Graceful, elegant and soft. These are words commonly used to describe the game of tennis. The Virginia women's tennis team has not quite conformed to these standards. "This has been a team that's very gritty, very competitive when they're out on the court, a very scrappy team that fights very hard," coach Phil Rogers said.
I left off last time setting the table for an anticlimactic Super Bowl. With so much good karma in the weeks and days leading up to The Game, the gods wouldn't possibly bless me with a game to remember, I thought. Patriots-Panthers?
Following his 11-7 decision over Oklahoma's Teyon Ware last weekend, Moore improved his overall record to 35-0 and leapfrogged his opponent in the rankings to become the first No.
Tonight in University Hall, Pete Gillen and the Cavaliers will finish the first half of the round-robin ACC schedule against Maryland.
In the year 2001, coach Brian Boland of the Virginia men's tennis program set out in his first recruiting season to attract the best high school tennis prospects to Charlottesville.
My colleague Mr. Crane is right -- February is such a tease. Pitchers and catchers will soon report to spring training, but the baseball season is still two months away.
After last weekend's loss to No. 17 Wake Forest, the Virginia men's basketball team was faced with a number more dismal than the 91-78 final score.
Tomorrow, Kenny Mayne, host of ESPN's SportsCenter, will speak in Jefferson Hall as part of the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society's spring 2004 Speaker Series. If attendance exceeds 100 people, however, his 30-40 minute lecture will be moved to Minor Hall.
The annual pilgrimage to Punxsutawney, Pa. brings either delight or despair depending on the appear-ance of Phil's infamous shadow.
Freshman soccer standout Ryan Burke was recently named to Soccer America's 2003 Freshman All-American Team. As goalkeeper, Burke recorded a 1.12 goals-against-average while appearing in 16 matches, 15 of which he started.
After seeing the 343-person crowd -- if it can even be called a crowd -- at last night's Virginia women's basketball game at Wake Forest, I started thinking about the crowds the women's games draw at University Hall.
In their final home tuneup before the ACC tournament, the No. 9 Virginia men and No. 18 Virginia women's swimming and diving teams cruised to easy victories against the Pittsburgh Panthers. The men (9-1 overall, 5-0 ACC) beat the 16th ranked Panthers (9-2), 128-108, in a meet that wasn't as close the score indicates.
The Virginia men's and women's tennis teams each defeated their opponents this weekend to improve their winning records on the season. The Cavalier men competed in Knoxville against the Tennessee Volunteers, winning 4-3 to remain undefeated on the year.
Nolan Richardson's Arkansas teams in the mid-90s had a certain style of play. Forty Minutes of Hell, it was called, and it basically consisted of harassing the opponent from tip to buzzer, on both offense and defense.
WINSTON-SALEM -- Shocked, dazed, stunned. All words suitable for the feeling the men's basketball team had after Wake Forest came out firing Saturday afternoon. Down 35-10 after just 10 minutes of play, the Cavaliers spent the rest of the afternoon scratching and clawing their way back into the game.
WINSTON-SALEM -- The Cavaliers stole a road win from Wake Forest Sunday, squeaking by the Demon Deacons, 62-61. After being dominated by their opponents almost the entire game, Virginia came back to capture and hold on to the lead in the final 13 seconds of the contest.
Saturday in State College, Pa., several members of the Virginia track and field team improved on their best personal performances, taking medals at the National Open. Hosted by Penn State University, the indoor event featured some of the top-ranked athletes on the East Coast.
In an effort to prepare for the ACC and NCAA tournaments, Virginia wrestling coach Lenny Bernstein scheduled three consecutive matches on Saturday.
Despite an unofficial agreement, the Cavalier football team will not face the University of Texas El Paso Miners in 2004. The two schools had agreed to play in El Paso this year and in Charlottesville in 2005, but new Miners coach Mike Price has decided the Cavaliers don't fit into his plans for the next couple of seasons. Virginia must now find an eleventh game to fill its 2004 schedule.
