Despite finishing a disappointing 5-8 last season, Virginia enters the 2005 campaign once again ranked in the top 10 nationally.
Virginia head coach Dom Starsia returns 27 lettermen as well as eight starters. The Cavaliers will face four of the top five teams in the country: Johns Hopkins (No. 1), Syracuse (No. 2), Maryland (No. 4) and North Carolina (No. 5). Virginia's third ACC opponent, Duke, is also ranked in the top 15.
The Cavaliers went 2-3 against the ACC last season en route to their first losing season in 17 years.
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Virginia singes Flames, earns first win of the season
By Drew Dillman | YesterdayOn a hot and humid first day of September, the song of the same name by Earth, Wind & Fire played over the loudspeaker during pre-match warm-ups. The lyrics of that song go “Dancin’ in September,” and the Cavaliers (1-1, 0-0 ACC) had reason to by the end of the night, winning in four sets against Liberty (2-2, 0-0 Conference USA), 25-17, 26-24, 25-9 and 25-18.
The boys of summer: Virginia takes on summer leagues
By Drew Dillman | YesterdayThe Cavaliers spent their offseason improving their craft in wood-bat summer baseball leagues.
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By Jordan Zimm , Michael Liebermann , Mofeoluwa Akande and Noah Cinel | 2 days agoDespite being off to a rough start, there are still plenty of things that make this Virginia squad both a candidate for redemption and an interesting watch.
