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.
Last week Kyle Martino was named a finalist for the Hermann Trophy, college soccer's MVP award. Yesterday, the Virginia sophomore grabbed second team preseason All-American honors from Soccer America magazine. Soccer America also gave the Virginia team a nod, ranking it third in the nation.
Maybe Margin Hooks doesn't get it. He has plenty to worry about as the marked man on Brigham Young's struggling offense, but the senior wide receiver is playing it cool. The BYU offense entered the 2000 season with a daunting task.
If you remember the 1999 Virginia soccer teams and are trying to apply that to the upcoming season, please don't.
Losing only three starters from last season, the No. 16 Virginia women's soccer team seems poised to improve on its third-round exit from the 1999 NCAA Tournament.
The Virginia men's and women's swimming and diving teams both received Academic All-America honors from the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA). The CSCAA rates teams according to their academic performance.
George Gelnovatch, Virginia men's soccer coach, has learned to choose his words carefully. Don't ask him if the Cavs will win the national championship.
After 39 holes of lost opportunities and dramatic comebacks, 2000 Virginia grad James Driscoll fell to Arizona State's Jeff Quinney in the championship match of the 100th U.S.
Not to be a complete carpetbagger or anything, but I have news for all you Southerners out there: Auto racing is not a sport. Judging by the attention NASCAR receives from newspapers around Virginia, the Commonwealth's sports fans would argue that point.
Arlen Harris would like to downplay being named Virginia's opening-day starter at tailback, but it's obvious nobody is going to let him.
What do you do when your breakout season is interrupted by a knee injury on the first drive of the opening game? If you're Monsanto Pope, you make yourself stronger and faster than you've ever been. The junior defensive tackle blew out his knee on the sixth play of the season opener against North Carolina last year.
Looking back on a season in which Virginia plummeted to the bottom of the conference in pass defense, two culprits emerge: injury and inexperience. One year later, the Cavaliers have healthy legs in the secondary, but the inexperience factor still remains. Having lost starting cornerbacks Dwayne Stukes and Antwan Harris to graduation and strong safety Chris Williams to academic ineligibility, Virginia enters the season with only one returning starter in sophomore free safety Jerton Evans. And with all the concerns and question marks looming over the secondary during the preseason, Cavalier coach George Welsh is as unsure of what to expect as the next person. "We're going in there four deep without much experience," Welsh said.
In Greek mythology, the Hydra was a serpent-like creature that grew multiple heads if one was severed. This myth might strike a chord with opposing defenses when trying to stop the Virginia running attack of Arlen Harris, Tyree Foreman and Antwoine Womack. Much has been made of this year's backfield and not just because of the loss of Thomas Jones.
