Men's tennis escapes rain, crushes 'Pack
By David Semler | April 10, 2000On a day when rain forced a move indoors to the Boar's Head Sports Club, the Virginia men's tennis team created its own flood of victories, dispatching N.C.
On a day when rain forced a move indoors to the Boar's Head Sports Club, the Virginia men's tennis team created its own flood of victories, dispatching N.C.
The Virginia women's tennis team split a pair of ACC matches at home this weekend, losing to Duke Saturday before beating North Carolina yesterday to earn coach Phil Rogers his 200th career victory in his 18th year at the Cav helm. The Cavaliers (12-8, 2-4 ACC) fell to the No.
The most anticipated singles match of the Virginia men's tennis team's season never happened. Instead, the Cavs (13-6) were sent home with a demoralizing loss to No.
What is success? Is it a six-game winning streak? Is it a number two national ranking? Is it the title of defending national champions? Although it has bragging rights on all of the above, the No.
The Virginia women's lacrosse team is in a rut. The eighth-ranked Cavaliers have lost both of their ACC games and all four of their contests against top-10 opponents.
The Virginia baseball team heads off to Durham, N.C. today looking to return to the win column against struggling Duke. The enigmatic Cavaliers (15-18-1, 3-6 ACC) have been on a roller coaster ride in the past two weeks.
I've played it out in my mind time and time again. Would I do my best John Elway, triumphantly leaving the industry while at the pinnacle of my career (which could have been my sophomore year of high school for all I know)? Would I pull a Sugar Ray Leonard, retiring at the top before lugging my aching bones back into the journalistic arena for a couple of more rounds ... or columns? Actually, neither. As of right now, I'm finished.
If their previous matches are any indication, paramedics best be on call this afternoon in Richmond when No.
The Virginia women's tennis team held on against an undermanned Maryland squad for a marathon 5-4 win yesterday in College Park. The Terps (6-8, 0-4 ACC) won at first, second and third singles.
Virginia senior attacker Jamie Haas managed two goals last night against No. 4 James Madison. Unfortunately for the No.
After watching Florida use its depth to dismantle the Duke and North Carolina men's basketball squads en route to the NCAA championship game, I thought they stood a chance against Michigan State. While watching Monday night's 89-76 Spartan victory over the Gators, I expected Florida's press-and-run style of play to make the game competitive.
The Virginia men's tennis team lost only one match against Maryland to return to the win column with a 6-1 victory over the Terps. Although Cav coach Dick Stockton used only three of his regular singles competitors, the Cavaliers still captured five of the six singles contests.
The Virginia men's lacrosse team didn't exactly burst out of the gate in last night's game against Radford.
After a weekend of road action, the Virginia women's lacrosse team will face in-state rival James Madison tonight at Klöckner Stadium. The No.
After shocking No. 1 Florida State in the second game of a three-game series last weekend, one would imagine the Cavalier baseball team would be ready to destroy Richmond, a squad that entered yesterday's contest at Virginia with a seven-game losing streak. However, the in-state rival Spiders bombarded the injury-plagued Cavaliers (15-18-1, 3-6 ACC) for 18 hits and a 16-8 upset at U.Va.
It's not very difficult to figure out what makes sports fans happy. They like sudden-death playoffs and upsets in the NCAA Tournament.
Hunter Wyant is out with a broken finger. Michael Floyd has a pulled hamstring. Dan Street is battling a respiratory virus.
The Virginia men's lacrosse team plans to extend its five-game win streak tonight against Radford at 7 p.m.
The Virginia women's crew team continued to succeed against some of the nation's best competition Sunday at the San Diego Crew Classic. The Cavaliers won the championship in the second varsity eight competition with a time of 6:39.5.
The Virginia softball team left the cold and rainy Park Sunday afternoon dejected after a performance Virginia coach Cheryl Sprangel called frustrating and embarrassing. The Cavaliers dropped to 15-27 overall and 0-2 in the ACC, losing to North Carolina (31-13, 2-0) for the second time this weekend.