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The Virginia baseball team will enter the 2002 season ranked eighth out of the nine teams in the ACC.


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Virginia faces Pittsburg in final home meet

The weather finally seems warm enough for a quick swim and the Virginia men's and women's swimming teams are preparing for their final home meet against the University of Pittsburgh on Sunday. Entering the contest, both Cavalier teams sit among the nation's 25 strongest.


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For the second time, Virginia freshman forward Elton Brown is the ACC men's basketball rookie of the week, for his play against Georgia Tech (Jan.


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Gillen gets Cavaliers on the fast track

If you take the time to look at Virginia men's basketball coach Pete Gillen after a Cavaliers' game, you would think he just ran a marathon. After a game, the sweat pours down his face and seeps through his shirt and tie.


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Hooville residents prepare for Maryland

With only two days left until the Virginia men's basketball team faces the Maryland Terrapins in University Hall, many students already have staked a claim in the line to get seats to the ACC match-up.


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Kilgore seeks to change domestic violence laws Virginia Attorney General Jerry Kilgore has proposed changes to the state's domestic violence laws. This week the Virginia General Assembly is likely to take up the bill, which includes greater confidentiality for victims, new fines for offenders, greater training for law enforcement officers and a streamlined process for obtaining restraining orders. Each of these measures has garnered strong support in the legislature, though some details of the bill have generated conflict between the Republican Attorney General and the Virginia State Senate.


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North Carolina proves

I n trying to hold down No. 21 North Carolina yes terday, the Virginia women's basketball team played tight defense and forced 21 turnovers.


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Cavaliers fall to first-ranked Duke

DURHAM, NC - After scoring only ten field goals in the first half, the Duke Blue Devils used a 17-6 run to open the second half and put the Virginia men's basketball team away for good. A first half that seemed to preview a nail-biter turned out to be a tease, as the Blue Devils (18-1, 6-1 ACC) picked it up in the second half to beat the Cavaliers (14-3, 4-3), 94-81 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. In the first half, Virginia stayed tight behind the efforts of its freshmen.


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Virginia looks to go above .500 in ACC

After toppling Florida State, 66-62, on Wednesday, the Virginia women's basketball team (11-8, 4-4 ACC) now sets its sights on Chapel Hill, where it will take on ACC foe North Carolina (14-5, 4-3) on Sunday. "Carolina's a great team, and we are going to have to play very, very well to beat them," Virginia coach Debbie Ryan said.


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Two Cavaliers named All-Americans Two Virginia men's soccer players were named to the 2001 National Soccer Coaches Association of America/adidas All-America teams.


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Cavs shoot for 5th straight win

The No. 7 Virginia men's basketball has the chance to maintain its recent winning ways against VMI tonight at University Hall. Virginia (13-2, 4-2 ACC) is coming off of a narrow 69-65 win over Georgia Tech on Tuesday, the Cavaliers' first victory in Atlanta in seven years.

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Since the Contemplative Commons opening April 4, the building has hosted events for the University community. Sam Cole, Commons’ Assistant Director of Student Engagement, discusses how the Contemplative Sciences Center is molding itself to meet students’ needs and provide a wide range of opportunities for students to discover contemplative practices that can help them thrive at the University.