On the football field, the quarterback is arguably the most important player. He is responsible for distributing the ball to the playmakers of the offense.
Don't blame yourself if you wouldn't recognize Mark Miller walking around grounds. In fact, don't blame yourself if you're not even quite sure just who Mark Miller is.
When athletes speak of opportunity, more often than not, it comes down to winning or losing. Few speak of the opportunity that might determine their future career in their respective sport.
The Virginia men's tennis team brought home two titles from the 2005 Crimson Tide Fall Invitational at the University of Alabama this weekend. Eric Riley and Jarrett Chirico, both sophomores, won their flight championships in the relatively new One-on-One Doubles competition.
The kickoff for the Oct. 1 football game at Maryland has been set for noon. This week, Virginia looks ahead to its homecoming game against Duke at 3:30 Saturday.
Virginia freshman forward Kelly Quinn scored the first goal in Sunday's win over Richmond. From Dublin, Ohio, Quinn comes to the University of Virginia with an impressive record. Quinn was a three-time NSCAA High School All-American, three-time Gatorade and NSCAA Ohio Player of the Year, a former member of the United States U-17 National Team and member of the Dublin Coffman High School state championship team in 2001 and 2003. These accomplishments, however, are only the beginning for Quinn's developing career. "If you ripped open her chest you'd see an awfully big heart," Virginia coach Steve Swanson said.
After the Virginia football team beat another inferior opponent by a slim margin this weekend, I had a vision of the Charles Dickens Christmas Carol and the three ghosts of Virginia Sports Past, Present and Future. Now I know this has the making of a hippy column that causes students in the back of the Chemistry auditorium to whisper, "Who is the crazy columnist that wrote this nonsense?" But stay with me through my vision, and the dim comparisons between the Gillen and Groh empires will become evident. As the Ghost of Wahoo Past, I take you to 2002.
No other player on the Virginia football team can change a game like senior quarterback Marques Hagans. Hagans showcased his versatility Saturday against Syracuse.
By advancing to the quarterfinal round of the Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center USTA Pro Classic, Virginia men's tennis player Somdev Devvarman proved he belongs on the Futures Tour.
Connor Hughes kicked a game-winning, 19-yard field goal as time expired Saturday afternoon, killing the dreams of a Syracuse comeback with a 27-24 Virginia victory. Marques Hagans was both the goat and the hero for the Cavaliers (2-0). He rushed for 112 yards, threw for 145 and a touchdown, but also committed a career-high three interceptions that could have cost his team the game.
It was again business as usual Saturday at Klöckner Stadium as the Virginia men's soccer team notched a routine 2-0 victory over N.C.
It almost seemed to defy the laws of physics. Every time Virginia's Sarah Kirkwood went into her high-toss serving motion, the slim 6-foot outside hitter unleashed the force of a 95 mph sinker across the net -- leaving a stunned crowd at the Jefferson Cup volleyball tournament staring in disbelief. "Sarah has always been a very, very good server, and clearly this weekend was great," Virginia assistant coach Matt Ginipro said.
Marking a promising beginning to its fall season, the Virginia women's tennis team saw five singles players and four doubles teams advance in the opening round of the William & Mary Invitational. Senior Lori Stern experienced similar success Saturday.
The scene Friday night was all too familiar for the Cavaliers. Seventy minutes against the No. 15-ranked James Madison Dukes had yielded no winner, and now the two teams were headed to overtime.
Last week, the cards seemed so stacked against Virginia they formed an impenetrable wall. First, the Cavaliers lost a game in the last 11 seconds, then they tied Dayton after what would have been the winning goal was ruled offsides. This week, however, the Cavaliers started off pounding the St.
It's hard to get down on a football team that starts the season 2-0 and is ranked 23rd in the country.
When things are going wrong, people often say, "Just stay positive." For the Virginia women's soccer team (3-2-1), this might not only be a common saying, but a good strategy as well. Most of the positives for the Cavaliers currently lie in the midfield.
The Cavalier men's golf team recorded a score of 297 in the final round to finish 10th overall in the Tournament of Champions Tuesday.
The Virginia men's soccer team (3-0-1) has started off the season in fine form. Many pre-season questions have begun to be answered with the remarkable play of the defensive backline and the emergence of freshman Yannick Reyering at forward.
The great Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz once said, "Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it." With those words, he unknowingly summed up the University of Virginia field hockey team's early-season situation. Standing at 2-3 and caught in a three-game losing skid, things have not exactly gone according to plan so far for the senior-laden team. But while high expectations follow a team full of upperclassmen, these same seniors also bring valuable perspective to a season that is not even four weeks old. "It's frustrating," Allie Flynn said.
