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Strong second half carries Cavs

The story of Virginia's game against Clemson truly was a tale of two halves. Virginia scored 23 points in the first half, then managed to put up 46 in the next 20 minutes.


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Cavs sharpen skills in first scrimmage

With the ACC basketball season just getting into full swing and temperatures finally hovering around 40, last year's highest-ranked Virginia sports team, the men's lacrosse squad, took the field Saturday to battle Navy in the first of four preseason scrimmages. No official score was kept for the scrimmage, but unofficially the Cavaliers defeated the Midshipmen 10-4 at U-Hall Turf Field in the earliest scrimmage in team history -- a full three weeks before the season's first contest. "This is about as early as it gets," Virginia coach Dom Starsa said.


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Cavs square off against Clemson

The Cavaliers return to home action tonight in hopes of claiming their third conference win and exacting revenge for a one-point loss to Clemson earlier this season.


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Virginia turns over win to No. 7 Carolina

Chapel Hill, N.C. -- No. 7 North Carolina is known for its defense, but it was Nikita Bell's early second-half offensive burst that put Virginia in a hole they were unable to climb out of. The six-foot forward scored six straight points to open second half play, helping ignite the struggling Tar Heel offense into shooting 50 percent from the field and nearly doubling its first half tally on the way to a 74-54 romp over the Cavaliers.


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Turnovers, poor rebounding just won't cut it on road

Chapel Hill, N.C. -- The Tar Heels were the better team tonight. While North Carolina was calm, collected and businesslike, Virginia was sloppy, frantic and in shambles. It's not that the Cavaliers couldn't have won this game; it's not even that North Carolina was too deep, too strong or too athletic for Virginia to keep up.


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SPORTS IN BRIEF

Virginia baseball picked to finish seventh in the ACC The 2003 ACC Preseason Baseball Coaches Poll was announced yesterday with Virginia slated to finish seventh in the ACC.


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Amid Virginia's stars, Watson shines through

As one looks at the box score of tonight's game, several things jump out. Sophomore forward Jason Clark tied a career-high with 12 points and sophomore guard Keith Jenifer also tied a career-high with eight assists.


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Sports in Brief

Virginia Trio named ACC athletes of the week Freshman swimmer Fran Crippen, senior wrestler Bob Seidel and senior women's tennis player Jennifer Tuchband all received the nod as the top athletes in the ACC last week. Crippen won four events over the weekend in dual meets against UNC and Clemson.


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Defense-minded Seminoles invade U-Hall

Coming off an 85-75 upset of then-17th ranked Wake Forest, Virginia will look to stay undefeated at University Hall when Florida State comes to town tonight at 7. The Cavaliers (11-6, 2-3 ACC) should be well rested, having six days off since beating the Demon Deacons last Thursday.

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Dr. Anne Rotich, Director of Undergraduate Programs in the Department of African American and African Studies, informs us about her J-term course, Swahili Cultures Then and Now, which takes the students across the globe to Kenya. Dr. Rotich discusses the new knowledge and informational experiences students gain from traveling around Kenya, and how she provides opportunities for cultural immersion. She also analyzes the benefits of studying abroad and how students can most insightfully learn about other cultures.