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James Pannell scored a career-high seven goals and Mark Cockerton tied a career high with seven points as the No. 4 Virginia Cavaliers (6-0, 1-0 ACC) pulled away from the No. 8 Syracuse Orange (2-2, 0-2 ACC) for a 17-12 triumph on Saturday.
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The No. 9 UVa. women’s lacrosse team (2-3, 0-1 ACC) held off a late charge by No. 8 Penn State (2-2, 0-0 ALC) to earn a 12-11 victory on Saturday (March 1) at Klöckner Stadium in Charlottesville, Va.
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Behind six strong innings from starting pitcher Nathan Kirby (So., Midlothian, Va.), the No. 1 -ranked UVa. baseball team defeated Monmouth, 6-3, Saturday afternoon in the first game of a three-game weekend series at Davenport Field. Virginia improved to 7-2 on the year, while Monmouth dropped to 1-3.
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The Rocks Mountain Fire in the south district of Shenandoah National Park has grown to over 100 acres. Firefighters are on the ground working along the park boundary to prevent the fire from leaving the park.
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UVa. clinched its sixth ACC regular season title and its second outright ACC regular season title (1981). The Cavaliers’ 19-point margin of victory was the largest over a top-five opponent since an 86-66 win over No. 2 North Carolina on Feb. 25, 2001 at University Hall.
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A 20-5 UVa. run midway through the second half broke open a close game, and the Cavaliers were cutting down the nets in John Paul Jones Arena as ACC champs at the end of a convincing 75-56 win over fourth-ranked Syracuse Saturday in Charlottesville, Va.
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The day that UVa. basketball fans have been waiting on for months is here. #11 UVa. (24-5, 15-1 ACC) hosts #4 Syracuse (26-2, 13-2 ACC) today at 4 p.m. The Virginia-Syracuse game will be televised by ESPN and online at WatchESPN.com. The game will be broadcast on the Virginia Sports Radio Network, ESPN Radio and Sirius (Channel 91) and XM (Channel 91) satellite radio stations.
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Enjoy the 60-degree temperatures this weekend. The National Weather Service has Augusta County, Staunton, Waynesboro and much of the Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia on a Winter Storm Watch for overnight Sunday into Monday, with five inches or more of snow possible.
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With the huge UVa.-Syracuse showdown looming, it seems a good time to look back at the biggest home games played in Charlottesville since Ralph Sampson played his last game in University Hall in 1983.
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The Friday (Feb. 28) UVa.-Monmouth baseball game, originally scheduled for 3 p.m., has been postponed. The game now will be played as part of a doubleheader Sunday (March 2) beginning at noon.
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