Two perspectives
By Will Van Wazer | October 21, 2010At a school of 20,000-plus students, you're more than likely to see people you think you recognize, but who are not, in fact, your friends.
At a school of 20,000-plus students, you're more than likely to see people you think you recognize, but who are not, in fact, your friends.
[caption id="attachment_37286" align="alignleft" width="238" caption="Pitching coach Karl Kuhn was named the Tom House Teaching Professional of the Year by Collegiate Baseball.
All hail Oregon as college football's new No. 1 team. In a world where mathematical formulae determine the national champion, this is a feat in and of itself.
After undergoing an operation involving cartilage work on his left knee Tuesday, redshirt junior guard Sammy Zeglinksi is expected to miss about eight weeks of practice.
[caption id="attachment_37282" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior forward Meghan Lenczyk was named ACC Player of the Week after scoring three goals during Virginia's 2-0 and 2-1 wins against Duke and Wake Forest.
[caption id="attachment_37194" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Trevor Grywatch has only played two snaps this season on special teams but has contributed in other ways.
Think back to the days just before this semester began. This was a time when Charlottesville was still hot and humid, first-year students were about to soil themselves out of nervousness and Virginia football was on the brink of a renaissance.
[caption id="attachment_37191" align="alignleft" width="214" caption="Junior goalkeeper Chantel Jones needs one more shutout in a Cavalier uniform to tie the Virginia record for most shutouts in a career.
Unless you were one of the few people who watched Team USA beat Turkey to capture gold at the FIBA World Basketball Championships, your most recent basketball memory is probably watching LeBron James stab Cleveland Cavaliers fans in the back during The Decision.
[caption id="attachment_37125" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Redshirt junior guard Sammy Zeglinski will be sidelined for an undetermined amount of time after he suffered a knee injury during practice.
"The Office" is back for its seventh season, and because this is Steve Carell's farewell tour with the Scranton crew, I had high hopes that the show's writers would pull out all the stops.
[caption id="attachment_37122" align="alignleft" width="228" caption="Junior midfielder Paige Selenski scored two goals last night to help the No.
[caption id="attachment_37120" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior Emil Heineking won his second consecutive individual title at Panorama Farms Friday.
The No. 25 men's golf team won its second consecutive tournament of the 2010 season, topping the leaderboard at The Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate.
[caption id="attachment_37062" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior running back Keith Payne ran for a touchdown and 107 yards on 23 carries, just seven yards shy of his career high.
Following the opening kickoff, my North Carolina friend turned to me and made an outrageous prediction. "T.J.
[caption id="attachment_37059" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Junior forward Brian Ownby injected energy into the Virginia attack despite battling a sore throat.
The Virginia volleyball team had a tough weekend in Memorial Gymnasium, losing 3-0 Friday against Duke before falling 3-1 Sunday against Wake Forest. The losses ended a three-game winning streak for the Cavaliers (9-10, 3-6 ACC). The Blue Devils (16-3, 8-1 ACC) were knotted with Virginia at 9-9 in the first set Friday but pulled away to earn an 18-10 lead.
Another game, another down-to-the-wire finish for the Virginia women's soccer team. The Cavaliers beat the visiting Wake Forest Demon Deacons 2-1, despite playing a man down for more than 70 minutes during the game. Virginia (10-3-1, 4-2-0 ACC) started the game with an unconventional lineup - junior goalkeeper Chantel Jones, ranked second in Virginia history with 30 shutouts, was benched for the first 10 minutes for reasons the coaches said they wished to keep in-house.
[caption id="attachment_37052" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Freshman midfielder Katie Robinson scored her first career goal in Saturday's loss against No.