The Virginia field hockey team jumped out to an early lead and didn't let go in its matchup yesterday against Central Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Virginia football coach Al Groh promised that his Cavaliers would be exciting to watch. He kept his word on Saturday. After a 36-yard David Greene field goal put Virginia comfortably ahead, 17-0, with 20 minutes left to play, the Cavaliers almost fumbled their way to a loss and narrowly escaped Scott Stadium with a 17-16 win over Richmond. "We're pleased to have won," Groh said.
Virginia men's soccer coach George Gelnovatch doesn't want to get too excited. After watching his squad go undefeated in preseason competition in Europe, he knows the Cavaliers' preseason No.
At first glance, it might seem that the Virginia women's volleyball team should be preparing for a season of rebuilding.
The Virginia women's soccer team will open its 2001 campaign tomorrow in a 1 p.m. matchup with Mississippi at Klockner Stadium. The Cavaliers start their season ranked No.
Tomorrow's game against Richmond presents more questions to the Virginia football team than the Riddler left for Batman. How will the Cavaliers respond to the loss of running back Antwoine Womack?
The Virginia field hockey team kicks off the 2001 campaign on a quest for its fourth consecutive NCAA tournament berth and with its eye on the ACC championship.
Sophomore Virginia swimmers Luke Anderson and Luke Wagner begin competition in the 2001 Goodwill Games todayin Brisbane, Australia.
Richmond, a Division I-AA team, is among the least of the Virginia football team's worries this year.
At first glance, the Virginia football team's receiving corps would appear to be of little threat to the defenses of the ACC.
It's my first week back and already I'm stressed. Well, you might be too if you had a paper due before classes started, or in this case, a sports column.
This season the Virginia women's soccer team looks to improve on a very successful 2000 campaign.
Virginia football coach Al Groh announced yesterday that senior tailback Antwoine Womack will have surgery on his ankle. Womack went down with a high ankle sprain during Saturday's season-opening game at Wisconsin. Womack will undergo surgery as soon as the swelling in his ankle goes down, Groh announced.
Richmond September 1/Home 2000 Record: 10-3 Key Players: QB Sean Gustus, OL Ken Farrar, DL Josh Spraker, DB Chad Blackstock, KR Cordell Roane Musical quarterbacks: Coach Jim Reid's Spiders are among the top teams in Divison 1-AA, ranked 13th in the ESPN/USA Today preseason poll.
Thunderstorms delayed the start of the 2001 Virginia football season, but in the end it was Wisconsin who truly rained on the Cavaliers' parade.
One of the first changes new coach Al Groh made when he arrived to Virginia was to completely revamp the defensive scheme.
Oklahoma got its national title defense off to a good start as it defeated North Carolina, 41-27, in the Hispanic College Fund Classic on Saturday. The Sooners scored 31 points in the first quarter to set the tone for the game.
If the Cavaliers have had a consistent strength over the past few years, it has been their running game.
If it's dangerous living you seek, then do yourself a favor. Forget those childish, ESPN-concocted X-Sports (you know, all that skysurfing balderdash), and please don't stake your name and fortune to mercurial dot-com ventures.
With its 2001 schedule as one of the most demanding in school history - Sports Illustrated ranked it No.
