WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.-In yesterday's overtime period, Virginia goalkeeper David Comfort did everything he could to bail the Virginia men's soccer team out of another close game. Another spectacular save was in order as North Carolina forward Caleb Norkus readied a shot from six yards out.
Who needs nails when you get to see as exciting a game as last night's second round Preseason Women's National Invitation Tournament?
The Virginia women's basketball team had to gut it out last night against George Washington. That much is obvious from the 72-66 final score.
They made it look so easy. The Virginia women's soccer team handily defeated North Carolina-Greensboro Saturday night 6-1 in the second round of the NCAA tournament. The Spartans came into the match already the underdog.
After suffering a disappointing 89-88 loss to the London Leopards in its exhibition opener Saturday, the Virginia men's basketball team is hungry for a win in its second and final preseason game.
ATLANTA-So much for Virginia's "benefit of a bye week" theory. The Cavalier football team looked out of sync and overmatched for the majority of its 35-0 loss to Georgia Tech last night.
ATLANTA-Try this: Register for that one class you absolutely need a good grade in to graduate, attend every lecture, buy every book.
The Virginia women's basketball team is ready to storm the court with confidence in the season opener tonight against Mount St.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.-In a game that can be best characterized as painfully boring, the second-seeded Virginia men's soccer team grabbed an early 1-0 lead and sat on it to beat seventh-seeded N.C.
The Virginia field hockey team has been pretty successful so far this season, with a No. 9 national ranking and a 14-7 record.
The Cavalier women's soccer team wants to go to California. Not simply because the fall chill has descended upon Charlottesville, but also because the NCAA Final Four is at San Jose State this year.
The faces may have changed, but the names remain the same. Virginia (5-3, 4-2 ACC) and 25th-ranked Georgia Tech (6-2, 4-2), which has won four in a row, resume their rivalry tonight under the bright lights of Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta and ESPN cameras.
Following what appears to be a recent trend, the 2000 ACC men's soccer tournament is too close to call. "I could put my vote in for any of the teams who get into the semifinals to win it," North Carolina coach Elmar Bolowich said.
In a surprising move, Virginia passed up an opportunity for the Nov. 18 football game against N.C.
Talk to Deanna Zwarich for a minute and you'll get a feeling of what it's like to be a student-athlete.
Some of you may be angry with Darryl Strawberry. You're bitter that he threw away a Hall of Fame career in the sport you grew up on, wasting his life on cocaine and hookers, ducking child support payments and beating his wife.
The Virginia women's basketball team overcame what its coach termed "lazy" play to post an 86-72 victory over Uralmash, a Russian team, in its exhibition finale last night at University Hall. "I was disappointed with the defensive play in the second half," Cavalier coach Debbie Ryan said.
Wally Walker, one of the greatest players in Virginia basketball history, has been selected by the NCAA Honors Committee to receive a NCAA Silver Anniversary Award. Walker, a University Board of Visitors member, will be recognized along with six other recipients at the honors dinner Jan.
Ask most casual college football fans about Georgia Tech football and they are bound to talk about Joe Hamilton, the record-setting quarterback who graduated this spring.
Virginia senior middle blocker Deanna Zwarich was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for her stellar play against Clemson Friday and Georgia Tech Saturday. Zwarich led Virginia to a 3-0 (15-7, 16-14, 15-5) win over Clemson and a come-from-behind 3-2 (10-15, 8-15, 15-2, 15-10, 15-12) victory over Georgia Tech. Zwarich's 22 kills against moved her to 500 kills on the season and gave her Virginia's single season kills record.
