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(12/03/15 4:56am)
Pushing the tempo and finishing at an improved clip, the Virginia women’s basketball team competed early with Iowa Wednesday night at John Paul Jones Arena. Less than a minute into the second quarter, sophomore point guard Mikayla Venson sized up her defender and drained a deep three to level the score at 21.
(12/02/15 6:23am)
Fresh off of facing three 2015 NCAA Tournament teams in St. Thomas, the Virginia women’s basketball team continues this early stretch of its schedule that coach Joanne Boyle intended to be arduous.
(11/30/15 2:24am)
The Cavaliers faced three 2015 NCAA Tournament teams in three days at the Paradise Jam in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
(11/30/15 2:32am)
No. 1 Virginia women’s soccer fell to then-No. 4 Florida State 2-2 at the ACC Final Nov. 8, after redshirt forward Berglind Thorvaldsdottir netted her side’s seventh penalty kick. The Cavaliers had outshot the Seminoles 17 to 11 prior to the shootout but failed to take advantage.
(11/23/15 4:48am)
The Virginia women’s soccer team hosted a rematch with unseeded UNC Wilmington in the second round of the NCAA Tournament Friday night. Back on Aug. 23, the Cavaliers crushed the Seahawks 8-0 to open the regular-season.
(11/20/15 4:23am)
On a night when both teams struggled to knock down jump shots and finish in close, Virginia women’s basketball made 20-24 free throws and defeated Auburn 69-52 at Auburn Arena.
(11/19/15 2:01am)
A season ago, Virginia beat Auburn 66-51 at John Paul Jones Arena behind a 19-3 second-half run.
(11/17/15 6:09am)
Sophomore floor general Mikayla Venson slashed into the paint and finished a scoop layup to begin the home opener for Virginia women’s basketball. The Cavaliers (2-0, 0-0 ACC) played with this reckless abandon on both ends of the court for most of the night, blowing out Norfolk State (0-2) 86-50.
(11/16/15 2:42am)
Virginia women’s basketball saw its late double-digit lead slip away but held on to beat Middle Tennessee State 70-66 Friday night in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
(11/16/15 3:51am)
The Virginia women’s soccer team hosted Howard (13-8-2) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament — five days removed from a taxing penalty-kick loss to No. 1 Florida State in the ACC Tournament Final.
(11/13/15 4:43am)
ESPNW announced Wednesday evening Virginia senior center back Emily Sonnett won the 2015 Soccer Player of the Year award. Sonnett anchors a Cavalier defense that has allowed an average of only .58 goals per game and amassed 12 shutouts through 19 matches.
(11/12/15 12:08am)
After first-round exits at both the ACC tournament and the N.I.T. last March, the Virginia women’s basketball team (17-14, 7-9 ACC) entered the offseason on a mission to improve as a unit. All five starters were set to return for the 2015-16 campaign.
(11/09/15 3:23am)
No. 1 Virginia (16-1-2, 9-1 ACC) could have hung their heads when Florida State (14-2-4, 6-1-3 ACC) freshman midfielder Natalia Kuikka intercepted and netted the opening goal or when junior defender Kirsten Crowley buried a go-ahead score in the second half.
(11/03/15 4:49am)
No. 1 Virginia women’s soccer capped off its 2015 regular season with a 6-0 victory Sunday night at Pittsburgh (10-7-1, 4-6 ACC). Freshman midfielder Betsy Brandon and junior midfielder Alexis Shaffer bookended Cavalier (15-1-1, 9-1-0 ACC) scoring with a pair of goals each.
(10/29/15 3:39am)
Showing no signs of flatness following its emotional senior day Sunday, the again-No. 1 Virginia women’s soccer team dismantled NC State (4-14, 0-9-0 ACC), 7-1, this evening.
(10/29/15 3:19am)
Amidst post-game craziness, fifth-year defender Julia Sroba stood behind a row of media personnel. My boss Bill Bunting, assistant athletic media relations director at the University, had already told her she needed to stick around.
(10/26/15 12:57am)
All eyes were fixed on Alexis Shaffer. Virginia’s junior midfielder situated the ball on the penalty spot and stepped back. She and Florida State goalkeeper Cassie Miller stared one another down for an instant, their minds finalizing whether to go left, right or middle. All of Klöckner remained in silent angst.
(10/23/15 4:06am)
The clock halted at 72:57, and Klöckner Stadium rattled with relief. Cavalier teammates began to pile onto freshman defender Brianna Westrup, the instant hero. Westrup, who had endured trial by fire throughout the match, had banged a header into the left corner for the game’s only goal.
(10/22/15 5:06am)
What: No. 2 Virginia vs. Louisville, No. 1 Florida State
(10/19/15 3:10am)
Two days after U.S. Women’s Soccer coach Jill Ellis announced Virginia senior defender Emily Sonnett would join the roster in advance of an Oct. 25 friendly against Brazil, the senior captain led the Cavaliers to a 4-2 victory at Boston College (9-6-1, 3-3-1 ACC).