Team hosts Tar Heels
The Virginia field hockey team’s season remained on the rocks with two road losses last weekend, and its challenges continue as it faces No. 2 North Carolina at home tomorrow. When Virginia (6-9, 0-2 ACC) played Princeton last Friday at the Tigers’ home field, a strong start faded into a disappointing finish. The Cavaliers needed [...]
Read moreKnouse hat trick highlights 8-1 romp
The Virginia field hockey team earned a much-needed win in impressive fashion yesterday by defeating UC Davis 8-1 in Spring City, Pa. Sophomore forward Elly Buckley opened the scoring during the second minute. The captain’s score was followed quickly by a fifth-minute goal from sophomore forward Hadley Bell. The Aggies (2-7, 1-1 NorPac) responded when [...]
Read moreVirginia treks north to face trio of foes
The struggling Virginia field hockey team hits the road again this weekend, ready to compete in a trio of games up north. The Cavaliers (5-7, 0-2 ACC) will look to accrue some late-season success and tighten up their defense in matchups against UC Davis, Princeton and No. 4 Connecticut during a four-day road stint. After [...]
Read moreTerps thwart reeling Cavs
The Virginia field hockey returned from College Park, Md. this weekend without a victory as No. 3 Maryland proved to be too much to handle in 6-3 loss Friday. The Cavaliers (5-7, 0-2 ACC) opened the scoring with a goal during the 15th minute off the stick of freshman forward Rachel Sumfest, who notched her [...]
Read moreTeam takes on Terrapins
The Virginia field hockey team gets another shot at knocking off an ACC powerhouse when it travels to College Park to play No. 3 Maryland tonight at 5 p.m. The Cavaliers (5-6, 0-1 ACC) lost a heartbreaker during their first conference game against No. 6 Boston College, falling 5-4 in double overtime last Friday and [...]
Read moreSquad splits pair of home games
The Virginia field hockey team gave No. 6 Boston College all it could handle during a heartbreaking double overtime loss Friday and salvaged a split of its weekend home games with an important win against Richmond Sunday. The Cavaliers (5-6) started strong Friday night by mounting early pressure on the vaunted Eagles (7-2) during the [...]
Read moreCavs host Eagles, Spiders
Looking to rebound from its worst start in more than a decade, the Virginia field hockey team faces Boston College tonight and Richmond Sunday. The team returns home for the first time in three weeks desperately searching for a spark. “We’re so happy to be back on the blue turf, at home, not on an [...]
Read moreBack embraces family tradition
Virginia is a school that prides itself on its traditions, but for Virginia field hockey junior back Phoebe Willis, the tradition goes beyond rituals and institutions. The Fredericksburg, Va. native is a sixth-generation Cavalier, continuing a long family legacy that stretches back for more than a century. Since 1861, every generation of Willis’ family has [...]
Read moreTeam drops road tilts
The No. 18 Virginia field hockey team continued its worst season start in more than a decade after a disappointing weekend in Evanston, Ill. The squad suffered a 4-3 overtime defeat to No. 11 California Saturday and lost 5-3 against Northwestern Sunday. The Golden Bears (6-1) struck first on a fourth-minute goal by junior midfielder [...]
Read moreVirginia eyes twin tilts
For most of Michele Madison’s tenure as Virginia’s field hockey coach, the results have been impressive. As the Cavaliers prepare for a weekend set against California and Northwestern, however, Madison has needed to adopt a different tack with her struggling team. We need to “not get so caught up in the end result right now, [...]
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