One thing was obvious the moment the No. 3 Virginia men's soccer team took on the No. 21 UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos: This game would not be for the faint of heart. Last year, the two teams ripped and clawed their way to a combined 54 fouls and eight yellow cards.
So what were you doing the second week in August? I'm guessing most people were busy hitting the beach, picking up stuff for school -- or maybe you were riding the Metro smashed up against a lady who could start at left tackle for the Redskins. Alright, that was probably just me.
The Cavaliers got the season off to a good start Saturday afternoon at Turf Field. No. 19 Virginia, playing in their first game under new head coach Michele Madison, defeated No.
When former Virginia defensive coordinator Al Golden stepped down at the end of last season to take the head coaching position at Temple, Virginia coach Al Groh knew who to call.
To kick off their regular season, the No. 8-ranked Virginia women's soccer team will host Syracuse tonight at 5 p.m.
The Cavaliers begin regular season play tomorrow afternoon against Indiana at Turf Field. Despite a disappointing end to last season that included six straight losses and an early exit in the conference tournament, Virginia rides into this season looking to compete in the ACC and boast their first winning season since 2001. Even though the Cavaliers and the Hoosiers have never met before, new head coach Michele Madison has seen plenty of Indiana during her tenure as head coach at Michigan State University. "We'll expect them to play with good ball speed," Madison said of her former conference rival.
The Virginia volleyball team kicks off the 2006 season Friday night as they travel to Knoxville, Tenn.
The No. 3 Virginia men's soccer team opens their season this weekend in the 2006 Virginia Soccer Classic at Klöckner Stadium.
If the Virginia men's soccer team is to live up to its No. 3 preseason ranking, it will have to take care of business at home. Virginia will play 13 of their 17 regular season matches at home, including their first four. Key home games include a rematch against the defending NCAA champion Maryland Terrapins, who handed the Cavaliers a pivotal 3-0 defeat in mid-October last season.
In the 2004 Olympics, the United States basketball program was stripped of its manhood. It went 5-3, and though it was able to win the bronze, it faced the harsh reality that it was no longer in a class by itself in terms of basketball.
After a productive off-season, the Cavaliers will head into Saturday's opener against Indiana with an air of confidence.
With all seven starters returning, the Virginia volleyball team has a clear goal for this season: to win an ACC title.
For the sixth consecutive year, the Virginia women's soccer team has been ranked among the top three teams in the preseason ACC women's soccer poll.
As its season opens, the Virginia women's soccer team finds itself plagued by injuries, short two of its best players and barely able to field an eleven-person squad. Enthusiasm, though, is not in short supply. "Maybe it's because all of these challenges we have in front of us already, but I can't remember a season I have been more excited for," coach Steve Swanson said. In the exhibition games against Notre Dame and Michigan, Virginia only had 12 field players.
With a new coordinator and at least six new starters, one might expect that it will take a few games before Virginia's offense fully clicks.
Note: Even though Jameel Sewell is currently injured after mauling his foot in the first-ever documented stationary bicycle accident, I still think this is a discussion we should be having.
While you go around to all various classes, pick up your syllabi and pray your professors don't plan on using the entire period on day one (talk about a bad sign), consider this your syllabus for the fall sports season.
The Virginia men's soccer team appeared to be on cloud nine in mid October of 2005. Their 10-1-2 record garnered them the No.
If you've been riding on the bandwagon that has been the Virginia football team for the past few years than maybe you can see it coming too.
After an off-season characterized by relative turmoil and transition, the Virginia football team started training camp Aug.
