What a month it has been for the Virginia men's basketball team. Since Feb. 1, Virginia (16-6, 8-2 ACC) has toppled Duke and Miami at home and defeated Maryland on the road in front of a hostile crowd.
The Virginia women's tennis team heads to Tennessee this weekend for a pair of matches sure to provide a turning point for the season.
Throughout the history of wrestling, meeting the challenge of packing the most muscle into a small frame has been vital for success.
When I found out I would be writing a weekly sports column last May, I figured I had better start thinking of topics for the fall.
At the beginning of this season the men's tennis team looked as though it would be carried by the doubles team of juniors Somdev Devvarman and Treat Huey.
The 2007 Virginia softball team hopes to improve on 2006's 29-26 overall record and 7-13 ACC record.
Yesterday the Virginia football program announced the names of athletes who signed national letters of intent to enroll and officially join the Cavaliers' roster for fall 2007. "This is a fun day for us, to take part in the enthusiasm and life of these 24 young men and their families," Virginia coach Al Groh said. Thirteen of the new recruits are Virginia natives, including one of the nation's top four-star quarterbacks, Peter Lalich, four-star wide-receivers Terence Fells-Danzer and Ras-I Dowling and four-star defensive back J'Courtney Williams, according to Rivals.com. "We talk in two different areas: The players' tools by position are the first thing that gets our attention but second to that is the player's make-up, Groh said." Groh said Lalich has all the physical tools that exhibit proficiency to perform in the Virginia system. "In the terms of make-up, he really stands out, as far as his focus, his ambition to be great and his commitment and work effort toward those objectives, Groh said." Though the list shows an addition of three linebackers, Jared Detrick, Aaron Taliaferro and running back-linebacker combo Fells-Danzer, the coaching staff will determine final placement once each athlete has gained experience on the collegiate playing field. "All three are versatile players, and versatility is a trait that we prize in the players that we recruit, whether it's to go from offense to defense, or vice versa, or to play multiple positions on one side of the ball," Groh said. Though the class holds a high recruit seed, Lalich carries much of the rank weight.
It was initially reported by the Tidewater-area Daily Press last Friday, with further reporting by the Charlottesville Daily Progress yesterday, that current Virginia defensive coordinator Mike London has interviewed with Old Dominion University officials about their head football coaching job. In 2009, after the matriculation of two recruiting classes, Old Dominion University will begin play on the gridiron.
College Park, MD-- With three seconds left and Virginia only up three, Cavalier center Tunji Soroye took a deep breath and coolly drained two game-clinching free throws.
This year, the Virginia baseball team was named pre-season No. 9 by Baseball America, an unprecedented honor for the team.
The Virginia women's basketball team needed little time in handling the North Florida Ospreys as they rolled to their 14th victory, 90-57. The Cavaliers had six players score in double figures, including all five starters.
College sports have plenty of big, appealing events. March Madness. The Rose Bowl. College sports have their fair share of war-waging rivalries in both basketball and football.
The success of the Cavaliers' baseball team last year brings high expectations for this year's squad; Virginia enters the season with an unprecedented No.
The Virginia women's basketball team will try to make two wins in a row as they entertain the North Florida Ospreys tonight at John Paul Jones Arena. The Cavaliers enter this game with a 13-10 record, desperate to gain any win they can en route to a postseason berth-- especially against the 6-15 Ospreys.
Lately, nothing has gone wrong for the Virginia men's basketball team. Virginia coach Dave Leitao has inspired his team to achieve six straight victories, and the Cavaliers are now tied for first in the ACC with a record of 15-6 (7-2 ACC). That standing, however, will be in jeopardy tonight as Virginia travels to College Park, Maryland to face the Maryland Terrapins. In the first place, any and all ACC road games are difficult, but tonight's game at Maryland has a little something extra added to it.
Sunday evening, 10:30 p.m. The big game just ended. I'm freakin' exhausted. The only break from the four-hour extravaganza was the halftime show, which was spent watching X2 and admiring the gorgeous Rebecca Romijn in that stunning blue suit rather than sitting through a way-too-long performance by Prince.
It is one thing to be a dominant, older player who, time and time again, leads her team to victory.
Thanks to a strong defensive effort and a second-half offensive explosion, the Virginia women's basketball team broke a five-game losing streak by defeating the Miami Hurricanes 73-60 Sunday afternoon at the John Paul Jones Arena. "Thank God," Virginia coach Debbie Ryan said.
Only 48 hours after recording one of the most significant victories in the recent history of the men's basketball program, Virginia avoided a letdown on Saturday evening as the Cavaliers beat Miami 81-70. "In winning the game today, the most satisfactory part of it was how mature we could be off of a very emotional night on Thursday with only a day to prepare," Virginia coach Dave Leitao said.
Saturday afternoon, in the last home race of his career, senior and co-captain Stefan Hirniak was poised to break the AFC's pool record in the 200 Butterfly.
