It's that time of the year again. Fans from miles around Charlottesville flocked to Scott Stadium yesterday for the annual "Meet the Team" day, which included head coach Al Groh's first press conference of the year for Virginia media.
Only five votes behind perennial stalwart and NCAA runner-up North Carolina, the Virginia women's soccer team was picked to finish second this season by ACC head coaches in a preseason poll.
A h, summer. The beginning of August means many things to the average Charlottesville resident.
Last week, Virginia men's tennis head coach Brian Boland announced the hiring of Tony Bresky and Nathan Crick as assistant coaches to help instruct a young team that produced lackluster results last season.
Sports writerswho met at the 31st annual Football Kickoff in Pinehurst, N.C. predicted the final rankings for the ACC this season.
With less than a month until the August 22nd showdown between Virginia and Colorado State, thoughts begin to turn to long bombs, breakaway runs, hard hits and a roaring Scott Stadium.
With the conclusion of the 2002 ACC Football Kickoff in Pinehurst, N.C., ACC commissioner John Swafford announced the ACC 50th Anniversary Football Team, which is part of the festivities celebrating the conference's anniversary year.
Virginia basketball coach Pete Gillen finally found a replacement to fill the void left by his long time assistant Tommy Herrion.
As you have no doubt read in my sports writing cohort, Paul Crane's column beside me, sports often take center stage here at the University.
Gillen receives Xavier honors Virginia men's basketball coach Pete Gillen has been announced as one of the fall 2002 inductees into the Xavier University Athletic Hall of Fame. Gillen was the head coach at Xavier from 1985-1994, before becoming head coach at Providence and eventually moving to Virginia.
Tom Hagan seems to be just like any other incoming first year. He is spending his summer worrying about saying good-bye to friends, summer jobs and packing for college.
Maybe there's magic in mystery, but no one can really know what to expect from Cavalier football this season.
College graduation typically sets off celebrations with family and friends, travel and the packing and unpacking of four years of memories during a gradual transition into the "real world." But for Brian Vahaly, post-graduation life has been anything but typical. Former Virginia tennis standout Vahaly turned pro upon his commencement from the Commerce School in 2001, and began to add an impressive list of accomplishments to his exceptional collegiate tennis career.
University Hall may not have the historical significance of the Lawn or the architectural design of the Rotunda but it has hosted what were arguably some of the greatest moments in University history. Two of these moments, the 2001 Valentine's Day Massacre of Duke and its 2002 encore, will be remembered fondly when today's students look back on their memories of U-Hall. Soon, all they will have is memories. U-Hall, though it holds a place in Virginia's history, will soon no longer be the main venue for men's and women's basketball in Charlottesville. The new arena, which will be located across Massie Road, will be configured in a horseshoe-shaped design that will seat 15,000 fans.
Consider this a preemptory strike in the hopes of standing out from the soon-to-be overwhelming lists of "how to's," "must-do's," "don't miss these" and "should see's" that will bombard all new students during their first few weeks at the University.
One of women's soccer's youngest stars is one step closer to representing the United States at the 2002 FIFA Under-19 Women's World Championship, which will take place from August 17 to Sept.
While many of the students at Virginia are busy getting tans on any number of beaches, two Cavaliers were hard at work.
Maybe it's just me, but one of the attractions of sports is that it is supposed to be above societal concerns.
One of the greatest players to ever grace the Virginia football program is coming back to his alma mater this season.
As much as it seems like baseball's All-Star game shouldn't matter, there are times when it looks like the spectacle it was originally intended to be.
