First a presidential election and a nation's future hinging on a dimpled chad. Then Alabama, North Carolina and every other collegiate institution in the western hemisphere engage in a heated check-writing contest for the services of Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer, whose personality is often confused for that of a dimpled chad.
The holiday season is always a wonderful time for reflection, especially for the 2000 football season. It's a time to look back and analyze what went right with the year and what went wrong. The good: For the third straight year, Virginia produced the Atlantic Coast Conference's leading rusher.
Sometimes the stars settle in perfect alignment and everything goes your way. Last night's 116-63 victory over St.
After losing to Louisiana Tech in the semifinal of the Preseason NIT yesterday in West Lafayette, Ind., things didn't get any better for the Virginia women's basketball team yesterday in the consolation game.
Sophomore guard Roger Mason Jr. decided to put on a show for an old recruiter with the best game of his young career. "It's hard having a guy you recruited beat you," Coastal Carolina coach Pete Strickland said. Strickland saw a more versatile Mason yesterday in Virginia's 117-78 rout over the Chanticleers.
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If it weren't for the white jerseys, you wouldn't have recognized Virginia in the final two minutes of last night's men's basketball game against Coastal Carolina. Five players who didn't play the first half - Maurice Young, Josh Hare, Jason Rogers, Jason Dowling and Greg Lyons - ended the game on the court, as the Cavaliers routed the Chanticleers, 117-78.
The football gods certainly have a twisted sense of humor. In the last home game of his career, quarterback Dan Ellis was forced to sit out an entire game for the second time this year because of a strained hamstring.
The Virginia men's soccer team made a statement yesterday at Klockner Stadium. By opening the NCAA Tournament with a 5-0 first-round blowout of Lehigh, the Cavaliers made it clear that they fully intend to take the tourney by storm. Led by two goals from freshman midfielder Ryan Kelly, the Cavalier offense thwarted Lehigh's bunker defense, out-shooting the Mountain Hawks, 30-1. "We just wanted to get started off on the right foot, get control and have some momentum starting in on our big games," Kelly said.
The No. 13 Virginia women's basketball team lost to No. 8 Louisiana Tech in the semifinals of the preseason National Invitation Tournament yesterday afternoon in West Lafayette, Ind. In the first half, the Cavs (2-1) made only 13 of 34 shots and shot 38.1 percent from the field for the game, compared to the Techsters' 42.9-percent shooting.
With its back against the wall, the Virginia football team put together its grittiest performance of the season to defeat N.C.
Saturday, with his team desperately needing a win to stay in bowl contention, Bryson Spinner jogged into Scott Stadium and, in his second career start, played the best game of his short career and promptly righted what's been wrong with Virginia this season. I must confess I've been hard on the Cavaliers this year, but I've had reason to be.
Thirty years ago in Brooklyn, Pete Gillen lost his first game as a high school coach when Ray Martin's squad beat his team by 40 points.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-If the Virginia women's soccer team had to have its season end sometime, Saturday night's 2-1 loss to North Carolina in the third round of the NCAA Tournament wasn't a bad way to go. Even with the odds stacked against them, the Cavs (11-8-1) proved they would not be pushovers.
Wednesday was a big day for Cavalier women's athletics, most notably sophomore swimmer Cara Lane, who won the 800-meter freestyle at the 2000 FINA World Cup in College Park, Md. Former Virginia swimmer Ed Moses, who gave up his NCAA eligibility but will return as a student in the spring, won the 50 and 200 breaststrokes in his first competition since winning a pair of Olympic medals in Sydney. Cavalier freshman Amy Baly and senior Megan Iffland also posted top-eight finishes in the first day of competition. Zwarich nets another award   Related Links CD Online Volleyball Coverage CD Online Field Hockey Coverage When the Virginia women's volleyball team opens the ACC Tournament tonight against Wake Forest, it will be led by an All-ACC honoree.
When you think of women's college soccer, two words should come to mind: North Carolina. When Virginia thinks of what stands in the way of its run for a national championship, the same two words come to mind. Tomorrow night at 7 p.m.
We've been here before. The Virginia football team faces a must-win game against a conference foe that is trying to improve its own bowl position.
From the outset of the 2000 season, the Virginia men's soccer team has tried to live up to lofty preseason expectations.
Representatives of the Bowl Championship Series announced yesterday the teams they are considering for spots in the nation's top four bowl games.
