Patience is definitely a virtue. Richmond's Sean Gustus is living proof. After hanging around for three years and playing wherever he was needed, Gustus finally has earned his chance to start at quarterback for the Spiders. Gustus, a redshirt junior from football powerhouse DeMatha High in Maryland, is a jack-of-all-trades.
You could say Jessica Wilk's first season as Virginia's field hockey coach was a success. After all, the Cavaliers ended last season with a No.
N.C. State University Chancellor Marye Anne Fox selected Lee Fowler as the new athletics director, ending an intensive search.
Four years ago, wide receiver Demetrius Dotson was one of three true freshmen who saw time for the Virginia football team.
The Virginia women's volleyball team has dominated James Madison in recent years, winning 10 of the last 11 competitions.
In last night's unseasonably cool Charlottesville weather, the Virginia women's soccer team defeated Alabama-Birmingham 1-0 in the make-up of Monday's lightning-postponed game. Cavalier center midfielder Lori Lindsey scored the game's only goal 16 minutes into the match with help from a picture perfect long ball played to her by sophomore defender Brooke Stastny. The No.
After signing to play football for Virginia this season, 1999 SuperPrep All-American Hikee Johnson failed to receive approval from the NCAA Clearinghouse.
For any football team, the first few days after a loss are always a time for second-guessing, but the Cavaliers engaged in more than their share of what-ifs and hypotheticals yesterday, two days after their season-opening overtime loss to Brigham Young. Virginia coach George Welsh faced plenty of questions about his fourth quarter play calling, but the topic du jour was the Cavs' continuing penchant for blowing leads.
Alecko Eskandarian hasn't even attended a full week of courses, but already he's jumped to the head of the class in ACC men's soccer.
Speaking publicly for the first time about her recent battle with illness, Virginia women's basketball coach Debbie Ryan announced yesterday that she successfully underwent surgery to remove a small tumor from her pancreas earlier this month.
As a true orange and blue blood -- one of those guys who judges his self worth by the number of Virginia football players who call him by name, one of those guys who knows the helmet size of the backup long-snapper - I should be sullen.
Virginia jumped out to a 21-0 halftime lead fueled by the running game, but Brigham Young kicked a 26-yard field goal in overtime to defeat the Cavs 38-35. Leading by a touchdown with 4:48 left in the fourth quarter, Virginia (0-1) failed to convert on a fourth-and-one run from midfield.
After a 1999 season that left the Cavalier football team with more questions than answers, coach George Welsh vowed to "reinvent the corporation." Assistant coaches were shuffled, offensive and defensive schemes were evaluated, and players changed positions.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--Trailing just 2-1 to No. 1 North Carolina, the No. 16 Virginia women's soccer team had its upset hopes dashed in the 60th minute of their first ACC game of the season. A breakaway goal by Carolina forward Meredith Florance, who placed her shot just under Cavalier freshman keeper Jody Clugston, sealed the fate of the Cavs (1-1, 0-1 ACC) Friday night at Fetzer Field. Three more goals by the Tar Heels (3-0, 1-0) followed on the momentum of Florance's unassisted breakaway, making the final score 6-1.
The Nittany Lion field hockey team was simply too much for the out-gunned Cavaliers, felling them 3-1 in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge yesterday in St.
Despite having only three seniors, the Virginia women's volleyball team rose above its youth and inexperience to win two of three matches over the weekend, earning them second place in the Jefferson Cup Tournament. The Cavaliers (2-1) defeated Kentucky Saturday, 3-1, and split a pair of matches Friday, taking a 3-1 win over William and Mary before losing to Georgetown, 3-0. Saturday against the Wildcats (1-2), the Cavs won the first two games, 15-13 and 15-8.
It was over almost as quickly as it began. Needing to win by five goals to clinch the 2000 Virginia Soccer Classic tournament, the No.
Official practice for the 2000-01 season may still be months away, but that didn't stop the Virginia men's basketball team from picking up some early preparation at the end of this summer. From Aug.
Last weekend, Brigham Young suffered a 29-3 defeat in Jacksonville at the hands of defending national champs Florida State.
With only three seniors, two returning starters and no juniors, the Virginia women's volleyball team needs its stellar incoming freshman class to contribute mightily if it is to continue its climb to national prominence. The current Cavalier recruits were ranked as the sixth best class in the nation by Volleyball Magazine, making it Virginia's highest-ranked recruiting class ever.
