Fresh off losing two of three games in its opening conference series against N.C. State during the weekend, the Virginia baseball team regrouped and resumed its non-conference domination against Radford Tuesday, winning 8-2 to improve to 11-0 in non-conference play. "We had a rough weekend against N.C.
"Sometimes, at the height of our revelries, when our joy is at its zenith, when all is most right with the world, the most unthinkable disasters descend upon us." While what happened to the Virginia football team the last two months might not be as bad as how Ralphie Parker describes the senseless devouring of his Christmas turkey by the Bumpus' dogs in "A Christmas Story," it's safe to say things were looking up for Virginia in early January. Sure it started on a sour note -- the Alex Trlica field goal that gave Texas Tech the Gator Bowl victory.
Last Saturday, the Virginia baseball team found itself in a similar situation to where it was last year around this time.
The No. 24 Virginia women's basketball team had a productive Spring Break, going 2-1 and reaching the semifinals of the ACC Tournament in Greensboro, N.C.
At 14-14 overall and 4-11 in the conference going into Sunday's game against Maryland, even a convincing win in the Cavaliers' final home game could not make things right.
How does one really describe what Singletary means? Let's check the dictionary: Singletary (v.)
It has been a rough season for Virginia. High hopes of another trip to go dancing were slowly demolished in the cruelest of fashions as the Cavs consistently lost to conference foes by the smallest of margins.
Last week Michael Salmonowicz wrote a letter to the editor begging an answer to the question why The Cavalier Daily's sports section ignores excellence and rewards mediocrity. Salmonowicz referred to the seemingly insufficient coverage of the women's basketball team in comparison to its male counterpart, which seems to be a valid question-- as of Monday night, Debbie Ryan's squad stood at 20-8 (8-4 ACC) while the men had tallied a mark of 13-12 (3-9 ACC). Each week in the winter season, the Sports section devotes its Gameday page to a men's basketball game.
With the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, things seemed eerily familiar for Old Dominion.
With the ACC Tournament just around the corner, the Virginia women's basketball team finds itself in a must-win situation as it heads into the last two games of the season against Boston College and Georgia Tech. The Virginia women are 3-3 in their last six games.
It has been four years since the Virginia swimming and diving program swept the ACC Championship meets, capturing both the men's and women's titles in 2004.
After capturing the National Team Indoor title, the Virginia men's tennis team has maintained its intensity and flawless record.
Spring Break will be anything but restful for the Virginia men's basketball team -- the Cavaliers will play four ACC teams in nine days to finish the regular season. The Cavaliers (13-12, 3-9 ACC) enter the month of March with their first multi-game winning streak in conference play, two games, after a convincing 78-60 home win against N.C.
Coming off of a 14-6 season-opening victory in Blacksburg last Wednesday against rival Virginia Tech, the No.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported yesterday that sophomore defensive end Jeffrey Fitzgerald is no longer enrolled at the University because of an academic issue. Rumors have been swirling about Fitzgerald's future since The Daily Progress reported Jan.
The women playing rugby games at Mad Bowl Saturdays are the athletes of the women's club rugby team.
I am a second-semester fourth-year. I have exactly 40 days of classes left before college ends and the real world begins.
Last night, Ryan Curtis, Vermont head coach and Virginia men's lacrosse alumnus, squared off against his mentor, Virginia coach Dom Starsia.
With the Virginia women's swimming team nabbing the ACC title, the Virginia men have the opportunity Feb.
The Virginia women's tennis team appeared to be on the verge of pulling off a huge upset for their biggest win of the season Sunday afternoon at the Boyd Tinsley Courts at the Boar's Head Sports Club.
