Living up to the academic rigors of the No. 2 ranked public school in the nation isn't easy for anyone.
Last week, Sports Editor Matt Boucher sat down with Virginia Athletic Director Craig Littlepage to talk about the current state of Virginia athletics.
With the 2006 season wrapping up for the Virginia softball team, 18 players are looking back on a season that began with a new coaching staff and progressed with excitement.
Lance Armstrong as the best sports athlete, comparisons of Al Groh to Pete Gillen, support for Hoo Crew, lacrosse recruiting a high school student arrested of steroid use ... The controversial topics that this systems engineer has written about this year are endless.
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The Virginia football team entered spring practices with a sign in tow reading "Under Construction." With only 12 starters returning from last year's squad and a completely different coaching staff to boot, Virginia coach Al Groh will have plenty of work to do leading up to the season opener Sept.
The Virginia men's lacrosse team continued to make history on Saturday, completing the first-ever undefeated regular season (12-0) in school history with a 21-10 victory over the Bellarmine Knights (6-8). Despite a two-week break from competitive play, the Virginia offense started right where it left off, scoring the first six goals of the game.
The Virginia softball team lost two out of three to N.C. State this weekend. The Wolfpack claimed the first two victories, winning Saturday's doubleheader, 4-0 and 7-5.
By Michael Sorrell Cavalier Daily Senior Writer The No. 11 University of Virginia women's crew team will begin its defense of the ACC title Saturday when it takes on Clemson, Miami, Duke, North Carolina and Boston College at Lake Hartwell (Clemson, S.C.) in the ACC Rowing Championship.
Before getting to the column this week, I have great news for the Living Wage Campaign. Using my contacts at the NBA, I have been in touch with "living wage" advocate Latrell Sprewell.
By Eric Kolenich Cavalier Daily Associate Editor The Virginia (25-19, 5-9 ACC) softball team hosts N.C.
By Andrew Tracey Cavalier Daily Staff Writer The Virginia men's lacrosse team will host the Bellarmine University Knights on Saturday in their last scheduled home game of the season.
The postseason has arrived for the Virginia women's tennis team and that means it's time for the ACC tournament.
Football players know about the look. When executed correctly, an intense glare can do wonders for intimidating opposing players on the gridiron. Christian Olsen is no exception.
Traveling to Wake Forest this weekend to compete in the ACC Championships, the Virginia track and field team is confident they can take their performance to the next level and place higher than last year. "I think we have a better team this year obviously than we did last year," Virginia coach Randy Bungard said.
While professional -- and sometimes even varsity -- collegiate athletes play the game just for money or fame, club sport athletes all over the country play for love of the game.
Traveling to Wake Forest this weekend to compete in the ACC Championships, the Virginia track and field team is confident they can take their performance to the next level and place higher than last year. "I think we have a better team this year obviously than we did last year," Virginia coach Randy Bungard said.
After finishing the regular season Sunday against Duke, it took a coin flip to determine where the Cavaliers would be seeded in the ACC tournament.
After playing the role of in-state bully for the past two weeks, the No. 3 women's lacrosse team will once again have the opportunity to pick on someone their own size when they take on the No.
On the strength of senior Tom Hagan's bat and freshman Andrew Carraway's arm, the No. 17 Cavaliers (32-9) routed the visiting VMI Keydets 5-0 last night at Davenport Field. The Virginia offense came out firing on all cylinders in the early going, notching five hits, five walks and all five of the game's runs in the first three innings of play. The Cavalier scoring began in the bottom of the first, when two early walks were followed up by an RBI single by Brandon Guyer and a two-RBI double down the right-field line from Hagan.
