While some people have built one program up to the elite level, Bruce Arena has done it three times. Arena, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., came to Charlottesville in 1978 after serving as an assistant lacrosse coach at Cornell University.
The injuring of one of this season's captains, senior wide receiver Deyon Williams, left a crucial void to be filled on the Virginia football team.
To watch junior Katie Oakes play, one would think every play was the final play of the NCAA Championship.
After sneaking away with its first victory of the season, the Virginia football program has found itself amidst a quarterback controversy.
A decent but unspectacular start to the season last week. I nailed the Notre Dame and LSU games, totally botched the Florida State and UNC picks and pushed the OU game.
After Virginia's narrow win over Wyoming Saturday, a good friend of mine said that every year, he has to have a "DTR-type" conversation with the team in the home opener to figure out the status of their relationship over the course of the season. A "DTR," for clarification, stands for a discussion "defining the relationship," often occurring after a couple has been "hanging out" for a while. The dominant individual in the relationship will usually tease the other participant along, avoiding the DTR or minimizing the discussion. The "lower hand in the relationship" tries to force a decision on the status of the relationship, though often puts the DTR off in favor of "waiting it out" until the other individual is ready. Such has been my experience with the Virginia football team. I have never been able to define my relationship with Cavalier football.
With just 26 seconds left in regulation, senior midfielder Ian Holder saved Virginia from potentially one of its most embarrassing losses of the season.
On the shelf to right of my desk sits what I like to think is a decent DVD collection -- seasons of "Sopranos," "West Wing" and "Seinfeld," along with movies such as "Hoosiers," "Robin Hood" and "Shawshank Redemption." However, also on that shelf are some "VHS" tapes.
After nine seasons at the helm of the men's soccer program, Virginia coach George Gelnovatch has molded his program into a perennial powerhouse.
Last weekend, the Virginia volleyball team (7-2) finished 2-1 at the Michigan/Pepsi Challenge, at Cliff Kean Arena in Ann Arbor, Mich.
When Dave Leitao took control of the Virginia basketball program a year and a half ago, one of his main priorities was to turn around a rapidly drying recruiting pool.
This Saturday's football game marks the University's official homecoming weekend. For the Virginia women's soccer team, however, it was last weekend that marked a much-anticipated homecoming of a different sort -- the return of two key sophomores, Jess Rostdet and Nikki Krzysik. Returning to Charlottesville after a nine-month stint with the U-20 national team, Rostdet and Krzysik took the field Friday night as the Cavaliers took on the Georgia Bulldogs.
I think I can speak for thousands of Virginia fans when I say I am still letting out a sigh of relief that began when Wyoming kicker Aric Goodman's extra-point attempt sailed wide right Saturday evening to give the Cavaliers an unsightly 13-12 overtime win over the Cowboys at Scott Stadium.
The Virginia men's and women's cross country teams began their season over the weekend by hosting the Lou Onesty Invitational. The women placed first out of 11 teams while the men -- whose top seven runners did not run Saturday -- finished second behind Liberty. "I was really pleased with our women's team," coach Jason Dunn said.
With their 1-0 win at Klöckner Stadium yesterday, the Seton Hall Pirates robbed the Virginia Cavaliers of their 11th Nike Soccer Classic title. Yesterday marked the seventh time in 19 years that Virginia was the tournament's runner-up.
Jon Copper can watch "60 Minutes" in 20 minutes. Jon Copper doesnot sleep. He waits. If you ask Jon Copper what time it is, he always says, "Two seconds till." After you ask, "two seconds till what?" he tackles you.
After a demoralizing loss to Pittsburgh last week, Virginia (1-1, 0-0 ACC) squeaked by Wyoming with a 13-12 win Saturday. After several failed attempts to create offense by both sides during regulation, the Cowboys won the overtime coin toss and elected to go on defense first.
Every September the holidays come a little bit early for college football fans. The first games of the year began last Thursday, and Saturday marked the full-scale immersion into arguably the most exciting sport in the country. Since the start of the season is like a holiday in itself, I am going to play Christmas in September and give you my wish list for college football. The regular season in college football is a thing of beauty, so most of my gripes are directed toward the postseason.
The Virginia men's soccer team (4-0-0) has taken care of business at home so far this season, but if they wish to get off to their best start in five years, they will have to do more than that.
Facing off against Radford junior Inge Sijpesteijn scored three goals, leading the Cavaliers to a 5-0 victory over Radford (2-2). Virginia (4-1) entered the game ranked No.
