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Women's soccer kicks off NCAAs

The Cavalier women's soccer team wants to go to California. Not simply because the fall chill has descended upon Charlottesville, but also because the NCAA Final Four is at San Jose State this year.


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Football hopes to avoid sting

The faces may have changed, but the names remain the same. Virginia (5-3, 4-2 ACC) and 25th-ranked Georgia Tech (6-2, 4-2), which has won four in a row, resume their rivalry tonight under the bright lights of Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta and ESPN cameras.


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ACC men's soccer promises wild ride

Following what appears to be a recent trend, the 2000 ACC men's soccer tournament is too close to call. "I could put my vote in for any of the teams who get into the semifinals to win it," North Carolina coach Elmar Bolowich said.


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Cavalier women grab lackluster win

The Virginia women's basketball team overcame what its coach termed "lazy" play to post an 86-72 victory over Uralmash, a Russian team, in its exhibition finale last night at University Hall. "I was disappointed with the defensive play in the second half," Cavalier coach Debbie Ryan said.


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NCAA honors former Virginia hoops standout

Wally Walker, one of the greatest players in Virginia basketball history, has been selected by the NCAA Honors Committee to receive a NCAA Silver Anniversary Award. Walker, a University Board of Visitors member, will be recognized along with six other recipients at the honors dinner Jan.


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Zwarich takes ACC award along with record

Virginia senior middle blocker Deanna Zwarich was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for her stellar play against Clemson Friday and Georgia Tech Saturday. Zwarich led Virginia to a 3-0 (15-7, 16-14, 15-5) win over Clemson and a come-from-behind 3-2 (10-15, 8-15, 15-2, 15-10, 15-12) victory over Georgia Tech. Zwarich's 22 kills against moved her to 500 kills on the season and gave her Virginia's single season kills record.


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College football just isn't the same with a calculator

This isn't your father's college football anymore. It's your trigonometry teacher's. Sadly, the great gridiron game on which I was reared and from which arrived my childhood heroes now holds decimal points and derivatives more dear than the pride and pageantry that established it as America's lifeblood. Blaming the Bowl Championship Series and its convoluted ranking formula is always the trendy thing to do, but college football's obsession with the insignificant and renunciation of the important began eons before the BCS cronies decided to confuse us all. It all started with the polls. First, God bless us, we had but one, the AP.


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Womack comes back with stellar season

Here's a line you might have read while sifting through coverage of Virginia football: Antwoine Womack is quietly leading the ACC in rushing this season. But it's not entirely true.


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Latest Zwarich record brings volleyball win

The Virginia women's volleyball team picked up a pair of conference wins this weekend, defeating ACC powerhouse Georgia Tech 3-2 Saturday night and sweeping Clemson 3-0 Friday at University Hall. Senior co-captain Deanna Zwarich and freshman Shannon Boyle led the Cavaliers (15-12, 8-6 ACC) on a furious comeback against the conference-leading Yellow Jackets.


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Women's soccer receives bye for NCAA first round

Three days after getting bounced from the ACC Tournament in the first round, the Virginia women's soccer team had its collective feelings soothed by receiving one of 16 first-round byes in this week's NCAA Tournament. The No.


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Field hockey loses to Terps in ACC finals

COLLEGE PARK, Md.-The Virginia field hockey team's dramatic run to the finals of the ACC Tournament ended in disappointing fashion yesterday as the Cavaliers suffered a resounding 3-0 loss to defending NCAA champion Maryland at the Athletic Turf Field in College Park. The loss followed a thrilling 2-1 Cavalier victory Friday night against top-seeded North Carolina, the nation's No.


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Cavaliers lose on penalty kicks

DURHAM, N.C.-In stomach-churning, heart-stopping, edge-of-your-seat fashion, the Virginia women's soccer team lost to Duke in a penalty kick shootout in the first round of the ACC Tournament last night at the Blue Devils' Koskinen Stadium. The No.


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Ahead of Lighting of the Lawn, Riley McNeill and Chelsea Huffman, co-chairs of the Lighting of the Lawn Committee and fourth-year College students, and Peter Mildrew, the president of the Hullabahoos and third-year Commerce student, discuss the festive tradition which brings the community together year after year. From planning the event to preparing performances, McNeil, Huffman and Mildrew elucidate how the light show has historically helped the community heal in the midst of hardship.