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Virginia triumphs in home opener, wins six straight

While most Virginia students headed home for a relaxing spring break, the Cavalier baseball team remained hard at work, hitting the diamond everyday in some highly competitive match-ups. Virginia started their week with a doubleheader last Monday at No.


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Softball wins 49er Invitational The Virginia Cavaliers took home the gold in last weekend's 49er Invitational, played at University of North Carolina-Charlotte. Virginia defeated the Akron Zips, 2-0, in the finals after having been shutout by them in round-robin play, 7-0. Freshman Erin Horn allowed only three hits and struck out a career-high 12 batters en route to her first collegiate shutout.


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Cavs fall to UNC in semifinals of ACC tournament

Greensboro, N.C. The ACC women's basketball tournament unfolded precisely as expected this weekend up until last night's championship game, when top seeded Duke beat the second seed North Carolina, 77-59. In the first round, every favored team tasted victory, with the exception of the match-up between the two 8-8 teams, as the fifth seed Georgia Tech beat the fourth seed Seminoles.


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Missed opportunity means making fun of mascots

Any true reporter yearns for the chance to cover an important issue or an emerging controversy. I missed my chance last week because of unfortunate timing. Virginia freshman center Deidra Chatman received national attention last week when she turned away from the flag during the national anthem before the Cavaliers' March 2 game against North Carolina in protest of U.S.


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Virginia ready to recapture ACC title

The Virginia men's swimming and diving team will attempt to win their fifth consecutive conference title beginning today in Chapel Hill. North Carolina's Koury Natatorium will host the 42nd annual ACC Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, a three-day meet ending on Saturday. Virginia enters the competition regarded as the favorite in the eight-team field.


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Parker Sims, president of Outdoors Club and fourth-year College student, discusses her presidency, the club's student self-governance and its diversity and sustainability. She highlights breaking down barriers to the outdoors and the importance of not only getting outside as a student, but doing so with a community, such as the Outdoors Club.