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Women stumble in season debut

Debbie Ryan asked for a challenge, and that's what she got. The Ryan-coached Virginia women's basketball team fell yesterday afternoon to St.


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Men's soccer tames Tigers in triple OT

Even the orange "P" painted on the pitch by some Princeton supporters sometime early yesterday morning could not protect the Tigers from Virginia's fury. The Cavaliers pulled off a grueling triple-overtime victory Sunday against Princeton, beating the Tigers 2-1 in front of 1,478 fans at Klöckner Stadium. Halfway through the third overtime period, Drew O'Donnell, Cav co-captain and lone fourth year, found himself at the top of the box with the ball on his feet.


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Cavaliers crush VMI in 41-point blowout

The VMI men's basketball team came into last night's game in University Hall looking for a repeat performance of last year's contest, in which the Keydets stunned the Cavaliers by keeping the came close through the entire first half.


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Terrapins prove

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- After Saturday's 34-30 victory over Maryland, the focal point of many seemed to be the thrilling scoring drive that ended with 26 seconds left and gave Virginia the victory.


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Cavs get tough for NCAA third round

The relay drill was going well for the Virginia women's soccer team at last week's practice -- until common courtesy intervened. As third-year forward Kyla Robinson made the tag at the end of her relay leg and began to slow up from her sprint, teammate Angela Hucles was right on her heels.


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Picking up the pieces of high schoolers' shattered NBA dreams

As "Hoop Dreams" - the brilliant documentary focusing on the separate but similar sagas of two aspiring high-school ballers - draws to a close, William Gates, whose hardcourt heroics earned him a scholarship to Marquette, leaves the audience to ponder these final words: "If I don't make it, don't forget about me." I wonder if Korleone Young was listening.


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Scott snares another volleyball accolade

Mary Frances Scott's Virginia volleyball career may be winding down, but the fourth-year setter keeps piling up the awards. Scott earned Co-ACC Volleyball Player of the Week accolades for her play last week, her second such honor this season.


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Rivers gets raw deal

What an absolute travesty it was that backup quarterback David Rivers did not see more time Saturday than a mere appearance late in the fourth quarter. Just one week prior, Rivers rescued the possibility of a seven-win season with a monster outing against then-No.


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Virginia hoops prep for Russian National Team

The preseason doesn't look to get much easier for the Cavalier women's basketball team as the Russian national team comes calling at University Hall tonight at 7:30 p.m. The Russian national team comes into tonight's showdown continuing their seven-game American tour after previous stops in Atlanta, Raleigh, Chapel Hill and Clemson.


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Crew team sweeps at Rivanna Regatta

The Virginia women's crew team literally blew their competition out the water this weekend, winning all four events at the regatta they hosted on the Rivanna Reservoir. Over 250 rowers from six teams came to the Cavalier boathouse to compete in Sunday's "Rivanna Romp." All of the Cavaliers' ACC opponents -- North Carolina, Duke and Clemson -- attended, as well as teams from the University of Miami, Georgetown and Ohio State. Rowers competed in four different events on the four-kilometer course.

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