A pumped-up Penn State team and its rowdy fans made their intention to win in Charlottesville loud and clear on Saturday.
With a great escape Saturday night, the Virginia men's basketball team improved to 4-0, rallying to beat Virginia Tech 69-61, in a game that was much closer than the score indicated.
After experiencing a season of highs and lows, Virginia seniors John Duckett and Antwoine Womack made sure their college football careers ended on a positive note. Womack rushed for 153 yards on 31 carries and Duckett forced a momentum-changing fumble to lead the Cavaliers to a 20-14 comeback win over Penn State on Saturday. It was "our last home game, so we had to play our hearts out," Duckett said. Virginia (5-7) looked down and out seven minutes into the third quarter.
The Virginia women's soccer team closed out a bittersweet 2001 season with a 3-2 loss at Santa Clara in the fourth round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday.
The Virginia women's basketball team kept its winning streak alive Sunday afternoon with a closely contested 72-71 victory over University of California-Santa Barbara (3-2). This was the fourth consecutive win for the Cavaliers (5-2), who lost to the Gauchos, 78-66, last season. "Santa Barbara has lots of heart and really hustles; we matched their hustle today," Virginia coach Debbie Ryan said.
It would have been hard for the Virginia swimming and diving team to turn in a more dominating performance than they did at the Cavalier Invitational held Nov.
For the first three months of their season, the Virginia men's soccer team was unstoppable. Backed by a dominating defense that recorded 11 shutouts, the Cavaliers ran through conference opponents seemingly at will, overcoming every challenge en route to a 16-0-1 regular season record. After two early postseason losses, however, the Cavaliers saw their championship dreams evaporate in the conclusion to a season that, while in many ways exceptional, failed to live up to lofty expectations. Despite Virginia's second-round exit from the NCAA Tournament after losing to Seton Hall, 1-0, at home on Nov.
The Virginia women's soccer team travels to face second-seeded Santa Clara in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday at 4 p.m.
When the Virginia and Penn State football squads meet at Scott Stadium tomorrow, each team will be running on the field from completely opposite directions.
The Virginia women's basketball team had its hands full last night, but played tight defense and made clutch plays to squeeze out a 60-58 victory over Virginia Tech.
Close games like this are not only decided by how well a team shoots, or by how effective a team breaks a press, but by which team wants it the most. Last night, Virginia freshman guard LaTonya Blue wanted it more than anyone. The game was tied with under a minute left and Blue had the ball in her hands at the top of the key.
After soundly beating a ranked Penn State team, the Virginia swimming and diving team will look to continue its success when it hosts the nine-team Cavalier Invitational today through Saturday at the Aquatic & Fitness Center. On Nov.
Former VSAF executive director passes away Thomas Davenport, who was the executive director of the Virginia Student Aid Foundation from 1958 to 1988, suffered a heart attack and died Monday.
"It's just going to be a slugfest," Virginia women's basketball coach Debbie Ryan said of tonight's game against in-state foe Virginia Tech at 7:30 at University Hall. Although the season has just barely begun and March is still a long way off, the Cavaliers (3-2) do not plan on taking this non-conference game lightly.
RICHMOND - With 15:04 left in the second half and the Virginia men's basketball team leading Michigan State 31-28, a game that had been played on a floor more suited for ice hockey was postponed indefinitely due to condensation on the court.
Happy Valley has had more than its share of emotional stories this season: coach Joe Paterno's monumental 324th win, Adam Taliferro's miraculous recovery and the Nittany Lions, who have pulled themselves out of an 0-4 slump and now stand 5-5.
For the Virginia women's soccer team, there is a new Lindsay in town. Two-time ACC player of the year Lori Lindsey has been the heart of this Cavalier squad for the past four years, but this season someone else has emerged as the Cavaliers' top offensive threat.
The Atlantic Coast Sports Writers Association announced the football all-ACC team yesterday. Cavaliers' wide receiver Billy McMullen was the only Virginia player to be named to the first team. McMullen has caught a school-record 80 passes for 1,019 yards and 12 touchdowns so far this season and leads the ACC in every receiving category.
If there is one thing that is unchanging on the offensive line at Virginia, it would have to be fifth-year senior Evan Routzahn.
To whom it may concern (i.e., football players and fans): We MUST beat Penn State on Saturday. There are no ifs, ands or buts about it. I held my tongue on the subject of Virginia football all year figuring that a new coach and a fairly young team needed room to grow.
