Brad Stevens' career path to coaching the Butler Bulldogs is typical among his peers. A high school basketball star, he later played college basketball for the mighty D-3 Depauw University Tigers.
The No. 15 Virginia women's golf team notched 11th place this weekend at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic held at the University of Georgia Golf Course.
There are days when Danny Hultzen throws three-hit, shutout baseball while fanning 12, when Dan Grovatt hits 4-for-5 at the plate with two home runs and when Tyler Cannon makes game-saving plays in the infield. Then there are days like this past Friday and Saturday, when the top-ranked Cavaliers - for perhaps the first time all season - look uncertain and vulnerable to the ups and downs of life in the ACC. Coach Brian O'Connor doesn't keep a calendar. "I don't care how you win the games," he said.
[caption id="attachment_34022" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Junior midfielder Shamel Bratton scored three goals in Saturday's game against No.
[caption id="attachment_34019" align="alignleft" width="196" caption="Senior midfielders Brittany Kalkstein, freshman Caroline McTiernan and sophomore Julie Gardner led the Cavalier offense against James Madison last Wednesday.
The No. 30 Virginia women's tennis team was swept this weekend, losing to No. 19 Florida State 5-2 and to No.
The Virginia softball team swept in-state rival Virginia Tech this weekend, leaving the Cavaliers (18-13, 5-0 ACC) undefeated in ACC play and with its first series win against the Hokies (13-20, 2-4 ACC) since 2005. Freshman pitcher Melanie Mitchell greatly contributed to Virginia's success, as she took the circle and the win in each stage of the three-game set. The first contest was all Virginia, as the team won 5-0.
[caption id="attachment_33976" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sophomore pitcher Danny Hultzan, who most likely will lead the Cavaliers from the mound this evening against the Tigers, heads the team with a 1.06 ERA.
The undefeated and top-ranked Virginia men's lacrosse team prepares to face Johns Hopkins tomorrow at Kl
[caption id="attachment_33971" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Junior catcher Allison Pittman leads the team in stolen bases with seven bases on 10 attempts.
The No. 1 Virginia men's tennis team will take on Miami today at the Snyder Tennis Center followed by a doubleheader Sunday against Florida State and Delaware. Depending on whether it rains, the Miami match may be played indoors, forcing the Cavaliers to deal with a change in surfaces.
The Virginia women's tennis team will get into the heart of its ACC schedule when it heads down to Florida this weekend for a doubleheader against Florida State and Miami, the highest ranked teams Virginia has played thus far. The Cavaliers enter the weekend after winning seven of their last eight matches, including a 5-2 win Sunday against Virginia Tech - a victory that was much closer than the score may seem to indicate. "There were definitely some points during that match, even in the singles, where it looked like it could of turned the other way," sophomore Emily Fraser said.
[caption id="attachment_33942" align="alignleft" width="204" caption="Senior Caity Whiteley and the Cavalier attack buckled down the stretch against No.
[caption id="attachment_33940" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior shortstop Tyler Cannon is hitting .400 during his final season as a Cavalier and was recently named to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List for the nation's top shortstop.
Last week, in his column, "The great debates," Dan Stalcup asserted that he would take the Connecticut women's basketball team against any 14- to 16-seed in the NCAA men's tournament this season.
[caption id="attachment_33937" align="alignleft" width="205" caption="Virginia's second outdoor meet of the season will provide several athletes who did not compete during indoors with much-needed experience.
Riddle me this, in-state students: Has the hometown sports scene ever held this much promise? Virginia bracketologists understandably are bummed about a 'Hoo-less March Madness, but as the spring sports season begins in earnest, Cavalier fans have plenty of reason for optimism.
[caption id="attachment_33893" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sophomore guard Sylven Landesberg was the ACC Rookie of the Year last season, when he played in 55 games for the Cavaliers and averaged 16.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game.
When he was introduced as the new head coach of the Virginia basketball team April 1 last year, Tony Bennett was charged with two tall tasks.
