The 2003 NCAA Women's Soccer Champion North Carolina Tar Heels added to their impressive 27-0-0 season with the presentation of several top awards this week.
There is one opponent that every team faces every season, no matter the sport, conference or TV deal.
University of Virginia swimmer, Luke Wagner, was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Swimming and Diving Performer of the Week for his success in last weekend's meets at Duke and North Carolina. Wagner won three individual events and swam on victory in two relays to help the No.
On a team blessed with seniority, experience and depth at every position, it seems improbable that there would be much room for an underclassman to contribute, let alone shine as a leader. Such is not the case, however, for the University's women's basketball team.
Competing individually this past Saturday in the 2004 Cleveland State Open, three Virginia wrestlers compiled an 8-4 record in the 165-pound weight class. Junior Will Durkee took first place in the division, going 4-0 with victories over Maryland, Central Michigan and Indiana wrestlers. In capturing the title, No.
If you're one of the top high school distance swimmers in the country and you're deciding where to spend your college years, one of the first stops on your tour of college campuses will likely be the University of Virginia. Under the leadership of head coach Mark Bernardino and assistant coach Bill Smyth, Virginia has developed one of the premier groups of distance freestyle swimmers in the country.
I am that guy. You know the one. The dorky one -- with what he thinks is the coolest toy in the whole world.
No. 11 Virginia men's team defeatedNo. 22 North Carolina Sunday, while the No. 17 women's team fell to No.
He was there, but he wasn't really there. His number two jersey was on his back as he ran up and down the court, but he would tell you himself that he wasn't really playing basketball. Freshman guard J.R.
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.
