63-52. The final score does not do justice to the second close game in University Hall yesterday in which the Cavaliers tied or swapped leads with No.
RALEIGH, N.C. -- With 1:31 left and the score knotted at 62, Virginia took the ball out-of-bounds as all eyes in the gymnasium turned toward LaTonya Blue to make a play.
RALEIGH, N.C. The final score was 66-62, but Virginia's victoryin Raleigh was more significant than just four points.
While most University students were at home enjoying winter break in its entirety, Virginia's swimmers and divers had to report back to Charlottesville and their intense practice schedule January 2.
With half of January behind us, the 2004 edition of New Year's Resolutions for most people are starting to become less resolute.
On a balmy December day at Ericsson Stadium in Charlotte, Matt Schaub capped off a storybook collegiate career by leading Virginia to a 23-16 win over Pittsburgh in the second Continental Tire Bowl.
When Virginia and N.C. State meet at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, N.C. tonight, the Wolfpack will be looking for their first conference win of the season.
Trying to pinpoint what has kept his team from winning as of late, Virginia coach Pete Gillen doesn't have to think for long to realize the two areas the Cavaliers most need to improve. "We have to defend better," Gillen said.
There comes a time in every sportswriter's life when you must tuck in your napkin, pick up your fork and eat crow.
Two games into the ACC schedule and two losses closer to missing the NCAA tournament for a third straight year, Virginia is not looking quite as good as people had hoped for before the season began.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A game widely expected to be an offensive shootout instead turned into a showcase for the Virginia defense that dominated down the stretch, allowing only three second half points and leading the Cavaliers to a 23-16 victory over Pittsburgh in the second Continental Tire Bowl.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Standing upright in a cramped interview room in the bowels of Ericsson Stadium, Pittsburgh's star wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald respectfully fielded a barrage of badgering inquiries from a room full of pestering reporters.
Toward the end of the first half, it looked like the magic might have been there again. The Cavaliers had kept the game close against No.
The last time the University of Virginia men's swimming and diving team defeated Tennessee, the current seniors on the team were merely seniors in high school.
Every year at this time I run into the same dilemma: All year long I think of hundreds of things I want for Christmas.
The Virginia men's basketball team tallied the ACC's seventh win in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, knocking off Minnesota 86-78 last night at University Hall. The Cavaliers (4-0) were paced by junior Elton Brown and freshman Gary Forbes, with 26 and 22 points respectively.
Most of the Virginia fans must have been confused last night. Virginia's starting center wore the name Brown on the back of his jersey, but he neither looked nor played like the Elton Brown of last season.
When the former women's basketball star for Xavier University Kate Kreager transferred to Virginia, it was not to play for the Cavaliers.
"U.Va. women's club soccer: We do it in 11 different positions for 90 minutes."Certainly enough to grasp anyone's attention, but it seems that there is more to the women's club team than this enticing slogan from their cups at a recent Biltmore bar night.
I attended both preseason men's basketball games and the Mount St. Mary's and High Point games. No, I don't think I should be awarded a medal for this, but I know it is a rather unique claim.
