Only two years after he transferred into the Virginia basketball program, center Nick Vander Laan announced yesterday that he will leave the school and attend Concordia University in Irvine, Ca.
Former Virginia All-Americans Jay Jalbert and Ryan Curtis were honored at the annual Major League Lacrosse luncheon in Philadelphia.
"I can't tell you anything about the volleyball team." "I don't follow any sports in the fall." Answers like these are standard responses to queries about Virginia's fall sports.
Normally, any college football program would be flattered to be compared to a professional team. Think of the Miami Hurricanes and the long-running joke that they could blow some of the lesser NFL squads off the map.
Sophomore Wali Lundy was listed as a candidate for the Doak Walker Award, handed out to the nation's top college running back. The Southern Methodist University athletic forum announced yesterday its list of 39 preseason candidates for the trophy.
Sophomore fullback Jason Snelling will most likely sit out the upcoming season with an undisclosed medical condition, according to coach Al Groh.
By Jason Wise Cavalier Daily Senior Associate Editor The Cavalier football team will enter this season ranked No.18 in the nation and are already receiving a level of national attention that is quite different from last season.
The Virginia women's soccer team ended its preseason trip to Michigan with a 1-0-1 record for the weekend.
Beneath bright orange and blue flags advertising past successes of Virginia soccer teams, the 2003 men's squad began filling in the blank banner that will be their legacy Saturday night.
To all of those familiar faces: welcome back to Charlottesville. To the new ones: simply welcome.
Beginning in 2004, the Atlantic Coast Conference will be home to two new teams: the Miami Hurricanes and the Virginia Tech Hokies.
Last season Virginia's offense was one of the most exciting in the nation. With second half comeback victories and trick plays thrown into the mix, the Cavaliers were both unpredictable and exciting.
I will admit, I was worried. Landing a sports journalism job from June through July seemed like my ultimate irony.
Once the big man on campus, former Virginia basketball standout Roger Mason Jr. has taken his game to the next level with the NBA's Chicago Bulls.
Barbeques, mosquitoes, muggy summer nights mean more than just nine innings of the national pastime.
While the hot summer months represent the off season in the basketball world, there certainly isn't any time off for the Cavaliers.
Returning from the ACC football kickoff this weekend, I had the pleasure of being stopped for speeding just north of Charlotte, NC.
This was no ordinary tennis match. This was Anna Kournikova and all the spectacle and hoopla she brings with her.
LOWELL, Mass. -- Senior midfielder A.J. Shannon didn't get much time to let the championship soak in.
The future seemed as bright as ever for Chris Rotelli on Memorial Day afternoon in 1999. Still a few weeks away from his high school graduation, Rotelli was spending the holiday in College Park, Maryland watching the Virginia Cavaliers, the team he would be playing with for the next four years, win the national championship. "It was unbelievable," Rotelli said.
