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Rejuvenated Cavs feature new aces

By Barney Breen-Portnoy | January 25, 2005

Virginia fans who are disappointed with the woes of the basketball team and other Cavalier teams and wish to find solaceshould look into Virginia women's tennis.Buoyed by the arrival of a recruiting class loaded with talent, coach Phil Rogers' women's tennis squad has embarked on its 2005 campaign with high hopes of improving upon an 11-12 record compiled during the 2004 season. The main reason for optimism is the arrival of freshman Diana Srebrovic.

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Virginia women, men stay perfect with UNC wins

By Clayton O'Toole | January 24, 2005

The meet was supposed to be even. Tied at No. 15 in the rankings, the North Carolina women were supposed to pose the greatest test to the Cavaliers' thus-undefeated season.

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Visiting Dartmouth proves no match for consistent Cavaliers

By Kyle O'Connor | January 24, 2005

Jocelyn Logan-Friend sat in cheerful disbelief at the post-game press conference, basking in the limelight after Virginia's 83-70 victory over visiting Dartmouth and one of the best games of her career.

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Logan-Friend, reserves help Virginia take care of buisness

By Adrian Vigil | January 24, 2005

The Virginia women's basketball team did what it had to do. Facing a weak, non-conference opponent in the middle of the ACC schedule, the Cavaliers could have easily overlooked Dartmouth yesterday.

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Wrestling falls to North Carolina in dual meet

By Cavalier Daily Staff | January 24, 2005

For the second time in as many weeks, the Virginia wrestling team lost to the University of North Carolina Tar Heels.

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Virginia wins squeaker over Tigers

By Joey Mancini | January 24, 2005

In the Virginia team meeting room after Saturday's 81-79 win over Clemson, someone had written "Great win!" on the dry erase board.

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Filling Clark's shoes proves to be tough task

By Becky Piedel | January 24, 2005

Jason Clark's short-shaven mug timidly peeked over an usher in the player's tunnel at University Hall Saturday night.

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Cavs try to avoid déjà vu in rematch against UNC

By Jeremy Root | January 21, 2005

It's not common in college wrestling to face the same school in a dual meet for two weeks in a row during the regular season.

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Tigers provide chance for first ACC win

By Joey Mancini | January 21, 2005

Just five games into the 2004-2005 ACC schedule, the Virginia basketball squad has fallen into last place in the conference, with the prospects for an NCAA tournament berth possibly coming to a premature close.

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Meeting the man behind the British birthday suit

By Bayless Parsley | January 21, 2005

Call it fate. Call it destiny. Call it whatever you want. All that matters is that I made a lifelong friend in Liverpool, England last December.

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Without Clark, Gillen doesn't stand a chance

By Joey Mancini | January 20, 2005

COLLEGE PARK, Md. The road toward an NCAA tournament berth for Virginia continued to crumble yesterday after an afternoon announcement that tri-captain Jason Clark will not play the remainder of the year for academic reasons.

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Women's Tennis goes 1-1 on season-opening road trip

By Clayton O'Toole | January 20, 2005

No. 55 Virginia began the 2005 dual-match season with a 5-2 victory Saturday over Michigan State at Vanderbilt University. After losing the doubles point, the Cavaliers stormed back to take four of the five singles matches.

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Men's Lacrosse begins season ranked sixth in preseason Top 20 poll

By Clayton O'Toole | January 20, 2005

Despite finishing a disappointing 5-8 last season, Virginia enters the 2005 campaign once again ranked in the top 10 nationally. Virginia head coach Dom Starsia returns 27 lettermen as well as eight starters.

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Virginia suffers late collapse, falls to Terps

By Becky Piedel | January 20, 2005

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Nik Caner-Medley's eyes never came unfocused. His shooting touch never lacked its fluid follow-through. Before Maryland hosted the Cavaliers last night, Caner-Medley said he knew his Terrapins would win

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Forget Manning, Brady is the best quarterback in football

By J.D. Moss | January 20, 2005

The NFL media spent all of last week focused on Colts quarterback Peyton Manning after he threw for an NFL-record 49 touchdowns this season, raunning the league's most dangerous offense and racking up 4,557 yards in the process.

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Surging Cavs find rhythm heading into midseason

By Adrian Vigil | January 20, 2005

While most students are just settling in after returning from Winter Break, the Virginia women's basketball team has already established its routine in the new year. The Cavaliers (13-4, 3-1 ACC) have won nine of their last 10 games.

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Colorado Rapids select Virginia's Freeman seventh overall in MLS SuperDraft

By Clayton O'Toole | January 20, 2005

A Texas native, Cavalier men's soccer player Hunter Freeman became head coach George Gelnovatch's 14th Virginia player to be drafted into Major League Soccer when he was selected by Colorado with the seventh pick in the first round Friday. Freeman, a junior defender for the Cavaliers, led a defensive unit this past season that ranked second in the ACC with a 0.90 goals against average.

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U.Va. QB legend feels right at home in NFL

By Shrayes Ramesh | January 20, 2005

Breaking into any professional sport requires physical skill as well as mental tenacity. Rookies especially are liable to face many successes and letdowns.

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State of Athletic Department better than fans may think

By Bart Isley | January 19, 2005

If case you didn't hear, Gov. Mark R. Warner gave his televised "State of the Commonwealth" address last Wednesday.

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Cavs' ACC struggles continue in Durham

By Becky Piedel | January 19, 2005

DURHAM, N.C. -- Virginia men's basketball coach Pete Gillen sat in the team bus Sunday night, his blank stare blaring out the window.