The Virginia field hockey team opened its season at home with a bittersweet opening weekend. Friday evening, the Cavaliers defeated Virginia Commonwealth, 8-1, before falling to Penn State Sunday in a disappointing 3-0 loss. "They know how they can play when we run the system, and what happens if you don't run the system," coach Michele Madison said. The No.
[caption id="attachment_44453" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Junior forward Will Bates joins senior forward Brian Ownby and sophomore forward Brian Span to create a potentially lethal attack.
[caption id="attachment_44451" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior midfielder Rachel Jennings hopes to build on a successful 2010 season in which she contributed one goal and two assists in a defensive role.
[caption id="attachment_44449" align="alignleft" width="223" caption="Junior middle blocker Jessica O'Shoney made the all-tournament team at the 2010 Marriott Cavalier Classic.
Three Virginia lacrosse players outdueled 123 candidates for a spot on the U.S. Men's National Under-19 team.
When people ask Virginia coach Mike London who the ideal football player is, his answer is simple: Chase Minnifield. "On the field, off the field, in the classroom - you can point to Chase Minnifield being the model," London said. Minnifield's coach is not the only one, however, who is recognizing the All-ACC senior cornerback's exemplary efforts.
The Miami Hurricanes cheated! They provided their football players with strippers! And prostitutes! And shiny bling-bling!
[caption id="attachment_44334" align="alignleft" width="235" caption="Senior goalkeeper Chantel Jones currently sits one shutout shy of the ACC career record.
[caption id="attachment_44257" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Coach Mike London enters his second season at Virginia hopeful that his much-ballyhooed 2011 recruiting class can adjust quickly to college football and push established veterans for playing time during preseason practices.
As I sat on the doorstep of adulthood and the real world last Sunday - the last weekend before the start of my fourth year - not even the opportunity to spend my last, truly free night out on the town could drag me away from watching a bunch of random guys wearing the helmet of my beloved Dallas Cowboys get torn to shreds by another set of random, oversized men masquerading as the San Diego Chargers.
[caption id="attachment_44253" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Former Virginia catcher John Hicks, who started all 68 games for the Cavaliers last season, has batted .274 with one home run and 18 RBIs in 29 games for the Class A Clinton LumberKings of the Midwest League.
The year is 1932. It has been nearly three long years since the Great Depression began. It is the fifth inning of game three of the World Series, and Babe Ruth is at the plate.
Senior outside hitter Simone Asque took some of the sting out of the Virginia volleyball team's expected ninth-place conference finish this season. Asque earned a selection to the 2011 Preseason All-ACC Team Tuesday- the third-consecutive season she has been named to the team by the annual ACC volleyball preseason poll. [caption id="attachment_44250" align="alignleft" width="291" caption="Senior outside hitter Simone Asque started all 30 games for Virginia during the 2010 season.
[caption id="attachment_44185" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="After earning all-ACC honors in 2010, senior forward Brian Ownby returns to the Cavalier attack after spending a summer working to build chemistry with junior forward Will Bates and sophomore forward Brian Span.
Carlos Zambrano is crazy. I think we can all agree on that. I bet we can also agree that in almost every setting, being crazy is a nuisance.
[caption id="attachment_44182" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sophomore forward Gloria Douglas notched three assists during Virginia's shutout of the Spiders Sunday night.
[caption id="attachment_44180" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Former Cavalier pitcher Danny Hultzen will not return for his senior season, and instead has chosen to begin his professional career with the Mariners.
Virginia men's tennis player Jarmere Jenkins defeated three world-ranked competitors en route to earning the singles title at the Purnell-Thomas Memorial Tennis Tournament Sunday afternoon in Salisbury, Md.
Boston College football coach Frank Spaziani sits across from a few reporters and me, chatting about his mustache. "I'll give you an idea [of how long I've had it] without telling you how old I am," Spaziani says.
Former Cavalier standout Matt McLean collected two first-place finishes while representing the United States at the 2011 World University Games.
