Momentum leaves Cavaliers as first half draws to an end
By John Moorehouse | November 1, 1999Momentum is a tricky thing in football. At one point, it seems as if you can do no wrong. The holes in the line keep opening up.
Momentum is a tricky thing in football. At one point, it seems as if you can do no wrong. The holes in the line keep opening up.
In his eight starts under center, Dan Ellis never experienced a half quite as memorable as the opening stanza against top ranked Florida State Saturday.
Cavalier first-year Cara Lane won three events in her first collegiate meet to aid the 11th-ranked Virginia women's swimming and diving team to a 145.5-97.5 victory at Clemson Saturday.
Perhaps it was only appropriate that the Virginia women's soccer team, playing its final regular season game on Halloween afternoon, needed less than 50 minutes to suck the life from the Tennessee Lady Volunteers yesterday at Klöckner Stadium. Four minutes into the second half, the No.
The Frank Camp Chapter of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation announced Wednesday that Georgia Tech quarterback Joe Hamilton is one of five finalists for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award.
On paper, the Cavaliers stand little chance against No. 1 Florida State tomorrow night at Scott Stadium.
With the ACC tournament less than a week away, the Virginia women's soccer team knows it needs to seal its last two regular games with victory stamps. The Cavaliers will roll into State College, Pa., to face Penn State tonight at 7 p.m., and return home to take on Tennessee Sunday at 1 p.m. Ranked No.
For the past week, the Virginia football team has been preparing for its home showdown against No.
Fourth-year running back Thomas Jones sat on the sidelines three years ago and watched future NFL back Tiki Barber set the Virginia career rushing record.
Fourth-year setter Mary Frances Scott was selected as ACC Volleyball Co-Player of the Week for the week ending Oct.
Football placekickers are a beleaguered bunch. They receive little fanfare, except for game-winning 60-yarders, and earn the wrath of fans and media alike should they flub an extra point or a chip-shot field goal. Plenty of gridiron observers think that, given a bit of instruction, they could do just as well as those skinny little non-athletes with no shoulder pads and foreign last names.
An opposing forward running free on the flank of the defense would be cause for concern for most soccer teams.
Rowing is the oldest collegiate sport in the United States and the newest varsity sport at the University, as well as the Athletic Department's best kept secret.
As I sat at Buddhist Biker Bar and Grill Monday for the $5 steak and potatoes special, I glanced up at a television above the bar.
About a quarter of the way through Virginia volleyball's 1999 campaign, the team discovered it was missing something.
Doubt never entered Billy McMullen's mind. There were no second thoughts, no second guessing: He would play as a first year.
Dwayne Stukes couldn't help it. As he spent his bye week watching top-ranked Florida State flounder in Death Valley, one thought kept crossing his mind: Peter Warrick looked rusty. The Seminoles' premier playmaker missed the two contests prior to Clemson while his attorneys struck a plea bargain to reduce a felony theft charge to a misdemeanor and get the Hesiman contender back on the field. Evidently a rusty Warrick -- 121 yards against the Tigers on a career-best 11 catches, is slightly different than than the normal definition of a struggling wideout.
Brian Vahaly put Virginia tennis on the map by committing to the University when he was the No. 1 high school prospect in the country.
Women's rowing pulled its way to a top five finish in the four events in which they competed at the Charles Regatta in Boston, a rowing competition that includes collegiate, national teams and others. Among collegiate teams, the Cavs finished second behind Southern Cal and fifth overall in the Championship Eight.
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