No. 15 Virginia used an impressive debut performance from its freshmen and a solid second half from Wooden Award candidate Monica Wright, rolling past High Point 78-48 in the season opener at John Paul Jones Arena on Friday night.

UVa never let Ventriglia’s squad up for air, defeating Army 2-0 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Virginia handed No. 1 Wake Forest its first loss of the season, 3-2, in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament at WakeMed Soccer Stadium.

Monica Wright could not help but laugh.

In the waning moments of last Sunday’s exhibition game at John Paul Jones Arena, Sylven Landesberg soared majestically toward the basket.

For three years, Virginia — for various reasons — hasn’t subscribed to it. Instead of working inside-out, UVa has attempted to go outside-in.

And, to that end, Virginia coach Dave Leitao has zeroed in on Mychal Parker — a silky-smooth wing player who just so happens to be playing at the nearby Miller School this year.

Scattershooting around the ACC, while second-guessing myself concerning Miami coach Randy Shannon ...

UVa, which lost in the ACC Tournament semifinals to Virginia Tech last week, earned a No. 2 seed and will open at Klockner Stadium against Army on Friday at 5 p.m.

On Monday, a source told The Daily Progress that Virginia has a legitimate shot of reeling in one of the jewels of the 2009 class — Renardo Sidney, a 6-foot-10, 250-pounder out of Los Angeles’ Fairfax Senior High.

In a few blinks of the eye — yet again — Virginia was trapped behind the 8-ball away from home.

Heading into this season, it was widely assumed that Virginia would start Jeff Jones, Sammy Zeglinski or Sylven Landesberg in the backcourt alongside Calvin Baker.

Where’s Dr. Lou when you need him?

UVa suddenly finds its postseason hopes in need of life support.

Jay is at Wake Forest blogging the game against the Demon Deacons.

Those that have clamored for a playoff system in college football should take a closer look at the current developments in the ACC.

A former basketball player at Maryland and later at Purdue, France has seen her share of quality programs and was certainly drinking the Cavalier Kool-Aid moments after her DT3 squad dropped an exhibition game to Virginia 91-77.

Tonight in an exhibition against DT3 at John Paul Jones at 7 p.m., the new and improved Mohammed and the 15th-ranked Cavaliers will be on display.

Obviously, the two Demon Deacons have had help from their supporting cast, but regardless, Wake Forest (5-3, 3-2 ACC) will enter Saturday’s game against Virginia (5-4, 3-2) ranked fourth in the nation in turnover margin.

For Hall Simmons, a relative unknown to those outside of the Virginia football program, actions speak louder than words.

The Virginia men’s team will have three players in the singles field and two teams in the doubles. The women’s squad will have one player in singles and one in doubles.

Scattershooting around the ACC, while noting that until last Saturday night, one of the teams that came the closest to stopping the nation’s current longest winning streak was Virginia ...

Yet, trying to beat the masses, Sintim left in darkness to beat the traffic in an attempt to vote with ease in this year’s election.

On Sunday at Klockner Stadium, Swanson’s team looked comatose in its final regular-season game, a 1-0 loss to the No. 18 Demon Deacons.

Jayna Hartig, now considered a redshirt sophomore, is back and hopeful of contributing to the Cavaliers, who learned Saturday that they will enter the season ranked No. 15 in the country.

UVa coach Al Groh answers questions after the team’s 24-17 overtime loss to Miami.

Instead of assembling in their normal fashion, nearly every player inside Virginia’s locker room huddled just a few feet away from Cedric Peerman on Saturday to offer support.

Ryan Foster helped spark the Cavaliers to a second straight team title with his individual championship in his final ACC meet.

The University of Virginia Cavaliers lost 24-17at home to the University of Miami Hurricanes at Scott Stadium on Saturday, November 1st 2008.

In a matter of minutes, Virginia fumbled away its lead in ACC’s Coastal Division and perhaps its chance to play in the league’s championship game.