Eagles host Cavaliers in battle for ACC cellar
By Eric Kolenich | April 28, 2006With only one ACC series left in the season, the Virginia softball team travels to Boston College this weekend to play three of their final five games.
With only one ACC series left in the season, the Virginia softball team travels to Boston College this weekend to play three of their final five games.
Virginia (35-10, 13-8 ACC) will close out the road portion of its conference schedule this weekend with a three-game set at Maryland (20-25, 7-17 ACC). With four weeks remaining until the ACC Tournament starts in Jacksonville, the Cavaliers have won 10 of their past 11 games and are ranked as high as No.
The Virginia women's lacrosse team's record just went from 13-3 to 0-0. The Cavaliers ended their regular season with a disappointing 8-4 loss to Georgetown.
After last week's emotional roller coaster that was the ACC Championships, the Virginia track and field team is looking forward to competing at this weekend's more laid-back Penn Relays. "Coming off conference you are emotionally spent," Virginia coach Randy Bungard said.
The instructions printed on the sticker at the top of my brand new student identification card were clear: Do not remove until 08/24/02. That was the date I was scheduled to move in to Dunnington 312 and join more than 3,000 other students in the Class of 2006 at the University of Virginia.
The Virginia baseball team managed to outlast the Richmond Spiders Wednesday night, coming up with a key mid-week victory at Davenport Field.
With the ACC baseball tournament less than one month away, the No. 13 Virginia Cavaliers (34-10, 13-8 ACC) are well on their way to orchestrating one of the most successful seasons in recent program history.
It's an issue no one seems to want to address. Partly because it's grossly unfair to the hundreds of student-athletes, coaches and staff that work so hard and achieve so much.
There won't be any royalties coming Pat Riley's way from the University of Virginia. The men's tennis team's quest for a threepeat, a term Riley trademarked, was stifled by Duke over the weekend in a disappointing 4-3 loss. But for the No.
Football is always relevant. If you disagree with that, Sean Salisbury will be coming to your home later today and will be personally berating you for following any other sport that might actually be playing games right now. He came to my house yesterday, made fun of me and then made fun of John Clayton for going to Duquesne.
Living up to the academic rigors of the No. 2 ranked public school in the nation isn't easy for anyone.
Last week, Sports Editor Matt Boucher sat down with Virginia Athletic Director Craig Littlepage to talk about the current state of Virginia athletics.
With the 2006 season wrapping up for the Virginia softball team, 18 players are looking back on a season that began with a new coaching staff and progressed with excitement.
Lance Armstrong as the best sports athlete, comparisons of Al Groh to Pete Gillen, support for Hoo Crew, lacrosse recruiting a high school student arrested of steroid use ... The controversial topics that this systems engineer has written about this year are endless.
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The Virginia football team entered spring practices with a sign in tow reading "Under Construction." With only 12 starters returning from last year's squad and a completely different coaching staff to boot, Virginia coach Al Groh will have plenty of work to do leading up to the season opener Sept.
The Virginia men's lacrosse team continued to make history on Saturday, completing the first-ever undefeated regular season (12-0) in school history with a 21-10 victory over the Bellarmine Knights (6-8). Despite a two-week break from competitive play, the Virginia offense started right where it left off, scoring the first six goals of the game.
The Virginia softball team lost two out of three to N.C. State this weekend. The Wolfpack claimed the first two victories, winning Saturday's doubleheader, 4-0 and 7-5.
By Michael Sorrell Cavalier Daily Senior Writer The No. 11 University of Virginia women's crew team will begin its defense of the ACC title Saturday when it takes on Clemson, Miami, Duke, North Carolina and Boston College at Lake Hartwell (Clemson, S.C.) in the ACC Rowing Championship.
Before getting to the column this week, I have great news for the Living Wage Campaign. Using my contacts at the NBA, I have been in touch with "living wage" advocate Latrell Sprewell.