CARY, N.C. -- The Cavaliers defended their ACC Championship title and avenged a regular-season loss to rival Maryland yesterday in the finals of the conference tournament. After a scoreless and extremely even first half, Virginia got on the board less than three minutes after the break.
The personnel on the field were right. The play call was right. Everything was right, except for the execution. The Cavaliers were trailing by three points with less than three minutes left in the fourth quarter, but forced the No.
It's the stereotypical end-of-season sports scenario -- the hopes of an entire year coming down to one last weekend of games. The Virginia volleyball team (17-9, 7-7 ACC) enters this weekend with the possibility of finishing the season as high as third place or as low as ninth.
The ACC unveiled the conference matchups for the 2005 football season Wednesday. Virginia, part of the new Coastal Division, will host Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech.
The Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando announced Thursday that Virginia sophomore inside linebacker Ahmad Brooks is one of three finalists for the Butkus Award, given annually to the nation's top linebacker. Brooks leads the Cavalier defense with 7.8 tackles per game, four pass break-ups, two interceptions, and nine quarterback pressures. Southern California's Matt Grootegoed and Texas' Derrick Johnson were the other two finalists
Please excuse the Virginia basketball squad if they don't outdo themselves in their next, and last, exhibition game.
The Virginia women's soccer team begins NCAA tournament play this weekend in friendly confines and against familiar opposition. Tonight at Klöckner Stadium, the home-standing No.
This is the game that Cavalier fans have had circled on their schedules for months. Many imagined that this late-season contest against the perennial BCS powerhouse Miami Hurricanes could have major implications for Virginia's post-season hopes.
CARY, N.C. -- After a physical match Wednesday night against No. 5 seed Duke, the Cavaliers will face No.
The Cavalier women's basketball team fell to Arizona State, 60-50, in their season opener in Baton Rouge, La.
Despite the loss of All-Americans Scott Moore and Tim Foley who finished their eligibility last year, the Virginia wrestling team is planning for no letdown this season and hopes to improve on last year's No.
Florida State rests in the panhandle and Miami hails from South Florida. The school colors are different, the mascots are different and most importantly the names on the backs of the jerseys are different. But, one thing will definitely be the same this Saturday as Virginia faces another test from a Florida school: speed. Miami "should be similar to Florida State," Virginia senior safety Jermaine Hardy said.
Confident is not usually a word used to describe a team coming off of a 13-16 record. But that's the word that Virginia women's basketball coach Debbie Ryan is using to describe this year's squad.
Just over 48 hours from now, 14 seniors will walk out of the tunnel into Scott Stadium for the final time.
While home field advantage in many sports amounts to playing in front of a frenzied and friendly crowd, rowing takes home field advantage to a whole other level.
Cary, N.C. -- One half of Virginia domination spilled over into another half of Virginia goal scoring yesterday, as the Cavaliers knocked Duke out of the ACC Tournament in the first round with a 3-1 victory. While Virginia played faster, smarter and more successfully than the Blue Devils in the first half, the rivals went into the break scoreless.
During his years as a defensive standout for the Virginia men's soccer team, Kenny Arena's teammates nicknamed him "Donkey" for his unique but effective style of play.
Interceptions are typically associated with defensive backs and usually considered their most defining statistic.
The stellar seasons of four Virginia men's soccer stars were recognized yesterday when junior Hunter Freeman, senior Matt Oliver, freshman Nico Colaluca and freshman Jeremy Barlow were named to the 2004 All-ACC Teams. Defenders Freeman and Oliver were chosen for the All-ACC First Team, and Colaluca, a midfielder, was selected for the All-ACC Second Team.
With five seniors coming back for Virginia, fans may be asking what will be different about this year's women's basketball team that will allow the Cavaliers to turn their backs on a season in which they went 13-16 and missed the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 21 years.
