Virginia men, women top Duke
By Melissa Silverman | January 26, 2004The Virginia men's and women's swimming and diving teams swept DukeSaturday, winning 20 of 26 combined events.
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.
Graduate student Scott Moore was named ACC Wrestler of the Week for the third time this season, after finishing first in his weight class in the 2004 Virginia Intercollegiate State Wrestling Championship.
A few weeks into my first year, I took the plunge. Enticed by table-top advertisements and without anything legal to do on a Friday night, my roommates and I packed into the trolley and caught our first U.Va.
Senior guard Alana Beard will be the first woman in the storied history of the Duke basketball program to have her jersey retired.
Virginia's Scott Moore was named ACC Wrestler of the Week for the third time this season and second straight week.
The defending national champion Virginia men's lacrosse team was selected to retain their top spot in the country by a pre-season poll.
Last Thursday, The Cavalier Daily featured 14-year-old prodigy Gregory Smith and his life as a Doogie Howser-like phenom, who is currently enrolled here at the University as a graduate student in mathematics.