Duke men's and women's basketball teams will once again start the year as ACC favorites. The two Blue Devil squads were both selected to finish first in the conference this season.
The battle is on. Two preseason Heisman hopefuls take the field tomorrow for an in-conference showdown that has the makings of the most exciting ACC game this season.
The Virginia volleyball team returns home this weekend to close out its 2003 home schedule. The Cavaliers (20-6, 4-6 ACC) welcome No.
As Virginia travels to Maryland this Halloween afternoon, they will bring with them a frightening 0-3 record in road games this season. When the Cavaliers (8-7, 3-2 ACC) take the field at No.
Last year, things were pretty rough for Virginia midfielder Kelly Hammond. Although she was just two months into her freshman campaign, the season was halfway over, and she had scored only one goal despite taking more shots than most of her teammates.
The Cavalier women's tennis team participated in last weekend's ITA Regional Tournament where the winners of the doubles and singles brackets will go on to compete in the National Indoors Tournament.
The race to the top of the ACC heats up this weekend as Clemson visits Wake Forest in a pivotal game Saturday.
First-year Kimi Kelly was chosen as the ACC Women's Swimming and Diving Performer of the Week. Kelly claimed a pair of victories in the season-opening double-dual meet last weekend at Virginia's AFC.
Rivers vs. Schaub. Schaub vs. Rivers. It won't get any better in the ACC this season. But as these two quarterbacks prepare to duel this Saturday, one question looms.
There was a time in my career at the University where I never would have expected to say these words, but I think the time has come: I really miss the pep band. I began to feel the loss deeply two weeks ago against Florida State, when the FSU alumni band was belting out The Chop while the measly orchestral version of the Good Ole Song created more confusion than concert from the student section.
As the Virginia football team prepares for the challenge of slowing down Philip Rivers and NC State's potent passing attack this Saturday, the Cavaliers hope that they can rely on a strong performance from junior safety Jermaine Hardy.
Mariko Fritz-Krockow is a junior transfer from UCLA and a member of the women's tennis team. She provided The Cavalier Daily with her notes from this past weekend's ITA Regional Championships held at Virginia Tech. Friday, October 24, 2003 Regionals are here.
In the next month, the ACC football title will be decided and the Cavaliers will enter their hardest stretch of the season.
The Virginia field hockey team fell 5-1 this weekend in Winston-Salem to No. 1 Wake Forest in an ACC contest.
The Virginia volleyball team traveled to Wake Forest Sunday only to be defeated in three games. The Cavaliersrecorded more blocks than the Deacons and nearly matched their opponent in hitting percentage, but were unable to take a game from their conference foe. Virginia was led by a pair of seniors.
There are two types of athletes that always seem to be highly concentrated around college campuses.
While they have had home victories over nationally-ranked, ACC rivals Wake Forest and North Carolina, Virginia men's soccer has failed to create the same type of success on the road.
During the first 60 minutes of yesterday's game against No. 1 North Carolina, No. 5 Virginia was able to keep the game tied against a bigger, stronger and faster Tar Heel team that controlled the possession and the tempo for the entire match. But a pair of brilliant offensive sequences from UNC midway through the second half quickly changed that, as North Carolina (17-0, 6-0 ACC) grabbed a two-goal lead and defeated the Cavaliers (12-3-2, 3-2-1), 3-1, to move to 27-0-0 all-time against Virginia. "We're unhappy with a loss," Virginia coach Steve Swanson said.
Although her Tar Heel team was fresh off a decisive victory over Virginia just minutes before, senior defender and recent World Cup veteran Cat Reddick had losing on her mind. "I take losses harder than a lot of people do," Reddick said.
