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Basketball surpasses stalled football 'corporation'

By Jed Williams | September 26, 2000

After Illinois performed a 63-21 woodshed job on his powerless Cavaliers in January, George Welsh promised a "reinvented corporation." Little did he know his refurbished pigskin machine would be the football equivalent of Crystal Pepsi. So I exaggerate. But the man with 185 victories to his name could never have guessed that media vultures would recite his memorable prophesy more often than the Preamble to the Constitution.

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Gators swallow Cav women's soccer, 3-2

By Lindsay Means | September 25, 2000

From the beginning, the Virginia women's soccer team trailed Florida in the final game of the Virginia Soccer Classic Tournament, but refused to admit defeat until the final buzzer yesterday. The No.

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Men's soccer downs UNC

By Joe Abrams | September 25, 2000

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-The Virginia men's soccer team showed resilience by coming back from a 1-0 halftime deficit yesterday to soundly defeat ACC rival North Carolina 3-1 on at Fetzer Field. The No.

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Moses grabs Olympic gold medal

By Kate Bedingfield | September 25, 2000

After a silver medal finish in the 100-meter breaststroke last week in Sydney, former Virginia swimmer Ed Moses seized the Olympic gold Saturday as a member of the 4x100 medley relay team that smashed the world record by more than a second. Moses, Lenny Krayzelburg, Ian Crocker and Gary Hall Jr.

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After Wake loss, women's volleyball conquers FSU

By Zack Fried | September 25, 2000

The Virginia women's volleyball team lost in straight sets to Wake Forest Friday night but improved its mental approach and determination overnight to defeat Florida State, 3-1 (15-9, 14-16, 15-8, 15-6), and shoot back into the ACC title race. "Our match was just a mental test and we did really well tonight," Cav coach Melissa Aldrich Shelton said.

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Woodied! Dantzler chops down Cav defense

By Chip Knighton | September 25, 2000

If you were unsure about the Clemson offense, Woody Dantzler or the Tigers' dreams of an ACC title, you're singing a different tune now. Sure, Dantzler, a quarterback no less, led the ACC in rushing before Clemson visited Virginia Saturday.

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Old Dominion routs field hockey

By Ginny Min and Katie Jacob | September 25, 2000

NORFOLK--They say history repeats itself. Yesterday it happened when the Virginia field hockey team lost to Old Dominion for the seventh-straight time, this time by a 5-1 score. Senior goalkeeper Becky Worthington gave the No.

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Clemson dances over Cavs

By Ben Beach | September 25, 2000

Entering Saturday's game against Clemson, Virginia knew it needed to contain quarterback Woodrow Dantzler to win.

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Women's volleyball dives into thick of ACC schedule

By Kate Bedingfield | September 22, 2000

After Tuesday's narrow defeat of ACC rival Duke, the Virginia women's volleyball team faces two of its toughest conference opponents this weekend at University Hall.

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Women's soccer faces GMU, Gators this weekend

By Jonny Schwab | September 22, 2000

After playing five of its first seven games on the road, the Virginia women's soccer team will host the Coca-Cola Classic at home this weekend.

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Virginia hopes to cage Dantzler, No. 11 Tigers

By Andrew Dressel | September 22, 2000

It's a good thing the Cavs don't have to play Clemson in Death Valley this year. Last season at home, the Tigers tore into the defense of the No.

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Cav men travel to Carolina

By Harris Freier | September 22, 2000

Coming off an exhilarating 1-0 overtime victory over Virginia Commonwealth Wednesday night, the eighth-ranked Virginia men's soccer team will face the 10th-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels this Sunday at 2 p.m.

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Men's soccer stays perfect against Rams

By Chris Yeung | September 21, 2000

Alecko Eskandarian is not Brandi Chastain. She took her shirt off. Last night, when the freshman forward ended a long night for the Virginia men's soccer team, he simply pulled his over his head. In the 10th minute of overtime against Virginia Commonwealth, Eskandarian corralled a pass from junior forward Sheldon Barnes on the left side of the goal mouth, dribbled past the fallen goalkeeper and tapped home a shot to give the No.

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Dantzing to Victory

By Ben Beach | September 21, 2000

It's always fun to sit back and think "what if?" What if the earth was flat? What if the moon was made of green cheese?

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Conquering the Green

By Dave Jamieson | September 21, 2000

Lewis Chitengwa thrives on distinction and challenge. Right now, he has both. As the only black African-born player on a major U.S.

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Albright shines in U.S. soccer win

By Ben Keim | September 21, 2000

Led by former Virginia forward Chris Albright, the U.S. men's soccer team beat Kuwait 3-1 in Melbourne, Australia Tuesday.

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Men's soccer sets sights on in-state rival VCU

By Kate Lipper | September 20, 2000

Having climbed back to eighth in the nation after two straight wins, the Virginia men's soccer team faces nationally-ranked Virginia Commonwealth at 7 p.m.

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Zwarich shatters kills mark in marathon Cav win

By Zack Fried | September 20, 2000

Led by a record-breaking performance from senior middle blocker Deanna Zwarich, the Cavalier women's volleyball team ended a four-match losing streak by squeezing out a three-hour 3-2 win against Duke. The Cavs (5-6, 1-0 ACC) had to rally to take the last two games after the Blue Devils (9-4, 0-1) grabbed a 2-1 lead. "We started out well and then relaxed a little bit in the second and third games," Zwarich said.

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Moses worked miracles just to achieve Olympic silver

By Jim Reedy | September 20, 2000

I know most of you Wahoos are kidding - or at least I hope you are - when you brand Ed Moses a loser because he is not bringing an individual gold home from Sydney.

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McMullen continues along path to stardom

By Chip Knighton | September 20, 2000

After a freshman season in which he tied for the team lead with 28 receptions, wide receiver Billy McMullen had every reason to expect a breakout year this season.