For the first time in its history this past year, the Virginia men's tennis team had entered a season as a serious threat to win the national championship, a force to reckon with among tennis's elite.
The Virginia men's tennis team celebrated joyously after accumulating an undefeated 9-0 record in the ACC regular season, but that mark still contained a hypothetical asterisk.
The call of free pizza is timeless. Hungry college kids can never seem to resist the lure of a slice of cheese or pepperoni.
Friday in front of the largest tennis crowd in recent memory at the Snyder Tennis Center, with strong wind gusts blasting across the court, this year's Cavaliers became the first in history to sweep the ACC by dispatching Clemson 5-2.
It's difficult to look for positives when your team has lost five-straight matches. But somehow, Virginia finds ways to show optimism, despite dropping its sixth-in-a-row yesterday against Maryland, 6-1. "It is one thing to play well and fight when you're getting results --- I think anyone can do that," Virginia coach Phil Rogers said.
At least once a season, Virginia men's tennis coach Brian Boland plans a recruiting trip somewhere in the United States to attract the best players in the country to Charlottesville.
When Virginia men's tennis coach Brian Boland came to Charlottesville four years ago, he arrived with a battle plan to make Virginia tennis the best college program in the country.
Last April, the Cavaliers saw the traditional script of Virginia versus No. 5 Duke. For the first two years of coach Brian Boland's tenure, Virginia won more matches than the previous year before ultimately running into a wall against the Blue Devils in April.
If there were any signs yesterday that the No. 3 Cavaliers were looking ahead to their ACC clash with No.
Snyder Tennis Center, resting in the heart of the Grounds, is the perfect outdoor venue for University students to appreciate a cordial afternoon tennis game.
