The Virginia women's basketball team went on late runs at the end of both halves and weathered an early second half spurt by the Yellow Jackets to bring home their first conference victory of the season yesterday over Georgia Tech, 74-63. "I think we played good defense most of the night," Virginia Coach Debbie Ryan said.
The general theme for the Cavalier women's basketball team before last night's contest against Georgia Tech was that they needed to recover their late-game execution in order to win close games. Adjusting to the graduation of high-scoring guard Telisha Quarles has been challenging for the Virginia backcourt this season.
Three senior Cavaliers make All-Star rosters Three seniors from the Virginia football team were named to postseason All-Star game rosters.
Eskandarian, Oliver named to All-America teams Virginia men's soccer standouts Alecko Eskandarian and Matt Oliver were selected yesterday to College Soccer News' 2002 All-America teams.
DURHAM, N.C. When your opponent scores 104 points in an ACC game, chances are slim you're going to be on the winning end of the contest.
The damn Yankees have gone and done it again. Yesterday's three-way trade between the Expos, White Sox and Yankees achieved everything the Bronx Bombers set out to do: 1) they traded away Orlando Hernandez who had become the surplus eighth starting pitcher in the wake of the Jose Contreras signing.
DURHAM, N.C. -- The Virginia men's basketball team (10-4, 1-2 ACC) hung with top-ranked Duke for most of the game, but Duke freshman guard J.J.
The Virginia women's basketball team looks to break its five-game losing streak and win its first conference game when Georgia Tech comes to town tonight for a 7:30 game at University Hall. The Cavaliers, who enter tonight's game with a 5-9 overall record and a dismal 0-4 conference record, remain optimistic about the season. "We lost all our ACC games," junior guard Anna Prillaman said.
Virginia places 18th in fall Sears Cup Rankings The University earned 172 points from the competition of its cross country, field hockey, football, soccer and volleyball teams to rank 18th in the 2002-2003 Sears Directors' Cup standings. The final standings will be posted after the completion of the spring season, with points awarded for the final standings of 20 sports, 10 male and 10 female.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Virginia may finally get some respect. The Cavaliers dominated then-No.13 West Virginia for the final three quarters of the game en route to a decisive 48-22 victory in the inaugural Continental Tire Bowl on Dec.
After opening up a first half lead of as many as 20 points, Virginia (10-3, 1-1 ACC) held off two second-half surges by North Carolina (9-5, 1-1) and won its home ACC opener, 79-72, Saturday. Junior guard Todd Billet scored 17 of his game-high 24 points in the first half behind 5-of-7 shooting on three-pointers as Virginia exploited a UNC zone in the first half, shooting 57 percent and opening up a 48-30 halftime lead. "We made a choice to go zone" defense, UNC coach Matt Doherty said.
If you missed the inaugural Continental Tire Bowl, you should be ashamed. The classic in the Queen City had everything: humiliation, disgrace, and a slew of upset West Virginia fans.
Virginia's true point guard made his presence known in the team's home ACC opener against UNC Saturday.
After two early season home victories and a recent triumph at Penn State, the Virginia men's and women's swim and dive teams take their unblemished win-loss records into the Auburn Invitational in Alabama this weekend, where they will face their stiffest competition this year to date. The No.
It was in the middle of the televised Duke-Ohio State college basketball game on Tuesday when I found myself consciously searching for a part of the sports world for the first time this semester.
The Virginia Wrestling squad will look to start off the season on the right foot as they face in-state rival James Madison in a dual match tonight in Harrisonburg. Virginia maintains the upper hand in the overall record between the two teams at 15-4-1.
Foley takes first at Sharpie-Carolina Open Virginia junior wrestler Tim Foley went undefeated in five bouts to claim the Cavs' only individual title at the 2002 Sharpie-Carolina Wrestling Open in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Hot off a solid performance in the 2002 Maui Invitational, the 22nd ranked Virginia men's basketball team (3-1, 0-0 ACC), returns to action Wednesday night against No.
Adidas has it right: "Long live sport." That's "sport," singular, mind you. "Sports" is the conglomeration of athletic games; "sport" is the idealistic pursuit of a greater end, redefining challenge and triumphing over adversity.
Men's basketball falls to Indiana in Maui After victories over Chaminade and No. 16 Kentucky put the No.
