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Terrapins cash in late, hand Cavaliers first loss at home

By Jeff Sigal | November 8, 2004

On the final day of the regular season, the Virginia men's soccer team had a lot at stake. With a win against Maryland, the Cavaliers would claim the ACC regular season championship; but with a loss, the team would drop its first game at Klöckner Stadium as well as suffer back-to-back defeats for the first time this year. In an extremely hard fought, back-and-forth contest, the Cavaliers fell to the Terrapins 1-0 on a goal by Jason Arnold with just over four minutes remaining in the game.

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Cavs experiment with lineups in exhibition

By Becky Piedel | November 8, 2004

It used to be that when the Virginia men's basketball team scored 90 points or more at home, Taco Bell would offer every fan in attendance a free taco.

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Cavs run all over hyped Terrapin D

By Joe Lemire | November 8, 2004

Virginia's defense pitched its second shutout of the season, holding Maryland to just seven first downs and 51 rushing yards as the No.

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Cavs to tangle with Tigers for shot at finals

By SR Sidarth | November 5, 2004

Coming off of an 8-0 romp over Virginia Tech on Wednesday in the ACC tournament quarterfinals, the Virginia women's soccer team will look to solidify its status as one of the country's elite squads this weekend. No.

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Tournament seeds on the line in finale

By Elizabeth Newell | November 5, 2004

For the Virginia's men's soccer team, it all comes down to today. After a season of success, they will face one of their biggest challenges coming off one of their biggest and most surprising losses.

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Cavs ready to get it started right

By Patrick Mitchell | November 5, 2004

For the three seniors on Virginia men's basketball team, this season is their last chance to reach the NCAA tournament.

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Virginia rolling heading into Florida State, Miami

By Adrian Vigil | November 5, 2004

It's pretty safe to say the Virginia women's volleyball team is on a roll. The Cavaliers (17-7, 7-5 ACC) are in a three-way tie for third place in the conference, and they hold both the ACC's second longest current win streak and the best home record (10-1) in the ACC.

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Bad blood boils in rivalry with Terps

By Walker Freer | November 5, 2004

It hasn't always been this way. Maryland hasn't always been an elite level football team able to beat Florida State and make annual plans to spend early January in Florida. Prior to the 2001 season, the Terrapins were perennial ACC doormats, located just above Duke in the conference hierarchy.

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Cavs score eight in romp over Hokies

By Clayton O'Toole | November 4, 2004

With an entire week of rest in between games, the Cavaliers talked at practice earlier this week about how much they wanted back on the field.

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Stingy defense key to Terrapin success

By Barney Breen-Portnoy | November 4, 2004

University of Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen is well-known for his reputation as an offensive genius.

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Virginia aims to snap 14-game ACC slide

By Joey Mancini | November 4, 2004

As exposed numerous times in the world of sports, the postseason is a completely different ballgame than everything that comes before.

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How to protect this house

By J.D. Moss | November 4, 2004

Al Groh has said all season long that he wants his Cavaliers to still be in the hunt on Nov. 1. Now, after a pair of upsets last weekend in College Park and Chapel Hill, the 'Hoos again control their own destiny for an ACC championship and automatic BCS bid.

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Stock continues to rise for defensive end

By Shrayes Ramesh | November 4, 2004

By many measures of success, the opportunity to play a kid's game professionally would satisfy most people -- let alone football players.

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The new longest suffering fan base? You don't have to go far to find them

By Bart Isley | November 3, 2004

At Virginia, it sometimes seems as if being miserable is a badge of honor. Respect is gained in the wee hours at Clemons -- war waged over who can outdo who in total assignments and impending tests.

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Singletary receives second most votes for Preseason ACC Rookie of the Year

By Shrayes Ramesh | November 3, 2004

Highly-touted Virginia guard Sean Singletary came in second place in the Atlantic Coast Conference's Preseason Rookie of the Year voting.

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Swimmers earn weekly conference honors

By Shrayes Ramesh | November 3, 2004

The Atlantic Coast Conference named Virginia swimmers Luke Anderson and Katy Bland as the ACC Swimming and Diving Performers of the Week yesterday. Anderson, a senior who won five races in Virginia's meet last week, helped lead the No.

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Well-rested Cavs look to exorcise tourney demons

By Clayton O'Toole | November 3, 2004

Following its second most successful regular season since ACC play began in 1987, No. 2 seeded Virginia begins its conference tournament at noon today against seventh seeded Virginia Tech (11-7, 4-5 ACC). This season has, thus far, been one of pleasant surprises for the Cavaliers.

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Cavs face talented Terp special teams

By Walker Freer | November 3, 2004

Maryland's special teams have played extraordinarily this season and between their starting kicker and punter, the Terrapins start two of the best special teams players in the country.

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New coach injects life into Virginia program

By Shrayes Ramesh | November 3, 2004

In past years, Virginia's annual golfing trip to Hawaii was a time for the team to relax, bond and enjoy the beach-lined greens on the island's North Shore.

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Barlow cracks into lineup for Cavaliers

By Elizabeth Newell | November 2, 2004

With a 2004 recruiting class that has catapulted the Cavaliers to the No. 2 national ranking and a stellar 14-3 record -- last weekend's upset at the hands at Virginia Tech aside -- it can be hard for any individual freshman to stand out.