Al Groh in a fight? That's what Virginia's head coach got himself into the first time he butted helmets with North Carolina.
Virginia freshman Sarah Kirkwood was named ACC Volleyball Player of the Week yesterday for the opening week of the 2004 season.
It was cold and windy, and for the handful of Virginia faithful that made the game last night, it was about time when Katie Jo Gerfen blasted a shot home to give the Cavaliers (2-1) a 3-2 double-overtime victory over the RedHawks of Miami, Ohio.
Although Virginia celebrated a decisive 44-14 victory over Temple on Saturday, the Cavaliers nevertheless left the gridiron with a loss. Sophomore wide receiver Fontel Mines broke his collarbone after the second of his two catches for 29 yards against the Owls.
The Virginia men's soccer team wanted to prove what a difference a year can make -- and they did just that. By shutting out their two opponents, Marshall and Long Island, in this weekend's Virginia Soccer Classic, the Cavaliers proved that their sophomore goalie, Ryan Burke, and their veteran defensive line have only gotten stronger with time. By scoring five goals in two games, the Cavaliers proved that a year's experience puts balls in the net.
The Cavaliers fell to host No. 23 Louisville on Friday, but bounced back to defeat Jacksonville State and Loyola on Saturday at the University of Louisville Courtyard by Marriot Tournament this weekend. In Friday's opening match, the Cavaliers took the first game 31-29 but Louisville pulled the momentum back in their direction with a 30-20 triumph in the second game.
Everybody knows about Michael Phelps. Everyone has heard about the lame excuse for a pickup squad America called the Dream Team.
No. 6 Virginia continued its early-season dominance, winning its fourth game of the season with a 1-0 shutout over No.
The Virginia field hockey team faced its first major test of the season Sunday afternoon against No.
PHILADELPHIA It's all about rhythm. It was the first thing Marques Hagans talked about after his stellar 17-22, 211-yard performance.
PHILADELPHIA -- Marques Hagans made a successful debut as Virginia's full-time starting quarterback, and Wali Lundy ran for 104 yards and three scores, as Virginia trounced Temple, 44-14, at Lincoln Financial Field.
The Virginia volleyball team cruised to victory in its season opener against William & Mary on Wednesday.
When the No. 16 Cavaliers travel to Philadelphia tomorrow to face the Temple Owls in the season opener, Virginia's offensive game plan will be a simple one: run the football. Boasting an experienced offensive line that returns six starters from a year ago and a gifted trio of running backs, it comes as no surprise that Temple will see a lot of Wali Lundy, Alvin Pearman and Michael Johnson. "We going to pound the rock, of course," Pearman said.
This summer, a number of athletes competing in the Olympic Games were younger than Virginia alum Wyatt Allen was when he picked up an oar for the first time -- but that didn't stop Allen and the U.S.
The Virginia women's soccer team, after breezing through its first three contests of the season, will face a much tougher test Sunday in Morgantown, W.Va.
The Virginia men's soccer team remembers last year's season opener well. Within the first 25 seconds of the season, Seton Hall had caught the Cavaliers dozing badly.
Virginia junior tailback Wali Lundy yesterday was named to the watch list for the Doak Walker Award, given to the nation's top running back.
Warren Moon's days at the helm of the old Houston Oilers' run-and-shoot offense may be over, but he may have a new collegiate counterpart in Temple's Walter Washington. The junior from Daytona Beach, Fla., emerged as the Owls' starting quarterback and most dangerous offensive weapon in the second half of last season, finishing the year as both the team's highest-rated passer (111.4) and its leading rusher (579). In Temple's final three games -- all against nationally-ranked opponents -- Washington ran for 151 yards against Virginia Tech, threw for 278 yards against Pittsburgh and rushed for 117 yards and four touchdowns against West Virginia. He quickly became one of the Big East's most productive players -- something that certainly hasn't escaped the notice of the Virginia coaching staff. "They've got what all teams want to have: a really good quarterback," coach Al Groh said of Temple.
I really didn't want to write about football. I tried to come up with something else, and there are certainly some noteworthy events around the sports world: USA Basketball's loss in the joke of a sport called Olympic basketball, Barry Bonds' quest for 700 homers in the midst of perhaps the greatest single season in baseball history, the NFL preseason (noteworthy, yes, but miserable to watch). The bottom line, however, is that football is all anyone can and wants to talk about in Charlottesville.
Virginia couldn't have asked for a better going away present. Propelled by senior Lindsay Gusick's two goals, the Cavaliers downed Liberty 5-0 Wednesday night as they prepared for a road trip to top-25 rival West Virginia this weekend.
