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Cavs need win at Maryland in finale

And just when you thought it was safe to count the Virginia Cavaliers out of the postseason picture, they go and pull one on you. They have won three games in a row and four of their last five. The Cavaliers are riding high off of an improbable winning streak that has included three victories over Top 25 teams, three game-winning three pointers by senior Todd Billet, an inspired, dramatic win on Senior Night over a hot No.


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What's inside this chapel may surprise you

When Youth Dies for Loyalties Sake The Hallowed Memory of Love Abides. This inscription reads as startling on the pages of a newspaper as it does in the dim light of our University Chapel. The chapel might be the last place that you would expect to find a vital piece of our nation's sports history, but a little sleuthing will reveal just that.


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Six titles leave swimmers jubilant, but not satisfied

The call-and-answer chant of "'Hoos house? Our house!" was deafening. The poolside chorus of triumphant Virginia swimmers roared through chants of "U-V-A." The Good Ol' Song was never sung so jubilantly. The Virginia men's swimming and diving team was not a very welcome host this past weekend.


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Lacrosse leaves eastern seaboard

Since the Division I NCAA lacrosse championships began in 1971, no team further south than North Carolina, further east than Princeton or further west than Syracuse has ever won the title.


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Cavaliers easily defeat UNC-Greensboro

The Virginia women's tennis team crushed North Carolina-Greensboro Saturday, 7-0. Virginia won all three doubles matches by 8-1 margins and took five of the six singles matches in straight sets. While the outcome of the match was determined long before No.


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Cavs take sixth straight ACC title

The mantra of the Virginia men's swimming team throughout this season has been "dominate," and that is exactly what the team did at the ACC championships this past weekend at the Aquatic and Fitness Center. The Cavaliers won the ACC title for the sixth year in a row, tying a record with North Carolina for the second longest win streak in ACC swimming history and setting the record for the longest streak of consecutive conference championships of any Virginia team. The Cavaliers finished with a score of 848.5 points, easily surpassing the second place score of 537 points by Florida State and the third place finish of 507 points by North Carolina.

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Ahead of Lighting of the Lawn, Riley McNeill and Chelsea Huffman, co-chairs of the Lighting of the Lawn Committee and fourth-year College students, and Peter Mildrew, the president of the Hullabahoos and third-year Commerce student, discuss the festive tradition which brings the community together year after year. From planning the event to preparing performances, McNeil, Huffman and Mildrew elucidate how the light show has historically helped the community heal in the midst of hardship.