Is it just me, or is the "Fire Pete Gillen" bandwagon filling up rather quickly these days? Between the team's laughable 2-7 conference record, their spiraling RPI rating and diminishing post-season hopes, Saturday afternoon's crowd was not the only group calling for ol' Pete's job. But believe it or not, firing the head coach is not the answer.
The Virginia women's basketball team got off to a slow start yesterday, but picked up their play in the second half to win their third straight game, defeating the Georgetown Hoyas, 52-45.
Facing Drexel University in Philadelphia on Saturday, the Virginia wrestling squad jumped ahead in the middle weight classes to earn a 21-6 lead. The Cavaliers nearly squandered their lead late in the day.
As I watched the Georgetown Hoyas steal the ballover and over from my beloved Cavalier women yesterday, I started to wonder why I wasn't nervous.
Virginia (12-8, 2-7 ACC) and N.C. State (14-5, 7-2) battled neck and neck for the first 15 minutes of Saturday's game, but one blown opportunity by the Cavaliers turned a tied game into a double-digit deficit as the Wolfpack cruised to a 79-63 win. After an uncontested layup by junior forward Elton Brown rimmed out, N.C.
Despite having only one more point than turnovers at the half, the Virginia women's basketball team rebounded -- literally -- in the second half to defeat Maryland, 64-51. The Cavaliers (11-10, 5-5 ACC) played a dismal first half, turning the ball over 18 times and shooting less than 35 percent from the field for 19 points.
As the dual meet season winds down, the Virginia men's and women's swim teams have one more fish to fry before reaching the ACC championship meet next week. The teams must first face ACC rival Maryland tomorrow in College Park, to finish off the regular season.
The Duke women's basketball team saw its unprecedented run of dominance in the ACC come to a close Wednesday night, courtesy of Florida State.
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow and eventually not even the Navy could hold down the Virginia men's lacrosse team last night at the U-Hall Turf Field.
By Rachel Brandt Cavalier Daily Senior Writer After hosting a quad meet last Saturday in Memorial Gym, the Virginia wrestling team will return to action in full force tomorrow.
Maybe I've been paying too much attention in American Politics 101, but the more I grow to love women's basketball, the more I hear Sabato's voice ringing in my head.
N.C. State is hot. Virginia is not. On Wednesday night, when Virginia fell to Maryland at home, the Wolfpack came back from a 16 point halftime deficit to beat No.
The Virginia football program signed 18 players to letters-of-intent yesterday, marking an end to the 2003-2004 recruiting season.
Imagine this: It is early April and you've just gotten your college acceptance letters. You spend weeks thinking, researching and then make your decision
TheVirginia women's basketball team will look to get over the .500 mark when they play host to Maryland tonight.
Virginia lost a back-and-forth battle to the Maryland Terrapins, 71-67, last night at University Hall.
To say the least, this is a tough one for Virginia to swallow.To call Wednesday evening's matchup with Maryland a big game would be an understatement.
As if academic achievement, social action and good looks weren't enough, last week brought another stroke of luck to the Class of 2004.
Graceful, elegant and soft. These are words commonly used to describe the game of tennis. The Virginia women's tennis team has not quite conformed to these standards. "This has been a team that's very gritty, very competitive when they're out on the court, a very scrappy team that fights very hard," coach Phil Rogers said.
I left off last time setting the table for an anticlimactic Super Bowl. With so much good karma in the weeks and days leading up to The Game, the gods wouldn't possibly bless me with a game to remember, I thought. Patriots-Panthers?
