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Cavaliers' comeback silences Lions' roar

By Chris Yeung | December 5, 2001

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.

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Virginia squeaks past Gauchos

By Kathleen Thornton | December 5, 2001

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.

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Season success halted at NCAAs

By Ben Keim | December 5, 2001

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.

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Blue leads Cavaliers with relentless desire to win

By Jon Evans | November 30, 2001

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.

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Virginia looks to continue early-season dominance

By J.D. Moss | November 29, 2001

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.

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Sports In Brief

By Cavalier Daily Staff | November 29, 2001

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.

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Cavaliers take aim at Hokies for fourth win

By Erin Stone | November 29, 2001

"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.

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Johnson Breaks Through for PSU

By Jessica Garrison | November 29, 2001

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.

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Lindsay Replaces Lindsey at the Top

By Jonathan Evans | November 29, 2001

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.

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Sports in Brief

November 28, 2001

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.

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Penn State is a must-win for so many reasons

By Ben Beach | November 28, 2001

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.

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