Brooklyn, N.Y., the Athletic Department announced Friday. "I just wanted to go somewhere close to home," Forbes said.
It was the tale of two halves for the Virginia men's soccer team Saturday night at Klöckner Stadium.
There were no brooms being used to clean up opponents from the course. On Saturday, however, both the Cavalier men's and women's first-place times did all the sweeping at the Virginia-hosted Lou Onesty Invitational. "I was thrilled with both groups," Virginia coach Jason Dunn said.
The Virginia men's soccer team (1-0-1) could not have asked for a better early-season test than what it experienced Sunday at UC-Santa Barbara.
When the runners on the men's and women's cross country teams toe the line in Saturday's Lou Onesty Invitational, they may view the season's first race as a tune-up for bigger meets later in the season.
It might not be obvious from the even record Virginia holds so far or the attitude of the team, but look a little closer and it's easy to see that, for the Virginia women's soccer team, the beginning of the season has been tough.
When a team suffers a letdown in a big game, the loss either can be debilitating or a source of inspiration.
Virginia's offense has just taken the field. The stadium is saturated with excitement as quarterback Marques Hagans barks his pre-snap routine.
When leaving the G. Rollie White Coliseum in College Station, Texas last weekend, the Virginia volleyball team had little to regret about its matches in the Texas A&M Tournament. Although the 1-2 record they brought back to Charlottesville with them says otherwise, the Cavaliers and coach Melissa Aldrich Shelton were satisfied with the team's overall performance.
With over 24 hours left in his online auction, you would have to think this eBay user was pretty happy about the way things were going. Selling two student guest tickets to the Cavaliers' final regular season home game, prized tickets against hated rival Virginia Tech that have a face value of $50 apiece, this Virginia student had received 13 different bids for the passes to the sold-out game, the highest standing at $275.
The Wing Chun club team at the University practices a unique form of Chinese martial arts distinctive from the type commonly seen on TV or in the latest Jackie Chan movie. "Wing Chun emphasizes ideas and not techniques, the main ideas [being] simplicity, efficiency and effectiveness," instructor John Chang said. Chang, who lives in Richmond, drives to Charlottesville once a week to teach the 20-person group.
The Virginia men's tennis team looks to have a very promising season after dominating the Intercollegiate Tennis Association preseason rankings.
See that smile on Ottowa Anderson's face? That football-sized grin stretching from ear-to-ear? Don't look for it to disappear anytime soon -
Replacing influential players after a successful season can be a difficult trick to pull off. Just ask Al Groh and his new linebacking corps. The Virginia men's soccer team, like its gridiron counterparts, also has had to deal with the loss of key players on defense.
If there is any question about which conference is the best in college field hockey, look no further than the Junior World Cup roster for the answer. Of the 18 players selected to represent the United States, 13 hail from the ACC. Two of these girls are Virginia's own: junior Mia Link and senior Katherine Blair. The Junior World Cup is a 16-team international tournament which pits the best players 21 years old and under against each other. The tournament is set to run from Sept.
