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.
The Virginia men's golf team finished 7th out of 18 teams at the Puerto Rico Classic on Tuesday with a score of 879 (+15) on the 54-hole course.
Six championships is a lot. Six is the number of NBA championships Michael Jordan won in his illustrious career.
The Virginia women's basketball team hosts its final regular season home game tonight against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
If you look really closely you can see it. Or at least you can see the beginnings of it. The last three weeks have marked a change with the Virginia men's basketball team.
You want a story? Let Roger Voisinet tell you a story. A hockey story. Voisinet is the general manager and assistant coach of the U.Va.
Junior Mark Reynolds had his biggest game of the young season yesterday, going three for five with three RBIs and two runs scored.
Oftentimes at the University, students are defined by their activities, leading everyone to choose involvements wisely.
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.
I could think of some clever lead or I can just flat out say it: Todd Billet is the best clutch shooter that I have ever seen.
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.
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.
Virginia's Amy Appelt was named ACC women's lacrosse Player of the Week following her six-goal performance in the Cavaliers' 14-10 season opening win over Vanderbilt Sunday.
With the Cavaliers fresh off their second final-minute victory in three games (and first ACC road win of the season), we have entered the eye of the "Gillen Must Go" storm.
Following its first loss of the season and a split in a two game series with Penn State over the weekend, the Virginia baseball team will look to rebound at 3 p.m.
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.
The Virginia men's basketball team scored just three points in the last six and a half minutes of the first half Saturday at Clemson's Littlejohn Coliseum.
