Despite the absence of leading scorer Alecko Eskandarian from the lineup Saturday night, the Virginia men's soccer team showed no signs of distress as it soundly defeated ACC rival North Carolina, 2-0, at Klockner Stadium.
On the heels of its victory at N.C. State last week, the No. 11 Virginia women's soccer team tied No.
Amid patriotism and Tiger paws, the Virginia football team returned to the field after last week's cancellations and escaped with a last-second 26-24 upset at Clemson on Saturday night. With no timeouts left and 1 minute, 43 seconds left to play, the Cavaliers (2-1, 1-0 ACC) marched down the field from their own 44-yard line and scored the winning touchdown when sophomore quarterback Bryson Spinner found wide receiver Billy McMullen in the corner of the end zone with one second left in the game. "We practiced that play all week," Spinner said.
As a referee threw the 11th penalty flag of the night following Billy McMullen's last-second touchdown catch, every Virginia fan probably held his or her breath.
No. 12 Virginia field hockey fell to 2000 NCAA Champion Old Dominion, 3-2, yesterday at University Hall Turf Field after ODU managed to force 16 penalty corners to the Cavaliers' four. Senior co-captain Jessie Coleman and junior Katie Slocum both put the ball in the cage for Virginia (4-2), but it was not enough to top No.
The Virginia men's soccer team already avenged one of its postseason losses last year after beating Creighton, 3-2, on Sept.
The Virginia field hockey team gears up for a tough game against defending national champion No.
Young rejoins Cavaliers as softball coach Virginia softball coach Cheryl Sprangel announced yesterday that Meg Young will be a graduate assistant coach for the Cavaliers. Young is pursuing a master's in physiology with a concentration in strength and conditioning after graduating from Virginia with a degree in Spanish in May 2001. Young was a standout Cavalier during her playing days.
The Virginia football team (1-1) hopes to prove history wrong when it travels to Clemson on Saturday for its first game in three weeks. Traditionally, No.
He stands 5-foot-11 and weighs in at 200 pounds. He can run and pass with remarkable ease. He bench-presses over 400 pounds - eighth highest on his team.
During the waning days of summer, some university students flock to the beaches for a few final days of fun and relaxation.
Virginia football coach Al Groh apologized yesterday for making an inconsiderate remark toward Arabs during the weekly ACC football coaches teleconference earlier in the day. "I am sorry if my remarks were insensitive," Groh said in a press release.
In its first home game of the season, Virginia field hockey handed previously unbeaten Richmond (5-1) a 2-0 loss yesterday night at University Hall Turf Field.
The National Football League made a grave mistake this past weekend. Canceling the football games on Sunday was a cop-out. Now, before you begin to protest that I'm being insensitive and say that the NFL did the right thing and showed the utmost respect to the dead, hear me out.
W hat's the first thing that comes to mind when you envision a 6-foot-7, 255-pound man holding a chain saw?
Florida State defensive end shot in back Seminole senior defensive end Eric Powell was shot in the right lower back early Sunday morning in Orlando in what appears to have been a confrontation with a robber.
The Virginia women's field hockey team will resume its regular season schedule tonight at Klockner Stadium against an undefeated Richmond squad that is off to its best start in school history.
America is a nation of speed and efficiency, invention and progression, industry and ingenuity. Most of all, it is a nation in motion, forging ahead, foot glued to the clutch beneath an "ain't nobody gonna take my pride, ain't nobody gonna hold me down, oh no ... I've got to keep on movin'" mantra. When the horse and buggy no longer sufficed, we cranked out a Model T.
Virginia football coach Al Groh said yesterday that taking three weeks off amid a time of tragedy is a very difficult thing to do, and that the Cavaliers (1-1) would welcome this weekend's game against No.
Beginning a new ACC season last night against Wake Forest, the No. 2 Virginia men's soccer team relied on a tried and true combination to post a 1-0 win.
