This past April weekend brought notonly rainy showers and last minute tax filings but also some unfamiliar and unpredictable sports developments.
Neither history, inclement weather nor the seemingly intimidating talent of No. 5 Duke couldprevent the Virginia men's tennis team from taking a share in its first-ever ACC regular season title Sunday.
For the sixth-ranked Virginia first varsity eight crew, the game plan seemed to be going perfectly in its race against No.
In a meet used as a gauge of the team's overall condition heading into next week's ACC Championships, both the Cavalier men's and women's track and field teams took first place at this Saturday's Lou Onesty/Milton G.
Things are looking brighter than ever for the boys at Davenport Field. In what was labeled as the Cavaliers' biggest series to date this season (29-7, 11-4 ACC), the Virginia baseball team swept No.
Winning consecutive championships in college athletics is by no means an easy feat to accomplish, but champions are expected at least to earn the chance to defend their titles in the playoffs the next year.
The Virginia men's and women's track teams will host the only home track meet of the season Saturday, the Lou Onesty/Milton Abramson Invitational. "It's cool to have a home meet," high-jumper and hurdler Rachel Marks said.
The rollercoaster that has been the Virginia softball season prepares to take another twist tomorrow afternoon when the Cavaliers face Georgia Tech in Atlanta. After being swept in a conference doubleheader with North Carolina last weekend, the Cavaliers rebounded with two mid-week victories against the Towson Tigers.
Injuries can destroy a team's momentum, or they can force other players to step up into starting roles, making the team that much stronger in the stretch run.
Success in rowing is only found when the strokes of one teammate match those of every other person in the boat.
Great teams show great character in times of crisis. Although the Virginia men's tennis team has not yet attained greatness, it has definitely proved its resiliency. Virginia bounced back from a disappointing weekend to register a 5-2 victory over No.
The Virginia lacrosse team will try to erase the bad taste of its loss to Maryland as the squad travels to Chapel Hill Saturday to take on the No.
The approach. The crossover. The plant. The toss-up. It's not the formula for a drive to the hole in basketball.
The Virginia softball team took two games from the Towson Tigers in a day-night doubleheader on Tuesday.
Often in individual sports like golf or tennis, you hear stories of specialization at a young age, athletes being bred for success solely in that sport from youth.
It all started innocently enough: Three fourth-year sportswriters traveling to Chapel Hill for our last Virginia basketball game in the Dean Dome.
Cavalier assistant women's basketball coach Audra Smith accepted the head women's coaching job at the University of Alabama-Birmingham on Wednesday.
The year: 1993. The team: The Chicago Bulls. The man: Michael "Air" Jordan. The year: 2004. The team: The Virginia women's lacrosse squad.
The No. 5 Cavaliers started a bit tentatively last night, but had two separate spurts of three goals in under a minute en route to a convincing 17-6 victory over Old Dominion. Attacker Tyler Leachman led the charge with five goals, tying a season-high.
After the University of Connecticut men's basketball team won its second NCAA championship in six years, Jim Calhoun's Huskies joined the likes of Duke and Kentucky as one of the nation's elite programs.
