Since the Division I NCAA lacrosse championships began in 1971, no team further south than North Carolina, further east than Princeton or further west than Syracuse has ever won the title.
The date: Dec. 21, 2002. The place: the Louis Brown Athletic Center. The game was billed as Virginia versus Rutgers, but that wasn't the real story.
A one game series is unusual in baseball, but that is exactly what is in store for the Cavaliers when they travel to Richmond today for a 2:30 p.m.
The No. 13 Orangewomen of Syracuse defeated the No. 2 Virginia women's lacrosse team Saturday, 14-13, powered by strong defensive performances at the end of each half.
The Virginia women's tennis team crushed North Carolina-Greensboro Saturday, 7-0. Virginia won all three doubles matches by 8-1 margins and took five of the six singles matches in straight sets. While the outcome of the match was determined long before No.
The mantra of the Virginia men's swimming team throughout this season has been "dominate," and that is exactly what the team did at the ACC championships this past weekend at the Aquatic and Fitness Center. The Cavaliers won the ACC title for the sixth year in a row, tying a record with North Carolina for the second longest win streak in ACC swimming history and setting the record for the longest streak of consecutive conference championships of any Virginia team. The Cavaliers finished with a score of 848.5 points, easily surpassing the second place score of 537 points by Florida State and the third place finish of 507 points by North Carolina.
After tying a school record with nine wins to open the season, No. 27 Virginia had its streak snapped Friday afternoon at Illinois, falling to the defending champion Fighting Illini, 6-1, Friday afternoon. Illinois (12-0) swept the doubles matches and won the top five singles matches.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- It's just been that kind of year for the Virginia women's basketball team. The Cavaliers (13-15, 6-10 ACC) held a 34-31 advantage at the half but lost that lead in the first two minutes of the second half and never quite recovered, falling 70-64 to No.
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DENVER, Colo. -- The view toward the horizon was of the snow-capped Rocky Mountains, which appeared to be a better locale for the Winter Olympics than for lacrosse, a sport of the eastern seaboard. After being upset twice in just over 24 hours, the message sent to No.
Virginia dropped to 9-5 on the season, losing a pair of games yesterday after opening their weekend in Houston winning two of their first three. Despite jumping out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning, the Cavaliers concluded their weekend with a 3-2 loss to Villanova yesterday afternoon.
Move over, Todd Billet. Scott Headd wants in. For the second time in three games against Seton Hall, senior catcher Scott Headd delivered a walkoff RBI in the bottom on the ninth.
The Virginia men's swimming and diving team raced to a 110-point lead after the first full day of events of the ACC Championships to finish with a score of 314 points.
With a 14-10 win against No. 16 Vanderbilt under their belt, No. 2 Virginia returns home to host Syracuse tomorrow at noon.
When thinking of traditional lacrosse hotbeds, the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states typically come to mind -- but certainly not the western United States and especially not Colorado.
After emphatically nipping any prospect of a losing streak in the bud Tuesday with a 10-1 stomping of James Madison, Virginia looks to build momentum in a three-game series against visiting Seton Hall this weekend. The Pirates (0-3) are in the midst of a six-game ACC tour to open their season.
This weekend may be only their third tournament of the season, but Virginia softball players already have something to hang their hats on. Last Sunday, with a 4-3 come-from-behind win over Miami in extra innings, the Cavaliers won head coach Cheryl Sprangel's 700th career game.
Senior night for a college athlete: a time to say goodbye, to say thank you to your coaches, teammates and fans for contributing to four of the most memorable years of your life, and most importantly a time to have fun and cream the competition.
The Cavaliers aren't usually the queens of consistency but they grabbed the lead and held on to it early against Wake Forest last night, rolling to a 75-61 win. Just minutes after seniors Anna Prillaman, Anna Crosswhite, and Safiya Grant-Fairley were honored in front of the home crowd, Virginia took the court with an energy and rhythm rarely achieved so early by the self-proclaimed second half team. "The whole team was focused on giving [the seniors] a great game tonight," Virginia coach Debbie Ryan said.
For the third time in the past four months, the Atlantic Coast Conference has defeated the Big East not on the playing field, but in the courtroom. A Connecticut judge ruled in favor of the ACC and its commissioner, John Swofford in a lawsuit filed by four Big East schools over the ACC's expansion, according to espn.com. The Big East alleges that the ACC has conspired with Boston College and Miami to weaken their conference by luring away their top football schools.
