The Virginia men's wrestling team honored all of its graduating members before winning last night's meet over ACC rival Maryland, 18-16. The win helped the Cavaliers pull themselves up to .500 in the ACC.
After the Virginia wrestling team entered the conference win column Saturday afternoon against Duke, they will look to pull to .500 in the ACC when they host Maryland at 7 tonight in Memorial Gymnasium. The Cavaliers (4-10, 1-2 ACC) are coming off a weekend of mixed successes in North Carolina, where, after they soundly beat Duke, 28-11, they lost to N.C.
Two members of the Virginia women's basketball team received awards from the ACC Monday. Brandi Teamer was given the ACC rookie of the week award and her teammate, Telisha Quarles, was named ACC player of the week. Quarles, a senior guard from Louisa, helped lead the Cavaliers to three conference victories this week.
With the close of the ACC regular season in sight, Virginia men's basketball coach Pete Gillen and his team realize their remaining games take on new significance after a dismal performance against No.
Under the direction of coach Julie Myers, the Virginia women's lacrosse team returns to the field with experienced veterans and highly valued youth to prepare them for what should be an exciting year.
They seem like an unlikely pair: the seasoned veteran and the eager rookie who have arrived early for practice.
If you look at the Virginia-Maryland game Jan. 31, it would appear Virginia boasts some of the best fans in the nation.
Polls don't mean a darn thing in college basketball. So I'm pretty sure I saw the No. 1 team Sunday. Not Kansas.
The spring season brings high expectations for head coach Phil Rogers and the Virginia women's tennis team.
Softball takes two of three at tournament Virginia's softball team won two of three games in the Triangle Classic Sunday.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Much has been said about the Virginia men's basketball team's inability to execute in the halfcourt offense, and yesterday at Wake Forest, these struggles extended to both sides of the court.
The Virginia baseball team shut out Bucknell yesterday, 8-0, and moved to 3-0 on the season after beating the Bison twice Saturday. Virginia senior Dan Street, a first-team All-ACC pitcher, and sophomore reliever Joe Koshansky combined to allow just three Bucknell hits.
This weekend was filled with emotions over the honoring of Debbie Ryan and her 25th anniversary as head coach of the Virginia women's basketball team.
Winston-Salem, N.C. - Many figured that after coming off of a tough, last second, double overtime loss to Clemson earlier in the week, the Demon Deacons would have a tough time getting psyched up for the men's basketball game against Virginia.
The day belonged to Virginia women's basketball coach Debbie Ryan. And that statement became even more true when Charlottesville Mayor Blake Caravati literally proclaimed it "Debbie Ryan Day" during pregame festivities that honored Ryan for her 25 years of service to the University as head women's basketball coach. It would be remiss not to write about Ryan today, when she truly coached a victory out of her young Cavalier squad - it was the 559th such victory of her illustrious career. Ryan truly is a master of coaching, one of the most over-criticized and under-appreciated vocations.
Yesterday was Valentine's Day, and the Virginia women's bas-ketball team definitely has been playing with a lot of heart lately.
Winter may not officially end for another month, but the spring season for the Virginia softball team gets underway this weekend.
The Virginia football team will host Colorado State Thursday, Aug. 22 in the second annual Jim Thorpe Classic.
With the 2001 indoor track regular season completed, Coach Randy Bungard's track and field teams travel to Chapel Hill, N.C., for the ACC Indoor Championships Feb.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Some streaks endure by pure chance. Other times a streak lasts because of pure dominance.
