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• Whitey 365: Nolte is a 4-man

  Over the last few months, when I had been doing the math in my head, I had only been counting three big men on Virginia’s roster for the 2012-13 season: Akil Mitchell, Darion Atkins and Mike Tobey. However, a recent conversation I had with UVa coach Tony Bennett has me rethinking my math. Fo...

  05/26/2012 10:44 AM

• Whitey 365: Boland’s lineup shouldn’t be second-guessed

  In the wake of the Virginia men’s tennis team’s loss to USC in the NCAA finals on Tuesday, I’ve received a few e-mails that have suggested coach Brian Boland should have played a different lineup. This is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. Virginia lost one match the entire...

  05/25/2012 7:03 PM

• Whitey 365: Athens gets a BIG thumbs down

  I’ve made it back from Athens, Ga., the site of this year’s NCAA men’s tennis tournament, and I have just one thing to say: The city and the University of Georgia should NEVER be allowed to host another NCAA Tournament—at least not until there is an improved indoor facility. ...

  05/24/2012 7:42 PM
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  UVa men's tennis team falls to USC in national championship match

  In a match that was delayed over two hours by rain and moved indoors, Virginia lost to USC, 4-2. The Trojans dropped the opening doubles point, but rallied to win four of six singles matches and win their fourth straight NCAA championship, its second straight over UVa.

  05/23/2012 3:36 AM

• Whitey 365: Virginia falls to USC in NCAA final

  ATHENS, Ga.—In the quest to win the program’s first-ever NCAA title, Virginia coach Brian Boland pulled out every imaginable stop this season. Boland put less emphasis on fall and winter performance and more on spring play. He hired a new strength and conditioning coach, brought in former pro...

  05/23/2012 3:25 AM

• Whitey 365: USC aftermath

  ATHENS, Ga.—So another heartbreaking loss for Virginia in the finals of the NCAA Tournament to USC. Here’s all the post-match video. What a long day. I’m going to bed.      ...

  05/23/2012 3:04 AM

• Whitey 365: UVa-USC finals preview

  ATHENS, Ga.— Daily Progress tennis correspondent Ed Burton took a break from wolfing down hot dogs at The Varsity to give his assessment of tonight’s NCAA Tournament finals tennis match between Virginia and USC. The Professor is forecasting a Virginia victory, which would give the schoo...

  05/22/2012 1:41 PM
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  Virginia tops Pepperdine to set up showdown with USC in national title match

  Tonight, Virginia will finally look to get the upper hand on USC when the teams square off in this year’s title match - and will do so as the underdog.

  05/22/2012 1:16 AM

• Whitey 365: UVa beats Pepperdine, advances to finals

  ATHENS, Ga—The Virginia men’s tennis team has beaten Pepperdine, 4-1, to move into the NCAA Tournament finals against USC tomorrow. I’ll have a full story posted online shortly, but for now—here’s what coach Brian Boland and Drew Courtney had to say about making it bac...

  05/22/2012 12:38 AM
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  UVa tennis dismisses Stanford in NCAA quarterfinals

  Third-seeded Virginia won a tight doubles point, then crushed Stanford in singles en route to a tidy 4-0 victory  in the NCAA quarterfinals at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.

  05/20/2012 11:00 PM

• Whitey 365: UVa men’s tennis downs Stanford

  ATHENS, Ga.—The Virginia men’s tennis team hammered Stanford this afternoon, 4-0, to move into the NCAA Tournament semifinals tomorrow against the Georgia-Peperdine winner. UVa won a tight doubles point, then crushed the Cardinal in singles. Tomorrow’s match gets under way at 5 p...

  05/20/2012 7:27 PM

• Virginia, Notre Dame meet with Final Four spot on the line

  Today's matchup between fifth-seeded Virginia (12-3) and fourth-seeded Notre Dame (12-2) figures to be a competitive one.

  05/19/2012 11:00 PM

• Whitey 365: Jontel on the gridiron?

  Recently, there was a rumor floating around that Virginia point guard Jontel Evans, a star running back in football back in high school, might try to return to the sport at UVa when his hoops days are done. Virginia coach Tony Bennett told me he believes the rumor began at a recent VAF social in Ri...

  05/19/2012 6:28 AM

• White taking more of an offensive role with UVa lacrosse team

  For almost the entire spring, Virginia coach Dom Starsia had employed a starting lineup that featured redshirt freshman Owen Van Arsdale on attack and junior Matt White at midfield. But heading into last week’s NCAA Tournament first-round game against Princeton, Starsia elected to slide White up to attack and bring Van Arsdale off the bench.

  05/18/2012 11:00 PM

• Whitey 365: Lax tidbits

  Here are a few tidbits from yesterday’s media session with the Virginia men’s lacrosse team that stood out. Virginia plays Notre Dame on Sunday in the NCAA quarters (in Chester, Pa.) Coach Dom Starsia on last week’s low-scoring game with Princeton: “Maybe that’s who were—...

  05/18/2012 3:21 PM
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  Virginia's Frank burns the midnight oil getting better

  While everyone’s out partying, Virginia tennis player Mitchell Frank’s practicing under the lights at Snyder — sometimes until as late as midnight.

  05/17/2012 11:00 PM

• Whitey 365: Starsia talks Notre Dame

  I was out at Virginia lacrosse practice this afternoon. I’m not sure how coach Dom Starsia doesn’t have permanent laryngitis. Man, that guy does a lot of screaming. You could hear him from all the way across the field. Anyway, here is what he had to say about this Sunday’s NCAA to...

  05/17/2012 5:30 PM

• UVa women's tennis team eager to edge Duke in Sweet 16

  When Virginia coach MarkGuilbeau talks about facing third-seeded Duke in today’s NCAA Tournament Round of 16 in Athens, he’s banking on his team’s competitive appetite propelling it past an opponent that it has lost its last 13 matches to.

  05/16/2012 11:00 PM

• Whitey 365: Lovejoy a joy to Starsia

  One of the big reasons why the Virginia men’s lacrosse team was able to escape with a 6-5 win over Princeton in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday was the play of defender Matt Lovejoy. The senior forced a bevy of Tiger turnovers and was a physical presence all game long. UVa co...

  05/16/2012 10:00 AM
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  Former UVa women's tennis player leads Rice to first Sweet 16

  In its history, the women’s tennis program at Rice University had never won a single NCAA Tournament match. This past weekend, the Owls won two — and they did so on the strength of former Virginia player Katie Gater.

  05/15/2012 11:00 PM