Field hockey drops ACC Tournament opener to Duke
The No. 4 Virginia field hockey team was eliminated from the ACC Tournament Thursday morning, falling to Duke 2-1 in the first round.
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The No. 4 Virginia field hockey team was eliminated from the ACC Tournament Thursday morning, falling to Duke 2-1 in the first round.
The No. 4 Virginia field hockey team begins ACC Tournament play Thursday in an 11 a.m. game against No. 8 Duke.
The No. 5 Virginia field hockey team ended its regular season with a 4-1 loss at No. 1 Maryland this weekend. The Cavaliers will get a week off before the ACC Tournament begins Nov. 7.
Despite nearly squandering a three-goal lead, the No. 6 Virginia field hockey team held on for a 4-3 victory against No. 8 Duke Friday night in the Cavaliers’ final home game of the regular season. Following the match, Virginia honored its eight-member senior class, including star senior forward Elly Buckley, who scored three goals in the game.
The No. 5 Virginia field hockey team narrowly edged No. 6 Boston College in Charlottesville Friday night. The game was locked at 0-0 until junior back Kelsey Leblanc scored a golden goal in double overtime.
Entering the 2013 season, the No. 5 Virginia field hockey team faced a lot of uncertainty regarding its offense. With the graduation of Olympians Paige Selenski and Michelle Vittese and the transfer of forward Rachel Sumfest, the Cavaliers were left without three of their top four goal scorers from the 2012 season. But thanks in large part to a nine-player deep Class of 2017 recruiting class, the Virginia attack now ranks second in the nation in goals scored.
The No. 4 Virginia field hockey team split a pair of games in New York this weekend, falling to No. 5 Syracuse before defeating No. 12 Albany. The Cavaliers allowed five goals in the two games, the most in any two-game stretch all season.
The No. 4 Virginia field hockey team defeated Radford 5-0 in Charlottesville Tuesday night for its third consecutive shutout victory. The Highlanders only took one shot in the game, compared the Cavaliers’ 31.
The No. 4 Virginia field hockey team claimed two road wins during the weekend against No. 16 Wake Forest Friday and Liberty Sunday. Senior forward Elly Buckley scored four of the Cavaliers’ five goals in the two games.
The No. 4 Virginia field hockey team easily defeated James Madison in Wednesday’s midweek matchup in Charlottesville. The 6-1 victory marked the team’s second highest offensive output this season thus far.
During the Board of Visitors’ meetings last Thursday and Friday, faculty members described three strategies of the University’s 15-part strategic plan — Research Infrastructure and Services, High-impact Educational Experiences and Continuous Active Recruiting of faculty.
The No. 4 Virginia hockey team split a pair of weekend matches against two highly ranked opponents, falling to No. 1 North Carolina 2-1 Friday before defeating No. 13 Northwestern by the same score Sunday. Friday’s defeat was the first for the Cavaliers this season.
The Board of Visitors Education Policy Committee met Thursday to approve the establishment of a new Thomas Jefferson Medal, the renaming of a professorship and a new major in the Education School — the three items will be voted on by the full board Friday.
The No. 5 Virginia field hockey team captured two shutout wins this weekend at the Catamount Field Hockey Classic, keeping its undefeated season intact and winning the tournament’s title. The Cavaliers defeated Maine 2-0 Saturday and Vermont 7-0 Sunday.
Tied 1-1 at the end of the second overtime period, the No. 5 Virginia field hockey team’s fate against Richmond seemed up in the air. The Cavaliers had, for the most part, outplayed the Spiders between the goals, but Richmond senior goalkeeper Anna Zarkoski had been nearly flawless thus far. If Virginia were to claim a victory, they would need to best her in penalty strokes.
Though still early in the season, the No. 5 Virginia field hockey team is already shaping up to be an offensive juggernaut and national championship contender. The team will look to carry its recent momentum into a midweek home matchup this evening against Richmond.
The No. 7 Virginia field hockey team improved to a perfect 4-0 on the season last weekend with road wins against Yale and No. 8 Old Dominion. The Cavaliers exploded offensively, scoring 11 goals and outshooting the two opponents a combined 48-16.
In an effort to address large, complicated and quickly expanding data sets that are now the norm in any sort of research, the University is preparing to launch a Big Data Institute in the coming weeks.
Any worries about the No. 7 Virginia field hockey team’s potential after the graduation of Olympians Michelle Vittese and Paige Selenski were quickly erased this weekend as the Cavaliers earned a pair of convincing wins against two talented opponents.
The University’s office of the Vice President for Research announced a new big data initiative, the Big Data Institute, at the Board of Visitors retreat earlier this month. The Institute will aim to facilitate cross-Grounds research and education to push the University into the national big data spotlight.