Oftentimes at the University, students are defined by their activities, leading everyone to choose involvements wisely.
According to Virginia swimming coach Mark Bernardino, the ideal student-athlete is Luke Wagner. It is hard to argue with Bernardino's assessment of the senior swimmer from Colorado.
I could think of some clever lead or I can just flat out say it: Todd Billet is the best clutch shooter that I have ever seen.
For the first time this season, the U-Hall crowd had a reason to rush the court. Its name was Todd Billet. With 13.6 seconds left and the Cavaliers down by one, senior Todd Billet nailed his third game-winning three-pointer in the last four games to lift Virginia (15-10, 5-9 ACC) over North Carolina (16-8, 6-7), 74-72, last night.
Virginia football announced its latest verbal commitment for the 2005 recruiting class Monday, as Broad Run High School junior tight end Alex Field committed to the Cavaliers. This past season, the 6'6" 248-pound Field excelled at both the tight end and defensive end positions at Broad Run, located in Ashburn, Va. At defensive end, he compiled 11 quarterback sacks and was a unanimous choice for first-team defensive end accolades.
Virginia's Amy Appelt was named ACC women's lacrosse Player of the Week following her six-goal performance in the Cavaliers' 14-10 season opening win over Vanderbilt Sunday.
With the Cavaliers fresh off their second final-minute victory in three games (and first ACC road win of the season), we have entered the eye of the "Gillen Must Go" storm.
Following its first loss of the season and a split in a two game series with Penn State over the weekend, the Virginia baseball team will look to rebound at 3 p.m.
Softball coach Cheryl Sprangel passed the 700 career wins mark with the Cavaliers' victories over Miami University and Chattanooga this weekend. Sprangel's 700th victory came in extra innings after Virginia came from behind to overcome Miami 4-3 Sunday.
The Virginia men's basketball team scored just three points in the last six and a half minutes of the first half Saturday at Clemson's Littlejohn Coliseum.
Senior defender Brett Hughes, senior goalie Tillman Johnson and junior attack men John Christmas and Joe Yevoli were placed on the "Watch List" for lacrosse's prestigious Tewaaraton Trophy yesterday, giving Virginia the lead in number of early candidates. Hughes is considered among the nation's best defenders.
The Virginia wrestling team hosted James Madison, Cornell and The Citadel Saturday in a quad meet at Memorial Gymnasium.
CLEMSON, S.C. -- For someone who claims to have never hit a collegiate game-winning shot prior to this season, senior Todd Billet sure seems to be good at it. Billet hit his second game-winning three-pointer in less than a week Saturday afternoon to beat the Clemson Tigers (10-14, 3-10 ACC) by a score of 58-55.
The Virginia women chanted "Hoo's House? Our House!" throughout the ACC swimming championships at the AFC Saturday night and made that mantra a reality after capturing the title with 675 points to defend their conference championship from last year.
With 17 seconds to play, Anna Prillaman hit a three-pointer to tie Virginia with Florida State at 71.
The defending national champion Virginia men's lacrosse team opened its regular season Saturday against Drexel in Haverford, Pa.
Virginia outplayed Penn State for six innings yesterday -- but the Nittany Lion bats did more than enough in the first three to hand the Cavaliers their first loss of the season, 8-3.
The No. 29 men's tennis team beat No. 75 Pacific Saturday to tie the team's best season start record. The Cavaliers, now 9-0, began the day by sweeping the doubles matches.
Even worse than watching Virginia and their NCAA tournament hopes take a beating yesterday at Duke was knowing that if the Cavaliers had played every single game the way they played in the first half of this one, they would probably not be worried about their post-season probabilities.
DURHAM, N.C. -- With nine minutes to play in the first half, the Virginia women's basketball team seemed to be in good shape against the No.
