Just when their backs were flat to the mat, the Virginia wrestling team pulled itself together and escaped an otherwise lackluster season by placing second at the Virginia Intercollegiate State Wrestling Championships Saturday. Virginia Tech beat out the Cavaliers by 15.5 points to claim the state championship.
Eliese Mitchell broke her own school record in the weight throw with a throw of 61 feet, 7 inches to finish sixth in the Virginia Tech Invitational.
With 5 minutes, 54 seconds left in the first half and down 25-17, the Virginia men's basketball team decided it was time to get serious and put some points on the board.
The Virginia swimming and diving team made a successful trip down Tobacco Road this weekend, beating Duke Friday night and North Carolina Saturday afternoon.
After nine years as head coach of Virginia wrestling, Lenny Bernstein has learned not to mince words.
Five days removed from a hard fought victory over Wake Forest, the No. 10 Virginia men's basketball team looks to continue its two-game winning streak Sunday when it goes up against Florida State at 4 p.m.
F --- You, Songaila" Not exactly the best phrase to start a column with, is it? But it's even worse for it to be blurted out during the silence of the national anthem in University Hall at a Virginia men's basketball game.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - At last night's Virginia/Maryland women's basketball game, the second half simply could have been called the Anna Prillaman Show. Prillaman, a sophomore guard for the Cavaliers, connected on five three-pointers in the closing half, tying a school record, and drove Virginia to a 52-44 road victory.
Ah, Charlottesville. It's nice to be back home. I actually was growing tired of waking up at the crack of noon and eating all of the food in my mom's house.
Tonight's women's basketball game will pit a young Virginia team against an experienced Maryland squad in College Park, Md., at 7:30 p.m. "This is a huge game for us," said Virginia coach Debbie Ryan.
Virginia graduate Katie Tracy was named the NCAA Division I female recipient of the Woody-Hayes national scholar-athlete award yesterday.
According to the Washington Post, Virginia sophomore Maurice Young has transferred to St. Bonaventure.
"Must-win" is a term that is thrown around quite a bit in the world of college basketball. It is a phrase most teams don't want pinned to their names.
In a "must-win" game for the Virginia men's basketball team, the Cavaliers finally played a regular-season game that corresponded with their preseason expectations.
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.
