North Carolina and Virginia always seem to decide their games in the last minutes, and yesterday was no exception.
Following her emotional comments after Virginia's game against Georgia Tech on Thursday night, women's basketball coach Debbie Ryan asked several former Cavalier players to encourage the team to play together and take pride in representing the University.
After a frenzied first month on the job, Virginia football coach Al Groh delivered a solid recruiting class of 18 future Cavaliers. When the national signing period opened Wednesday, Groh received letters of intent from all but two of the recruits who gave verbal commitments to his predecessor, George Welsh, and added three recruits of his own. Tight end Patrick Estes of Richmond's Benedictine High and safety Randy Jones from Richmond Senior High in Rockingham, N.C., headline the class.
Florida State, the sixth-place team in the ACC, beats No. 4 Duke. Georgia Tech, last in the ACC, beats fourth-placed Virginia.
Following Wednesday night's debacle in Raleigh, N.C., the Virginia men's basketball team (16-5, 5-5 ACC) hits the road again this weekend to face Georgia Tech on Sunday afternoon.
Last night, Virginia was unable to find the answers to the problems that have plagued the team all year and lost to Georgia Tech, 87-70. The story of the season has become all too familiar for the Cavaliers (15-10, 6-6 ACC): a sluggish first half followed by an unsuccessful last-minute comeback. "The effort tonight in the first half was awful," Virginia coach Debbie Ryan said.
If it seemed unlikely that the Virginia women's basketball team could travel to Maryland after a sore loss at N.C.
RALEIGH, N.C.-The Virginia men's basketball team brought a No. 6 ranking to Raleigh last night for an ACC match-up with unranked North Carolina State.
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RALEIGH, N.C.-For the No. 6 Virginia men's basketball team, the season still appears to be one big roller coaster ride.
At the risk of wet-blanketing the flames of hope fanned by the Virginia women's basketball team's 13-point victory at Maryland Monday night, I must pose the question: Why should we believe this momentum will last? After all, for each of their spirit-lifting wins this season, the Cavaliers have swallowed an equally disheartening loss.
The odds were stacked against Virginia men's tennis players Brian Vahaly and Huntley Montgomery as they entered National Indoors this past weekend. The senior co-captains are both 5-foot-11, which served as a disadvantage on the fast courts in Dallas, where taller players who hit hard possess an upper hand. Montgomery defeated Rene Combette of Mississippi State, 7-5, 2-6, 6-2, in the first round.
The Under-21 U.S. Women's National Team has extended Virginia women's soccer center midfielder Lori Lindsey an inviation to play with the team.
Over the past week and a half, the Virginia men's basketball team has played with poise and character, winning its last three games and climbing to No.
Virginia coach Pete Gillen needed only two-and-a-half years to return the men's basketball team to the national powerhouse it was during the Ralph Sampson era.
Virginia junior wrestler Jimi Massey was named the ACC Wrestler of the Week following two dual match victories over North Carolina and Old Dominion University this weekend.
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COLLEGE PARK, Md.-The only thing bigger than the smiles on Virginia women's basketball players' faces as they ran onto the court last night were the smiles they wore as they walked off. Led by senior forward Svetlana Volnaya's game-high of 27 points, the Cavaliers stormed to a 69-56 victory over Maryland at Cole Field House.
The future and hopeful future of Virginia basketball took the floor at University Hall Saturday afternoon when top-ranked Oak Hill Academy took on the Blue Ridge School.
It's been a roller coaster ride for the Virginia men's basketball team this season, but it looks like the Cavaliers are finally going in the right direction: Up. For the second straight time, No.
