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Virginia rallies to victory over Dukes

By J.D. Moss | September 4, 2002

The Virginia volleyball team bounced back after losing the first game of last night's match to beat James Madison and did not look back, winning 3-1 (24-30, 31-29, 30-25, 30-28) at University Hall. Virginia (2-2) opened poorly, managing only a .069 hitting percentage and seven kills in the opening game as the Dukes (1-3) hit .394. "We just weren't ready to play," Virginia coach Melissa Shelton said.

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Forward Eskandarian earns ACC player of the week honors

By Bart Isley | September 4, 2002

Junior forward Alecko Eskandarian was chosen as the ACC player of the week, sharing the award with Ryan Kneipper of North Carolina.

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Put football aside, let's talk cycling

By Jonny Schwab | September 4, 2002

For my first trial, I've decided not to focus on the com-plex situation in baseball or the upcoming turnaround of Virginia football.Rather, having spent most of the summer in Europe, it's only fair to introduce myself by putting the spotlight on a sport that is highly celebrated overseas but gets much less attention than it deserves in our country:cycling. After studying abroad in Spain for six weeks, I had the honor of attending the final stage of the Tour de France in Paris, the culmination of the three-week event that has come to be the World Cup of bicycling. Thanks to his four-year dominance of the race, all of you must at least know who Lance Armstrong is, something about what he does, and that he had to overcome cancer.

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Virginia plays host to Dukes

By J.D. Moss | September 3, 2002

The Virginia volleyball team will try to build upon a straight-game victory over Texas-Pan American Saturday when it hosts JMU tonight at University Hall at 7 p.m. The Cavaliers (1-2) traveled to Texas to compete in the Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational.

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Strength of non-conference games a plus

By Paul Crane | September 3, 2002

My name is Paul, and I'm a college football-holic. Other than the sacred month that is March Madness, college football Saturdays are my favorite days of the sports year.

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Cavaliers regroup after injury-plagued game

By Matt Trogdon | September 3, 2002

The status of the Virginia players injured in Saturday's game at Florida State remains uncertain, Virginia head coach Al Groh told reporters at his weekly press conference. During Virginia's (0-2, 0-1 ACC) 40-19 loss to the fifth-ranked Seminoles (2-0, 1-0), approximately 10 players left the game with various degrees of injuries.

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Sports in Brief

By Chip Knighton | September 3, 2002

Former Seminole standout Weinke demoted in Carolina Former Florida State quarterback Chris Weinke, who won the Heisman Trophy in 2000 after leading the Seminoles to the national championship, has been benched by the Carolina Panthers in favor of backup Rodney Peete. Weinke holds the Florida State and ACC records for career passing with 9,839 yards and won the Davey O'Brien and Johnny Unitas quarterback trophies in addition to the Heisman.

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Virginia takes title in Soccer Classic

By Kathleen Thornton | September 2, 2002

The Virginia men's soccer team seems to be easing into their potential this season, taking a moment to feel out the situation before they pounce. But have no doubt: they will, indeed, pounce.

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Sudden death goal gives Cavs victory

By Chris Glasser | September 2, 2002

On a day when the field hockey team did not execute particularly well on offense or defense, a perfectly performed corner rescued the Cavaliers from Ohio in sudden death overtime. After leading the entire game, Virginia (1-0) allowed two goals from the Bobcats (0-1) in the last 10 minutes of regulation, forcing the game into overtime with the score tied at 2-2. With a little less than 2:30 remaining in sudden death, senior Cara Unterkofler entered the ball to sophomore Emily Beach, who stopped the ball and shuffled it to senior Kelli Hill. Hill then powered a slap shot from the top of the circle past Ohio goalie Ashley Pitkin to give the Cavaliers a 3-2 victory. Virginia seemingly had the game in hand from the start.

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Seminoles run past Cavs to take win

By Joe Lemire | September 2, 2002

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State chopped up Virginia for the first three quarters on Saturday before quarterback Matt Schaub replaced starter Marques Hagans, and was able to direct the Cavaliers toward three aerial touchdowns in the game's final stanza. The Seminoles (2-0, 1-0 ACC) continued their dominance over both Virginia and the ACC on Saturday, defeating the Cavaliers (0-2, 0-1) 40-19 in front of 79,406 fans at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Fla.

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Virginia freshmen go through growing pains

By Jessica Garrison | September 2, 2002

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. By now it should be easy for most students to imagine the first day of college classes -- the confusion, the nervousness, the uncertainty. But for a moment, imagine that on your first day of your first year, still wet behind the ears, you find that all of your classmates are Lawn residents, aspiring Rhodes scholars and future millionaires.

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Cavalier squad takes off to victory, shutting out Hawks

By Kate Lipper | September 2, 2002

For all accounts and purposes, only one half of the Klockner Stadium field was needed in the No. 6 Virginia women's soccer team's season-opening 7-0 shutout victory against the Hawks of St.

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Sports in Brief

By Sean McLernon | September 2, 2002

Men's basketball to open season against Chaminade The University's men's basketball team will open up the season at the EA Sports Maui Invitational in Hawaii on Nov.

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Field hockey debuts 2002 campaign at home with Ohio

By Chris Glasser | August 30, 2002

As the field hockey team looks ahead to its first game of the season, a home contest scheduled for Saturday against Ohio University, the team merely wants to keep it simple. "What we're trying to do is play really simple," senior midfielder Cara Unterkofler said.

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Eager Cavaliers open year against Hawks

By Kate Lipper | August 30, 2002

With high hopes and noteworthy preseason rankings, the Virginia women's soccer team suits up tomorrow night for its 2002 season-opener.

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Virginia set to battle Seminoles on Saturday

By Joe Lemire | August 30, 2002

Both the Virginia Cavaliers (0-1, 0-0 ACC) and the No. 5 Florida State Seminoles (1-0, 0-0) faced game-deciding plays in the closing seconds of their respective openers last week. The Seminoles resisted Iowa State's surge on the last play, tackling quarterback Seneca Wallace at the goal line to preserve their 38-31 win.

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Kentucky to challenge Virginia in tourney

By Kathleen Thornton | August 30, 2002

The No. 5 Virginia men's soccer team can only hope that the third time will be the charm. After two losses during the preseason Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Soccer Showcase exhibition matches -- to the Spartans of Michigan State and the No.

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Sports In Brief

By Joe Lemire | August 30, 2002

Virginia senior wide receiver Billy McMullen was among 32 players selected for the "watch list" for the Fred Biletnikoff award, given annually to the nation's top receiver.

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The American baseball solution: Strike!

By JD Moss | August 29, 2002

Baseball players should strike. No, I didn't leave out a word there. They should strike and stay on strike until they are treated like the majority of American workers -- fairly. It is natural for us to like the players and not the greedy owners, much as workers like their co-workers and not their boss.

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Team Cavalier broadens horizons past basketball

By Joe Lemire | August 29, 2002

No matter what the average Wahoo remembers from last year of the men's basketball student fan group, students should now expect a revamped Team Cavalier. "Last year it was basically just a men's basketball student group," said Derik Diver, the newly hired Athletic Department liaison for Team Cavalier.