For the Virginia women's rowing team, the oars did all the talking this past season. Virginia muscled its way to a second place team finish at the NCAA women's rowing championships on Lake Natoma in Rancho Cordova, Calif.
The Virginia men's baseball team strives for perfection. Despite a solid 8-3 record on the season, Cavalier players and coaches alike are still looking for ways to improve to make the team a top contender in all of collegiate baseball. "We need to do some little things, such as base running and offensive execution as we move into ACC games," head coach Brian O'Connor said.
Even though they lost this weekend to Southern Alabama by a close 4-3 score, Virginia women's tennis did it as a team.
The recipe for success for any college sports team calls for one ingredient: a love of the game -- Or, in this case, the race. If any team at the University knows about loving its sport, it is the men's rowing team.
If anyone knows hard work, it's Virginia wrestler Will Durkee. As one of only four seniors on this year's team, Durkee is tailor-made for a leadership role, as it has been through grit and hard work that he has achieved success in collegiate wrestling.
If anyone knows hard work, it's Virginia wrestler Will Durkee. As one of only four seniors on this year's team, Durkee is tailor-made for a leadership role, as it has been through grit and hard work that he has achieved success in collegiate wrestling.
It's no wonder the Virginia men's and women's swimming and diving teams remain undefeated. It's also no wonder that they have finished in the top 25 at the NCAA championships for 15 of the last 22 years.
The Virginia women's basketball team has signed five All-Americans to the squad for the 2005 season in the early signing period.
Head coach Brian O'Connor announced the 2005 Virginia baseball schedule yesterday. The season will open in February on the road at UNC Wilmington for a three-game non-conference series.
