With a new stadium and a solid core of talent, the Virginia baseball program may have added the final piece of the puzzle by naming Brian O'Connor, the associate head baseball coach at the University of Notre Dame, the new head baseball coach of the Cavaliers.
Here's a little sports trivia for you devoted summer sessioners. Can you name the only two days of the year in which there are no games played by any of the major professional (NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB) or collegiate (football and basketball) sports leagues?
Pat McNamara was named as an assistant coach to the Virginia wrestling program yesterday. Virginia head coach Lenny Bernstein appointed McNamara to the assistant position.
Virginia women's golf head coach Jan Mann appointed Danielle Roudebush as assistant coach. Roudebush becomes the first ever assistant coach in the programs inaugural season.
Virginia Track & Field standout Dawn Cleary posted a 9:59:30 in the steeplechase at the USA National Championship to take fifth place.
After all the conference calls, the press conferences, and legal issues, become just a memory; the Atlantic Coast Conference will enjoy the fruits of its labor.
Okay. I think it is safe to say the dust of expansion has finally settled--for now at least. The ACC officially expanded to eleven members with the addition of the Hurricanes and Turkeys to the conference.
For many, the dog days of June are all about cold drinks, beach umbrellas, and summer blockbuster movies.
Baseball is an American institution: It's fresh air and the smell of the grass. It's peanuts, cracker jacks, and Harry Carey.
It took over one and a half months of deliberations, five conference calls and a surprising last-minute compromise, but the Atlantic Coast Conference finally decided on an expansion plan Tuesday night, extending invitations to the University of Miami and Virginia Tech. The Washington Post, USA Today, The New York Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Associated Press, quoting anonymous sources, reported that the two Big East schools had been asked by the ACC to join their conference for the 2004-05 season. While Miami is still mulling over the invitation, Virginia Tech is already set to accept the invitation into the ACC. "The University is prepared to accept an invitation from the Atlantic Coast Conference," Virginia Tech President Dr. Charles W.
Greed. It has long been the cause of many downfalls in the professional sports world, but collegiate athletics, despite some problems, had managed as a whole to turn its nose away from the scent of money. That is, until ACC commissioner John Swofford succumbed to the monster, bringing the most storied conference in the nation down in the name of money. 50 years of tradition have been exchanged for money, as it seems certain that Miami, Boston College, and Syracuse will join the ACC in either 2004 or 2005, allowing the conference to move to two divisions. ACC schools currently pull in $10 million annually in revenue sharing, meaning that the three new schools need to generate an extra $30 million in revenue.
All the parts were present and all the tools were put into action, but there was just something missing on May 18, 2003.
The ACC is fortunate it does not have an honor code--such a restriction could have its recent actions amount to a violation faster than you can say "Bloomberg." However, I must depart from my esteemed colleague's complete distaste for the idea of expansion.
With his deep raspy voice and intimidating physical stature, it's easy to imagine Virginia lacrosse coach Dom Starsia as a tough and loud type from the Vince Lombardi or Leo Durocher mold who inspires his players with fire and brimstone locker room speeches.
BALTIMORE, MD.- No one was sporting dark shades or black leather jackets, and the Wachiowski brothers were nowhere to be seen.
BALTIMORE, Md.- As the final seconds of the game ticked away on the clock and the Cavaliers' victory became official, senior defenseman Ned Bowen leapt into junior goalie Tillman Johnson's arms.
Senior midfielder Lauren Aumiller will leave Virginia with 11 school records and as the number eight all-time scorer in Division I.
Dennis Womack, Virginia's head baseball coach, will be stepping down from his post next season after being the focal point of the University's program for 23 years.
The Virginia softball team will travel to Tallahassee, Fla. to take on ACC rival Florida State this weekend.
