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.
Leah Wigger, a former member of the Virginia women's golf team, won her first professional tournament this past weekend in the Sunshine State. Wigger, a 2007 College graduate, shot a 4-under 212 to win the inaugural American Systems Invitational on the Duramed Futures Tour, held in Daytona Beach, Fla.
During preseason, Virginia baseball coach Brian O'Connor anticipated that, with such a young team this year, he would have to wait until around game 35 or 40 to tell what this team can really achieve. After Virginia lost games 31 to 33 over the weekend to Florida State, and game 30 to Towson before that, I don't know about O'Connor, but I remain clueless.
Virginia wrestling fans can anticipate great things during upcoming seasons from an already impressive young squad. At the center of the Cavaliers' youth movement is freshman Chris Henrich, who was recently named 2008 ACC Freshman of the Year. "I think its been an awesome honor, especially with the recruiting classes that have been brought into the ACC this year," Henrich said.
The inaugural Virginia-Missouri Jefferson Dual came down to the wire for both Virginia track teams Saturday, as the women's team edged out Missouri 103-99 and the men's squad narrowly lost 97-105. After trailing Missouri by 19 points, the Virginia women's squad rallied with 10 top finishes, including a first place 4x400m time that sealed the Cavaliers' overall win.
The No. 40 Virginia women's tennis team fell off a three-match winning streak into a two-match losing streak this weekend, suffering two 0-7 defeats on the road at the hands of No.
The No. 14 Virginia baseball team was swept by No. 6 Florida State over the weekend in a three-game series, capped by nearly identical losses in a Sunday doubleheader.
The top-ranked Virginia men's tennis team traveled down Tobacco Road this weekend and continued its undefeated season, beating both No.
The men's golf team this spring looks remarkably different than it did a year ago; five of the current eight members of the golf team are either freshmen or transfer students.
When the varsity eight boat of the Virginia men's club rowing team picked up its oars and prepared to race George Washington at the Rivanna Reservoir Saturday, the Cavaliers were not expected to win.
Now that your bracket is completely busted and now that you know you have no chance of winning whatever pool you bought into, you can watch tonight's game without the pressure of big-time consequences.
The Virginia men's lacrosse team pulled out its third overtime win of the season Saturday, defeating North Carolina 12-11 at Chapel Hill. Down 11-8 with just under 3.5 minutes to play in regulation, the No.
Less than nine minutes into the Virginia women's lacrosse team's final regular-season ACC contest Saturday, senior defender and captain Claire Bordley set the tone, scooping up two ground balls and using her stick to cause a turnover -- the first of Virginia's 18 of the day in a 12-4 win against Boston College.
A week ago today, the Virginia men's lacrosse team was focused on preventing the previous week's huge win against Johns Hopkins from distracting it from the task at hand -- defeating Maryland. Quite unsuccessful against the Terrapins, Virginia (9-1, 0-1 ACC) tallied its first loss of the season and watched as the lacrosse world second-guessed its ability. After falling from No.
Virginia coach Al Groh said in a statement yesterday that redshirt freshman linebacker J'Courtney Williams has been dismissed from the team.
Undefeated and ranked No. 1 nationally, the Virginia men's tennis team continues its quest for an undefeated season Friday at No.
Despite a No. 14 ranking, the Virginia baseball team has sometimes performed erratically. From the Cavaliers' young roster has emerged inconsistency; blowout losses to teams barely mustering a .500 record have been mixed with big wins against nationally ranked conference opponents.
Junior Lars Mikalauskas will undergo surgery on his left shoulder today and will not return to full-contact basketball for five months, according to an athletic department statement. After playing the first nine games in the 2007-08 season, Mikalauskas missed the next 13 games because of a shoulder injury.
The Virginia women's tennis team has a chance to take a share of first place in the ACC in its last two road matches of the regular season this weekend, facing Georgia Tech Saturday and Clemson Sunday. The No.
