Pinney takes honors Pinney's tight defense on Nittany Lion Katie Jeschke held the American Lacrosse Conference's leading scorer to only one shot.
After months of extensive training, intense competition and a successful 9-1 regular season that culminated in a second-place finish at the ACC Championships, 10 members of the Virginia women's swimming team will travel to Austin, Texas this weekend to compete in the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. The 10 women representing the Cavalier squad are senior Megan Roesch, juniors Mirjana Bosevska, Lindsey Crane and Cara Lane, sophomores Amy Baly and Carlie Dykehouse and freshmen Carrie Ellis, Andrea Georoff, Laura Lipskis and Katie McWilliams.
The Virginia crew team will take on their first ACC opponent of the season when Duke comes to town this Saturday at 10 a.m.
Virginia goalie Tillman Johnson was named ACC player of the week after leading the men's lacrosse team to two victories last week. Johnson, a sophomore from Annapolis, Md., began the week with a 10-save performance in the Cavaliers' 7-5 victory over Notre Dame last Tuesday, holding the Fighting Irish to their lowest scoring output of the year. Johnson followed that performance with a 13-save game against Towson in the Cavaliers' 13-8 victory Sunday.
The best story in college basketball right now cannot be found in Durham, N.C., or College Park, Md. Instead it's on the banks of the Cuyahoga River in Kent, Ohio.
Coming off one of the biggest wins in the history of the women's tennis program, the Cavaliers are set to go up against the Richmond Spiders in a midseason non-conference matchup today at the Snyder Tennis Center at 2 p.m. Virginia coach Phil Rogers picked up his first win against the Seminoles in his 19 years with the Cavaliers.
The Virginia baseball team takes on James Madison at 3 p.m. today at the U.Va. Baseball Field following the mixed results of a 2-6 stretch over Spring Break. The Cavaliers (12-9, 1-2 ACC) are coming off a 1-2 showing against No.
The Cavaliers will compete this Saturday at 4 p.m. in the Mad Bowl in the first round of Division 1 Nationals. For more information their Web site at http://scs.student.virginia.edu/~wrugbuva Four members of the Virginia club swimming team will travel to participate in UPenn's second annual Spring Invitational this weekend.
STORRS, CT - After being picked to finish eighth in the ACC, the Virginia women's basketball team earned the eighth seed in the Mideast region of the NCAA tournament.
Thousands of Virginia undergraduates last week made the annual exodus from Charlottesville to warmer climates for various Spring Break celebrations.
Well, at least it's all over now. The debacle that was the Virginia men's basketball season ended last Wednesday evening with a 74-67 loss to the Gamecocks of South Carolina, the finale of a forgettable season for the Cavaliers.
A season short of expectations came to an end last Wednesday as the Virginia men's basketball team squandered a nine-point lead in the second half en route to a 74-67 loss to South Carolina in the first round of the National Invitational Tournament. Virginia was ranked as high as fourth in the nation this season, but their NCAA tournament hopes came crashing down in March as the Cavaliers lost 10 of their last 13 games. The Cavaliers were 14-2 Jan.
Juniors Eliese Mitchell and Kiamesha Otey of Virginia's track and field team made their mark in the NCAA indoor championships March 9 and 10 to close out the indoor season.
Teamer earns ACC rookie of the year award Virginia freshman forward Brandi Teamer was named the 2002 rookie of the year yesterday by the Atlantic Coast Sports Writers Association.
The Virginia wrestling team will look to build upon a dominant performance in the American Quad Meet on Feb.
Although the Radford baseball team (4-5) displayed its hunger to win, the Highlanders fell to Virginia (10-3) yesterday afternoon in an important in-state contest with a final score of 5-1. "Radford is always tough," Virginia senior Dan Street said.
While the rest of us bake in the warm beachfront sun, enjoy European vacations and relax in familiar household surroundings, the men's basketball team will be fighting to extend their season deep into March, well after our Spring Break has ended.
When the Virginia men's basketball team travels to Charlotte, N.C., this weekend, they will attempt to achieve a feat that has not been accomplished by a Cavalier squad in nearly seven years: win a post-season game.
Sprinting out of the gates with three goals in the first three minutes, the No. 8 Virginia women's lacrosse team sped its way to a 16-4 romp of No.
Last weekend, a Virginia men's sports team pulled off a monumental achievement. They did something that few Cavalier teams have ever done in the past.
