University of Virginia NCAA News

Talor Battle scored 28 of his 32 points in the second half and Penn State withstood a furious rally by Virginia in the final minute to beat the Cavaliers 69-66 Monday night in the opener of the Big Ten-ACC challenge.

Even the most ardent Virginia fan cannot argue that the Cavaliers are as talented as Virginia Tech.

Virginia fired Al Groh after nine seasons as football coach at his alma mater Sunday, ending a tenure marked by his inability to beat rival Virginia Tech.

It seemed that the happy ending would come true. In the first half of Saturday afternoon's showdown with in state rival Virginia Tech, the Cavalier football team came out firing on all cylinders.

Ras-I Dowling has had plenty of good days as a cornerback at the University of Virginia - but Saturday was not among them.

CHARLOTTESVILLE - Virginia players say the regular season finale against No. Virginia Tech on Saturday is their bowl game.

CHARLOTTESVILLE -- The seniors on the Virginia football team, most of whom have been on the roster for five seasons, do not need to be reminded that they haven't experienced a win over Virginia Tech. They volunteer the information on their own. It's the final -- and only -- part of their legacies that can be changed with just one game remaining in their college careers.

'I don't think you could give me any amount of money to trade for beating Tech,' said senior linebacker Aaron Clark, one of the Cavaliers' captains.

Approaching his final game in a Virginia football uniform, Nate Collins spoke warmly of Al Groh, who undoubtedly is concluding his U.Va. career, too.

Sylven Landesberg scored 20 points to lead five players in double figures and Virginia rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit to defeat Cleveland State 76-65 in the third-place game of the Cancun Challenge on Wednesday night.

Landry Fields scored 25 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead Stanford to a 57-52 win over Virginia in the Cancun Classic on Tuesday night.

CHARLOTTESVILLE When Nate Collins heard some of Virginia's players start discussing their plans for Christmas, he gathered the captains together to address the team.

After last Saturday's unsuccessful trip to Clemson, Virginia's players started talking about how this weekend's game against No.

Scott Sutton and his Oral Roberts basketball players and coaches are mixing pleasure with business on their long and winding road trip in the Cancun Challenge.

C.J. Spiller scored a touchdown Saturday in his final game at Death Valley and No.

Mike Scott scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Sylven Landesberg added 14 points to lead Virginia to a 76-55 win over Oral Roberts in the final states-side game of the Cancun Challenge on Saturday.

Mike Scott scored 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the Virginia Cavaliers to a 79-46 victory over the Rider Broncs in a non-league tussle at John Paul Jones Arena.

Joe Torchia has been looking forward to the moment for years. Given the Atlantic Coast Conference's odd revolving rotation between teams in the Atlantic and Coastal Divisions, no player on Virginia's roster has played in a game at Clemson.

Mike Scott had 17 points and eight rebounds Thursday night, leading Virginia to a 79-46 victory against Rider in the Cancun Challenge.

The bowl representatives have quit visiting, but Virginia's football complex is still a hot spot for NFL scouts.

As the case of missing Virginia Tech student Morgan D. Harrington entered its second month, authorities on Tuesday investigated the discovery of a body in Roanoke.