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Virginia hopes to recover from conference losses

The Virginia men's tennis team will attempt to jump back on the winning track this afternoon when they travel to Richmond to take on the Spiders at the University of Richmond Tennis Complex at 2:30 p.m. The Cavaliers will look to rebound from a tough weekend during which Virginia dropped contests against No.


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Virginia sweeps 2002 Hoo's Who Tournament

This weekend, the Virginia softball team continued to dominate its home field play, completing their Hoo's Who Tournament with a first place finish and a perfect 6-0 record against Drexel, Wright State and Penn State.


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The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that freshman tight end Tyree Spinner has left the football program and plans to transfer to another school following this semester, according to his father, Ronald.


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Cavaliers shut out Dukes, 7-0

The Virginia men's tennis team delivered another strong performance yesterday, as the Cavaliers took the doubles point early and went on to dominate James Madison 7-0, winning their second straight and four out of five. The Cavaliers used the strong combination of Jay Curtis and Dillon Walker to jump out on top of the three doubles matches, dominating the Dukes' Colin Malcolm and Clint Morse, 8-1.


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Johnson, Cavs host No. 1 Johns Hopkins

Coming out of high school, Tillman Johnson knew exactly where he wanted to go to school and continue his lacrosse career - Virginia was the only school registering on his radar. "I've always wanted to go here," Johnson said.


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Hard-working Cavaliers host JMU

The Virginia men's tennis team will hope to win their second straight match when they take on in-state adversary James Madison University today at the Sheridan Snyder Tennis Center at 2:30 p.m.


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Pinney takes honors Pinney's tight defense on Nittany Lion Katie Jeschke held the American Lacrosse Conference's leading scorer to only one shot.


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Swimming heads to NCAAs

After months of extensive training, intense competition and a successful 9-1 regular season that culminated in a second-place finish at the ACC Championships, 10 members of the Virginia women's swimming team will travel to Austin, Texas this weekend to compete in the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. The 10 women representing the Cavalier squad are senior Megan Roesch, juniors Mirjana Bosevska, Lindsey Crane and Cara Lane, sophomores Amy Baly and Carlie Dykehouse and freshmen Carrie Ellis, Andrea Georoff, Laura Lipskis and Katie McWilliams.


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Virginia goalie Tillman Johnson was named ACC player of the week after leading the men's lacrosse team to two victories last week. Johnson, a sophomore from Annapolis, Md., began the week with a 10-save performance in the Cavaliers' 7-5 victory over Notre Dame last Tuesday, holding the Fighting Irish to their lowest scoring output of the year. Johnson followed that performance with a 13-save game against Towson in the Cavaliers' 13-8 victory Sunday.


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Virginia prepares for Richmond matchup

Coming off one of the biggest wins in the history of the women's tennis program, the Cavaliers are set to go up against the Richmond Spiders in a midseason non-conference matchup today at the Snyder Tennis Center at 2 p.m. Virginia coach Phil Rogers picked up his first win against the Seminoles in his 19 years with the Cavaliers.

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