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Cavaliers ready for ACC championships

By Cavalier Daily Staff | February 23, 2006

With Cavalier Emily Harrison winning the mile at the Virginia Tech Challenge last weekend and a solid team showing overall, the Virginia Track and Field team appears ready to tackle the ACC championship meet, which starts tomorrow. Earlier in the year, head coach Randy Bungard explained that the chief meet the team focuses on during the indoor season is the ACC contest, and that every other invitational the team competes in prior to it is primarily considered a preparatory meet.

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Forget lucky seven, going for great eight

By Sean McLernon | February 23, 2006

Fran Crippen doesn't care how much talent you have or how fast you've been clocked in the pool. If you don't have the right attitude before jumping into the water, the Virginia men's swimming team captain wants you off the block. "I've told the guys, 'If you ever think you're not going to win, don't even bother swimming -- there's no point,'" Crippen said. These Cavaliers have a certain swagger about them.

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Cavs look for first ACC home win

By Kyle Elliott | February 23, 2006

The Virginia women's basketball team (15-10, 3-9 ACC) is taking on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (13-12, 2-10 ACC) in their penultimate game at University Hall tonight at 7 p.m.

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Doolittle, Henry guide Cavaliers past Rams

By Ernie Washington | February 22, 2006

Sean Doolittle showed Tuesday that he was not affected by his struggles at the plate this past weekend. Despite going only one-for-10 at the plate against Towson, he played a huge role in the Cavaliers 7-1 victory over Virginia Commonwealth University yesterday.

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Boo-yuck for the new SportsCenter era

By Mickey Cloud | February 22, 2006

As we head towards that time of year when watching sports on TV becomes one of my specialties (with March Madness, the Masters, the NFL draft and the NBA playoffs rapidly approaching), I have replayed a disturbing imaginative conversation in my head almost every day. And I'm not concerned that I have complex conversations in my head -

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USA OLYMPIC ROUND-UP

By Kristin Hawkins | February 21, 2006

As of yesterday, the United States has won a total of 15 medals in the Winter Olympics, including seven gold medals, five silver medals and three bronze medals.

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Cavaliers look to intensify playing

By Ernie Washington | February 21, 2006

When the Cavaliers face Virginia Commonwealth University at home today at 3:00, they hope to play with more intensity than they did last Wednesday. In their 5-1 loss to Old Dominion, many players felt lackluster intensity at the previous day's practice was a key factor in the loss.

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Florida State easily takes Virginia in Seminole victory

By Bayless Parsley | February 20, 2006

TALLAHASSEE, FL -- If Virginia (13-10, 6-6 ACC) is going to sneak into the NCAA Tournament, the margin for error is getting smaller by the day. The Cavaliers were out-played and out-hustled Saturday afternoon in a resounding 76-62 loss at Florida State (16-7, 6-6). The Seminoles took the lead 25 seconds in and never gave it up, giving Virginia its fourth consecutive ACC road loss. Florida State "set the tone very early," Virginia coach Dave Leitao said.

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