A month of glorious mayhem
By Jeremy Root | March 13, 2007Remember sneaking around during breaks between periods in high school to catch a few minutes of an NCAA tourney game on television, and if you were lucky, seeing a last second buzzer beater?
Remember sneaking around during breaks between periods in high school to catch a few minutes of an NCAA tourney game on television, and if you were lucky, seeing a last second buzzer beater?
Going into Spring Break last week, the Cavalier baseball team was rolling in success. They had gone 12-0 in their first (and longest) homestand of the year.
The Virginia football program added Wayne Lineburg to the coaching staff last week. Lineburg will serve as the new wide receivers coach, replacing John Garrett, who departed to the Dallas Cowboys to become their tight end coach after last season.
The Virginia women's golf team has come very far over the years, and in only four seasons, Coach Jan Mann and the current seniors have taken the program from its infancy to being a conference powerhouse.Mann, who has been with the No.
It has been a long season for the Virginia women's basketball team. The Cavaliers have been forced to deal with suspended players, close losses and sporadic injuries to some of the team's best interior players. Virginia will try to extend its season a little bit longer, however, as the Cavaliers head to Greensboro, N.C.
Despite having to play two matches in one day, the Cavaliers coasted to two wins last night, running their record on the season to 12-1.
When I think of all the inspirational sports movies out there -- and what sports movie isn't inspirational?
Tonight is payback time for the Virginia men's basketball team. In the second of two meetings between the teams Virginia faces Virginia Techtonight at 7 p.m.
Last week's season-opening win against Virginia Tech brought grins to the No. 9-ranked Virginia women's lacrosse team.
After defeating two top 20 teams this weekend, the No. 3 Virginia men's tennis team will have little rest as it plays a doubleheader today against Old Dominion and Maryland.The Cavaliers look very strong after cruising past No.
In a game that hung in the balance going into the ninth inning at Davenport Field, the Cavaliers were able to fight off a scrappy team from VMI 5-3 for their ninth straight victory.
Writing this column was the last thing that I needed to do before my Spring Break could begin. Now that it is in print, I guess that I am free sailing (falling?) toward a Friday morning arrival in Punta Cana, which is located in the Dominican Republic.
The No. 9 Virginia women's lacrosse team will take on No. 13 Richmond tonight. The match will mark the 30th time the Cavaliers and Spiders have faced off against each other, while Virginia (1-0, 1-0 ACC) leads the all-time series with a record of 26-2-1. Last year, however, Richmond handed the squad its first loss of the season in a 7-8 defeat. "Richmond's a really big game," senior defender and co-captain Jessy Morgan said.
Women's basketball freshman Monica Wright was named ACC Rookie of the Week for the eighth time this season.
I don't know about the rest of you, but the second half of the Virginia-Georgia Tech basketball game Saturday afternoon just got me livid. Those of you watching on television probably missed it. I was just waiting for it to happen.Four minutes into the second half, nothing.Eight minutes, nada.12 minutes gone by, zippy.
The Virginia women's hockey team played host to the Delaware Valley Collegiate Hockey League Championship this past weekend as two days of intense games excited fans at the Charlottesville Ice Park.
Although freshman Abby Snyder was selected as a captain, she is not the only freshman who is standing out on the 2007 Virginia softball team.
Junior men's tennis player Somdev Devvarman was named ACC Player of the Week after going 2-0 in doubles and singles last week in Virginia wins against No.
After reeling off eight wins in eight days, No. 9 Virginia (10-1) looks to remain unbeaten at Davenport Field as they take on VMI (5-2) tonight.
Women's basketball sophomore Lyndra Littles was named to the 2007 All-ACC second team. Littles leads the Cavaliers in scoring (16.8 ppg) and rebounds (8.9 rpg). With the 2007 ACC tournament announced, the No.