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Wagner leaves rivals in wake

According to Virginia swimming coach Mark Bernardino, the ideal student-athlete is Luke Wagner. It is hard to argue with Bernardino's assessment of the senior swimmer from Colorado.


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Threepeat: Billet drains late trey again

For the first time this season, the U-Hall crowd had a reason to rush the court. Its name was Todd Billet. With 13.6 seconds left and the Cavaliers down by one, senior Todd Billet nailed his third game-winning three-pointer in the last four games to lift Virginia (15-10, 5-9 ACC) over North Carolina (16-8, 6-7), 74-72, last night.


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Tight end Field commits to Virginia football team

Virginia football announced its latest verbal commitment for the 2005 recruiting class Monday, as Broad Run High School junior tight end Alex Field committed to the Cavaliers. This past season, the 6'6" 248-pound Field excelled at both the tight end and defensive end positions at Broad Run, located in Ashburn, Va. At defensive end, he compiled 11 quarterback sacks and was a unanimous choice for first-team defensive end accolades.


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Softball wins two, coach passes 700 win mark

Softball coach Cheryl Sprangel passed the 700 career wins mark with the Cavaliers' victories over Miami University and Chattanooga this weekend. Sprangel's 700th victory came in extra innings after Virginia came from behind to overcome Miami 4-3 Sunday.


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Four Virginia players on trophy watch list

Senior defender Brett Hughes, senior goalie Tillman Johnson and junior attack men John Christmas and Joe Yevoli were placed on the "Watch List" for lacrosse's prestigious Tewaaraton Trophy yesterday, giving Virginia the lead in number of early candidates. Hughes is considered among the nation's best defenders.


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Virginia defeats Clemson on road, Billet hits game-winner

CLEMSON, S.C. ­-- For someone who claims to have never hit a collegiate game-winning shot prior to this season, senior Todd Billet sure seems to be good at it. Billet hit his second game-winning three-pointer in less than a week Saturday afternoon to beat the Clemson Tigers (10-14, 3-10 ACC) by a score of 58-55.


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Cavalier women capture ACC swim championship

The Virginia women chanted "Hoo's House? Our House!" throughout the ACC swimming championships at the AFC Saturday night and made that mantra a reality after capturing the title with 675 points to defend their conference championship from last year.

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