For most of Michele Madison's tenure as Virginia's field hockey coach, the results have been impressive.
[caption id="attachment_45458" align="alignleft" width="266" caption="Freshman forward Chris Somerville has started all six games for Virginia this season but has failed to find the net since a 7-1 romp against Richmond Aug.
[caption id="attachment_45381" align="alignleft" width="194" caption="Senior defender Amanda Fancher and the rest of Virginia's defense will go up against a Maryland attack that averaged three goals per game and never lost during its opening eight matches.
I try to like the MLB. I really do. I can live with the quaint opposition to instant replay in an attempt to keep the game as it was back in the day.
[caption id="attachment_45376" align="alignleft" width="262" caption="Entering this weekend's slate against the Hokies and the Huskies, junior settle Beth Wildermuth is averaging 9.97 assists per set.
Following a disappointing 3-0 shutout loss against Michigan State Saturday, the Virginia field hockey team received positive news Tuesday as it was announced that senior midfielders Paige Selenski and Michelle Vittese would participate in the upcoming Pan American Games for Team USA. The qualifier tournament, which will be held Oct.
[caption id="attachment_45323" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior kicker Robert Randolph earned his second consecutive National Placekicker of the Week award after his 23-yard field goal handed the Cavaliers a 34-31 victory.
Quickly, raise your hand if you have heard one of these before: "He's a great closer; when the game's on the line you want the ball in his hands." Or, on the other side, "He's a choke artist; he just doesn't know how to finish games." I write this because as a die-hard Dallas Cowboys fan, last Sunday I was forced to watch in agony as my team blew a 14-point fourth-quarter lead, thanks in large part to the struggles of quarterback Tony Romo.
[caption id="attachment_45318" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior defender Hunter Jumper picked up a yellow card during a physical 2-0 loss against Liberty.
Unless you were either hiding under a rock last Saturday night or were too plastered to remember, you are probably aware that Virginia Tech is not the only 2-0 football team in the commonwealth.
[caption id="attachment_45254" align="alignleft" width="261" caption="Senior defender Hunter Jumper played all 90 minutes during the Cavaliers' 1-0 shutout against Duke last weekend.
Plaxico Burress should be a New York Giants legend. He just should. There's no debate about it. If we lived in a just world, Plax would have gone down in Giants lore right alongside Michael Strahan and Eli Manning as a legend of the Super Bowl XLII team.
[caption id="attachment_45251" align="alignleft" width="194" caption="Sophomore libero Emily Rottman registered 47 digs throughout the three-day Ohio Volleyball Tournament this past weekend.
The No. 17 Virginia women's cross country team and the No. 19 men's team finished first and second place, respectively, at this weekend's Lou Onesty Open held in Charlottesville. [caption id="attachment_45249" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Senior Anna Corrigan finished first in the 5k at the Lou Onesty Open.
Virginia women's basketball freshman forward Sarah Imovbioh has been deemed ineligible to practice or play for the Cavaliers for the upcoming 2011-12 campaign by the NCAA.
[caption id="attachment_45188" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Virginia football team celebrates after senior kicker Robert Randolph drilled a 23-yard field goal to knock off the Hoosiers.
The No. 7 Virginia women's soccer team entered the Nike Soccer Classic this weekend undefeated but struggled during the weekend's tournament as it finished with a scoreless draw Friday against Washington State and then suffered the season's first loss Sunday against Penn State.
To me, the greatest thing about sports is that there's always a next year. No matter how many games a team loses, or how close the players got to a championship, only to see the ultimate prize slip through their fingertips at the final moments, there will always be a next year to come out and try it again. Unfortunately, in life, it's often much more difficult to look forward to next year - a fact we were all reminded of by the events we as a nation commemorated this past Sunday.
[caption id="attachment_45184" align="alignleft" width="202" caption="Sophomore forward Brian Span scored Virginia's lone goal as the Cavaliers opened ACC play with a 1-0 win.
The No. 7 Virginia field hockey team lost its third game of the regular season this past weekend, marking its worst start since 2005.
