Virginia's track and field squad started its season strong, winning three events at the Charlotte 49er Invitational.
If this column seems at all disjointed, let's just pretend I'm recovering from a blindside pick by Janel McCarville. Like many other sports fans, I watched a sick amount of college basketball this weekend, and several things stuck out to me besides McCarville's pick on Latonya Blue -- which I'll discuss last, in an attempt to give my column some chronological structure, as it occurred Thursday night. The first major shocker of the week had to be Vermont's win over Syracuse Friday night, particularly for those of us who had the Orange in their Final Four.
The University of Virginia men's tennis team already had sealed up Sunday's victory over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, but Rylan Rizza was not ready to call it a day quite yet. The energetic junior defeated Tech's David North in a grueling 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (6) match to finish off the win for the Cavaliers. "The team already got the job done," Rizza said.
With a rematch of last year's championship game on the horizon, the Virginia women's lacrosse team knew it had to take care of business against in-state rival William & Mary last night.
In the Virginia baseball locker room, the saying goes that every series ends with "Championship Sunday," a motto that aims to keep players focused on finishing every three-game stand like the season is on the line. Judging by the Cavaliers' recent performance, it appears the players have taken that slogan to heart.
Rob Bateman has done this whole college thing before. But it's the one thing he missed on his first go around, a national championship, that's brought him back for a second try.
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Williams Arena was buzzing as the No. 3 seed University of Minnesota Golden Gophers jogged onto the court for their warm-ups.
With college athletes only on campus for four or five years, fans are accustomed to their team's uniforms being filled by a revolving door of names and faces.
MINNEAPOLIS A few weeks ago, there was a lot of hoopla about the men's basketball senior class, but not a single word was uttered about the seniors on the women's basketball team who were able to lead their team to the postseason. No one talked about the five seniors who vindicated themselves for being part of the first Cavalier team to miss the tournament last year since 1983.
Evidently the women's lacrosse team did not appreciate losing its No. 1 spot in the polls. Playing their first game since losing their No.
I pride myself on the fact that there are only two sports I know absolutely nothing about. Unfortunately though, these two sports are basketball and football.
MINNEAPOLIS, M.N. -- The frozen tundra of the Minnesota landscape seemed like an odd venue for a matchup between the Virginia women's basketball team and its in-state rival, the Monarchs of Old Dominion.
Virginia men's tennis maintained its perfect ACC record Sunday with a 6-1 victory over Georgia Tech at the Snyder Tennis Center yesterday.
Jeff Kamrath pitched eight scoreless innings and Brandon Guyer added three hits as the Virginia baseball team continued its dominance at Davenport Field by completing a three-game weekend sweep of the visiting Maryland Terrapins, winning yesterday 5-2. The win marked the Cavaliers' ninth straight and pushed the team's home record to 15-1.
In what is starting to become a familiar storyline, the Virginia men's lacrosse team started slowly but, once again, won going away.
MINNEAPOLIS, M.N. -- I've got good news. Virginia has a basketball team that we can be proud of around Grounds.
All season long, the Virginia softball team has talked about bringing it all together. In a weekend when the Cavaliers finally began to do just that -- pitching, hitting and defending at opportune times -- they still couldn't put together a complete tournament. Virginia hosted the Hoo's Who Tournament, a round-robin-style tournament featuring Bowling Green (7-15), East Carolina (35-8), Rutgers (0-16) and Toledo (14-9), this weekend at The Park.
Most people may assume that as the defending national champions, Virginia would not have much need for improvement. The Cavalier women's lacrosse team (3-1, 1-0 ACC) knows that scenario is simply not the case.
After rain suspended the match last Sunday against Florida State, the No. 2Virginia men's tennis team will continue its ACC schedule this Sunday afternoon at home against the Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech (7-4,1-1 ACC). The suspension came as a bitter disappointment for the Cavaliers, who were relishing the opportunity to renew their rivalry with the Seminoles. "My freshmen year, we went down to FSU and lost in a very tough match," junior Nick Meythaler said.
If you've watched any ESPN in the past week or so, chances are you've seen promotions for the "other" March Madness: the NCAA women's basketball tournament.
