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.
Football What: Virginia (2-3, 0-1 ACC) at Maryland (4-1, 0-1 ACC) Where: College Park, Md. When: Saturday, 3:30 p.m. The Skinny: Last week, Maryland entered the top 25 for the first time since ending the 2010 season ranked No.
Virginia (13-2, 1-2 ACC) has received unprecedented contributions from the freshman class. Three freshmen rank in the top four on the team in both goals and points, and five of them have contributed at least one goal or one assist this year, a feat matched only by the senior class.
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.
Previews for all the Virginia teams in action this weekend.
The No. 4 Virginia field hockey team defeated Radford 5-0 in Charlottesville last night for its third consecutive shutout victory. The Highlanders only took one shot in the game, compared the Cavaliers’ 31.
Transitioning from back from defender to her original position of forward, senior Elly Buckley started her season with the No. 4 Virginia field hockey team with high expectations.
The No. 4 Virginia field hockey team claimed two road wins over 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 offense output this season thus far.
For almost the entire game, the No. 4 Virginia hockey team held No. 1 North Carolina to just one goal. It was only with five minutes remaining that the Tar Heels were able to break the tie, ending the Cavaliers’ seven-game win streak and undefeated season.
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.
The No. 5 Virginia field hockey team captured two shutout wins this weekend at the Catamount Field Hockey Classic, keeping its undefeated season intact. 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.
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 Wednesday evening against Richmond.
The No. 7 Virginia field hockey team improved to a perfect 4-0 on the season this past weekend with road wins against Yale and No.
“The Skinny” for football, men’s and women’s soccer, field hockey and volleyball games this weekend.
The Cavaliers (2-0) opened up the year with a 3-2 win against Louisville, who was pegged to finish third in the Big East, and followed up that performance with a 4-2 victory against No. 6 Penn State Sunday
Though every player on the Virginia field hockey team would tell you ending the season short of a national championship was a grand disappointment, this year will go down among the most remarkable in Cavalier history.
After defeating No. 14 Iowa 3-2 in the first round of the tournament, the No. 7 Virginia field hockey team saw a magical season come to a close with a 5-2 loss to No.
The No. 6 Virginia field hockey team enters the final chapter of its season this weekend as it hosts the first and second rounds of the NCAA tournament.
