I don't know much about ice hockey. I barely understand the concept of icing, and if I do, it's only because of EA Sports' NHL '96 videogame. With that said, I still miss the NHL.
How does a Brazilian player on a Russian team dominate in a Virginia women's basketball game? That was the question the fans at University Hall were left to ponder as they saw Iziane Castro Marques lead visiting UMMC Ekateringburg to an 89-70 win over the Cavaliers. Castro Marques, a 22-year old from Brazil, had 33 points in 33 minutes in the exhibition win.
Jason Clark is accustomed to labels. During his tenure at Virginia, Clark has been dubbed a warrior and a soldier -- names he accepts with his trademark beaming grin. But his latest tag, which comes courtesy of Virginia coach Pete Gillen, has left Clark a bit baffled.
The Virginia coaches focused all last week on how to contain Miami's speed on special teams. While the Cavaliers were able to limit Miami's returns on kickoffs, they struggled to restrain the Hurricanes' punt return units. Junior Kurt Smith typically handles the Cavaliers' kickoff duties with the objective of kicking the ball into the endzone to force the opposing team's kick return unit to down the ball.
Alecko Eskandarian, Chris Algright, Ben Olsen; in its history, the Virginia men's soccer program has had many stand-out scoring leaders.
Over the weekend, the Virginia men's and women's swimming teams defeated the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets to remain undefeated this season. The women turned in a convincing 134-100 victory over the Yellow Jackets, winning 11 of 13 events.
The Virginia wrestling team won two matches but dropped one at the Avalon Duals in Edinboro, Pa. last weekend at Edinboro University.
After opening the 2005 season with two hard fought games in the Women's Sports Foundation Classic in Baton Rouge, La., the Virginia women's basketball team returns to action tonight at University Hall at 7 p.m.
The Cavaliers can still win the ACC, or at least a share of it. Innumerable scenarios still exist for the end of the season, but the best case for Virginia football includes a tie with Florida State atop the conference.
Imagine looking into the icy glare of a half-ton animal flying forward at speeds of up to 30 miles per hour and knowing it is your job to collide with the animal with as much force as possible.
After a convincing 3-0 victory over Clemson on Senior Night Friday, the women's volleyball team showed it could also run with the best just a few hours later against a more-impressive Georgia Tech squad on Saturday afternoon.
Based on his encouragement from the bench and on the court, Jason Clark may be the least expected Virginia basketball player to receive two technical fouls.
Virginia's Emily Harrison was the first freshman across the line this weekend at the Southeast regional, earning sixth overall.
Virginia had a chance to establish itself as a top 10 program Saturday and prove it is on the same level as the Florida powerhouse football schools.
Soccer is one of those sports where anything can happen on any given afternoon. Sunday afternoon, something unexpected did.
In the second game of the Women's Sports Foundation Classic, Virginia evened its season record to 1-1 with a 72-62 win over Maine.
CARY, N.C. -- The Cavaliers defended their ACC Championship title and avenged a regular-season loss to rival Maryland yesterday in the finals of the conference tournament. After a scoreless and extremely even first half, Virginia got on the board less than three minutes after the break.
The personnel on the field were right. The play call was right. Everything was right, except for the execution. The Cavaliers were trailing by three points with less than three minutes left in the fourth quarter, but forced the No.
It's the stereotypical end-of-season sports scenario -- the hopes of an entire year coming down to one last weekend of games. The Virginia volleyball team (17-9, 7-7 ACC) enters this weekend with the possibility of finishing the season as high as third place or as low as ninth.
The ACC unveiled the conference matchups for the 2005 football season Wednesday. Virginia, part of the new Coastal Division, will host Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech.
