For the second time in as many weeks, the Virginia wrestling team lost to the University of North Carolina Tar Heels.
In the Virginia team meeting room after Saturday's 81-79 win over Clemson, someone had written "Great win!" on the dry erase board.
Jason Clark's short-shaven mug timidly peeked over an usher in the player's tunnel at University Hall Saturday night.
It's not common in college wrestling to face the same school in a dual meet for two weeks in a row during the regular season.
Just five games into the 2004-2005 ACC schedule, the Virginia basketball squad has fallen into last place in the conference, with the prospects for an NCAA tournament berth possibly coming to a premature close.
Call it fate. Call it destiny. Call it whatever you want. All that matters is that I made a lifelong friend in Liverpool, England last December.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. The road toward an NCAA tournament berth for Virginia continued to crumble yesterday after an afternoon announcement that tri-captain Jason Clark will not play the remainder of the year for academic reasons.
No. 55 Virginia began the 2005 dual-match season with a 5-2 victory Saturday over Michigan State at Vanderbilt University. After losing the doubles point, the Cavaliers stormed back to take four of the five singles matches.
Despite finishing a disappointing 5-8 last season, Virginia enters the 2005 campaign once again ranked in the top 10 nationally. Virginia head coach Dom Starsia returns 27 lettermen as well as eight starters.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Nik Caner-Medley's eyes never came unfocused. His shooting touch never lacked its fluid follow-through. Before Maryland hosted the Cavaliers last night, Caner-Medley said he knew his Terrapins would win
The NFL media spent all of last week focused on Colts quarterback Peyton Manning after he threw for an NFL-record 49 touchdowns this season, raunning the league's most dangerous offense and racking up 4,557 yards in the process.
While most students are just settling in after returning from Winter Break, the Virginia women's basketball team has already established its routine in the new year. The Cavaliers (13-4, 3-1 ACC) have won nine of their last 10 games.
A Texas native, Cavalier men's soccer player Hunter Freeman became head coach George Gelnovatch's 14th Virginia player to be drafted into Major League Soccer when he was selected by Colorado with the seventh pick in the first round Friday. Freeman, a junior defender for the Cavaliers, led a defensive unit this past season that ranked second in the ACC with a 0.90 goals against average.
Breaking into any professional sport requires physical skill as well as mental tenacity. Rookies especially are liable to face many successes and letdowns.
If case you didn't hear, Gov. Mark R. Warner gave his televised "State of the Commonwealth" address last Wednesday.
DURHAM, N.C. -- Virginia men's basketball coach Pete Gillen sat in the team bus Sunday night, his blank stare blaring out the window.
High school football star Lamont Robinson, one of Virginia's top recruits for next season, announced last week that he would sign with Oklahoma after initially committing to Virginia in June, the Richmond-Times Dispatch reported. Robinson, a 6-foot-2-inch, 225-pound linebacker from Salem High in New Jersey, was slated to play inside linebacker in Virginia's 3-4 defensive scheme, but he will now don a Sooner uniform for the perennial top 10 Okalahoma program. Robinson's high school football coach told the Times-Dispatch that Virginia was the "right fit" for the senior, but the recent top five finishes for the Sooners proved to make the difference in Robinson's decision.
Virginia tight end Heath Miller and outside linebacker Darryl Blackstock, both three-year starters, announced they would forego their senior seasons of eligibility and enter the 2005 NFL Draft.
The No. 10 Virginia men's tennis team rounded up play at the prestigious National Collegiate Tennis Classic in Palm Springs, Calif.
Although the Cavaliers pulled down a season-high 45 rebounds and had 15 more than their opponent, it wasn't Virginia's ability to hit the boards that most impressed Virginia coach Debbie Ryan. "I really feel like we're a pretty good rebounding team and we proved that [against Duke] Friday night," Ryan said.
