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Moses swims his way to silver in Olympics

Early yesterday morning, U.S. swimmer Ed Moses was half a world away, applying the finishing strokes to a performance that earned him an Olympic silver medal in the men's 100-meter breaststroke. Moses, a third-year College student who swam for the Cavaliers for two seasons, finished in 1 minute, 0.73 seconds, only 27 hundredths of a second behind Italy's Domenico Fioravanti.


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Cavalier seniors earn preseason tennis rankings

After posting successful seasons in the spring, Virginia tennis players Brian Vahaly and Huntley Montgomery earned national collegiate preseason rankings for the 2000-01 season. Vahaly is ranked third in the nation for singles and Montgomery is 27th.


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Cavs head to Durham for vengeance

Last year's game against the Duke football team ended in a shocking 24-17 loss for Virginia. The Blue Devils scored on a trick play to tie the game with six seconds left and went on to beat the Cavaliers in overtime.


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Swimmers go for gold at Olympics

Virginia will be well represented in swimming events at the Sydney Olympic Games. The opening ceremonies are Friday. Two current and two ex-Cavalier swimmers will represent their nations in Sydney.


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Men's soccer, Barnes trick Northeastern

There's nothing like a good benching to put some fire in your belly. A recent string of ineffective play left Virginia junior forward Sheldon Barnes on the wrong side of the sideline last night, as the No.


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Men's soccer shoots to end two-game skid

Coming off a rough weekend of two close losses to South Carolina and Indiana at the Fila/Maryland Invitational, the Virginia men's soccer team has high hopes for victory in tonight's game against Northeastern. The Cavaliers (2-2) play at home at 7 p.m.


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Switch to defense pays off for Hawkins

Ahmad Hawkins is one of Virginia's starting cornerbacks. So what's the big deal? Until the spring, Hawkins was a starting wide receiver for the Cavs. Hawkins was the leading receiver on one of the most prolific high school teams ever, the 1996 Hampton Crabbers.


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Bryce Florie: When bad things happen to good people

Before Friday night, only the most careful baseball observers knew who Bryce Florie was. Even those scattered rotisserie league fanatics who recognized the name could place him only as one of dozens of faceless relief pitchers who toil nearly anonymously in the major leagues.


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Knee injuries plague Cav football players

Renewed by a 34-6 victory over Richmond Saturday but uncertain about his team's health, Virginia football coach George Welsh spoke about his squad's outlook at a press conference yesterday. Sophomore running back Arlen Harris continues to recover from last week's knee surgery and will not play Saturday against Duke.


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Men's soccer suffers loss to Indiana

COLLEGE PARK, Md.-The Virginia men's soccer team closed out a rough weekend at the Fila/Maryland Invitation with a hard-fought 2-1 loss to Indiana, the defending NCAA Champions, yesterday at Ludwig Field at the University of Maryland campus.


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