The Cavaliers, behind a season-best three homers, overcame chilly conditions and whipped Maryland, 11-4, at Shipley Field on Sunday.

Somdev Devvarman, Treat Huey and Ted Angelinos won in straight sets in leading No. 1-ranked Virginia to an impressive 7-0 win over Wake Forest in front of a record 859 fans at the Snyder Tennis Center.

Virginia torched Johns Hopkins early and buried six of its first eight shots en route to a 17-6 victory over the Blue Jays.

The California native took full advantage at the spring festival, completing 17 of 23 passes for 160 yards and a pair of touchdowns as the Cavaliers freely rotated three quarterbacks that apparently have an equal shot at starting the season opener on Aug. 30 against Southern Cal.

Playing in front of a record crowd of 8,000 at Klockner Stadium on Saturday night, Virginia was hammered by No. 2 Duke, 19-9. It was UVa’s worst home loss in the 15-year history of the facility.

The Virginia football program gained its fifth in-state football commitment for the class of 2009 on Saturday when safety Corey Lillard gave his commitment to coach Al Groh at UVa’s spring game on Saturday.

UVa first baseman Jeremy Farrell planted a pitch over the left-field wall in the fifth inning for a three-run homer that propelled the Cavaliers to a 5-4 victory over Maryland on Saturday.

When Bud Petit returned to the Virginia lacrosse team this spring as a fifth-year senior, he had one goal - to accomplish something he hadn’t been able to do in his preceding four years on grounds.
Petit wanted more than anything to be UVa’s starting goalie.

As symbolic as the exit proved to be with the NFL draft looming, the post-Chris Long era begins today as the Cavaliers head into their annual spring festival at Scott Stadium at 2 p.m. looking for their newest crop of stars.

The No. 1 Virginia men didn’t have their usual pep. UVa wound up beating No. 49 N.C. State, 5-2, to claim its fifth straight ACC regular-season championship, however, Cavalier coach Brian Boland didn’t seem very pleased about it.

Locals have multiple opportunities to create their own impressions at two races today at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., respectively, and another chance Sunday at 1 p.m. at the main beach at Lake Monticello as UVa hosts Michigan State, Oregon State and Wisconsin.

Trailing by two runs entering the eighth inning, the Cavaliers batted around and scored six times en route to a lopsided 11-6 win at Shipley Field that seemed improbable for much of the contest.

In the midst of a breakout season, Virginia’s Emil Heineking will do something special tonight - the rookie will run the mile.

Entering his start at Maryland tonight, which is the opening contest in a three-game set for the Cavaliers (26-9, 8-7 ACC), the 2007 All-American has a number in his loss column for the first time in two years and new mentality.

It has been a 17-month roller-coaster ride for Kevin Ogletree since the wideout last secured the chinstrap on his helmet and strolled out into Scott Stadium.

This weekend, Virginia’s 2008 outfit will have a chance to leave an indelible mark in the record books when it closes out its regular season with home matches against N.C. State and Wake Forest. The Wahoos have a chance to finish with a perfect 25-0 record.

Time with Team USA in 2005 taught Sharnee Zoll that patience was truly a virtue.

It worked - Virginia scored seven unanswered runs, rallying past Liberty for a 7-3 win at Davenport Field.

Virginia point guard Sharnee Zoll was selected by the Los Angeles Sparks with the 29st overall pick in Wednesday’s WNBA draft.

Virginia’s record-setting floor leader, Sharnee Zoll, is expected to be taken in the first or second round today by a WNBA team in search of a backup point guard, a true need for several organizations.

The Cavaliers, behind stellar pitching from Jake Cowan and Matt Packer, avoided their first five-game losing streak since the coach arrived in 2004 with a 6-0 victory over Longwood at Davenport Field.

Sharnee Zoll, a former Virginia women’s basketball star, was invited to the WNBA Draft in Palm Harbor, Fla., at 1 p.m. on Wednesday. Zoll was one of 20 players invited to attend the festivities, a direct sign of interest in the point guard following the professional league’s two-day pre-draft camp, which was held Friday and Saturday in Tampa.

The heir apparent at placekicker, Chris Hinkebein, had several kicks blocked while others sailed wide left and wider right. Issues with the operation, including botched holds with slippery footballs, also plagued the red shirt freshman’s afternoon, a recurring trend over the past few weeks, Groh confirmed Monday.

Florida State scored lone runs in the 10th inning in a pair of contests to register back-to-back 3-2 wins during a doubleheader at Dick Howser Stadium.

That was the backdrop for a story that began to circulate in San Antonio over the weekend that said Virginia coach Dave Leitao might have interest in taking over the job at Providence.
Leitao, who is in San Antonio with his staff at the Final Four, seemed taken aback by the rumor.

“Cedric Peerman for Heisman!” he yelled. “Doak Walker Award — unanimous decision. No. 37.”
While an enormous long shot to be named the nation’s top player — or even top running back — Peerman is back in business for the Cavaliers.

The stroke of good fortune propelled Houston Barrick and teammate Michael Shabaz to a 9-8 win in No. 2 doubles over Duke’s Reid Carleton and Kiril Dimitrov.

Countless nights passed by when Gus Gerard’s heart was thumping so hard that he felt it would pop through his chest.

Virginia’s women’s lacrosse team did let Boston College’s grind-the-game-to-a-screeching-halt style affect it much Saturday afternoon and rolled to a 12-4 victory over the Eagles.

Thanks to great play in net from Bud Petit and a goal by Steve Giannone with 1 minute and 1 second left in overtime, No. 4 UVa shocked No. 6 UNC, 12-11. It was the third overtime victory by the Cavaliers this season.