Bear Bryant had the hat. John Thompson had the towel. Dom Starsia has the voice. If you're reading this within a mile of U-Hall, stand still and listen very carefully.
Once again, the Virginia men's basketball team proved to everyone why it is first in the ACC in three-pointers made.
It appeared to be déjà vu all over again for the Virginia women's basketball team yesterday afternoon. Just like in their previous meeting, the Cavaliers led at the half only to be subject to a big Florida State run to open up the second half. Unlike their 16-point loss in Tallahassee, Virginia fought back but ultimately fell to the Seminoles 79-77. The game resembled a boxing match -- each time Virginia would hit a shot to take the lead, the Seminoles would respond with one of their own.
The Virginia men's tennis team travels to Chicago for the National Indoor Team Championships this weekend.
The Virginia softball team travels west to Tucson, Ariz. for its second consecutive weekend tournament today through Sunday.
The Virginia women's swimming and diving team concluded the first session of the 2007 ACC Championship meet in third place, having earned 64 points.
Following a big win Tuesday over Longwood, the Virginia men's basketball team hopes to return to its stellar level of conference play tomorrow afternoon against what will prove to be "a very talented Florida State team," Virginia coach Dave Leitao said. "They're going to challenge us as much as we've been challenged all year by the way they play," Leitao said.
The Virginia baseball team started out well in its three-game set last weekend, with wins over Elon and North Florida.
With their collegiate careers coming to a close, senior center Siedah Williams and senior guard Brenna McGuire will surely have their adrenaline pumping in their last game in front of the home crowd at John Paul Jones Arena, especially after knocking off Virginia Tech last night 79-76 in Blacksburg. Saturday, the Virginia women's basketball team (15-11, 4-7 ACC) will need large contributions from these two experienced seniors to avenge a disappointing loss to Florida State (18-7, 7-3 ACC) earlier in the season.
Earlier this week, the ACC named five Virginia field hockey student-athletes to the 2006 All-ACC Academic Field Hockey team.
The Virginia men's lacrosse team will begin defending its No. 1 preseason ranking Sunday. The season opener pits the Cavaliers against the Drexel Dragons, with face off scheduled for 1 p.m. "Everybody's ready, everybody's excited and we're ready to bring it to Drexel on Sunday," senior goalie Kip Turner said. The Cavalier-Dragon season opener has become somewhat of a tradition for the two schools.
The Virginia women's basketball team will hit the road tonight looking for revenge tonight as they take on the Virginia Tech Hokies in Blacksburg, Va.
Freshman third baseman Abby Snyder is no ordinary freshman on the Virginia softball team. Normally, freshmen on collegiate sports teams sit out a year or two and see little to no action while they learn the game from their older teammates.
Returning from a 15-4 season in 2006 that included an ACC championship (the team's second in three years) and advancing to the NCAA Championships for the 11th consecutive year, the Virginia women's lacrosse team is working hard to prepare for the 2007 season. The squad opened up the season with a series of scrimmages at the South of the Border Tournament in Chapel Hill, N.C., where the Cavaliers faced ACC-rivals Duke, North Carolina and Davidson. "We have been working a lot harder this preseason than in the past," senior co-captain Jess Wasilewski said.
A week or two ago, my roommate Steve threw out a trivia question that stumped myself and our other roommate Jeff.
Coming off a big win against Duke Sunday, the Cavaliers will take on Maryland in College Park Friday and end the season with a dual meet against No.
Last year the men's lacrosse team defined every aspect of what success can be. They went a perfect 17-0 for the season (the first team in NCAA Division I history to do so) and won the national championship.
Sometimes a little home cooking is just the trick you need -- that proved to be exactly the case last night for the Virginia men's basketball team.
If anyone has an excuse to sleep through an 8 a.m. class, it would be the members of the Virginia men's crew team.
I'm not an advocate of the theory that sports are of great consequence to very much in the world.
