No. 15 Cavs roll Tar Heels

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA - Wali Lundy scored three touchdowns and Marquis Weeks returned a kickoff 100 yards against North Carolina for the second time in three years to give No. 15 Virginia a 56-24 victory on Saturday.<br> <br> The Cavaliers&#39; offensive line manhandled the Tar Heels&#39; defensive front, opening big holes for Lundy and fullback Jason Snelling as Virginia put together scoring drives of 77, 68, 97, 79, 90 and 47 yards.<br> <br> Virginia (2-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) did not punt until 14:31 left in the game, and then only because a personal foul penalty moved the Cavaliers out of field goal range.<br> <br> Snelling ran for 80 yards and Lundy for 73 as the Cavaliers gained 549 total yards, 297 on the ground.<br> <br> Weeks, whose school record-tying 100-yard kickoff return sparked Virginia&#39;s 37-27 come-from-behind victory over North Carolina two years ago, took away what little momentum North Carolina (1-1, 0-1 ACC) could muster by doing it again.<br> <br> After Darian Durant connected with Derrelle Mitchell on a 7-yard touchdown pass in the second period to cut Virginia&#39;s lead to 21-7, Weeks took the ensuing kickoff up the middle, broke to the left and picked up a wall of blockers to just inside the left pylon.<br> <br> Alvin Pearman nearly matched Weeks&#39; feat with a 93-yard kickoff return in the fourth quarter. He was tripped up by Hilee Taylor at the 1, and he scored from there on the next play.<br> <br> The Tar Heels moved inside the Virginia 10 on two other occasions in the first half but managed only a 22-yard field goal by Connor Barth. Their other possession ended at the Virginia 3 when defensive end Chris Canty stuffed Ronnie McGill for a 1-yard loss on fourth down.<br> <br> North Carolina scored a pair of second-half touchdowns after the game was out of reach. Chad Scott caught a 52-yard touchdown pass from backup quarterback Matt Baker, then scored on a 1-yard run set up by a 46-yard pass from Baker to Daunte Fields.<br> <br> Virginia even worked in a trick play, a 32-yard flanker pass from Emmanuel Byers to a sliding Michael McGrew on Virginia&#39;s 97-yard touchdown drive. After a 25-yard run by Snelling, Lundy scored standing up from the 8, one of his three first-half touchdowns.

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