Gillen faces pressure after ACC defeats
By Jonathan Evans | February 10, 2004Virginia Athletics Director Craig Littlepage entered the room. Littlepage never enters the room.
Virginia Athletics Director Craig Littlepage entered the room. Littlepage never enters the room.
The Virginia women's basketball team has been a staple in the NCAA tournament throughout the past two decades.
On the surface, Pete Gillen and I do not have much in common. I am not from Brooklyn, do not have red hair and have not been a member of a gold medal-winning team (Gillen was an assistant coach on Dream Team II). I certainly do not have a 10-year contract.
aturday at College Park, the Virginia men's swimming and diving team defeated Maryland 177-61, while the women's team fell, 137-106. The No.
The Virginia men's tennis team went 2-0 at a Boar's Head doubleheader Saturday, proving the promise of their young team.
Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Bayless Parsley conducted an exclusive phone interview with British streaker Mark Roberts, who introduced himself to America when he recorded his 373rd career streak during halftime of Super Bowl XXXVIII.
Only two days removed from their fourth victory of the season, the Cavaliers started strong in Sunday's match against Brown and carried their early success to a convincing team win. Virginia swept all three doubles matches for a 1-0 lead and went on to win five out of their six singles matches for a 6-1 victory. "We did a good job of keeping our heads together," coach Phil Rogers said.
Is it just me, or is the "Fire Pete Gillen" bandwagon filling up rather quickly these days? Between the team's laughable 2-7 conference record, their spiraling RPI rating and diminishing post-season hopes, Saturday afternoon's crowd was not the only group calling for ol' Pete's job. But believe it or not, firing the head coach is not the answer.
The Virginia women's basketball team got off to a slow start yesterday, but picked up their play in the second half to win their third straight game, defeating the Georgetown Hoyas, 52-45.
Facing Drexel University in Philadelphia on Saturday, the Virginia wrestling squad jumped ahead in the middle weight classes to earn a 21-6 lead. The Cavaliers nearly squandered their lead late in the day.
As I watched the Georgetown Hoyas steal the ballover and over from my beloved Cavalier women yesterday, I started to wonder why I wasn't nervous.
Virginia (12-8, 2-7 ACC) and N.C. State (14-5, 7-2) battled neck and neck for the first 15 minutes of Saturday's game, but one blown opportunity by the Cavaliers turned a tied game into a double-digit deficit as the Wolfpack cruised to a 79-63 win. After an uncontested layup by junior forward Elton Brown rimmed out, N.C.
Despite having only one more point than turnovers at the half, the Virginia women's basketball team rebounded -- literally -- in the second half to defeat Maryland, 64-51. The Cavaliers (11-10, 5-5 ACC) played a dismal first half, turning the ball over 18 times and shooting less than 35 percent from the field for 19 points.
As the dual meet season winds down, the Virginia men's and women's swim teams have one more fish to fry before reaching the ACC championship meet next week. The teams must first face ACC rival Maryland tomorrow in College Park, to finish off the regular season.
The Duke women's basketball team saw its unprecedented run of dominance in the ACC come to a close Wednesday night, courtesy of Florida State.
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow and eventually not even the Navy could hold down the Virginia men's lacrosse team last night at the U-Hall Turf Field.
By Rachel Brandt Cavalier Daily Senior Writer After hosting a quad meet last Saturday in Memorial Gym, the Virginia wrestling team will return to action in full force tomorrow.
Maybe I've been paying too much attention in American Politics 101, but the more I grow to love women's basketball, the more I hear Sabato's voice ringing in my head.
N.C. State is hot. Virginia is not. On Wednesday night, when Virginia fell to Maryland at home, the Wolfpack came back from a 16 point halftime deficit to beat No.
The Virginia football program signed 18 players to letters-of-intent yesterday, marking an end to the 2003-2004 recruiting season.