Here's a line you might have read while sifting through coverage of Virginia football: Antwoine Womack is quietly leading the ACC in rushing this season. But it's not entirely true.
The Virginia women's volleyball team picked up a pair of conference wins this weekend, defeating ACC powerhouse Georgia Tech 3-2 Saturday night and sweeping Clemson 3-0 Friday at University Hall. Senior co-captain Deanna Zwarich and freshman Shannon Boyle led the Cavaliers (15-12, 8-6 ACC) on a furious comeback against the conference-leading Yellow Jackets.
Three days after getting bounced from the ACC Tournament in the first round, the Virginia women's soccer team had its collective feelings soothed by receiving one of 16 first-round byes in this week's NCAA Tournament. The No.
Hopes were high for both the Virginia and Maryland men's soccer teams as they entered Klockner Stadium for their regular season finale Friday night.
Going into Saturday's exhibition opener against the London Leopards, the Virginia men's basketball team seemed ready to start off the new season with a bang.
COLLEGE PARK, Md.-The Virginia field hockey team's dramatic run to the finals of the ACC Tournament ended in disappointing fashion yesterday as the Cavaliers suffered a resounding 3-0 loss to defending NCAA champion Maryland at the Athletic Turf Field in College Park. The loss followed a thrilling 2-1 Cavalier victory Friday night against top-seeded North Carolina, the nation's No.
DURHAM, N.C.-In stomach-churning, heart-stopping, edge-of-your-seat fashion, the Virginia women's soccer team lost to Duke in a penalty kick shootout in the first round of the ACC Tournament last night at the Blue Devils' Koskinen Stadium. The No.
The Virginia men's basketball team begins its exhibition season tomorrow at 2 p.m. when it takes on the London Leopards at University Hall.
The Virginia men's soccer team looks to end the regular season with a win tonight against ACC rival Maryland.
COLLEGE PARK, Md.-The Virginia field hockey team survived a furious onslaught and disastrous late goal by Duke yesterday to beat the Blue Devils in overtime, 2-1, in the first round of the ACC Tournament in College Park, Md. The fourth-seeded Cavaliers (13-6) continue play today when they face off against top seed North Carolina, ranked No.
For the first time, the outcome of the women's soccer ACC Tournament is not quite predictable. There were so many surprise last-minute wins and losses over the course of the regular season, and the teams are so evenly matched that four tied for second place in the conference.
Last weekend, the Virginia field hockey team ended its regular season with a bang. The Cavaliers notched two hard-fought victories on the road in an overtime win against Duke and a come-from-behind triumph against Yale. But things are far from over. In fact, the Cavaliers have completed only one piece of a three-part puzzle, according to coach Jessica Wilk. "The entire season is actually three different seasons," she said, "the regular season, the ACC Tournament, and the NCAA Tournament.
The NBA's 2000-01 opening day rosters released Tuesday listed 56 players from Atlantic Coast Conference schools.
The Virginia women's basketball team came together to win its first exhibition game 79-69 over Athletes in Action, a Christian traveling basketball team, last night at University Hall. The Cavs were scoreless for the first four minutes of the game and allowed AIA to post a five-point lead, but Virginia senior forward Svetlana Volnaya hit a running jump shot to put her team on the board. But Virginia's first half woes were far from over.
The New York Yankees had their third straight ticker-tape parade Monday. When you weren't looking last week - and apparently you weren't, judging by the record-low television ratings - they won their fourth world championship in five years, the 26th in the storied history of the franchise. When can we dispense with the formality of the 2001 season and hand them a 27th? How can anyone beat them?
Pressure? What pressure? The only pressure preseason All-American candidate and All-ACC forward Svetlana Volnaya feels is the never-ending quest to better herself as a player. "I'm not trying to think about our rankings right now," Volnaya said.
The Virginia baseball team will have two new faces in the dugout this spring. Coach Dennis Womack named Chip Schaffner and Luis Giraldo as the two newest members of his coaching staff.
After losing 37-3 at Florida State, the Virginia football team rebounded with a 17-6 win against North Carolina Saturday.
Oh, how we love to rip Ronald Curry. He's our whipping boy, and when anything dares run amiss in our perfect little college lives, there's always ol' Benedict Curry to blame. C-minus on a midterm?
How important are the last three games of the season for the Virginia football team? Byron Thweatt can tell you. "This next stretch run is going to determine what is going to happen for this football team," said Thweatt, a senior linebacker.
