Behind a strong running game and a relentless pass rush, the Virginia Cavaliers (5-3 overall, 2-3 ACC) trampled Temple 51-3, denying the Owls (0-10) an opportunity for their first win. "It was a move in the right direction for us," Virginia coach Al Groh said.
The Virginia volleyball team did just about as expected on a road trip up the East Coast this weekend. On their first stop, in College Park to face a strong Maryland team, the Cavaliers (16-9) fell 3-1 to the Terrapins -- and, as predicted, blocking and kills made the difference. "Blocking is going to be a huge issue against Maryland," outside hitter Emily Perilli said before the team headed north. Sure enough, although three of Virginia's starters racked up double figures in kills, the Terps' 26 block assists combined with a .323 hitting percentage were enough to stop the Cavaliers short.
It's hard even for opponents not to respect the power and dominance North Carolina brings onto the field.
With the football regular season coming to a close, the Cavaliers find themselves in a serious, yet perhaps favorable, situation. Virginia looks to bounce back after its second bye week from an embarrassing 7-5 loss to North Carolina in tomorrow's matchup against Temple.
Though it may be entering tonight's ACC semifinal match against No. 6 Florida State as the conference tournament's defending champion, the Virginia women's soccer team is not about to take anything for granted. After staving off Wake Forest 2-1 Wednesday night, the No.
The Virginia men's soccer team looks to end the regular season on a high note as it heads to Winston-Salem, N.C.
As many of you know, the NBA has enforced a new dress code, which requires players to wear business or business casual attire whenever they are engaged in a team-related activity -- except when they are actually playing basketball, of course.
Yesterday, the shovels came out of the closet. Though it has not snowed in Charlottesville yet, these giant pads on sticks are used to teach volleyball players to hit around a block, something the Cavaliers will have to do plenty of Friday night when they travel to College Park to face the best team in the ACC. The Maryland Terrapins aren't just tall -- they are monstrous.
The plan for the 2005 Virginia field hockey campaign did not include anything about going winless against the ACC or dropping the final five games of the regular season.
CARY, N.C. -- It was just 14 minutes into yesterday's game against Wake Forest when Virginia's Jen Redmond, on a pass from Sarah Huffman to Shannon Foley, kicked the ball along the left hand side of the net to give Virginia a 1-0 lead in the ACC quarterfinals. The score remained the same until 10 minutes into the second half when Virginia scored again, cementing its lead -- but not for long.
The pledge that I and at least 1,499 other students signed when we purchased student guest tickets for the Nov.
For Virginia coach Al Groh, a man who emphasizes taking football one game at a time, it's crunch time. With four games remaining in the Cavaliers' schedule, it's time to start expanding the team's focus and to gear up for the rest of the season.
It seems safe to say that the common Virginia student does not know what is involved in ballroom dancing. Their perceptions are probably formed from television or movie images of fancily attired dancers circling around each other to the tunes of a waltz.
The turning of the calendar from October to November brings familiar rhetoric from Virginia football coach Al Groh. "What happens in November is going to determine how the thing all writes out," Groh said.
It's that special time of the month. As Bone Thugs 'N Harmony reminds us, "Wake up, wake up, wake up, it's the first of the month, so get up, get up, get up, cash those checks and come on." We're entering the 11th month of 2005, and a new month means new opportunities to be great, new chances for our sports teams do the impossible. And while one of the most underrated hip-hop groups of the 1990s may not harmonize to you at the beginning of each month, they certainly help me catch my breath, take a look around and see what's ahead in the foreseeable future.
It's no secret that the overall age of players on a team affects how the team plays as a unit. This year's swimming team is split in an interesting dichotomy when it comes to age.
It took 21 years to return to Charlottesville, but the ACC title now rests with the No. 18 Virginia men's cross country team. After Virginia junior Jan Foerster crossed the finish line in fourth place with a time of 24:00.4 Monday, four consecutive Virginia runners followed close behind. With a 4-5-6-7-8 finish and all of its runners turning in times under 25 minutes, Virginia claimed the conference title over second-place No.
The men's cross country team captured their first conference title since 1984 yesterday, outrunning second place FSU.
The women's soccer team will begin defending its title as the 2004 ACC Tournament Champion tomorrow at noon in Cary, N.C.
Like a car running out of gas in the middle of the highway, every last drop of adrenaline had evaporated from the Virginia bench.
