Wagner Grabs Second ACC Swimming Honor
By Clayton O'Toole | February 11, 2004Virginia swimmer Luke Wagner won ACC men's swimmer of the week after his stellar performances in the Maryland dual meet Feb.
Virginia swimmer Luke Wagner won ACC men's swimmer of the week after his stellar performances in the Maryland dual meet Feb.
Last Saturday, the Virginia men's basketball team watched a tie game against N.C. State slip into a double-digit deficit just minutes before halftime.
Baseball great Cal Ripken Jr. spoke to more than 600 baseball fans in Memorial Gymnasium last night, sharing anecdotes from his childhood and baseball career before taking audience questions for more than 20 minutes. Ripken, who holds Major League Baseball's records for consecutive games played and home runs by a shortstop, was joined by his younger brother, former major league second baseman Billy Ripken, as the featured guest at Virginia baseball's 2004 Step Up to the Plate!
Do you want a coach with job security? A team that annually dominates the ACC? A program always ranked near the top of the polls?
Led by sophomore Brad Tilley and freshman Daniel McGurk, the Cavaliers finished eighth out of 14 teams at the Rice Intercollegiate Invitational yesterday. Virginia's combined score of 916 placed them 21 strokes behind first-place UT-San Antonio's score of 895.
The No. 28 Virginia men's tennis team will face No. 55 Virginia Tech in Blacksburg this afternoon in its last match before conference play begins Saturday.
After leading N.C. State to a win over Virginia last Saturday, Julius Hodge earned his second straight ACC Player of the Week selection.
With the regular season having recently come to a close, the Virginia swimming and diving teams now will focus their concentration on the upcoming 2004 ACC Swimming and Diving Championships.
Heisman Trophy runner-up Larry Fitzgerald will not return to Pittsburgh for his junior year opting instead to enter the NFL draft.
Virginia Athletics Director Craig Littlepage entered the room. Littlepage never enters the room.
The Virginia women's basketball team has been a staple in the NCAA tournament throughout the past two decades.
On the surface, Pete Gillen and I do not have much in common. I am not from Brooklyn, do not have red hair and have not been a member of a gold medal-winning team (Gillen was an assistant coach on Dream Team II). I certainly do not have a 10-year contract.
aturday at College Park, the Virginia men's swimming and diving team defeated Maryland 177-61, while the women's team fell, 137-106. The No.
The Virginia men's tennis team went 2-0 at a Boar's Head doubleheader Saturday, proving the promise of their young team.
Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Bayless Parsley conducted an exclusive phone interview with British streaker Mark Roberts, who introduced himself to America when he recorded his 373rd career streak during halftime of Super Bowl XXXVIII.
Only two days removed from their fourth victory of the season, the Cavaliers started strong in Sunday's match against Brown and carried their early success to a convincing team win. Virginia swept all three doubles matches for a 1-0 lead and went on to win five out of their six singles matches for a 6-1 victory. "We did a good job of keeping our heads together," coach Phil Rogers said.
Is it just me, or is the "Fire Pete Gillen" bandwagon filling up rather quickly these days? Between the team's laughable 2-7 conference record, their spiraling RPI rating and diminishing post-season hopes, Saturday afternoon's crowd was not the only group calling for ol' Pete's job. But believe it or not, firing the head coach is not the answer.
The Virginia women's basketball team got off to a slow start yesterday, but picked up their play in the second half to win their third straight game, defeating the Georgetown Hoyas, 52-45.
Facing Drexel University in Philadelphia on Saturday, the Virginia wrestling squad jumped ahead in the middle weight classes to earn a 21-6 lead. The Cavaliers nearly squandered their lead late in the day.
As I watched the Georgetown Hoyas steal the ballover and over from my beloved Cavalier women yesterday, I started to wonder why I wasn't nervous.