The Virginia baseball team rode a strong performance by starting pitcher Brandon Creswell to a 7-4 victory over Seton Hall at the U.Va.
The rematch of last season's NCAA men's lacrosse championship Saturday seemed for 62 minutes to be a fight between two immovable objects.
Interview with Virginia men's lacrosse Coach Dom Starsia conducted Friday, Feb. 25, 2000 Cavalier Daily: How has winning the championship last season changed the team's outlook?
In the Virginia-Wake Forest meeting in Winston-Salem Jan. 30, the Cavaliers played a full 40-minute, intensity-packed game en route to a 76-67 win.
On a night when the Cavs had their opportunity to send a message to the NCAA Selection Committee that they belong in March's biggest Dance party, Wake Forest's clutch play delayed the invitation. The Virginia men's basketball team (18-10, 8-7 ACC) trailed for the majority of the game, but Adam Hall's free throw with 6:52 remaining gave the Cavs the lead and renewed hopes of escaping with a crucial Conference victory. But seconds later, Wake forward Darius Songaila was fouled and calmly sank two shots.
In men's college lacrosse, a sport in which less than 10 teams have legitimate championship aspirations, the burden of defending the national title is a heavy one.
The 1999 NCAA lacrosse championship plaque is on Grounds somewhere right now, but nobody seems to be able to find it.
Last year's 16-6 loss to Maryland in the NCAA Tournament Final whetted the appetite of the Virginia women's lacrosse team.
When you get right down to it, it's still basketball, pure and simple. Starting today, when the nine ACC women's basketball teams square off to decide the Conference championship, the sounds of the game - the squeaking of leather sneakers, the swish of a nylon net, the clock-like tick-tock of a bouncing ball - will be as identifiable on the court in Greensboro as in a Saturday afternoon pick-up game. But, when you pack thousands of fans into the Greensboro Coliseum and put an ACC title up for grabs, this weekend's Tournament takes on a lot more significance than your average rec league game. Clemson, last year's Tournament champion, comes in looking to keep the title from leaving Death Valley, and Duke, the 1999 regular season champion, surely wants to spur a repeat run to the NCAA Final Four.
The Virginia men's basketball team hopes to strengthen its case for an NCAA Tournament bid and prove there's no place like home when Wake Forest comes to University Hall tonight at 7 p.m. After losing 71-64 at Florida State Saturday - and getting "outplayed" by the Seminoles, according to Cavalier Coach Pete Gillen - the Cavs (18-9, 8-6 ACC) should be happy to return to U-Hall, where they are 10-1 this season. "Their only [home] loss was in their Conference opener against Duke," Demon Deacon Coach Dave Odom said.
Chris Porter's story is a sad one. It is a tale of a star basketball player, a destitute mother, a parasitic agent, a screwed up legislating body known as the NCAA and an athletic underground subculture swarming with more roundball pimps than your average red-light district.
While many Virginia students are looking forward to getting out of Charlottesville for Spring Break, the Cavalier softball team is looking forward to coming back to town. As they return home from a slew of rigorous road games to make their home debut in the Cavalier Classic this weekend, the Cavs believe they can still capture the Conference title after reaching the ACC Tournament Finals last year. Though the numbers might not reflect it - after 13 games the squad has a 2-11 record - this year's team is packed with a group of high-powered veterans and six hard-hitting newcomers capable of turning things around. "We're a little disappointed [that] we've started out slow, even though we know we've played some really tough games," Virginia Coach Cheryl Sprangel said.
The Cavalier women's lacrosse team opened the season with a 12-4 win at Richmond yesterday. Freshman midfielder Lauren Aumiller registered her first collegiate hat trick and senior midfielder Jamie Haas scored four goals. Virginia (1-0) jumped to a 3-0 lead, but Richmond (0-1) finally answered with 15:29 to play as Jessie Popham scored to cut the lead to two.
WILLIAMSBURG-It wasn't much of a winning streak anyway. After sweeping three games against Bucknell over the weekend, the Virginia baseball team's attempt to continue its victorious ways fell short yesterday as the Cavaliers' fielding and pitching woes resurfaced in a 9-3 loss at William & Mary. The Cavs (3-7-1) committed three errors in a three-run Tribe fifth, meaning only four of the seven runs allowed by junior lefthander Brandon Creswell were earned. William & Mary 9, Virginia 3 Cavalier Daily Box Score   "We were pretty embarrassed that we didn't play the defense that we wanted to play and we probably didn't throw the ball as well as we wanted to either," Virginia Coach Dennis Womack said. In the bottom of the fifth, with the Tribe (10-2) holding a slim 2-1 margin, the Virginia defense handed William & Mary the runs that would win the game. With one out, Tribe third baseman Stephen Booker reached on an error by Cav second baseman Dan Street.
Virginia swimmer Austin Ramirez and former Cavalier field hockey superstar Michelle Vizzuso were two of the 16 ACC scholar-athletes to receive a 2000 Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Award yesterday. The award provides a $5,000 scholarship which goes towards the recipient's postgraduate education. Related Links Vi rginia swimming and diving Virginia field hockey U.S.
As the ACC wraps up one of its more topsy-turvy men's basketball seasons in recent memory, the Conference Tournament bracket is beginning to come together.
Duke's Cameron Crazies are known for toeing the line with their taunts to opposing players. Two years ago, they waved their keys at UCLA players who were driving cars rumored to be purchased for them by alumni.
If you're a sports fanatic, it's probably happened to you. You've been up one night, watching the late SportsCenter, and intending to get some work done right after the always-informative "Did You Know?" segment.
After ending a seven-game winless streak with a weekend sweep over Bucknell, the Virginia baseball team hopes to continue its winning ways today against William & Mary in Williamsburg at 3 p.m. Both teams are coming off three-game sweeps.
The No. 20 Virginia men's tennis team remained undefeated in the spring season, routing Michigan State, 6-1, Sunday at the Boar's Head Sports Club. The Cavaliers (4-0) won five of six singles matches and swept the three doubles competitions.
