Sometimes high expectations can be daunting. Beginning the season ranked tenth in the nation, the Virginia men's tennis team was expected to achieve a certain level of performance.
It may not have the history of Yankees-Red Sox or Lakers-Celtics, but over the last decade the heated women's lacrosse rivalry between Virginia and Princeton has been almost as intense. In 1993, the Cavaliers downed the Tigers 8-6 in overtime to win their second national title in three years and deny Princeton its first.
The Virginia softball team fell to No. 4 Tennessee 10-0 yesterday at the Park. It was this season's first game against a ranked opponent for Virginia. The Cavaliers were outplayed by the Volunteers both offensively and defensively.
After the dust settles in Baltimore Saturday afternoon, the men's lacrosse world will have crowned a definitive front-runner. In a clash of two national titans, the second-ranked Virginia Cavaliers will make the 150-mile journey north to take on No.
Nobody who wears the blue and orange sabers at the University of Virginia wants to lose to the Hokies of Virginia Tech.
There are two ways to look at Virginia's home softball game today at 3 p.m. at The Park against nationally-ranked Tennessee (no.
March Madness has reached the Sweet Sixteen, so that means one thing for most people's brackets: They're busted. By this point, we're left rooting for all underdogs because we have no chance of winning our bracket while a girl who did not watch a single game all year is winning after making her picks based on mascots. While putting the Tubby Smith and Marc Iavaroni rumors on hold for this weekend (and believe me, I could write about this every week), here's one updated look at who will be in St.
There is no place like home for the Virginia baseball team. The Cavaliers (17-6) have an exceptional 15-1 record within the confines of Davenport Field but have a more pedestrian 5-3 record away from Charlottesville.
The physical preparation is there, and the proof is a 10-1 regular season record, an undefeated 5-0 conference record and an ACC title.
Due to the forecast for inclement weather today and tomorrow in Virginia, the Cavaliers' doubleheader originally scheduled today at Radford has been postponed.
Virginia's track and field squad started its season strong, winning three events at the Charlotte 49er Invitational.
If this column seems at all disjointed, let's just pretend I'm recovering from a blindside pick by Janel McCarville. Like many other sports fans, I watched a sick amount of college basketball this weekend, and several things stuck out to me besides McCarville's pick on Latonya Blue -- which I'll discuss last, in an attempt to give my column some chronological structure, as it occurred Thursday night. The first major shocker of the week had to be Vermont's win over Syracuse Friday night, particularly for those of us who had the Orange in their Final Four.
The University of Virginia men's tennis team already had sealed up Sunday's victory over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, but Rylan Rizza was not ready to call it a day quite yet. The energetic junior defeated Tech's David North in a grueling 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (6) match to finish off the win for the Cavaliers. "The team already got the job done," Rizza said.
With a rematch of last year's championship game on the horizon, the Virginia women's lacrosse team knew it had to take care of business against in-state rival William & Mary last night.
In the Virginia baseball locker room, the saying goes that every series ends with "Championship Sunday," a motto that aims to keep players focused on finishing every three-game stand like the season is on the line. Judging by the Cavaliers' recent performance, it appears the players have taken that slogan to heart.
Rob Bateman has done this whole college thing before. But it's the one thing he missed on his first go around, a national championship, that's brought him back for a second try.
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Williams Arena was buzzing as the No. 3 seed University of Minnesota Golden Gophers jogged onto the court for their warm-ups.
With college athletes only on campus for four or five years, fans are accustomed to their team's uniforms being filled by a revolving door of names and faces.
MINNEAPOLIS A few weeks ago, there was a lot of hoopla about the men's basketball senior class, but not a single word was uttered about the seniors on the women's basketball team who were able to lead their team to the postseason. No one talked about the five seniors who vindicated themselves for being part of the first Cavalier team to miss the tournament last year since 1983.
Evidently the women's lacrosse team did not appreciate losing its No. 1 spot in the polls. Playing their first game since losing their No.
