Before the men's lacrosse game between Virginia and Drexel even got started yesterday, the home team got off on the wrong foot.
At the end of Saturday's double overtime loss to Maryland, the stat sheet pretty much said it all. There really weren't many numbers that stuck out -- Virginia had just 13 turnovers, rebounded well, and held the Terps to under 40 percent shooting in the game.
Gary Forbes and Sean Singletary sat at the head of the Virginia bench, their arms locked and their fists clenched. It was double overtime.
Down seven with just a little over seven minutes left in the game, the Virginia Cavaliers dug down defensively and turned to senior guard LaTonya Blue on offense. A rebound by freshman Takisha Granberry got the ball out to Blue with 7:15 left for the Cavaliers.
Baseball returned to Davenport Field this weekend, and the Cavaliers took advantage of the comforts of home to complete a three-game sweep of Bucknell University.
After last Wednesday's game against North Carolina, it was the same story just a different month for Virginia coach Pete Gillen and the Cavaliers as their new offense was dramatically shut down by a highly talented Tarheel squad. However, Virginia fans have reason to remain hopeful as the Cavs have shown some signs of life, evidenced by the play of sophomore guard Gary Forbes, who scored in double figures for the second consecutive game. Although Forbes has provided a crucial spark for the Cavaliers the past two games, one has to wonder how long the team can stay afloat with a shooting stroke that has been less then consistent throughout the year.
So we got embarrassed, again. And we lost to UNC by more than 23 points, again. Then we failed to cover the spread against the Tar Heels, again.
There are few moments more exciting at the beginning of a season than a defending champion taking the field in hopes of a repeat title run. The Virginia women's lacrosse team will give a preview of that scenario this weekend when it participates in the Charles Street Challenge in Baltimore.
There is no restart button in life. The Virginia softball squad cannot go back in time and redo last weekend's Triangle Classic in Chapel Hill, N.C.
The Virginia women's basketball team will need a strong finish to the season to reach the 20-win plateau for the first time since its 1999-2000 campaign.
After months of early morning workouts, endless practices, and three unofficial scrimmages, the Virginia men's lacrosse team finally will take the field for its season-opening tilt against Drexel Sunday at 1 p.m.
Fine, I'll admit it. Baseball matters. It took a spring and summer of live games at Davenport field last year, as well as a miraculous comeback in October by the Red Sox, but I'm now convinced that baseball does matter. I'm certainly the most reluctant of baseball converts, largely because of my frustrating childhood exposure to "America's game." Like most boys' parents in eastern North Carolina, my parents signed me up for tee-ball as a child.
A late-game surge by Old Dominion gave the Monarchs the upset win over the Cavaliers yesterday. After leading 6-2 in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Cavaliers allowed the Monarchs to come sweeping back in the sixth and seventh innings and eventually take the game 7-6.
By Jeremy Root Cavalier Daily Gameday Editor CHAPEL HILL, NC -- The rafters are Tar Heel blue, the seats are blue, and grown men are all wearing blue dress shirts.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Whenever the North Carolina starters know that they have another win underneath their belt, quick glances and slim grins abound at breaks in the court action.
It is probably one of the biggest locker-room clichés in all of sports -- players looking within and figuring out how to win. It may be a cliché, but it worked last week for the Virginia women's basketball team.
For the Virginia men's tennis team, it is time to earn their top-10 ranking. The team is in Chicago today to participate in the prestigious USTA/ITA National Team Indoor Championships.
The final 2004 UTSA Boys Under-18 national rankings have come in -- and atop the list at No. 1 is Virginia freshman Treat Huey. Former top-ranked junior players in the USTA Boys Under-18 division include tennis superpowers Andy Roddick in 1999 and James Blake in 1997. Huey has had an important role on the men's tennis team so far this season, posting a 12-6 overall record in singles and an 11-3 record in doubles. Last month, Huey and fellow freshman Somdev Devvarman won the doubles title at the National Collegiate Tennis Classic in Palm Springs, Calif. Currently No.
At a recent winter conference meeting in Florida, Atlantic Coast Conference faculty representatives unanimously approved a plan proposed by the league's athletic directors to try instant replay for the 2005 football season. Instant replay has been a staple in the NFL since 1999 and was introduced to college football last year on a similar experimental basis in the Big Ten.
Pete Gillen's annual "Save My Job" campaign hits a critical fork in the road tonight when his Cavaliers, riding a three-game winning streak to the outside fringes of the NCAA bubble, travel to Chapel Hill to face the No.
