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Senior day sweep makes undefeated season reality

Perfection was the theme of the day for the men's tennis team Sunday afternoon: a perfect atmosphere at the Snyder Tennis Center on a day that honored one of the most accomplished senior classes in Virginia tennis history and a perfect 7-0victory for top-ranked Virginia against No.


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Duke scores 10 straight goals to win

Saturday night's record-breaking crowd of 8,000 began its exodus from Klöckner Stadium in the middle of the fourth quarter as the Duke men's lacrosse team prepared to hand Virginia a 19-9 defeat, the Cavaliers' worst home loss in 21 years. Having battled back to tie the game 9-all in the middle of the third, No.


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Correction

The Thursday, April 10 Sports article titled "Late-Inning Rally Sparks Cavs" stated that the score of Virginia's baseball game was 3-0 in favor of Liberty heading into the seventh inning.


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Duke to pose stern challenge for Virginia

The Virginia men's lacrosse team will try to follow its comeback victory against North Carolina last Saturday with a win against Duke tomorrow night at Klöckner Stadium. The Cavaliers (10-1, 1-1 ACC) need to win to maintain pace with the Blue Devils (11-1, 2-0 ACC) in the ACC.


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Zoll headed to Los Angeles Sparks

The Los Angeles Sparks selected Virginia senior point guard Sharneé Zoll in the first pick of the third round of the WNBA Draft held yesterday in Tampa, Fla. Zoll was the 29th overall pick of the draft out of 43 players taken.


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Lamade faces former teammates Saturday

Weird. It's the first word that comes to mind when fifth-year lacrosse midfielder Peter Lamade anticipates this weekend's game against his alma mater, Duke. "It is going to be very, very weird," Lamade said.


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Late-inning rally sparks Cavs

With the score 3-0 in favor of Liberty going into the bottom of the seventh inning last night, Virginia coach Brian O'Connor decided it was time for a team meeting. The previous two Wednesday nights, Virginia (26-9, 8-7 ACC) lost to Towson and George Washington, who hold a combined record of 32-30.


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Just let them play

One of the hottest stories in the news recently (especially on Grounds, apparently) is the controversy surrounding the Olympics this August in Beijing.


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Tar Heels look to ram Cavs on strength of pitching

The Cavalier softball team split a doubleheader with Liberty in Lynchburg Wednesday, winning the first game 7-6before coming up short in the second game 9-6. Virginia (13-28, 4-8 ACC) held off a late rally by Liberty (8-25-1, 2-1 Big South) to take the win in the first game.


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U-Guides to offer tours centered around athletics

Contrary to popular belief, Cav Man was not Virginia's first mascot, but its third. Furthermore, orange and blue were not the University's original colors. These facts and other myth-busters are part of the University Guide Service's new athletics tours, which will officially commence tomorrow afternoon at John Paul Jones Arena. The tours are the brainchild of Kase Luzar, a former Cavalier football player and current athletic department employee.


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Pitching back on track to shut out Longwood

The Cavaliers, led by freshman starter Jake Cowan and junior DH Greg Miclat, put a four-game losing streak behind them with a 6-0 shutout Tuesday afternoon against Longwood. Cowan, who pitched a career-high 6.1 shutout innings against the Lancers, struck out five batters while only giving up one walk.


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