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Cavs' special teams prove not so special

By Jeremy Root | November 16, 2004

The Virginia coaches focused all last week on how to contain Miami's speed on special teams. While the Cavaliers were able to limit Miami's returns on kickoffs, they struggled to restrain the Hurricanes' punt return units. Junior Kurt Smith typically handles the Cavaliers' kickoff duties with the objective of kicking the ball into the endzone to force the opposing team's kick return unit to down the ball.

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Lacking star, Virginiaspreads offense around

By Elizabeth Newell | November 16, 2004

Alecko Eskandarian, Chris Algright, Ben Olsen; in its history, the Virginia men's soccer program has had many stand-out scoring leaders.

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Swimming defeats Georgia Tech, remains undefeated

By Cavalier Daily Staff | November 16, 2004

Over the weekend, the Virginia men's and women's swimming teams defeated the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets to remain undefeated this season. The women turned in a convincing 134-100 victory over the Yellow Jackets, winning 11 of 13 events.

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Wrestling finishes 2-1 at Avalon Duals in Pennsylvania

By Cavalier Daily Staff | November 16, 2004

The Virginia wrestling team won two matches but dropped one at the Avalon Duals in Edinboro, Pa. last weekend at Edinboro University.

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Cavaliers host Russian junior team for international exhibition

By Chris Insolera | November 16, 2004

After opening the 2005 season with two hard fought games in the Women's Sports Foundation Classic in Baton Rouge, La., the Virginia women's basketball team returns to action tonight at University Hall at 7 p.m.

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Not swept away by a Hurricane just yet

By Joe Lemire | November 16, 2004

The Cavaliers can still win the ACC, or at least a share of it. Innumerable scenarios still exist for the end of the season, but the best case for Virginia football includes a tie with Florida State atop the conference.

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Virginia polo reigns in titles

By Will Searcy | November 16, 2004

Imagine looking into the icy glare of a half-ton animal flying forward at speeds of up to 30 miles per hour and knowing it is your job to collide with the animal with as much force as possible.

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Cavs split pair at Mem

By Pat Cronin | November 15, 2004

After a convincing 3-0 victory over Clemson on Senior Night Friday, the women's volleyball team showed it could also run with the best just a few hours later against a more-impressive Georgia Tech squad on Saturday afternoon.

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Cavs continue to mix lineups, win final exhibition in romp

By Joey Mancini | November 15, 2004

Based on his encouragement from the bench and on the court, Jason Clark may be the least expected Virginia basketball player to receive two technical fouls.

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Cross Country earns All-Region honors at Southeast regional

By Clayton O'Toole | November 15, 2004

Virginia's Emily Harrison was the first freshman across the line this weekend at the Southeast regional, earning sixth overall.

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For Virginia, big plays still lacking

By Jeremy Root | November 15, 2004

Virginia had a chance to establish itself as a top 10 program Saturday and prove it is on the same level as the Florida powerhouse football schools.

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Successful season screeches to halt with loss against Duke

By Clayton O'Toole | November 15, 2004

Soccer is one of those sports where anything can happen on any given afternoon. Sunday afternoon, something unexpected did.

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Women's basketball rebounds with win against Maine

By Clayton O'Toole | November 15, 2004

In the second game of the Women's Sports Foundation Classic, Virginia evened its season record to 1-1 with a 72-62 win over Maine.

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Cavs take ACC tourney title for second consecutive year

By Elizabeth Newell | November 15, 2004

CARY, N.C. -- The Cavaliers defended their ACC Championship title and avenged a regular-season loss to rival Maryland yesterday in the finals of the conference tournament. After a scoreless and extremely even first half, Virginia got on the board less than three minutes after the break.

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Mental errors plague Cavaliers in loss

By Sean McLernon | November 15, 2004

The personnel on the field were right. The play call was right. Everything was right, except for the execution. The Cavaliers were trailing by three points with less than three minutes left in the fourth quarter, but forced the No.

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Virginia faces tough test in final weekend

By Adrian Vigil | November 12, 2004

It's the stereotypical end-of-season sports scenario -- the hopes of an entire year coming down to one last weekend of games. The Virginia volleyball team (17-9, 7-7 ACC) enters this weekend with the possibility of finishing the season as high as third place or as low as ninth.

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ACC releases 2005 football matchups

By Jeremy Root | November 12, 2004

The ACC unveiled the conference matchups for the 2005 football season Wednesday. Virginia, part of the new Coastal Division, will host Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech.

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Brooks named Butkus Award Finalist

By Jeremy Root | November 12, 2004

The Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando announced Thursday that Virginia sophomore inside linebacker Ahmad Brooks is one of three finalists for the Butkus Award, given annually to the nation's top linebacker. Brooks leads the Cavalier defense with 7.8 tackles per game, four pass break-ups, two interceptions, and nine quarterback pressures. Southern California's Matt Grootegoed and Texas' Derrick Johnson were the other two finalists

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Cavs plan to work on defense, rebounding

By Mickey Cloud | November 12, 2004

Please excuse the Virginia basketball squad if they don't outdo themselves in their next, and last, exhibition game.

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ACC champs riding high entering NCAA first round

By SR Sidarth | November 12, 2004

The Virginia women's soccer team begins NCAA tournament play this weekend in friendly confines and against familiar opposition. Tonight at Klöckner Stadium, the home-standing No.