After returning from a disappointing finish last year in the NCAA tournament’s Fullerton Regional, Virginia’s players scattered throughout the country to play in summer leagues.

When rain forced Sunday’s championship match against Ekaterina Bychkova to be moved indoors to the hard courts, Lindsay Lee-Waters responded in the same way she had met every other challenge thrown her way during the week — with an aggressive style and steely focus that suffocated her opponent.

Ranked 286th on the USTA pro circuit, the Oklahoma native who has lived in Atlanta for the past decade, has looked strong in her first two matches of the Boyd Tinsley USTA Women’s $50,000 Pro Tennis Championships.

As Virginia continues its emergence as a force to be reckoned within collegiate track circles, a few things have to become second nature for the Cavaliers’ athletes.

With the game tied in the bottom of the sixth, Danny Morris’ three-run home run over the right-field fence proved to be the difference as the Greene Dragons held off the Flying Flucos 11-8.

Virginia’s distance medley relay squad of Andrew Jesien, Meikle Paschal, Lance Roller and Sintayehu Taye earned All-American honors with a sixth place finish and a time of 9:36.89, finishing just behind such track and field powerhouses as Oregon, Arkansas, California and Texas.

In Jason Vigilante’s first year at the helm, Virginia put together its best-ever performance at the ACC Indoor Championships in Blacksburg, placing third for the first time in school history.

Recently, Manilla — the Tournament Director at the Boar’s Head Sports Club in Charlottesville — received one of the greatest honors in his 30-plus years in tennis.

Fortunately for Virginia, things went well for the Cavaliers in the first annual Virginia Duals.

On Thursday night, Roddy Kibler, now the President and Chairman of the Greene County Athletic Foundation, unveiled the group’s plan to revitalize William Monroe’s athletic and fine arts facilities, and has brought in some heavy help to get the ball rolling.

Phil Carrow had dreamed for years of owning a golf course, so when the opportunity presented itself to take over Laurel Ridge in Fluvanna County, he couldn’t resist.

A calm, cool and collected approach paid off for the Miller School’s girls basketball team on Saturday night in the first round of The Daily Progress NBC29 Holiday Classic.

After mounting a comeback in the first half, Louisa wasn’t able to do it twice as the Warriors went on to win 48-27.

Raja Bell, Boris Diaw and former UVa star Sean Singletary are expected to make their Charlotte Bobcats debuts Saturday night in Detroit, coach Larry Brown said Thursday.

Notes from the UVa Minnesota men’s basketball game.

James Monroe defeated Monticello 44-41 in the Group AA, Division 3 semifinals on Saturday.

Virginia’s porous defense was a recurring theme during the 2007-08 season — and a major reason why the Cavaliers slipped from first to 10th in the ACC standings.

Two years ago, Sean Zirkle was a quarterback at Stuarts Draft; last year, a tight end for St. Anne’s-Belfield. This year, he’s moved about two feet forward, where he plays center for the Saints’ offensive line, a unit that has St. Anne’s in position to take a run at a third straight state title.

The UVa Cavaliers beat the Tar Heels 16-13 in a stunning overtime victory. 

Leading the pack at 10-under, Jeff Curl and Matt Davidson are in position to take home this year’s trophy, but must defeat the elements as well as the competition. Similar cold, cloudy weather is expected this afternoon.

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The EGOLF Tour Championship (the tour is now sponsored by EGOLF) will be contested on two Central Virginia courses this week with a $200,00 purse. The 54-hole tournament will be held Thursday through Saturday at Spring Creek Golf Club near Zion Crossroads and at Wintergreen’s Stoney Creek course.

Completing almost a year’s worth of training, Ray will travel today to King George to compete in the Virginia Championships, which are organized by the North American Grappling Association.

After a few strong performances in the Reines Jewelers Senior Championship at Meadowcreek the past few years, Bill Hamilton fought off a brilliant round by eventual runner-up Chris Harvey in sudden death to seal his first Championship victory on Sunday.

Tarian Ayers mishandled the snap from center and tucked the ball and darted up the left sideline for a 32-yard gain that shut the door on any hopes of a comeback for the Flucos and gave the Knights their first win of the year, 22-16.

Whether she likes it or not, Wright suddenly finds herself learning how to be a team leader.

Val Ackerman, a former women’s basketball player at Virginia, will receive the 2008 John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in September.

Then Phelps moved ahead of the crowd, breaking his own world record with a time of one minute, 52.03 seconds in the 200-meter butterfly late Tuesday night. He was scheduled to compete in the800 freestyle relay later in the night.

Norway jumped on the United States from the opening whistle, getting two goals in the first four minutes Wednesday to beat the U.S. women’s soccer team 2-0 at the Beijing Olympics.

Former Western Albemarle attacker Kellen Lynn led the Red team to the Charlottesville Adult Summer Lacrosse League championship on Tuesday night at St. Anne’s-Belfield.