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Picking up the pieces following a day of tragedy

By Ben Beach | September 12, 2001

Despite all of the apocalyptic chaos surrounding yesterday's horrific terrorist attack, my editors tell me that the sports page must go on. I'm sure many of you share my same sense of disbelief at the surreal events that took place yesterday morning and can think of little else than the pain the victims of this tragedy have been forced to endure. Instead of reading about Barry Bonds' latest historic numbers, our news publications will be filled with numbers of a much darker significance because of the cowardly actions of some fanatics. Fanatical behavior should be reserved for those individuals brave enough to go topless in the stands of Lambeau Field during a blustery winter day in Wisconsin.

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Taliaferro stands as testament to human triumph

By Jed Williams | September 11, 2001

If football is synonymous with war, then Happy Valley is college football's ground zero. It is here - nestled among the Commonwealth's mixture of mountains and valleys - that Joe Paterno has erected a football republic of Spartan fortitude, capturing two national titles and notching five perfect seasons.

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Groh dubs Spinner starting quarterback

By Jeremy Williams | September 11, 2001

Virginia football coach Al Groh announced in a press conference yesterdaythat sophomore Bryson Spinner would be the starting quarterback for this week's match-up against Penn State on Thursday night. Groh quickly added that both Spinner and sophomore Matt Schaub will receive playing time against the Nittany Lions, saying that both quarterbacks have been performing well in practice. "Both Schaub and Spinner are making very good progress," he said.

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Dear Abby: Whittenburg Energizes, Paces Cavaliers

By Ben Keim | September 11, 2001

Abby Whittenburg is no stranger to excelling through the rigors of daily competition. Long before she became the starting setter for the Virginia women's volleyball team, Whittenburg was the youngest member of another team, the family of George and Ann Whittenburg.

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Cavaliers avenge NCAA defeat, clip Bluejays 3-2

September 10, 2001

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 3 men's soccer team exorcised some demons yesterday. A 3-2 victory over Creighton in the first-place game of the Maryland/Fila Classic in College Park, Md., avenge last season's humiliating 3-0 home loss to the Bluejays in the third round of the NCAA tournament. "We've been looking forward to playing [Creighton] ever since we lost to them last year," junior midfielder Ryan Gibbs said.

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Sports in Brief

By Cavalier Daily Staff | September 10, 2001

Field hockey downs Ohio, SW Missouri State On Saturday, the Cavaliers rallied to tie Ohio at two with 34 seconds left on midfielder Jessie Coleman's goal.

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Sports in Brief

By Paul Crane | September 7, 2001

Virginia men's soccer coach George Gelnovatch announced a change in the Cavaliers' schedule yesterday.

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Groh expects Cavaliers to improve performance

By Chris Yeung | September 7, 2001

Virginia football coach Al Groh reaffirmed in a teleconference yesterday that he is not dissatisfied with the Cavaliers despite their narrow one-point win over Division I-AA Richmond on Saturday. "I don't know that I'm dissatisfied in the team in any respect," Groh said.

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Virginia hopes to climb the mountain against West Virginia

By Jon Evans | September 7, 2001

The No. 5 Virginia women's soccer team looks to build on last weekend's 3-0 win over Mississippi by kicking off the 2001 Virginia Soccer Classic against West Virginia (2-0) tonight. Although the Cavaliers (1-0) opened the season by shutting out the Rebels, they were less than convincing.

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Goodloe in Good Spirits

By Kate Bedingfield | September 6, 2001

Virginia senior midfielder Carrie Goodloe chuckled self-consciously when asked about how she got her start playing field hockey. "I was actually kind of a late bloomer," Goodloe said.

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Sports In Brief

By Jessica Garrison | September 6, 2001

Top prospect commits to Virginia Derrick Byars, a 6-foot-7 small forward from Memphis, Tenn., verbally committed to Virginia on Tuesday night. Byars averaged 19.8 points, 7 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game in his junior year at Ridgeway High School.

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Cavaliers use team effort to block Hokies

By Ben Keim | September 5, 2001

Facing an unexpected deficit after the first game last night, the Virginia women's volleyball team rallied together and stormed back to defeat in-state rival Virginia Tech, 3-1 (28-30, 30-27, 30-28, 30-27). "We try and tell the girls that for every in-state team, their match of the year is playing us," Virginia coach Melissa Aldrich Shelton said.

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