In last weekend's Virginia Tech Invitational, Cavalier McGavock Dunbar, the defending ACC champion in the 800-meter run, achieved his season best time in the event with the winning time of 1:53.79.
As I walked through the snowy tundra that Grounds became yesterday, donning a scarf for the first time in my adult life, I could not help but be reminded of my coldest, most miserable experience with the finicky Charlottesville weather
While the Cavaliers struggled to take down North Carolina on the hardwood, Virginia fared far better on the mat, as the wrestling team scored a pair of victories over schools from the Tar Heel state.
The Virginia women's basketball team lost, 60-56, in Clemson, S.C. Sunday. Playing their second ACC game of the weekend, the Cavaliers started the game with a strong 12-2 run, fueled by four three-point baskets from freshman Brenna McGuire.
The Virginia women's basketball team outlasted Florida State Friday night for an 82-80 overtime win.
Driving home from Chapel Hill Saturday, I was struck by a number of impressions from Virginia's 96-77 loss to North Carolina.
The Virginia men's and women's swimming and diving teams swept DukeSaturday, winning 20 of 26 combined events.
Coming off a huge win over N.C. State, the Virginia swimming and diving teams will face a double whammy this weekend when they compete against Duke tomorrow and then against North Carolina Sunday. The women's team enters the weekend ranked 17th and is looking to build off of a strong performance against N.C.
The Virginia men's lacrosse team continued raking in preseason accolades Thursday, as seven Cavaliers were named preseason All-Americans by Face-Off Yearbook.
Coming off a closely fought loss against top-ranked Duke last Sunday, the Virginia women's basketball team now will pack its bags for a two-game weekend trip.
Virginia will host the 2004 ACC wrestling tournament March 6 at University Hall. The event, hosted in conjunction with the Southern Conference wrestling championship, will be known as MatJam 2004.
Virginia continues its walk along the long ACC trail when they travel to the Dean Smith Center to play No.
It's just after his third game in only six days and Devin Smith is in pain. His sore lower back has been bothering him all year and after a trio of physical ACC matchups, he is feeling it more than usual. "Right now, it feels bad," Smith said.
Marvin Sanders, former defensive coach of Nebraska, was named North Carolina's new co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach yesterday.
Friday's Men's Ice Hockey Club game versus Liberty is at 7 p.m., not 10 p.m. as reported in yesterday's paper.
It is common knowledge around Grounds that the men's lacrosse team won the NCAA National Championship last spring, but it may be a surprise to many Virginia athletic supporters that the lacrosse team was not the only group to reach the national finals.
Ugly would be a kind word to describe Virginia's overall play last night. The Cavaliers missed countless open jump shots and committed numerous careless turnovers.
Junior forward Brandi Teamer will return to the women's basketball team after missing a week's worth of games and practices.
Virginia earned its second straight conference win last night, beating Clemson 61-50 at University Hall.
