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Softball: Cavs to visit another top-notch team

By Aaron Perryman | April 20, 2007

After picking up a much-needed win Wednesday against Longwood, the Virginia softball team hopes to transfer its success from the middle of the week to the weekend as it takes on yet another solid ACC foe, Florida State. Translating midweek, non-conference success to ACC wins has been an issue for the Cavaliers (15-31, 1-14 ACC) this season. "Obviously we haven't done well in ACC play," junior outfielder Lindsey Preuss said.

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Men's Lax: Loss to Blue Devils lights fire under Cavs

By Megan McDonald | April 20, 2007

It probably would have been in Dartmouth's best interest for the Virginia men's lacrosse team to have beaten Duke last weekend. Indeed, Virginia's heartbreaking 7-6 overtime loss to the Blue Devils (10-2, 3-0 ACC) has lit a fire under the Cavaliers, who are ready and eager to play their best lacrosse this weekend. "We feel like in the last couple of weeks our play has flattened out a little bit," Virginia coach Dom Starsia said.

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Virginia lanced by Longwood in second game

By Campbell Grant | April 19, 2007

On a chilly April afternoon, the Virginia softball team split a doubleheader against Longwood, winning the first game 5-2 before falling to the Lancers (19-15) in the second game 6-2. Virginia (15-31, 1-14 ACC) jumped out to a quick lead in the first game, scoring two runs in the first inning.

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Sports in brief

By Cavalier Daily Staff | April 18, 2007

Camels shock Tarheels in 11 innings Campbell University (8-31) took out the No. 2 ranked baseball team in the country,North Carolina (32-7, 13-5 ACC) in Chapel Hill in 11 innings last night.

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Baseball: Cavalier win full of stellar performances

By Paul Montana | April 18, 2007

Following a somber five minutes of silence dedicated to the victims of the shootings at Virginia Tech prior to the start of the game, the Virginia baseball team set emotions aside to put away in-state foe Richmond 12-5. "Our team, doing what we did with the silence, we're conscious of what's in people's hearts right now," Virginia coach Brian O'Connor said.

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Softball: Cavs seek to lace up midweek wins over Lancers

By Aaron Perryman | April 18, 2007

For the Virginia softball team, the 2007 season has been one of disappointments. Despite all of the setbacks, the Cavaliers will take on non-ACC opponent Longwood today in a doubleheader and aim to pick up a few wins before the start of the ACC tournament. This pair of games comes on the heels of another subpar ACC series for the Cavaliers (14-30, 1-14 ACC), who were most recently swept by N.C.

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150 chances to lose

By Jeremy Root | April 17, 2007

Maybe I should have seen it coming. They have a $36 million dollar payroll -- almost half of their 2006 budget and the third lowest in Major League Baseball.

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Sports message boards find new use after tragedy

By Eric Kolenich | April 17, 2007

In the wake of yesterday's tragedy at Virginia Tech, online sports message boards served a more important purpose, providing an outlet for people to report information about the shootings that killed 33 people. With cell phone coverage limited yesterday in the Blacksburg area, many turned to sports message boards to communicate news reports as well as personal reactions to the day's events.

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Track & Field: Virginia runs away with win

By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins | April 16, 2007

It was a dark and stormy day, but Virginia wasn't about to let that hold them back. Both the men's and women's track and field teams came out on top Saturday in the Lou Onesty Invitational, Virginia's annual home meet. The victories have a special significance for the Cavaliers, who are usually anywhere but Virginia for competitions. "In other sports you always talk about the home field advantage," Virginia coach Randy Bungard said.

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