The University of Virginia announced yesterday that it has hired Michele Madison to coach the field hockey team. Madison was previously the head coach at Michigan State, where she leaves as the school's all-time leader in victories. Her 17-year coaching career also includes a coaching job at Temple.
The Virginia wrestling team will look to get back on the winning track -- or mat -- this Sunday at noon, when the Cavaliers face Ohio State at Memorial Gymnasium. In their last match at the Virginia Duals on Saturday against North Carolina, Virginia lost a close match, 20-18.
The Virginia men's and women's swimming and diving teams set off Friday for North Carolina. There they will compete in two meets over the weekend, Friday against Duke and Saturday versus North Carolina.
The No. 1 men's tennis team got off to a rocky start, going 1-1 in its first two matches. On Tuesday, No.
Late in Virginia's 87-82 overtime loss to Florida State Jan. 11, sophomore forward Adrian Joseph passed up a three-point attempt that could have won the game for the Cavaliers.
Before heading off to England and Ireland for two and a half weeks over winter break, my personal voyage consultant, world traveler Serena Bolliger, had three pieces of advice for me: 1) Try to avoid getting deep vein thrombosis on the seven-hour plane ride to London, 2) Don't think the girls on the street corner are looking for directions 3) Avoid drinking with football hooligans.
There has been only one meet so far this year where Fran Crippen and John Millen did not finish in first and second place, respectively, in both the 1,000 and 500 meter freestyle.
While most University students were at home over Winter Break, Virginia's wrestling team was in Charlottesville.
Well, we have arrived at roughly the midpoint of the basketball season, and the path taken to Virginia's 8-6 record probably has been just as wild as the conclusion of Sunday's win over Virginia Tech.
There was no holiday hangover for Virginia this time around. In 2004, the Cavaliers traveled to Boise, Idaho for the MPC Computers Bowl and lost to Fresno State 37-34 in overtime only three days after Christmas.
BLACKSBURG, VA. They may be the sixth youngest team in the country, but the women's basketball players sure do get it. They get head coach Debbie Ryan's philosophies.
BLACKSBURG, VA. -- The look of utter determination on Sean Singletary's face made it clear that he was not going to let his team lose this game, no matter what the circumstances.
BLACKSBURG, VA. -- By posting her third career double-double -- 19 points and 12 rebounds -- freshman forward Laura Littles helped lead the Cavaliers to a 78-59 win over instate rival Virginia Tech Monday night. When asked what it felt like to win with such a strong performance as a freshman, Virginia forward Lyndra Littles quickly delivered an answer that brought a broad smile to Virginia coach Debbie Ryan's face. "Coach always reminds us that there is no age in basketball," Littles said.
Billy Campbell does not usually get a lot of minutes, but when he does, he makes them count. In Tuesday night's win over Northwestern, he provided the Cavaliers with a spark off the bench as his clutch three-pointer allowed Virginia to regain momentum and take control of the game.
Matt Deasey has filled up the stat box with a whopping three minutes this season and not a single other statistic.
There are two Division I schools that have "Crimson" in their nicknames. Tomorrow night, the Virginia women's basketball team will complete the rarely seen season series against these two teams.
Run down the list of names on the Virginia swim team and one is sure to stand out. However, it's not because he's a six-time All-American, holds an ACC title and was named 2005 ACC Swimmer of the Year.
While Virginia's 72-57 victory over Northwestern Wednesday night should not send Virginia fans running to buy tickets for the Final Four, it was just the type of victory that a rebuilding program such as Virginia needs in order to maintain momentum on the long road to excellence.
At the ripe age of 32, former Virginia men's soccer star Claudio Reyna already has accumulated accomplishments and honors that even he never imagined possible. "Who would have believed that I would have had this many appearances?" Reyna said.
At first glance Kyle and Danny Artusio do look identical. But take a closer look -- or a glimpse at Virginia's media guide.
