When I was younger, my father used to take me to the railroad, and place a penny on the train track.
Defying expectations is something the Virginia women's basketball team is quite familiar with. Picked last year to finish seventh in the ACC, the Cavaliers ended up with a 17-13 overall record (9-7 ACC) and an NCAA tournament berth. This season, the prognosticators have given the Cavaliers more respect.
Considering everything she's done for the team, the U.Va. field hockey program might want to send Jess Coleman a bouquet of roses to thank her.
This weekend, having completed its regular season, the No. 18 Virginia women's soccer team (11-5-2, 4-3 ACC) travels to Tallahassee, Fla.
Amstutz named ACC performer of the week Virginia junior Diver Pete Amstutz was named the ACC men's swimming and diving performer of the week after he swept the one and three-meter diving contests against Duke Saturday.
With a constant rain falling through the bright lights at Klöckner Stadium, the Virginia Cavaliers shutout the Pittsburgh Panthers, 2-0, extending its home winning streak to 11 games. Virginia (12-5, 3-3 ACC) kept up a strong offensive pressure throughout the game dominating the Panthers (8-9-1, 2-7-1 Big East) almost the entire 90 minutes. The Cavaliers were without their leading scorer, junior forward Alecko Eskandarian, but it did not seem to make a difference. "Alecko has been playing great all season," senior forward Ryan Gibbs said.
At about 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, the future of Virginia's football season looked ominous. The 0-2 Cavaliers, fresh off a 40-19 shellacking at the hands of Florida State were trailing No.
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As the Virginia football team (6-3) returns to the field after a week-long break, the focus is on preparing for Saturday's matchup with No.
Women's club tennis remains undefeated The Virginia women's club tennis team continued its undefeated season Saturday at Snyder Tennis Center with a 7-2 win over William & Mary.
As "midterm season" around Grounds finally comes to an end, the teams of the National Football League just completed Week 9 of their 17-week season.
The Virginia men's soccer team will lace its cleats to play Pittsburgh tonight at 7 in Klöckner Stadium without the nation's leading scorer.
As the Virginia women's volleyball team took the court Sunday before an emotional Senior Day crowd recognizing seniors Simona Kuipers and Kiersten Kaufman, the Cavaliers looked to end a five-match losing streak with an upset of Florida State. Despite solid early play, however, the Cavaliers (7-22, 1-12 ACC) were unable to capitalize on their chances and were swept by the Seminoles, 3-0 (30-24, 30-13, 30-25). With the win, Florida State (18-8, 9-3) moves into a tie for second place in the ACC, while the Cavaliers must look to their last three regular season games to secure the eighth seed in the conference tournament. "We wanted to approach this match playing all out, having a good time, and trying to improve on what we do," Virginia Coach Melissa Aldrich Shelton said.
Women's soccer upsets FSU to end regular season The Virginia women's soccer team ended its ACC and regular season with a 2-1 upset of No.
The competition might have been lacking, but that didn't stop the undefeated Virginia men's and women's swimming teams and their fans from exhibiting impressive spirit throughout their first ACC dual meet against Duke this weekend. Cheers coming from the pool at the Aquatic & Fitness Center reverberated out into the street. Before the events began, the Cavaliers streamed out of the locker room chanting in unison and throughout the meet, stood poolside and rooted on their teammates, adding festivity to the slaughter. Throughout the meet, as expected, the No.
ATLANTA -- The Virginia men's and women's cross country teams both took third place at the 2002 ACC Cross Country Championships on Saturday.
On a frigid Friday night at Klöckner Stadium, the No. 20 Virginia men's soccer team (11-5, 3-3 ACC) upset the No.
Most discussions of Virginia football this year have centered around two issues: Virginia's amazing second half comebacks, and the talent and success displayed by the freshmen.
The Virginia swimming program faces ACC rival Duke in their home pool tomorrow in what will be its first conference dual meet of the season. Both the Cavalier men (1-0) and women (1-0) have much reason to feel confident in their chances against the Blue Devils. Last year, an outstanding Virginia men's swimming team (8-2, 5-0 ACC) completed its season with their fourth-consecutive first-place finish at the ACC Championships and a national 11th-place finish at the NCAA Tournament, the highest placement in school history. This season, 22 letter winners return for the men, including eight All-Americans.
For a team that couldn't catch a break a few weeks ago, the Virginia women's soccer squad has turned the tide and rediscovered their winning form.
