There is no doubt that the Virginia men's lacrosse team has potential. The question, rather, is whether the Cavaliers will reach their full potential before the clock on the 2007-08 season runs out. Time is short.
After stumbling in the final innings of Wednesday's game against No. 19 Coastal Carolina, No. 16 Virginia plans to shuffle its roster in preparation for a home weekend series against Wake Forest. The Cavaliers (29-10, 11-7 ACC) head into the weekend series against the Demon Deacons (14-22, 6-11 ACC) after winning five of their last six games. The three weekend games at Davenport Field are scheduled to begin Friday and Saturday at 6 p.m.
It could be argued that the most important factor in making a good team is chemistry. Throughout this season, the No.
After former weekend starter Sean Doolittle and closer Casey Lambert were taken in the 2007 MLB draft?, Virginia coach Brian O'Connor faced the task of reshuffling a bullpen packed with the inexperience of six freshmen.
Welcome to class. Today's topic is the history of sports phrases and traditions. It'll be a grab bag of sorts -- an eclectic mix of rituals and terms that have stuck with us throughout years of down-to-the-wire championship games, record-setting moments and slow-motion replays.
This is my fourth and final semester writing a column for The Cavalier Daily Sports section, and each of the previous three semesters have included a look at a motion picture from the genre that I have dubbed the "Family Sports Movie" (FSM for short). In honor of the Olympics later this year (even though they are the Summer Games), I am going to round out the series with a look at the 1993 bobsled FSM "Cool Runnings." (Note: As always, if you haven't seen "Cool Runnings" and plan to at some point in the future (what are you waiting for?), you might want to stop reading now as I plan to discuss the plot in detail and ruin the ending, as you will soon find out.
Both the men's and women's golf teams will travel to their respective ACC tournaments this weekend -- the men to The Old North State Club in New London, N.C.
The game between No. 16 Virginia and No. 19? Coastal Carolina Tuesday was billed as an ACC-caliber game.
Charlottesville was a zoo the morning of Aug. 28, 2004. Minivans were parked on medians, parents were sweating up stairs with mountains of clothes, and box fans were being revved up in every window. On that blazing hot summer day, the best group of athletes the University has seen in a long, long time moved.
The first sport I want to talk about in this column is baseball, because that's what the Detroit Tigers play.
After dropping a spot in this week's rankings to No. 5, the Virginia women's lacrosse squad will close out its regular season tonight at 7 at Klöckner Stadium.
The Virginia women's tennis team has one goal in mind as it enters the ACC Tournament: to prove it should be selected for the NCAA Tournament.
Coming off of a weekend sweep of Maryland, Virginia baseball looks to carry its momentum into its toughest non-conference game this season against Coastal Carolina today at 5 p.m. Coastal Carolina (28-7, 7-2 Big South) is ranked No.
It has been five years since Andy Roddick won the 2003 U.S. Open, the last time an American won a men's tennis Grand Slam title.
I was reading this week's copy of Sports Illustrated, and just like writers from many other sports media outlets, SI writer Luke Winn has already made his predictions for next year's NCAA basketball season.
The Virginia track and field team did its best to bring on the heat against 16 other teams Saturday at the Lou Onesty/Milton G.
The Virginia women's rowing team, currently No. 3 in the nation, hosted a regatta for five other teams this past weekend at Lake Monticello, winning eight of the nine varsity races. The regatta, which included races Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, was a triple duel, coach Kevin Sauer said, as the Cavaliers raced teams from Michigan State, Wisconsin and Oregon State. While all boats factor into the success of the team, Sauer cited the performance in the varsity races as a good indicator of the team's ability. "It is about what you do against the other schools' varsity boats," he said.
The No. 48 Virginia women's tennis team closed out its regular season with a four-match losing streak, falling to No.
After a recent failed attempt to attain their program's 400th win against Georgetown, the No. 4 Cavaliers'? new game plan paid off, allowing Virginia to knock off No.
The Virginia softball team finished its last home series on a sour note this weekend, being swept by North Carolina 11-2, 6-1 and 7-1. "UNC is a great team; they're No.
