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Cav alum, coach makes strong showing in Seoul

By Jason Wise | April 16, 2002

In 1997, Dana Coons walked on to the Virginia cross country team. Five years later, while serving as an assistant coach for distance and cross country runners, Coons, a 2001 University graduate, was selected to represent the United States in the April 7 Seoul Women's Ekiden race in Seoul, South Korea. Coons ran the third fastest six kilometer leg of the Seoul Ekiden, helping the United States finish seventh while the Russian and Japanese teams took first and second place, respectively. "My trip to Seoul was a wonderful and memorable experience," Coons said.

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Club Sports Roundup

By Cavalier Daily Staff | April 16, 2002

The Virginia women's club gymnastics team ended its season with an 11th place finish in the NAIGC National Championships, where 27 women's teams and 260 women competed at Ohio State last weekend.

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Dominant Cavaliers look to trounce GMU

By Jason Somensatto | April 16, 2002

The No. 3 Virginia and No. 19 George Mason women's lacrosse teams may play in the same state, but they are coming from completely different directions heading into today's matchup. The Cavaliers (11-2, 3-0 ACC) have won six straight games, including four wins in a row over opponents ranked in the top 20.

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Virginia to face tough Spiders

By Kathleen Thornton | April 16, 2002

The Virginia baseball team suffered a hard weekend, losing three games to Wake Forest (28-6, 11-3 ACC), and is now left to search for consistency.

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Cavs poised to end impressive Terrapin streak

By Sam Le | April 16, 2002

This is crunch time for the Virginia women's lacrosse team. Yeah, the Cavaliers are the third-ranked team in the country.

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Cavs sprint past field at Onesty Invitational

By Jason Wise | April 15, 2002

The Virginia track and field teams performed as expected Saturday, easily winning their first home meet of the season at the Lou Onesty/Milton G.

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Sports in brief

April 15, 2002

The Virginia women's rowing team won four events Saturday at the George Washington Invitational Crew Classic held in Washington, D.C. The Cavaliers finished first in the varsity eight, the second varsity eight, the varsity four and the second novice eight. Virginia took the varsity eight competition for the seventh year in a row with a time of six minutes, 35.1 seconds, followed by Columbia (6:37.3). The Cavaliers' second varsity eight won its race in 6:39.4, followed by Columbia (6:53.5). Related LinksVirginia women's crewVirginia golf Virginia's varsity four took its event with a time of 7:40.7, followed by Tennessee (7:53.7), the Virginia second varsity four (7:57.2) and Georgetown. The Cavaliers took the second novice eight race with a time of 6:57.5, followed by Navy (7:15.7). Men's golf finishes first at Wofford Invitational The Virginia men's golf team took first place in a 12-team field Saturday at the Wofford Invitational at the Carolina Country Club in Spartanburg, S.C. The Cavaliers finished first with a two-under 862.

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No. 5 Wake Forest sweeps Cavs

By Jonathan Evans | April 15, 2002

This weekend's series against No. 5 Wake Forest likely left the Virginia baseball team feeling as if a win just wasn't in the cards.

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Late rally propels Virginia past Duke, 15-10

By Joe Lemire | April 15, 2002

Simply the best. The Virginia men's lacrosse team can lay claim to thay title after handing No. 12 Duke a 15-10 loss in action at Klockner Stadium Saturday.

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Heels take pair from Cavs

By Chris Glasser | April 15, 2002

On a day that saw the softball team lose two one-run games to North Carolina at home, frustration was the team's overriding emotion. After blanking the Cavaliers (38-17, 0-4 ACC) 1-0 in the first game of yesterday's doubleheader, North Carolina (29-21, 2-2) led 5-2 going into the bottom of the seventh.

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Tar Heels push past Cavaliers

By Jason Somensatto | April 15, 2002

Sunday's match against the University of North Carolina probably did not go the way the seniors of the Virginia men's tennis team envisioned their final home contest. The No.

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Cavs take on Deacs in ACC matchup

By J.D. Moss | April 12, 2002

While the Virginia offense finally appears to have broken out of its midseason cocoon, it will need to be clicking on all cylinders when No.

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No. 2 Cavaliers to host No. 11 Blue Devils

By Chris Glasser | April 12, 2002

Despite a six-game winning streak and a No. 2 national ranking, times aren't getting any easier for the men's lacrosse team these days. Coming off consecutive road victories over No.

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Virginia hosts meet, prepares for ACC finals

By Jason Wise | April 12, 2002

The Virginia track team hosts the Lou Onesty/Milton G. Abramson Invitational tomorrow at Lannigan Field.

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Sports in brief

April 12, 2002

The Virginia men's tennis team fell to No. 30 Virginia Tech yesterday, 5-2 to drop to 11-10 overall on the season. Senior Jonathan Chou and sophomore Gregg Alpert were the only players to pick up wins for the Cavaliers.

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Virginia rides hot streak into weekend

By Kate Lipper | April 12, 2002

Last weekend, the Virginia softball team (37-14) emerged victorious at the highly competitive Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C., completing the tournament with a 4-0 record against ACC rivals Maryland, UNC and Georgia Tech.

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Welch recovers, rediscovers joy of throwing on field

By Jason Wise | April 11, 2002

John Welch was named ACC track and field performer of the week this week, and although this might not seem surprising for a senior athlete who finished first in the ACC in the javelin throw his freshman year, it is unexpected from an athlete who twice prepared himself never to compete again. Welch said he only once thought of quitting, after his first college throwing coach left. "I was really considering trying out for the baseball team, just as a walk on," Welch said.

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Freshman Reynolds shows potential, excels beyond plate

By J.D. Moss | April 11, 2002

Freshman shortstop Mark Reynolds has developed a habit of showing up earlier than expected. Last June, Reynolds arrived in Charlottesville to play baseball - leading Virginia Beach's First Colonial High School team in a state quarterfinal matchup against Albemarle High School. This spring, Reynolds first won the starting shortstop job and has blossomed into one of the team's top hitters, making an impact much earlier than expected. Reynolds said that Virginia coach Dennis Womack "told me I'd have the opportunity to compete for a starting job.

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Sports in brief

By Cavalier Daily Staff | April 11, 2002

Doubles point lifts Cavaliers over Terrapins on the road Coming off its first ACC win of the season against N.C.

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Cavaliers down in-state rival Hokies, 18-3

By Jonny Schwab | April 11, 2002

BLACKSBURG, Va. - After its 18-6 victory at Duke on Saturday, it was time for the Virginia women's lacrosse team to take the road south again.