Draft mania
By Eric Strow | April 21, 2009This coming weekend is the NFL Draft, which means many things for sports fans at the University.
This coming weekend is the NFL Draft, which means many things for sports fans at the University.
The Virginia men?s golf team shot a final round 2-over 290 Sunday to finish ninth at the 54-hole ACC Championships at the Old North State Club in New London, N.C.The team?s 5-over 869 total was one shot behind Virginia Tech and North Carolina, and three shots back of sixth-place Maryland.
The Virginia softball team played its final home series of the season this past weekend against Georgia Tech.
The No. 3 Virginia women?s golf team suffered a disappointing fourth-place finish at the ACC Championships at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.
The Virginia men?s lacrosse team used a fourth quarter comprised of eight unanswered points to vault itself to a 13-6 victory against Dartmouth Saturday.?We haven?t played offense well for a month,? senior attackman Garret Billings said, ?even in [this] whole game, except for the fourth quarter.?It was senior day at Kl
Two weeks ago, sophomore pitcher Robert Morey?s role in ACC play was as a seldom-used middle reliever.The past two weekends, however, Morey has been the Sunday starter, and yesterday against Boston College he threw the best game No.
Spring football games tend to be nothing more than glorified scrimmages that generate little buzz ? unless there is one of three factors in play: a major competition for the starting quarterback slot, a new coach or a new offensive or defensive system.All three of these currently are affecting the Virginia football team, and so Saturday?s game at Scott Stadium proved to be an interesting matchup for the nearly 8,000 fans in attendance.Just as was the case last year, the Cavaliers have a three-way competition for the starting quarterback position.
The No. 10 Virginia women?s lacrosse team suffered its sixth loss of the spring Sunday ? its most during a season since 1995 ? falling to No.
When the Virginia women?s lacrosse team saw Northwestern on its schedule at the beginning of the season, the players circled the game and saw it as an opportunity to defeat the four-time defending national champs in a game that could be a stepping stone on the way to a fourth conference title.
Men?s Track and FieldThe Virginia men?s track and field team made history Saturday at the ACC Championships, tying Florida State for the title and marking the first time in program history the squad has held a share of the outdoor crown.
Before heading south to begin postseason play, the Virginia men?s lacrosse team will wrap up its regular season at home Saturday against unranked Dartmouth.The Cavaliers (12-1, 2-1), currently ranked No.
?If you?re trying to be phony or selling them something that?s not there, it doesn?t work.?New Virginia men?s basketball coach Tony Bennett used these words to describe the conversations he had with 2009 recruits Tristan Spurlock and Jontel Evans, both of whom recently told Bennett that they would honor their commitments to attend Virginia.Bennett may as well have been talking about the interview I conducted with him Wednesday morning.
The No. 10 Virginia women?s lacrosse team will take on four-time national champion No.
After a pair of midweek rainouts, the No. 13 Virginia baseball team heads north this weekend to take on Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Mass.Despite falling to Massachusetts on the road Wednesday, Boston College (23-13, 9-7) enters this weekend?s series on a roll, having won three of its past five games.
Virginia men?s basketball coach Tony Bennett said yesterday that 2009 signees Tristan Spurlock and Jontel Evans both recently decided to stay committed to Virginia.?Both of our recruits informed us they are staying,? Bennett said.
Yesterday morning, while I was in the midst of an exclusive interview with newly appointed Virginia men?s basketball coach Tony Bennett in his office at the John Paul Jones Arena, his cell phone rang from his desk a few feet away.
For the second consecutive year, the Virginia men?s tennis team has marched through its regular season undefeated and mostly unchallenged.
In any sport, the ability to respond positively to failure often serves as the litmus test for determining a team or individual?s level of success in crucial moments.
A message to Eugene Monroe, Kevin Ogletree, Cedric Peerman, John Phillips, Clint Sintim and other NFL prospects: Do not accept Facebook friend requests from any unknown beautiful women.At least not until after the 2009 NFL Draft April 25 and 26.That?s because those blue eyes looking at you from her profile picture might not really be hers.
For the second straight weekend, the Virginia women?s golf team will travel south to North Carolina.