Virginia wrestling hopes to carry enough momentum from its Wednesday victory over Maryland to beat Clarion in its final dual match of the season.
You can count five players on the court per team in a game of men's basketball, but in last night's contest between Duke and Virginia, the Cavaliers' had a sixth man: the fans. In Virginia's thrilling 91-89 victory over No.
Every good literary character has a crucial moment of moral conflict in which they must question themselves and their intentions. Raskolnikov, in "Crime and Punishment": Do I go against all notions of humanity and brutally murder this Russian pawnbroker? Pontius Pilate, in the Bible: Do I go against the heavens and crucify the Son of God? Me, in this column: Do I go against everything which is good and just and pull for the UNC men's basketball team? Those of you who think that my dilemma is any less serious obviously weren't raised in ACC country.
As the host of the 2001 ACC Women's Swimming and Diving Championships, Virginia hopes history will repeat itself. Virginia (7-1, 4-1 ACC) and North Carolina (8-1, 5-0), both swimming and diving powerhouses, have won the championship the past two years with the home team swimming to victory each year.
In the end, the Virginia men's basketball team turned out to be the little engine that could. Last night at University Hall, an underdog No.
Inconsistency has plagued the Virginia men's basketball team all season. The Cavaliers will get a chance to continue their unpredictable streak of highs and lows when they host perennial powerhouse Duke at University Hall in a nationally-televised game on ESPN at 7 p.m. No.
Something changes when she steps on the court. Whether she's putting back rebounds for a score, muscling her way under the basket or directing her teammates in a huddle, Dean'na Mitchelson is a commanding but calming presence for the Virginia women's basketball team. The 6-foot-2 senior captain has earned a starting position for 12 of the Cavaliers' games this year.
Of the 23 football freshmen who entered N.C. State in 1995, merely seven received degrees. This 30 percent graduation rate was the third-worst for an N.C.
This week, in my wee corner of the sports page, I could regale you with my thoughts on the surprisingly competitive NBA All-Star Game or explain why the XFL does not represent the downfall of American sports culture as we know it.
It does not take a genius to figure it out. The Virginia men's basketball team is on the verge of a major disappointment. After two consecutive road losses in the past week that tied Virginia for fifth place in the ACC standings, things are not looking good for the Cavaliers (16-6, 5-6 ACC). With No.
On a day when many members of the Virginia indoor track team shined, Eliese Mitchell was undisputedly the day's brightest star. The sophomore thrower bested her own school record by over two feet with a throw of 61 feet, inch (18.6 meters), and took first place in the 20-pound weight throw Saturday at the Winter Frolic in Newport News.
Lost somewhere amid the sounds of our sporting culture - the perfectly miserable mix of fan booing and player bellyaching that so harmoniously blend to produce the NBA All-Star experience, the heavy breathing of XFL fans (all nine of them), and the constant in-house gripes of Minnesota Vikings - was the unassuming timbre of Jason Williams' voice. Last week, while we all were reaching for earmuffs to dodge the latest Allen Iverson expletive or muzzle the newest Jesse Ventura invective, we missed a short sound byte worth not only our time but our attention. Somewhere in the depths of Cameron Indoor Stadium, after Duke's drubbing of Florida State, Williams, the Blue Devils sophomore floor general, made a statement. It went something like this: "I'm staying." Not for the duration of the 2000-2001 season, mind you, but until the New Jersey native walks the stage, diploma in left hand, ready-to-fling graduation cap in the other. Not for reasons solely related to advancing his already phat skills. Not with a bigger paycheck in mind. Naturally, an improved game and an enlarged bank account are inevitable for such an impressive combination of talent and maturity.
The Virginia women's tennis team won its final two matches Sunday to sew up a 4-3, come-from-behind victory over Pennsylvania and improve its record to 2-1 overall. The Cavaliers dropped two of three doubles matches and trailed 1-0 heading into singles play.
The Virginia wrestling team was out-muscled on the road Saturday and fell 27-13 to Virginia Tech.
ATLANTA-It was physical, and it was ugly. But in the waning moments of yesterday's game, the Georgia Tech men's basketball team found a way to knock off No.
North Carolina and Virginia always seem to decide their games in the last minutes, and yesterday was no exception.
Following her emotional comments after Virginia's game against Georgia Tech on Thursday night, women's basketball coach Debbie Ryan asked several former Cavalier players to encourage the team to play together and take pride in representing the University.
After a frenzied first month on the job, Virginia football coach Al Groh delivered a solid recruiting class of 18 future Cavaliers. When the national signing period opened Wednesday, Groh received letters of intent from all but two of the recruits who gave verbal commitments to his predecessor, George Welsh, and added three recruits of his own. Tight end Patrick Estes of Richmond's Benedictine High and safety Randy Jones from Richmond Senior High in Rockingham, N.C., headline the class.
Florida State, the sixth-place team in the ACC, beats No. 4 Duke. Georgia Tech, last in the ACC, beats fourth-placed Virginia.
Following Wednesday night's debacle in Raleigh, N.C., the Virginia men's basketball team (16-5, 5-5 ACC) hits the road again this weekend to face Georgia Tech on Sunday afternoon.
