It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Unfortunately for the Virginia women's basketball team (3-2), the opening sentence of "A Tale of Two Cities" can be applied to its 66-57 loss to Richmond (3-0) Saturday night.
BLACKSBURG, Va. Is there anything more frustrating in sports than watching your team lose because of squandered opportunities?
Take a look in Slaughter Gymnasium Monday, Wednesday, Friday or Sunday, and you will find an interesting sight: the Tae Kwon Do club, one of the University's 11 different martial arts organizations. There are many things that set Tae Kwon Do apart from the other martial arts.Club president Vy Thuy Bui, who also practices Judo, said she finds the many different styles of Tae Kwon Do most engaging. "With Judo, it's the same everywhere," Bui said.
Head coach Brian O'Connor announced the 2005 Virginia baseball schedule yesterday. The season will open in February on the road at UNC Wilmington for a three-game non-conference series.
After capturing the ACC championship title a week and a half ago, the Virginia men's soccer team is set to continue its postseason run against American University tonight at Klöckner Stadium. The Cavaliers, ranked and seeded at No.
I tell myself not to get too excited. When the Cavaliers had ACC showdowns with Miami and Florida State, I got swept up into the excitement around Grounds and truly believed Virginia would persevere in those huge conference battles. Here I go again, considering every possible scenario for how the Cavaliers can finish out the season.
Sunday night's game against No. 10 Arizona is why Sean Singletary came to Virginia. It is also why Virginia fans have tabbed Singletary as the best thing to happen to Virginia basketball since Dippin' Dots arrived at U-Hall. Decked in their strapping new Nike unis, Virginia hardly looked like the soft, turnover-prone team that would have shown up to a big out-of-conference game in past years.
The Virginia-Virginia Tech rivalry has always been hotly contested, but this year's edition comes with a twist: A conference championship is on the line. The No.
The Virginia women's basketball team has signed five All-Americans to the squad for the 2005 season in the early signing period.
With the final 30 seconds winding down on yesterday's Virginia-Arizona game, Cavalier point guard Sean Singletary grabbed a rebound at the top of the key after the Wildcats' last shot.
With a 65-55 win over the Vikings (0-1) Friday, Virginia improved its overall season record to 2-1. The Cavaliers began slowly, trading baskets with Cleveland State throughout the majority of the first half.
With a 125-111 victory over the Gamecocks, the No. 14 Virginia women won their fifth dual match of the season in as many tries. The Cavalier women won eight of 11 swimming events, led by junior Rachel Burke and freshman Jess Lewis who each won two individual events. On the men's side, the No.
When the Virginia men's basketball team made its last NCAA tournament appearance four years ago, it wasn't because of conference play.
I'll be the first to admit that 171 passing yards doesn't sound like a banner day. Marques Hagans' 19-for-28, 171-yard performance, however, was all it needed to be and more.
The Virginia volleyball team saw its season come to an end Friday night when the Cavaliers lost to Duke in three straight games (30-27, 30-19, 30-21). "315 Division I teams end their season on a loss," Virginia coach Melissa Aldrich Shelton said.
Huge conference road wins haven't come easy for the Cavaliers under Virginia coach Al Groh, but the Cavs came through with a 30-10 triumph over Georgia Tech in Atlanta Saturday, moving themselves up to 5-2 in the conference.
If the Cavaliers thought ACC competition was tougher than an overcooked piece of steak in past seasons, then what lies ahead starting in January will probably scour their tastebuds even more. The ACC is consistently one of the most competitive and highly ranked conferences in the nation.
Virginia basketball coach Pete Gillen announced the signing of three players to national letters of intent yesterday. Gillen signed 6-foot-5 guard/forward Mamadi Diane of Potomac, Md., 6-foot-8 forward Laurynas Mikalauskas of Lithunia and 6-foot-10 center Sam Warren of Greenwood Village, Colo.
The Virginia wrestling team travels to Ithaca, N.Y., this weekend to compete in Cornell's 2004 Body Bar Invitational.
Following one of the most prolific seasons in team history in which both the men's and women's swimming and diving teams won their respective ACC championships, one might easily assume that Virginia has become satisfied with the program's progression in recent years.
