Thirty years ago in Brooklyn, Pete Gillen lost his first game as a high school coach when Ray Martin's squad beat his team by 40 points.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-If the Virginia women's soccer team had to have its season end sometime, Saturday night's 2-1 loss to North Carolina in the third round of the NCAA Tournament wasn't a bad way to go. Even with the odds stacked against them, the Cavs (11-8-1) proved they would not be pushovers.
Wednesday was a big day for Cavalier women's athletics, most notably sophomore swimmer Cara Lane, who won the 800-meter freestyle at the 2000 FINA World Cup in College Park, Md. Former Virginia swimmer Ed Moses, who gave up his NCAA eligibility but will return as a student in the spring, won the 50 and 200 breaststrokes in his first competition since winning a pair of Olympic medals in Sydney. Cavalier freshman Amy Baly and senior Megan Iffland also posted top-eight finishes in the first day of competition. Zwarich nets another award   Related Links CD Online Volleyball Coverage CD Online Field Hockey Coverage When the Virginia women's volleyball team opens the ACC Tournament tonight against Wake Forest, it will be led by an All-ACC honoree.
When you think of women's college soccer, two words should come to mind: North Carolina. When Virginia thinks of what stands in the way of its run for a national championship, the same two words come to mind. Tomorrow night at 7 p.m.
We've been here before. The Virginia football team faces a must-win game against a conference foe that is trying to improve its own bowl position.
From the outset of the 2000 season, the Virginia men's soccer team has tried to live up to lofty preseason expectations.
Representatives of the Bowl Championship Series announced yesterday the teams they are considering for spots in the nation's top four bowl games.
Two weeks ago, it would have been no contest, but now I have to ask: Who has the best fans, sports or politics?
As he heads into Saturday's game at Virginia, N.C. State quarterback Philip Rivers is the current ACC Rookie of the Week. For some freshmen, that award could be the pinnacle of their first season, but for Rivers, this is the seventh time in nine chances that he has won that honor.
Fresh off a disheartening overtime loss to North Carolina in the finals of the ACC Tournament, the Virginia men's soccer team grabbed the fifth seed for the upcoming NCAA Tournament.
What's in a name? Pete Gillen and the Virginia men's basketball team hope a lot. Newly signed high school power forward Elton Brown has a similar name - and the Cavs hope an equally effective game - as former Duke star Elton Brand. Brown, a senior at Warwick High in Newport News, Va., compares favorably to Brand, the No.
Boo-hoo, they cry. The Cavs will never compete for an ACC title - let alone a national one - until they get a true center, a 6-11, 7-foot monster who can swat shots and dominate the paint. Oh please.
Plenty of guys in his shoes would be more than content, but Byron Thweatt is decidedly frustrated. The senior outside linebacker leads Virginia in tackles as he rides down the home stretch of an exceptional collegiate career, but none of that matters much to him.
Two days ago, the Virginia women's cross country team came back from the NCAA Southeast Regionals meet in Furman, S.C., believing they were going to take their first trip to NCAA Nationals in five years. The Cavs finished fifth in the region, three spots away from automatically qualifying for Nationals in Ames, Iowa.
Rather than make excuses for Thursday's shutout loss to Georgia Tech, Virginia football coach George Welsh acknowledged his team's lackluster play and chose his words carefully when forecasting its upcoming match against N.C.
I've heard many a hypothesis as to how a football program ranked as high as sixth can so precipitously plummet in just two short seasons - how a team borderline elite and perennially powerful only 24 months ago can morph into mediocrity, or even worse, outright abomination. There's always the "superstar" theory, which informs Virginia fans that without Shawn Moore dissecting opposing defenses and Chris Slade destroying anyone in his radar, the Cavaliers simply cannot compete.
After competing with its top wrestlers Saturday against James Madison, Virginia wrestling gave some of its non-starters a chance Sunday at the 11th Annual Keydet Invitational at Washington and Lee's Warner Center. Saturday, the Cavs used seven straight victories to rout James Madison, 26-10, in their first meet. Related Links Cavalier Daily Wrestling Official ACC women's Cavalier Daily Basketball FSU Football page   Freshman Ryan Stewart - one of only two Cavaliers who lost against JMU - regrouped with four wins at Keydet.
The Cavalier men's cross country team finished fifth at the NCAA Southeast Regional Saturday in Furman, S.C. Led by a fifth place finish by Bobby Thiele, the Cavs finished with a team score of 146, just behind Wake Forest's 143.
NORFOLK, Va.-In a tough battle on Old Dominion's Foreman Field Saturday, the 2000 campaign for the No.
