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Virginia hopes to capture critical road win at Wake

Virginia's season teeters on the brink of disaster as the Cavaliers prepare for a must-win match-up at Wake Forest Sunday. Reeling from three straight losses by an average of 13.7 points, Virginia (14-10, 5-7 ACC) must find a way to stop the bleeding against the No.


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Track at a glance

The ACC indoor championships will be held at UNC this year onFebruary 21-22. 11 times Seniors Kiamesha Otey and Scott Kimball finished first inthe team in the 60-meter dash out of 6 indoor meets 4 times Otey finished first in the team in the long jump 7.37 Otey's best time in the 60 meter dash 12 feet cleared by pole-vaulter Vika Osipenko to set a new school record on Feb.


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Cavs take on Terps at Comcast Center

With only three games remaining in the regular season, a new sense of urgency has taken hold of the Virginia women's basketball team. The Cavaliers have won four of their last five but are only 12-12 overall and are still underwater (6-7) in the ACC.


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Cavs set sights on ACC title quintet

Five years extends beyond the career span of any one college athlete or class of athletes. Thus, to win five consecutive conference championships is a feat not easily matched, as it requires long-term consistency from a constantly evolving team


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Tigers roar past Virginia, scoring rare conference road win, 73-64

Playing at home just isn't the same anymore. After the 78-59 loss to Duke last Saturday, the Cavaliers appeared to have as meager a challenge as they could handle in eighth-place Clemson (13-11, 4-7 ACC), who had come into the game with an 0-4 road record in the conference. Clemson reinforced the unpredictability of the ACC, grabbing the lead in the opening minutes and holding off the Cavaliers' attempted second-half comeback to secure a 73-64 victory last night. When these two teams met in Clemson on Jan.


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Drive for show, putt for dough

While the residents of Hooville debate whether the three-point shooting of the men's basketball team or the local blizzard is icier, it has been the golfers of the PGA and LPGA Tour that have created quite a stir over the past week. For starters, Phil Mickelson referred to Tiger Woods's Nike equipment as inferior during an interview with Golf Magazine last week.


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Cavaliers take down NC State, Duke

While the men's basketball team resembled frozen statues Saturday night, the Virginia wrestling team remained red-hot, defeating NC State 25-12 and Duke 29-6 in a pair of dual matches.


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Sports In Brief

No. 20 Auburn sweeps Virginia The Cavalier baseball team traveled to Auburn only to meet defeat in each of the three games in their weekend series.


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Osipenko sails to heights for Virginia track

On Feb. 1, pole vaulter Vika Osipenko did the unthinkable, setting a new standard by becoming the first woman in school history to top the 12 foot mark in the event.Last weekend, she accomplished that feat again when the Cavaliers traveled to Blacksburg for the Tech Challenge. Reaching such extreme heights has taken plenty of effort but relatively few years for the 23-year old born in St.


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Virginia squares off with NC State, Duke

Excited about the Duke-U.Va. matchup but tired of basketball?Look no further than Memorial Gym Saturday night at 7, when the Cavaliers welcome the Blue Devils in the second of two conference wrestling matches for Virginia.

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Ahead of Lighting of the Lawn, Riley McNeill and Chelsea Huffman, co-chairs of the Lighting of the Lawn Committee and fourth-year College students, and Peter Mildrew, the president of the Hullabahoos and third-year Commerce student, discuss the festive tradition which brings the community together year after year. From planning the event to preparing performances, McNeil, Huffman and Mildrew elucidate how the light show has historically helped the community heal in the midst of hardship.