RALEIGH, N.C.-For the No. 6 Virginia men's basketball team, the season still appears to be one big roller coaster ride.
At the risk of wet-blanketing the flames of hope fanned by the Virginia women's basketball team's 13-point victory at Maryland Monday night, I must pose the question: Why should we believe this momentum will last? After all, for each of their spirit-lifting wins this season, the Cavaliers have swallowed an equally disheartening loss.
The odds were stacked against Virginia men's tennis players Brian Vahaly and Huntley Montgomery as they entered National Indoors this past weekend. The senior co-captains are both 5-foot-11, which served as a disadvantage on the fast courts in Dallas, where taller players who hit hard possess an upper hand. Montgomery defeated Rene Combette of Mississippi State, 7-5, 2-6, 6-2, in the first round.
The Under-21 U.S. Women's National Team has extended Virginia women's soccer center midfielder Lori Lindsey an inviation to play with the team.
Over the past week and a half, the Virginia men's basketball team has played with poise and character, winning its last three games and climbing to No.
Virginia coach Pete Gillen needed only two-and-a-half years to return the men's basketball team to the national powerhouse it was during the Ralph Sampson era.
Virginia junior wrestler Jimi Massey was named the ACC Wrestler of the Week following two dual match victories over North Carolina and Old Dominion University this weekend.
I know, I know, the NFL isn't what it used to be. The theatrical tones of NFL Films' John Fascenda have been supplanted by the cocky crowings and cryings of Randy Moss. Goodfellas like Joe Montana and Roger Staubach have given way to bad boys like Ray Lewis and Keyshawn Johnson.
COLLEGE PARK, Md.-The only thing bigger than the smiles on Virginia women's basketball players' faces as they ran onto the court last night were the smiles they wore as they walked off. Led by senior forward Svetlana Volnaya's game-high of 27 points, the Cavaliers stormed to a 69-56 victory over Maryland at Cole Field House.
The future and hopeful future of Virginia basketball took the floor at University Hall Saturday afternoon when top-ranked Oak Hill Academy took on the Blue Ridge School.
It's been a roller coaster ride for the Virginia men's basketball team this season, but it looks like the Cavaliers are finally going in the right direction: Up. For the second straight time, No.
The Virginia men's and women's swimming and diving teams finished their dual meet season with wins at Maryland on Saturday. The No.
The Virginia women's basketball team heads into a tough conference matchup tonight at 7:30 at the University of Maryland's Cole Field House. The Cavaliers (14-9, 5-5 ACC) are looking to improve on their most recent 71-56 loss to N.C.
The future of Virginia basketball will be on display Saturday at U-Hall - and not just in the Cavaliers' crucial conference game with Wake Forest.
RALEIGH, N.C.-After a heart-stopping double-overtime victory against Wake Forest Sunday with freshman Anna Prillaman taking charge at the point guard position, you would think the Cavaliers had all the consistency they needed to repeat their Jan.
RALEIGH, N.C.-"I thought we played the worst half of basketball we've played all year in the first half," Virginia women's basketball coach Debbie Ryan said. Although the Cavaliers (14-9, 5-5 ACC) made a strong run to draw the game close in the second half, they dug themselves too deep a hole and lost at N.C.
Virginia men's tennis players Brian Vahaly and Huntley Montgomery have been selected to participate in the Rolex National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships. Vahaly, who is not seeded, will take on Arkansas' fourth seed, Oskar Johansson, in the first round.
It was all eerily reminiscent of the year before. The Virginia men's basketball team had just completed an upset of a top-ranked Maryland team in front of a raucous crowd at University Hall.
After an emotional 76-73 double-overtime win over Wake Forest on Sunday, the Virginia women's basketball team wants things to go easier against N.C.
If the No. 11 Virginia men's basketball team still had skeptics after its initial in-conference inconsistency, last night's game against ACC rival No.
