It's fascinating to notice just how much sports enter the mind of the general public, even for those who don't go out of their way to follow athletic competition.
The Virginia pitching staff had no answers for George Washington yesterday, as the Colonials went on an offensive rampage and defeated Virginia 17-5. The loss was Virginia's first at home in 2008 and the 17 runs given up were the most the Virginia pitching staff has allowed since 2004, when the Cavaliers (20-5, 5-4 ACC) lost 22-3 at Miami. "We got ours tonight," Virginia coach Brian O'Connor said.
Virginia softball took both games of a doubleheader against George Mason yesterday. The Cavaliers looked strong in the first game, battling back twice to take the game by a final score of 5-3 behind a season-high seven-strikeout performance from senior pitcher Whitney Holstun.
"Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships." This oft-used cliché rang true for the Virginia men's basketball team last night as its postseason run in the College Basketball Invitational?
The Virginia women's lacrosse team dropped a close decision Saturday in New Jersey against Princeton.
Twenty-four hours after the Virginia men's team ended Old Dominion's season in dramatic fashion, the Lady Monarchs returned the favor Tuesday night in another instant classic, defeating Virginia 88-85 in overtime of the second round of the NCAA Tournament. With the game tied at 85 and 31.3 seconds showing on the game clock, Old Dominion called a timeout to set up its final play.
Nothing seemed to go right for the Virginia softball team. When the pitching was clicking, the offense was unable to get runs across the plate.
The Virginia women's tennis team scored its biggest victory of the season Sunday at the Snyder Tennis Center, upsetting No.
Dear Pope Benedict XVI, How's it going? I'm guessing you're in a pretty good mood after your big day last weekend (with your boy Christ rising from the dead and everything) so I wanted to take the opportunity to ask you a favor. (On a side note, I'd also like a pair of those sweet red loafers, so if you could stick some size 12s in the mail that would be awesome). But back to my main point.
As Virginia took the floor in each of the first two rounds of the College Basketball Invitational, John Paul Jones Arena didn't have the buzz of a typical tournament elimination game.
The top-ranked Virginia men's tennis team (19-0, 5-0 ACC) continued its dominant play with a 6-1 victory against ACC rival Clemson (10-10, 0-2 ACC) on the road Sunday.
The Virginia baseball team brought out the brooms this weekend as it swept Boston College in a three-game series.
Down by 1 to Johns Hopkins with under a minute left in regulation, the Virginia men's lacrosse team put the ball in senior Ben Rubeor's hands and watched as maturity overcame urgency.
It's that glorious time of year again -- March Madness, also known as the NCAA Tournaments for men's and women's college basketball.
It's great to be back. After a two-year absence, the Virginia women's basketball team took the court in Norfolk Sunday night for its first NCAA Tournament game since 2005, using a dominant second half to defeat UC Santa Barbara 86-52. The game came more than two weeks after Virginia's semifinal loss to North Carolina in the ACC Tournament, and the Cavaliers were a bit sluggish at the start of the contest. "I think our timing was a little bit off," coach Debbie Ryan said.
With 35 seconds left in the game and Virginia down by 4, I had my column essentially written. CBI this, CBI that.
For Virginia men's basketball fans, it seems like the magic of senior guard Sean Singletary will never end -- and most hope it never will.
The Virginia softball team got off to an inauspicious start in the Cavalier Classic Thursday afternoon against Georgetown, as the Hoyas broke a 0-0 tie in the final inning with four runs to defeat the Cavaliers 4-0. Virginia (7-17) started off strong, in part because of an impressive pitching performance from junior starting pitcher Karla Wilburn, who threw six scoreless innings before giving up three runs in the top of the seventh.
At the end of the 2007 season, there were clear divisions between the elite, the middle of the pack and the bottom of the heap in the ACC.
Setting high standards has become a specialty of the Virginia men's tennis team. The Cavaliers were the first ACC team to win the National Team Indoors title in February, and after defeating Virginia Tech 7-0 Wednesday, the team has won 17 consecutive matches, a new school record.
