Cavaliers looking for revenge in ACC Tourney
By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins | February 15, 2006Last year, the Maryland women's swimming and diving team took Virginia by surprise, and took the ACC title along with them.
Last year, the Maryland women's swimming and diving team took Virginia by surprise, and took the ACC title along with them.
Maybe it was the season sweep over hated, despicable rival Virginia Tech. Maybe it was the snow. Maybe it was the fact that 11 games into the ACC schedule, the Virginia men's basketball team is keeping its head above water at 6-5. But for one reason or another, I have had more random conversations and startling talks about Virginia basketball this past weekend than I have had in a long time.
Crunch time has arrived in the ACC men's basketball world. As the calendar moves closer to March, the mad scramble for NCAA Tournament bids should only intensify.
Four times this season, the Longwood women's basketball team has stepped on the court against an ACC team.
After a very hot start in extremely cold weather, the Virginia baseball team will look to build on its 2-0 record when it hosts the Old Dominion Monarchs.
Last spring, athletic director Craig Littlepage drew wide criticism in his search for a head basketball coach.
For the seniors on Virginia's women's lacrosse team, winning never gets old. "For the past three years, we've gotten to the championship game," co-captain Meredith Lazarus said.
Last year the Virginia men's lacrosse team was mere seconds away from a chance to play Duke for the national championship.
For many high school basketball stars, the transition to the college level is not an easy one. It is difficult for many such players to adjust to new situations where they are no longer at the top of the pecking order.
It's been a rough week for the Virginia women's basketball team. Their last three opponents were all ranked in the top six nationally.
Usually, a deflected pass spells doom for the team that throws it. But that was not the case Saturday night when, with 34 seconds remaining in overtime, J.R.
Two days after falling to the No. 2 Duke Blue Devils in Durham 88-65, Virginia took the floor of University Hall against the No.
Virginia kept the hope of dancing in March alive with Saturday evening's win over Virginia Tech. A home loss to the lowly Hokies likely would have ended any chance that the Cavaliers had of making the NCAA Tournament field.
The No. 6 Virginia men's tennis team added a win and a loss to their record this weekend, defeating No.
Atlantic Coast Conference officials selected sophomore Jess Lewis as the Conference's Women's Swimming and Diving Performer of the Week Monday.
The University of Virginia baseball team opens its season this weekend, with three games in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
The University of Virginia's men's soccer coach George Gelnovatch announced a three-member recruiting class which includes the nation's top recruit. Highlighting the class is midfielder Jonathan Villaneuva.
Virginia basketball is at a crucial point in its history. As the Cavaliers sit at 11-9 overall and 5-5 in the ACC, there are two directions the program can go -- and that direction largely relies on the students' involvement. The Wahoos are in a favorable position right now.
The lady Cavaliers travel to second-ranked Duke tonight as part of a weekend which features Virginia's toughest contests of the season.
After the No. 6 University of Virginia men's tennis team improved its record to 6-2 with wins against No.