The Virginia women's lacrosse team will try to make history Sunday by winning its 400th game in program history. No.
Having ended last week's four-game losing streak with two consecutive midweek wins, Virginia's No.
This weekend bears much importance for the Virginia women's tennis team for many reasons, but for the Cavalier's lone senior, Lindsey Pereira, it will carry a little extra weight.
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.
The Virginia men's tennis team will take the courts at Snyder Tennis Center for its last home matches of the regular season this weekend as it hosts No.
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.
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.
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.
One of the hottest stories in the news recently (especially on Grounds, apparently) is the controversy surrounding the Olympics this August in Beijing.
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.
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.
With 27.9 seconds remaining in the contest, No. 6 Georgetown scored and pulled ahead, leading to an upset of the No.
This column is going to fail. I'm 100 percent, no question, hand-on-my-heart guaranteeing it. Why?
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.
Heading into the homestretch of the season, the Virginia softball team will take a break from conference play with a midweek doubleheader against Liberty Wednesday in Lynchburg.
The Monday, April 7 Sports article "Men's rowing displaces George Washington" stated that George Washington's varsity men's rowing team, unlike Virginia's club team, receives varsity funding, gear and food and gives varsity scholarships.
The top-ranked Virginia men's tennis team has steam-rolled its way to a 23-0 record this season, making it the favorite to win the national championship this spring.
It's already April 9. That's the time some college students begin to think about graduation and many begin to worry about finals.
Most first-year students have an entire year to adjust to life away from their families and the rigors of college-level classes; the spring semester brings new classes, but not a dramatic change from the fall semester.
Floyd Mayweather is the world's best pound-for-pound boxer, according to many aficionados of the sport (of which I am not one). But apparently, his brains don't match his brawn, as he somehow decided it would be a good idea to fight Big Show in Wrestlemania XXIV . I don't watch World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling (because it's fake), so I didn't see this match, but this story was too good to be true.
