Entries Tagged as ‘Sports’

December 4, 2007

Football Retires Two Jersies

Former UVa running back Tiki Barber, the ACC Player of the Year in 1996, had his jersey retired during the Virginia Tech game at the end of this season.  Defensive end Chris Long, this year’s ACC Defensive Player of the Year, also had his jersey retired.
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http://www.virginiasports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=88791&SPID=10606&ATCLID=1326326&DB_OEM_ID=17800

November 28, 2007

Basketball Shoots Its Way to Win Over Northwestern

Mamadi Diane led Virginia with 22 points and Sean Singletary added a career-high 10 assists to lead Virginia to a 94-52 win over Northwestern Wildcats in the ninth annual ACC/Big Ten challenge. The Wahoos made 16 3-pointers and rushed to an early lead from which the Wildcats never recovered.
For more, see ESPN.com:
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=273310258

November 18, 2007

Men’s Basketball Upsets No. 17 Arizona

The men’s basketball team upset the University of Arizona, the number 17 team in the country, 75-72 Saturday night.  The Cavaliers were led by senior guard Sean Singletary, who scored 24 points, in particular two free throws and a 15-foot jump shot towards the end of the game to give Virginia the lead.  Singletary, a [...]

November 15, 2007

Men’s Basketball Defeats Howard

The Cavaliers improved to 2-0 last night with at 92-53 win over Howard.  Sean Singletary led the Wahoos with 23 points and 8 assists as Virginia overcame a sluggish start to pull away for a convincing win.  Virginia is back in action on Saturday for a its first road game of the year at #17 [...]

November 15, 2007

Virginia Women’s Rugby: State Champions

A sports article by Ning Tay
If you visit the AFC at night, you will see at least three members of the Virginia Women’s Rugby team there, guaranteed. Now that the season is over, off-season training has begun to keep everyone in shape. Coaches Nancy Kechner and Julie Comer sent out [...]

November 11, 2007

Cavaliers Dominate Hurricanes 48-0 in Orange Bowl

A sports article by Jason Shore
Entering the final game in the historic Orange Bowl last Saturday against Miami, the #23 Cavaliers were not generally favored to win despite their ranking. Virginia had never won a football game in Florida in 15 previous attempts. Sitting atop the ACC Coastal division with Virginia Tech, they did [...]

November 4, 2007

The Football Team is Winning Ugly, but Winning Nonetheless

By Grayson Lambert
For the fifth time this year, the Virginia football team pulled out a win by one or two points yesterday after a 17-16 victory over Wake Forest. With an 8-2 record, the Wahoos have moved back into both the AP and the USA Today Polls. Virginia also stayed a half game ahead of [...]

November 4, 2007

UVA Defeats Wake Forest

The Wahoos won another close game Saturday with a 17-16 victory over the Demon Deacons of Wake Forest. After a late Virginia touchdown, Wake Forest had a chance to win, but Sam Swank’s last-second field goal missed wide right.
See more from ESPN.com:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=273070258

October 21, 2007

Football Tops Maryland, Records Seventh Straight Victory

The Virginia football team beat Maryland 18-17 Saturday night in College Park, MD, notching their seventh straight victory and the third straight victory won in the final minute of play. The Cavaliers were led by backup running back Mikell Simpson, who carried the ball 16 times for 119 yards and two touchdowns while starting [...]

October 19, 2007

Victory for Women’s Soccer Team

U.Va. Women’s Soccer Team defeated their Blacksburg rivals 2-0 at home yesterday.
More from VirginiaSports.com.

October 14, 2007

Football Team Defeats UConn 17-16, Will Play in Bowl Game

U.Va. improved its record to 6-1 and qualifies for an automatic bowl game bid Saturday, after defeating the University of Connecticut Huskies 17-16 at Scott Stadium.
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