In a sloppily played game, the Virginia Cavaliers defeated the Richmond Spiders 83-76 last night in University Hall. Led by Schuye LaRue's 21 points and 18 rebounds, the Cavaliers were able to overcome 31 turnovers and poor defensive play and pull out the victory. Following another slow start, No.
Days after Missouri hired him to be its men's basketball coach, Quin Snyder strolled into Glenda Rush's house in Kansas City, Mo., to recruit her son Kareem.
The Virginia women's basketball team has the skill needed for success and the Top-25 ranking to back it up, yet the Cavaliers have failed to find the teamwork or leadership required to reach their potential. Sure, the team squeaked out an 83-76 win last night over the Richmond Spiders, but no one would have known it from talking to the sullen Debbie Ryan following the victory. "We just aren't playing consistently within a game now," Coach Ryan said.
Even 27 points from sophomore forward Schuye LaRue were not enough to save the Cavalier women's basketball team from defeat at the hands of No.
I used to watch the 1989 New York Giants' defense brutalize opposing offenses. I recoiled at Lawrence Taylor's incoherent yet nonetheless intimidating rants, cowered at the spine-cracking spear Leonard Marshall delivered between Joe Montana's shoulder blades and thought to myself: "Who unleashed these monsters?
If Tuesday's game against Florida State wasn't a must-win for the Virginia men's basketball team, it came pretty close. The No.
Just when you thought it might flourish, the Virginia men's basketball team tumbled. And just when you thought they were about to fall apart, they reunited and bounced back. Tuesday night's convincing 89-71 victory over Florida State ended a disastrous slump that almost sent the No.
The Virginia men's and women's swimming and diving teams opened the second half of their seasons with solid victories at ACC rival N.C.
When Al Groh called Virginia Director of Athletics Terry Holland to accept the Cavalier coaching job, it took only one word - "Wahoowah!" - to let Holland know he had the man who would replace George Welsh at the helm of the Cav program. Groh spent 13 of the last 14 years coaching in the NFL but stepped down as head coach of the New York Jets after one season to return to his alma mater. "There's been a lot of elation and excitement about coming back to Charlottesville," Groh said of the city that has become his family's adopted home. Groh, 56, graduated from the McIntire School of Commerce in 1967 after earning four letters as a defensive end and lettering in lacrosse.
When George Welsh announced Dec. 11 his intention to step down as Virginia football coach at the end of the season, the rumors already had begun to swirl.
Once again, the NCAA quarterfinals became the graveyard of another talented Virginia men's soccer team. The Cavaliers threw away their national title hopes in a frustrating 3-0 defeat to Creighton Saturday.
The No. 24 Virginia women's basketball team relied heavily on its bench Sunday to pull out a 78-67 win over Old Dominion. After the Lady Monarchs made their first eight shots and ran out to an early six-point lead, Cav coach Debbie Ryan changed her game plan.
The Virginia wrestling team improved to 2-0 on the season with a 26-13 victory over Binghamton in the Cavs' home opener at Memorial Gymnasium Friday.
In a sweeping success, the Virginia men's and women's swimming and diving teams combined to win 32 of 42 total events to claim first place Saturday in the Cavalier Invitational. The Invitational ran Thursday through Saturday and featured, in addition to the host Cavaliers, teams from Central Connecticut State, West Chester, West Virginia, William & Mary and Yale. The No.
When the Virginia football team heads to Hawaii for its Christmas bowl game, it will be facing an opponent that has become all too familiar over the last five years.
After overwhelming Purdue 98-79 Wednesday night with unshakable defense, the Virginia men's basketball team takes its zone press to Virginia Military Institute in Lexington Monday at 7:30 p.m.
The annals of Virginia men's soccer are filled with NCAA titles and national honors, but tomorrow at Klöckner Stadium the Cavaliers hope to avoid repeating some of their most recent NCAA disappointments. The fifth-seeded Cavs hope to advance past Creighton tomorrow at 1 p.m.
With the Sydney Olympics already two months old, athletes all over the world are thinking about Athens in 2004.
After obliterating the St. Francis Red Flash by 51 points Monday night, the Virginia women's basketball team looks to knock Old Dominion off the edge of the Top 25.
