Virginia-Virginia Tech grudge match brings unexpected October heat
By Kris Wright | September 29, 1999Hear YE, Hear YE! It's Wednesday and all is well! But in a little more than 72 hours, things will be far from well.
Hear YE, Hear YE! It's Wednesday and all is well! But in a little more than 72 hours, things will be far from well.
At first glance, Julie Harris' weekend didn't seem to make much sense. Friday night against the then-No.
Angela Hucles' strong showing against then-No. 18 Stanford, in which she notched the game-winning goal as well as an assist, earned her ACC Player of the Week honors.
Coming off a 2-1 win over a tough North Carolina team, the Virginia men's soccer squad takes on American today at 5 p.m.
With the matchup against Virginia Tech only three days away, the thoughts of most members of the Virginia football team are centered on their foes in Blacksburg.
Fourth years Mary Frances Scott, Jessica Parsons and Whitney Bilger are more than co-captains of the Virginia volleyball team.
A slew of upsets over the weekend shook up the balance of teams in the bottom half of the ESPN and AP polls, while the top six teams remained unchanged.
During his 18-year tenure in Charlottesville, reticent Virginia coach George Welsh has heaped praise upon individual players about as often as BYU has employed the wishbone offense.
With Saturday's dramatic 45-40 victory over BYU serving as the anomaly, Virginia's weekend expedition westward was a bit rockier than expected. Following the late night heroics, the team bus was without escort, delaying the squad's arrival at the airport until nearly 1 a.m.
Exactly how much of a time differential is there between Charlottesville and Provo? Is it two hours, like the map says, or was I thrown into some alternate, bizarre dimension where everything is thrown into chaos? After catching up on all the wackiness that went down in the world of sports this weekend while I was in Utah, I'm beginning to subscribe to the latter idea. We'll begin close to home with our own football team.
The Virginia volleyball team came out on a mission Saturday night: to snap their four game losing streak and play more like the team that reeled off seven straight wins to begin the season.
It's not how you start; it's how you finish, right? Well, maybe. After suffering a 3-2 overtime loss yesterday to in-state rival Old Dominion, the Virginia field hockey team was left wondering whether their lackluster performance in the first half was the deciding factor in a hard-fought physical defeat. The Monarchs took advantage of the slow start to jump to a 2-0 lead.
With four first-year starters, the Virginia men's soccer team knows its future looks bright. But judging from Saturday night, the future is now. The No.
PROVO, UTAH-You are Jerton Evans and you just intercepted a pass from Heisman Trophy candidate Kevin Feterik to preserve a 45-40 win.
PROVO, UTAH-Thomas Jones rushed for a career high 210 yards and Jerton Evans snagged two interceptions, including one on then-No.
Carryn Weigand's five-year Cavalier career culminated in consecutive terms as co-captain because she uses her head.
The No. 5 field hockey team defeated Georgetown yesterday, 6-1, in the nation's capital. The Cavs face off against No.
Two contrasting styles will be on display when run-oriented Virginia faces off against run-and-gun Brigham Young at 9 p.m.
Coming off a 2-1 come-from-behind win against Virginia Tech Wednesday night, the No. 16 Virginia men's soccer team prepares to face No.
The Stanford and Hartford women's soccer teams will be at Klockner Stadium this weekend for the Coca-Classic tournament, but it still remains to be seen which Virginia squad will show up. Will it be the Cavs who have risen to No.