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Cavaliers barely escape Spiders' rally in home opener

By Chris Yeung | September 3, 2001

Virginia football coach Al Groh promised that his Cavaliers would be exciting to watch. He kept his word on Saturday. After a 36-yard David Greene field goal put Virginia comfortably ahead, 17-0, with 20 minutes left to play, the Cavaliers almost fumbled their way to a loss and narrowly escaped Scott Stadium with a 17-16 win over Richmond. "We're pleased to have won," Groh said.

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Virginia looks to put out Flames in season opener

By Katie Montgomery | August 31, 2001

Virginia men's soccer coach George Gelnovatch doesn't want to get too excited. After watching his squad go undefeated in preseason competition in Europe, he knows the Cavaliers' preseason No.

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Spiking the Competition

By Ben Keim | August 31, 2001

At first glance, it might seem that the Virginia women's volleyball team should be preparing for a season of rebuilding.

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Virginia kicks off season against Rebels

By Jon Evans | August 31, 2001

The Virginia women's soccer team will open its 2001 campaign tomorrow in a 1 p.m. matchup with Mississippi at Klockner Stadium. The Cavaliers start their season ranked No.

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Cavs prepare for pesky Spiders

By Paul Crane | August 31, 2001

Tomorrow's game against Richmond presents more questions to the Virginia football team than the Riddler left for Batman. How will the Cavaliers respond to the loss of running back Antwoine Womack?

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Seniors spearhead ACC title hopes

By Kate Bedingfield | August 30, 2001

The Virginia field hockey team kicks off the 2001 campaign on a quest for its fourth consecutive NCAA tournament berth and with its eye on the ACC championship.

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Moses finishes sixth in Worlds

By Lucky Lukes | August 30, 2001

Sophomore Virginia swimmers Luke Anderson and Luke Wagner begin competition in the 2001 Goodwill Games todayin Brisbane, Australia.

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Spraker Unfazed By Virginia

By Jessica Garrison | August 30, 2001

Richmond, a Division I-AA team, is among the least of the Virginia football team's worries this year.

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Receivers, tight ends catch up to expectations

By Chip Knighton | August 30, 2001

At first glance, the Virginia football team's receiving corps would appear to be of little threat to the defenses of the ACC.

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In case you missed Sportscenter...

By Ben Beach | August 29, 2001

It's my first week back and already I'm stressed. Well, you might be too if you had a paper due before classes started, or in this case, a sports column.

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Cavs look to continue winning ways

By Jon Evans | August 29, 2001

This season the Virginia women's soccer team looks to improve on a very successful 2000 campaign.

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Womack to undergo surgery on ankle

By Lindsay Means | August 29, 2001

Virginia football coach Al Groh announced yesterday that senior tailback Antwoine Womack will have surgery on his ankle. Womack went down with a high ankle sprain during Saturday's season-opening game at Wisconsin. Womack will undergo surgery as soon as the swelling in his ankle goes down, Groh announced.

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2001 Cavalier Opponents

By Chip Knighton | August 27, 2001

Richmond September 1/Home 2000 Record: 10-3 Key Players: QB Sean Gustus, OL Ken Farrar, DL Josh Spraker, DB Chad Blackstock, KR Cordell Roane Musical quarterbacks: Coach Jim Reid's Spiders are among the top teams in Divison 1-AA, ranked 13th in the ESPN/USA Today preseason poll.

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Badgers rain on Groh's debut

By Jessica Garrison | August 27, 2001

Thunderstorms delayed the start of the 2001 Virginia football season, but in the end it was Wisconsin who truly rained on the Cavaliers' parade.

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Agressive defense looks to outsmart opponents

By Paul Crane | August 27, 2001

One of the first changes new coach Al Groh made when he arrived to Virginia was to completely revamp the defensive scheme.

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Sports in Brief

August 27, 2001

Oklahoma got its national title defense off to a good start as it defeated North Carolina, 41-27, in the Hispanic College Fund Classic on Saturday. The Sooners scored 31 points in the first quarter to set the tone for the game.

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Balanced group of runners leads offense

By Paul Crane | August 27, 2001

If the Cavaliers have had a consistent strength over the past few years, it has been their running game.

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Memo to Groh disbelievers: he's not listening

By Jed Williams | August 27, 2001

If it's dangerous living you seek, then do yourself a favor. Forget those childish, ESPN-concocted X-Sports (you know, all that skysurfing balderdash), and please don't stake your name and fortune to mercurial dot-com ventures.

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Schaub, Spinner still competing for QB position

By Ginny Min | August 27, 2001

With its 2001 schedule as one of the most demanding in school history - Sports Illustrated ranked it No.

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Littlepage sheds interim status, becomes new athletics director

By Ginny Min | August 25, 2001

In the end, the University did not have to look very far to find a new athletics director. At a press conference Tuesday afternoon, University President John T.