With only eight days until the ACC Tournament, the Conference-leading Virginia women's basketball team faces one of its final tests tonight at Maryland at 7:30 p.m. The matchup with the Terps (13-12, 4-10 ACC) is one of two crucial ACC games that still lay ahead of Virginia.
Junior Jon Benick hit a solo home run in the ninth inning, but the Virginia baseball team could not complete the comeback and capture their first win of the season, falling short at Liberty, 6-5. Liberty 6, Virginia 5 Cavalier Daily Box Score   Benick's blast with one out brought the Cavs (0-5-1) within a run, but Flame righthander Kurt Reese retired the next two batters to preserve the Liberty victory. The Flames (2-2) took their first lead of the game in the sixth inning when first baseman Jim Clinton tagged Virginia lefty Brandon Creswell for a three-run home run that gave Liberty a 4-3 advantage. Related Links Virginia baseball Liberty baseball Duke men's basketball   Cavalier center fielder Michael Floyd smacked an RBI single in the eighth to tie the game, but Liberty left fielder Trey Miller hit a home run in the bottom of the inning to give the Flames the lead.
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As the No. 9 Virginia men's swimming and diving squad prepares to defend its Conference title at the ACC Championship in Chapel Hill this weekend, Doak Finch also has an individual streak to keep alive. The Cavalier senior has plenty of factors on his side as he aims for his fourth straight ACC crown in the 400-yard individual medley, but his most important ally may be his health.
Virginia women's basketball Coach Debbie Ryan must be a genius. Her squad now holds sole possession of first place in the ACC after a disparaging 4-4 start to the season.
Virginia freshman Travis Watson earned his second ACC Rookie of the Week honor this season for last week's stellar play against Clemson and North Carolina.
Virginia redshirt junior quarterback David Rivers, who will not be back for the Cavaliers in the fall, is planning to transfer to a Division I-AA school for his final year of NCAA eligibility. Rivers, who is on schedule to graduate in May, would have to sit out a year if he transferred to a I-A school, but can play immediately if he jumps down to I-AA.
At the beginning of the ACC season, I picked North Carolina to finish first in the ACC. For some reason, that doesn't make sense to me now.
In a battle of winless teams, George Mason broke out of the gates in the first inning, hammering Virginia for four runs en route to a 6-4 victory yesterday at U.Va.
Virginia swept the ACC women's basketball weekly awards yesterday, as sophomore guard Telisha Quarles was named Player of the Week and freshman forward Schuye LaRue grabbed Rookie of the Week honors for their performances in Cavalier victories against Clemson Thursday and No.
The success of the Virginia men's basketball team this season has brought many Cavalier players into the limelight.
Virginia defensive back Chris Williams, a redshirt freshman who participated in more defensive plays than any other Cavalier last season, is academically ineligible and will not play football in the fall. Williams, a second-year Engineering student, will not participate in spring practice and will miss the 2000 season as well, confirmed Michael Colley, assistant athletic media relations director, yesterday. "He is academically ineligible and won't be able to play," Colley said. Williams declined to comment. Virginia Asst.
Three hundred sixty-seven days ago, the Virginia men's basketball team stood seconds away from a miracle win over No.
The winless Virginia baseball team takes on equally-struggling George Mason this afternoon at the U.Va.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-What do you do when you have to counter a 7-foot, 264-pound menace with a 6-foot-7 freshman who is 14 pounds lighter?
Cara Lane and the Virginia women's swimming and diving team put together a handful of record-setting performances this weekend at the ACC Championships in Chapel Hill, but host North Carolina bumped the defending champion Cavaliers from the Conference throne, winning by nearly 150 points. No.
After two seasons as Virginia's starting placekicker, Todd Braverman will not be back for his final year of eligibility with the Cavaliers. The decision came as a surprise to the redshirt junior, who said he assumed all was well after hearing nothing a few weeks ago when Cav Coach George Welsh was bidding goodbye to those players he had decided to let go. At a Feb.
With busloads of fans from her hometown looking on, Virginia guard Telisha Quarles led the No. 21 Cavalier women's basketball team to a 60-51 victory over No.
Thursday against Clemson, it seemed everyone on the Virginia women's basketball team had a hot shooting hand, but when the offense turned cold yesterday against No.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-Finally. It took a bright class of new players, a new coach and even a new millennium, but the Virginia men's basketball team finally broke its 19-year losing streak at North Carolina. Junior reserve shooting guard Keith Friel sparked the Cavalier offense in the second half to spur a 90-76 Cav victory over the Tar Heels yesterday at the Dean Smith Center. The win marked Virginia's first victory at the 14-year-old Dean Dome.
