Last season the Virginia volleyball team got off to a spectacular start. The Cavaliers had a perfect 16-0 record heading into conference play.
Any college athlete will say it's easier and more fun to play at home. Players are able to sleep in their own beds, eat the food they normally eat and take advantage of a favorable crowd.
Virginia softball kicks off its 2004-2005 campaign this weekend when the team travels to State College, Pa.
The No. 3 Virginia (8-0-0) women's soccer team will aim to extend the 11-game Cavalier curse against Florida State in Tallahassee tonight in what could be one of the best games in the rivalry's history. The No.
Anybody who saw Renee Robinson play basketball in her four years at the University shouldn't be surprised that she has continued her athletic career beyond college. Robinson arrived in Charlottesville touting a laundry list of high school accomplishments including four state titles at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, Calif., and state player of the year honors her junior season.
In the first national ranking of the season from Golfweek.com, the Cavaliers stand at No. 14 in just their second year of competition.
In the team's first eight games, Virginia's defense has been amazingly effective. The cohesive, experienced unit is first or tied for first in the ACC in goals allowed, goals against average and shutouts.
For the first two weeks of August, I embarked on an ambitious trek to rediscover America's pastime -- California-style.
Midfielder Shannon Foley was named to the Soccer America and Soccer Buzz teams of the week for her play in last weekend's invitational in Williamsburg.
The start of the spring season is still a few months away, but the Virginia men's tennis team will take its first big step of the fall season this weekend at the U.Va.
Walter Reyes is no dummy. While the senior running back for Syracuse (2-1) has put up astounding numbers over his three-plus year career -- 40 touchdowns, 11 100-yard rushing games and 2,830 rushing yards -- he's not one to daydream.
Country star Alan Jackson and Virginia football coach Al Groh would agree on at least one thing: Too much of a good thing is a good thing. While Jackson sings that line with the Chattahoochee and country girls in mind, Groh is most likely thinking about his plethora of tight ends. Virginia's trio of tight ends -- junior Heath Miller, senior Patrick Estes and true freshman Tom Santi -- has played a crucial part in the Cavaliers' dominant performances in the first three games of the season.
Last night's men's soccer game was a tale of two halves. The first half saw a Cavalier squad that was sluggish and unable to finish the majority of their chances against a weaker Manhattan team.
It is relatively undisputed that college students often suffer from what one might call "acute amotivational syndrome." We don't feel like doing homework, we don't feel like going to the gym, we don't feel like doing the variety of other activities to which we have pledged our time. But if you are a division one athlete, a lack of motivation, however understandable, is just not acceptable.
It's easy to find devoted athletes on Virginia's varsity and club sports teams. With former athletic greats the likes of J.C.
Following two tough losses in a row, the No. 13 Virginia field hockey team (5-3) looks to get back on track today against the James Madison Dukes.
After a yearlong freefall on the Virginia depth chart, redshirt sophomore quarterback Anthony Martinez announced Saturday that he is leaving the team, The Washington Post reported. The strong-armed Martinez arrived as a fairly promising prospect in 2002 but his overall play since coming to Virginia has been below expectations.
While No. 12 Virginia (3-0, 1-0 ACC) has dominated its first three opponents, outscoring them 151 to 28 and out-rushing them 911 yards to 269, the Cavaliers now enter a new phase of their schedule. The second part begins with this week's test against Big East challenger, Syracuse (2-1). The Orange bring a power running game led by senior Walter Reyes -- the fourth all-time leading rusher in Syracuse history with 2,830 yards and the first ever Orange player with 40 touchdowns. "I think we're eager for what the next part of the schedule brings on," Virginia coach Al Groh said.
Cavalier Daily Associate Editor With the Virginia men's tennis program soaring to new heights and a women's squad as solid as any in recent memory, there is a group of tennis players on Grounds whose national championship aspirations are easily overlooked. Last year, six members of the Virginia club tennis team traveled to Daytona Beach, Fla., and took the silver medal in a field of 40 teams at the USA Team Tennis National Campus Championships.
The men's soccer team this year is big -- and not because of their 4-1 record or their stunning defeat of then-No.
