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The Virginia department of athletics announced that the football team's home game against Georgia Tech on Nov. 10 will begin at 3:30 p.m. The game also be seen on ESPN.

Blue Devils take marathon victory over Virginia

The Virginia women's volleyball team (7-14, 3-10 ACC) fell to the Duke Blue Devils (18-3, 10-3), 3-2 after five hotly contested matches on Tuesday.

The Blue Devils eked out a 31-29 win in the first match, but Virginia responded with consecutive 30-27 and 30-26 wins. The Cavaliers could not hold on to the lead and Duke took the last two games to win the match in 2 hours, 25 minutes.

Senior Jenny Harmon was on the top of the Cavaliers' scoring list with 19 kills, nine digs, six blocks, two assists and a service ace Sophomore Paige Davis added 17 kills and seven digs.

The Cavaliers will take the court on Sunday at Wake Forest at 5 p.m.

Curry out for Thursday night against Jackets

When the No. 22 Tar Heels face the No. 23 Yellow Jackets on Thursday night for a nationally televised football game, one of North Carolina's most recognized players may be sitting on the bench and out of the spotlight.

Ronald Curry, North Carolina's senior quarterback, most likely will miss Thursday's game with a strained hamstring. North Carolina (5-3, 4-1) has played Curry in tandem with freshman standout Darian Durant, who actually has surpassed Curry in the air with 949 passing yards, a 63 percent pass completion and nine touchdowns.

Curry, on the other hand, has four touchdown passes, with 672 total passing yards and a 43 percent completion percentage.

-Compiled by Jessica Garrison

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