Cavaliers' swimmer garners double honors Junior All-American Mirjana Bosevska captured honors early in the 2001-2002 season when she was named CollegeSwimming.com's Division I women's collegiate swimmer of the week for the week ending Nov.
The No. 15 Virginia women's soccer team earned a bid to the NCAA tournament for the 14th time Monday.
In what has been a roller-coaster season for Virginia quarterback Bryson Spinner, there is one word that comes to mind when thinking about the strongest aspects of his game.
Virginia's last game of the season - against Penn State on Dec. 1 - is sold out. The Cavaliers are set to face off against the Nittany Lions at noon, and the game will be televised on ESPN. Jones and Braves reach a deal Instead of testing the free agent market, Atlanta Braves center fielder Andruw Jones agreed to a $75 million, six-year contract on Tuesday.
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Last week in Chicago, Major League Baseball's owners conferred over the merits of contracting franchises that barely register an electro-cardiograph reading. On average, Montreal lured 7,364 highbrows to Olympic Stadium every night to witness the best in big-league ball, featuring pop icons Rob Ducey and Darwin Cubillan, among others. Lowly Florida isn't much better, finishing the season at 76-86.
ACC honors football duo Virginia wide receiver Tavon Mason was named the ACC's specialist of the week and center Kevin Bailey earned ACC offensive lineman of the week honors. Mason set a new Virginia record with a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the Cavaliers' 39-38 win over Georgia Tech on Saturday.
The Virginia football team's offense regained something that it had been lacking for most of the season on Saturday.
After barely missing out on a bid to last season's NCAA championship meet, the No. 14 Virginia women's cross country team decided it would never again be left sitting at home instead of hitting the trails come mid-November.
The Virginia crew team closed out its fall season optimistic with the progress it has made in a little over a month of competition. After losing to Ohio State by 12 seconds in the Head of the Charles regatta on Oct.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - After two halves of regulation play and four sudden death overtime periods, the Virginia women's soccer team remained tied with Florida State in the semifinals of the ACC tournament on Friday night, 0-0.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - ãWake Forest handed the Virginia field hockey team a 5-1 loss Sunday in the second round of the NCAA tournament to put an end to the Cavaliers' season.
The Virginia volleyball team fell Saturday night in five hard-fought games to ACC rival Clemson, 3-2 (30-27, 20-30, 30-25, 27-30, 15-8), before a raucous senior night crowd at University Hall by displaying the frustrating mixture of brilliance and inconsistency that has marked its entire season. Despite season-best performances from outside hitter Andrea Fischer - Virginia's lone departing player - and freshman middle Alexis Geocaris, the Cavaliers again saw their nerves betray them in the clutch.
It took nearly four minutes of overtime, but the Virginia men's soccer team completed its first undefeated season since 1995 Friday night with a 2-1 victory over James Madison at Klockner Stadium.
Although most people still will talk about the "once-in-a-career" hook-and-ladder call to win the game, it was the play of quarterback Bryson Spinner that led Virginia to victory over Georgia Tech. For most of the season, the two-headed quarterback system has played out like an unsuccessful game of Russian roulette.
The Virginia men's basketball team pounded the boards and the L.A. City Stars as they cruised to a 98-69 win in its final exhibition game yesterday afternoon. The Cavaliers out-rebounded the City Stars, 58-37, and grabbed an astounding 28 offensive rebounds.
The No. 12 Virginia women's swimming team posted victories in four of the 13 events at the Rice Invitational in Houston on Saturday.
On Saturday, the Virginia football team needed a hook and a ladder to raise itself from the hole it dug in the first half against No.
The second-ranked Virginia men's soccer program has five national championships and 12 ACC championships in its history.
No. 10 Virginia field hockey (13-7) will head to Winston-Salem, N.C., tomorrow to take on No. 5 Ohio State (15-4) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
