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Virginia looks to introduce up-tempo style this season

By James Wagner | November 15, 2005

It may be hard to imagine, but Virginia women's basketball begins Friday. Sunday the team played its first competition, an exhibition win over EA Sports, but it awaits its first regular season game this week. Over the weekend Virginia fans were given the opportunity to see what style of play Virginia will adopt this year, with its relatively young, small but athletic roster. When asked to describe her role on the team, sophomore Denesha Kenion cited her role "as an energizer, to get steals and finish on layups." Sophomore guard Takisha Granberry added a list of her own responsibilities that includes, "pressuring the ball, getting rebounds, penetrating the lanes and getting my shots." Both players stressed speed, yet failed to mention the team's frontcourt and inside game for one reason: size. "We have to [stress our speed]," captain sophomore guard Sharneé Zoll said.

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Kirkwood leads Virginia to 3-0 killing of Miami

By Kyle O'Connor | November 14, 2005

Sometimes making history can look pretty routine. For the Virginia volleyball team, it all began Saturday night against Miami when junior setter Emily Kirkwood handled a pass from her back row, setting up her younger sister Sarah for a kill along the right side -- a move the two have pulled off dozens of times this season and thousands of times in practice.

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One hot dog + two people = one tall tale

By Bayless Parsley | November 14, 2005

Here's a great stat that was announced by a member of the media peanut gallery before Al Groh's post-game press conference Saturday night: Virginia is 2-0 this year at home against top-25 opponents ... when the Cavaliers have had a player -- or four -- suspended. That record says a lot about this team's determination to stick together in the face of adversity.

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Challenge this: Cavs clobber EA Sports 85-55 in exhibition

By Matt Boucher | November 14, 2005

The women's basketball team began the season with a bang yesterday, romping EA Sports 85-55. The game was the Cavaliers' lone official exhibition game of the year and will not count towards the overall standings. Senior forward Tiffany Sardin led all scorers with 18 points and 14 rebounds. Junior guard Brenna McGuire got the scoring started for Virginia, tallying five points in the first 70 seconds, including one three-pointer.

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Virginia advances over Vols

By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins | November 14, 2005

At least the Virginia women's soccer team has one load off its back. Just a week after losing to North Carolina in the ACC Tournament, the Cavaliers blew past Tennessee in a 3-0 win yesterday to advance to the third round of the NCAA playoffs for the first time in two years. "I haven't been past the second round yet," junior Shannon Foley said.

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Freshman dives into college competition

By Megan McDonald | November 11, 2005

In the first three swim meets of the season, Virginia freshman diver Jackie Apple has only lost one of the six events in which she has competed. Apple's one loss occurred fairly early in last week's meet against Virginia Tech when Hokie Laura Lunn won the women's three-meter board competition.

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Back-ups forced into key roles as game approaches

By Walker Freer | November 11, 2005

Four Virginia football players will not participate in tomorrow's game against No. 24 Georgia Tech due to a violation of team policy, the University announced in a press release yesterday morning. The four suspended players are senior wide receiver Ottowa Anderson, junior safety Tony Franklin, sophomore defensive end Vince Redd and senior nose tackle Kwakou Robinson. "There are some internal issues that we're doing a little investigation on, and when we've culminated that process and finalized what that means, we'll make a determination on some people's status," Virginia coach Al Groh said during the ACC's weekly teleconference Wednesday. The verdict of that investigation was handed down yesterday and resulted in the loss of three established starters in Anderson, Franklin and Robinson.

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At end of season, Virginia strives for perfection to clinch second place in ACC

By Kyle O'Connor | November 11, 2005

Former Vice President Dan Quayle once said, "The future will be better tomorrow." For the Cavaliers, that means winning today. Starting with this weekend's double-header against Florida State and Miami, the message coming from the team has been crystal clear: In order to have a realistic shot at second place in the ACC, every one of the season's final six matches must be victories. Although this may sound overly optimistic, the Cavaliers are not kidding themselves.

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Greeks compete: Athletics meet philanthropy

By Brian Budnick | November 11, 2005

Sports are ubiquitous at U.Va. People are always running. We might even be the only University to have our own running celebrity: "Crazy Running Man." Our recreational facilities are consistently rated as among the best in the nation.

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Groh, Gailey bring NFL experience to sideline

By Chris Marsh | November 10, 2005

It's not often that Virginia coach Al Groh matches wits against a head coach with as much college and NFL experience as himself. Georgia Tech coach Chan Gailey brings a wealth of experience from both the pro and college game.

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Assemblage reassembles to

By Sean McLernon | November 10, 2005

I'm no marketing expert by any means, but I think I have a great idea for the next commercial in the series that has become a pop culture phenomenon over the past few months. The piece would open with Dave Leitao in the midst of a press conference, with cameras flashing, discussing the current status of the Virginia basketball program.

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Television causes beef with otherwise beloved NFL

By Mickey Cloud | November 9, 2005

Looking back to three years ago, when I was accepting my admission into this fine University, there was something missing that would have been quite helpful. I didn't need a warning that finding housing for second year would start the minute you moved into dorms.

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