June 6, 2004, members of the Cavalier baseball team walked into the locker room for the last time that season after just having suffered a defeat from Vanderbilt, eliminating them from the regional competition.
The NFL Draft's first pick will be made sometime before 12:30 p.m. Saturday, and two days of the most uneventful television in sports will commence. There always seems to be something happening during ESPN's draft coverage, but really, it's just a glorified version of that quintessential playground moment where the captains pick teams.
Let's play a word association game: What comes to mind when I say the words inseparable, hysterical, fun-loving and happy?
When new Virginia head coach Dave Leitao entered the Bryant Hall recruiting room for Sunday's press conference, the large crowd of media, school officials and community members shushed to catch the first glimpse of his entrance. Leitao's family entered first, his wife Joyce leading three young sons to the front row.
The University of Virginia baseball team's youth movement has been met with mixed results throughout the season.
Dorothy was right, there is no place like home. After three games on the road, the No. 3 Virginia women's lacrosse team (11-2, 3-1 ACC) ends the season with three straight home games. After winning the first game convincingly against rival Virginia Tech March 15, the Cavaliers will put their four-game winning streak on the line as they host the No.
With the third overall pick in the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft, the Seattle Mariners select... For three University of Virginia baseball players, June 7, 2005 will determine the future of their baseball opportunities.
The Temple Owls' streak of 25-consecutive wins ended March 22 after a 61-54 loss to No. 3-seeded Rutgers in the second round of the women's NCAA Tournament.
As current Cavalier Daily sports editors, we understand that as a new coach at a new school in a new league, you have many challenges before you.
The call of free pizza is timeless. Hungry college kids can never seem to resist the lure of a slice of cheese or pepperoni.
Two frames adorn the wall outside Al Groh's office at the McCue Center. Both are newspaper pages from the day Virginia Tech beat Virginia in 2004, ending the Cavaliers' chances to win a share of the ACC title.
This weekend, ESPN and ESPN 2 will feature 16 hours of live coverage of the 2005 NFL Draft. A parade of NFL and college football analysts will break down the draft to its smallest minutiae. In early June, however, there will be no such round-the-clock coverage of the professional baseball draft.
Following the programs worst loss in 47 years, a 17-2 loss at Duke Saturday, the Virginia men's lacrosse team bounced back Sunday to defeat Denver 9-6 at Klöckner Stadium. Paced by three goals from junior midfielder Matt Poskay and two from junior attackman Matt Ward, the Cavaliers avenged last season's 9-7 loss at the hands of the Pioneers -- although it wasn't easy by any means. Denver struck first when a third Matt, Matt Brown, faked out Virginia goalie Kip Turner for the goal and the lead. Ward evened the score at one apiece with a goal from the crease.
Three schools sent crew teams to Charlottesville to face No. 9 Virginia on the Rivanna River over the weekend, and three schools left with multiple losses. No.
Virginia's 18-3 win over rival Virginia Tech (4-7) can be described only as dominant. The Cavaliers (11-2) never trailed in the game and were in control from the opening draw.
Before the search for a new Virginia basketball coach began, athletic director Craig Littlepage said it would take four to six weeks.
CLEMSON, S.C. -- After dropping the first two games of this weekend's series at Clemson, the Virginia Cavaliers were in need of a morale boost.
In the first and only home meet of the season, the Virginia track team performed well as the host team.
Friday in front of the largest tennis crowd in recent memory at the Snyder Tennis Center, with strong wind gusts blasting across the court, this year's Cavaliers became the first in history to sweep the ACC by dispatching Clemson 5-2.
Fresh off three blowout wins earlier this week, the Virginia baseball team heads to Clemson this weekend with an air of newfound confidence and guarded optimism. Virginia (24-11, 5-8 ACC) thrashed visiting Norfolk State Tuesday and swept University of Maryland Eastern Shore in a doubleheader Wednesday.
