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Cavaliers avenge NCAA defeat, clip Bluejays 3-2

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 3 men's soccer team exorcised some demons yesterday. A 3-2 victory over Creighton in the first-place game of the Maryland/Fila Classic in College Park, Md., avenge last season's humiliating 3-0 home loss to the Bluejays in the third round of the NCAA tournament. "We've been looking forward to playing [Creighton] ever since we lost to them last year," junior midfielder Ryan Gibbs said.


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Field hockey downs Ohio, SW Missouri State On Saturday, the Cavaliers rallied to tie Ohio at two with 34 seconds left on midfielder Jessie Coleman's goal.


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Virginia men's soccer coach George Gelnovatch announced a change in the Cavaliers' schedule yesterday.


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Groh expects Cavaliers to improve performance

Virginia football coach Al Groh reaffirmed in a teleconference yesterday that he is not dissatisfied with the Cavaliers despite their narrow one-point win over Division I-AA Richmond on Saturday. "I don't know that I'm dissatisfied in the team in any respect," Groh said.


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Virginia hopes to climb the mountain against West Virginia

The No. 5 Virginia women's soccer team looks to build on last weekend's 3-0 win over Mississippi by kicking off the 2001 Virginia Soccer Classic against West Virginia (2-0) tonight. Although the Cavaliers (1-0) opened the season by shutting out the Rebels, they were less than convincing.


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Goodloe in Good Spirits

Virginia senior midfielder Carrie Goodloe chuckled self-consciously when asked about how she got her start playing field hockey. "I was actually kind of a late bloomer," Goodloe said.


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Top prospect commits to Virginia Derrick Byars, a 6-foot-7 small forward from Memphis, Tenn., verbally committed to Virginia on Tuesday night. Byars averaged 19.8 points, 7 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game in his junior year at Ridgeway High School.


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Cavaliers use team effort to block Hokies

Facing an unexpected deficit after the first game last night, the Virginia women's volleyball team rallied together and stormed back to defeat in-state rival Virginia Tech, 3-1 (28-30, 30-27, 30-28, 30-27). "We try and tell the girls that for every in-state team, their match of the year is playing us," Virginia coach Melissa Aldrich Shelton said.


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Wake Forest leads way in ACC weekly honors The Demon Deacon football team, in light of its 21-19 upset victory over East Carolina, received three player recognitions in this week's conference honors.


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Making Up for Lost Time

The play seemed simple enough. A simple pitch to the right, with some broken tackles. The run continued up the right sideline and seemed to be good for a first down.


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Majestic back on the map in October Virginia men's basketball coach Pete Gillen is hopeful that sophomore guard Majestic Mapp will return to practice on October 13 after recovering from a second arthroscopic surgery on his right knee performed in August.


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Cavaliers look to bounce back against Tech

After finishing this weekend's Jefferson Cup Tournament with one win and two losses, the Virginia women's volleyball team will look to even its record against rival Virginia Tech (1-2) at University Hall tonight. Last year Virginia Tech competed as independents and finished the season 13-16.


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Cavs still need work heading into off week

In his weekly press conference, Virginia coach Al Groh stressed that the Cavaliers must work on punt returns and pass protection. Groh said that Virginia must cut down on penalties if they are to compete in every game. "I was very unhappy with the number of penalties," Groh said.

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