Virginia women's basketball Coach Debbie Ryan must be a genius.
Her squad now holds sole possession of first place in the ACC after a disparaging 4-4 start to the season. This turnaround was not a chance occurrence divined by a higher power, but a calculated maneuver by a coach in tune with her team.
Coach Ryan had a plan when she scheduled her team to face the toughest competition in the country right from the start. The Cavs opened against St. Joseph's, the defending Atlantic 10 champion, and were handed a discouraging 73-61 loss that dropped Virginia out of the AP Top 25 for the first time in 183 weeks, a streak which began in fall of 1990.
Just two weeks later, the Cavalier women traveled down to Chapel Hill, N.C. to face perennial powerhouse Duke, who dealt them another defeat, 83-62.
|
Read More
No. 14 Virginia prevails 9-7 in tight contest with William & Mary
By Stephen O'Dea | 1 hours ago“It was funny, we were out in the field and Sam and I were talking about going back-to-back next inning,” Tiroly said. “On the first pitch, I was fortunate enough to put a good swing on it and I come back to the plate, tap him on the chest and say ‘alright buddy, your turn.’”
Mira Berglund powers Virginia’s runner-up finish at Gators Invitational
By Sofie Keppler | 6 hours agoSunday belonged to junior Mira Berglund, whose masterclass propelled Virginia to the finish line.
Men’s and women’s squash end their campaigns against the best of college squash
By Peter Kratz and Eleanor Lynch | YesterdayThis weekend, the No. 4 men (13-6, 3-1, MASC) and No. 6 women (13-7, 4-2, MASC) navigated a gauntlet of competition at the CSA Team Championships to secure their sixth and fifth consecutive top-eight national finishes, respectively.
