RALEIGH, N.C.-After a heart-stopping double-overtime victory against Wake Forest Sunday with freshman Anna Prillaman taking charge at the point guard position, you would think the Cavaliers had all the consistency they needed to repeat their Jan.
RALEIGH, N.C.-"I thought we played the worst half of basketball we've played all year in the first half," Virginia women's basketball coach Debbie Ryan said. Although the Cavaliers (14-9, 5-5 ACC) made a strong run to draw the game close in the second half, they dug themselves too deep a hole and lost at N.C.
Virginia men's tennis players Brian Vahaly and Huntley Montgomery have been selected to participate in the Rolex National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships. Vahaly, who is not seeded, will take on Arkansas' fourth seed, Oskar Johansson, in the first round.
It was all eerily reminiscent of the year before. The Virginia men's basketball team had just completed an upset of a top-ranked Maryland team in front of a raucous crowd at University Hall.
After an emotional 76-73 double-overtime win over Wake Forest on Sunday, the Virginia women's basketball team wants things to go easier against N.C.
If the No. 11 Virginia men's basketball team still had skeptics after its initial in-conference inconsistency, last night's game against ACC rival No.
In its first international game of the year, the U.S. Men's Under-20 National Team defeated Mexico, 1-0, in Guadalajara, Mexico.
In the hoopla that surrounded the coronation of Al Groh as Virginia's new football coach, Athletic Director Terry Holland whispered the magic words.
Whether she's dribbling down the court, hitting the open three, or racing back on defense, Anna Prillaman is always beaming a confident smile. "Basketball is supposed to be fun," Prillaman said.
Soccer America has named Virginia forward Alecko Eskandarian the 2000 Freshman of the Year for his outstanding performance in his rookie season. Leading the Cavaliers in points, goals scored, assists and shots taken, Eskandarian has become no stranger to awards. He also earned ACC Rookie of the Year, First Team All-ACC and Player of the Year in the state of Virginia honors.
Saturday's victory at Clemson was huge for the Virginia men's basketball team. The ACC road win, Virginia's first of the season, gave the Cavaliers a confidence boost and some much-needed momentum going into tonight's matchup against Maryland. After a 104-76 blowout at Clemson's Littlejohn Coliseum, No.
Only 24 months removed from teenage status, Kobe Bryant is basically your run-of-the-mill adolescent: equal parts exuberant and immature.
If you have ever wondered what it is like to live your life on the hardwood, just ask Virginia's Keith Friel. After all, the senior guard from Durham, N.H., has always lived and breathed basketball.
Virginia tennis player Brian Vahaly took home the singles and doubles titles at the Farnsworth/Princeton Indoors tournament in Princeton, N.J., on Sunday.
Virginia sophomore Eliese Mitchell accounted for two of the Virginia indoor track and field team's nine top-eight finishes in the National Open at Penn State on Saturday. Mitchell took fourth place in the 20-pound hammer weight with a throw of 17.09 meters and seventh in the shot put with a 13.68-meter effort.
CLEMSON, S.C-What do you get when you combine a near-perfect performance by a top 15 team and the worst gig of the season by a mediocre opponent? A 104-76 blowout, that's what. The No.
Virginia wrestling salvaged a split Saturday, losing to N.C. State 23-10 early and beating Duke 19-15 in a come-from-behind win later in the evening.
History does repeat itself. The Virginia women's basketball team (14-8, 5-4 ACC) notched its 47th consecutive win against Wake Forest (11-9, 3-6) with an energetic double-overtime 76-73 victory at University Hall yesterday. Virginia sophomore forward Schuye LaRue, benched in the first half for being late to the pregame shoot-around, brought much needed scoring and intensity to the overtime periods.
CLEMSON, S.C.-The Virginia men's basketball team played exactly the way it wanted to Saturday, blowing out Clemson, 104-76, on the road.
Yesterday at University Hall, it was "Welcome to the Marcie Dickson Show." With a game-high 21 points and two game-tying plays, Virginia's sophomore forward turned in a career performance against the Demon Deacons.
