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.
The No. 6 Virginia field hockey team lost in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament Friday to No. 7 Maryland, 5-1. The Cavaliers (15-5, 4-1 ACC) were stymied on offense throughout the game, firing off just six shots in the entire contest.
After its strongest regular-season showing since 1997, the No. 6 Virginia field hockey team begins its journey for coveted postseason accolades Friday with an ACC tournament semifinal clash against either No.
The No. 7 Virginia field hockey team concluded its regular season with a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to No.
Redshirt senior forward Paige Selenski notches two points to become the ACC’s all-time career points leader with 231 in Virginia’s 3-1 win against Duke Saturday.
The No. 7 Virginia field hockey team wraps up regular-season ACC play this weekend with a matchup against struggling No.
Before facing No. 25 Wake Forest Saturday, the No. 5 Virginia field hockey team donned matching teal shirts with pink lettering to raise awareness for ovarian and breast cancer.
The No. 5 Virginia field hockey team will host ACC rival No. 25 Wake Forest in its penultimate home game of the season. The Cavaliers (13-3, 2-1 ACC) come off an overtime 3-2 loss to No.
The No. 5 Virginia field hockey team fell to No. 2 North Carolina Saturday in a battle between the ACC’s top two teams. Virginia (13-3, 2-1 ACC) had not lost to a top-five opponent all year, and the Tar Heels (15-1, 4-0 ACC) needed all of regulation plus six minutes of overtime to achieve victory. North Carolina sophomore forward Loren Shealy scored the game’s first goal five minutes into the contest, but Virginia redshirt senior midfielder Michelle Vittese tied the game 15 minutes later after dribbling a penalty corner into the middle of the circle and launching a successful shot.
The No. 5 Virginia field hockey team faces its most challenging opponent this season as it travels to Chapel Hill for a nationally broadcast showdown against No.
The No. 5 Virginia field hockey team continued its recent surge and extended its winning streak to eight this weekend with victories against Yale and No.
This weekend, the surging No. 5 Virginia women’s field hockey team seeks to build on its six-game winning streak with another pair of wins at home.
History meant nothing to the No. 7 Virginia field hockey team last Friday night as it upset the two-time defending national champion No.
The No. 7 Virginia women’s field hockey team is now five weeks into its 2012 season, and chances to exhale have been few.
The No. 7 Virginia field hockey team swept through Boston this weekend, defeating No. 22 Boston College Friday and No.
The No. 7 Virginia field hockey will travel north to the Boston area this weekend to face two ranked opponents in the span of three days.
Last Friday, Virginia field hockey players Michelle Vittese and Paige Selenski watched at the White House as President Barack Obama honored a group of athletes who, in his words, “could not have been better ambassadors and representatives for the United States.” The president was addressing the country’s 2012 Olympians, including Vittese and Selenski, in a fitting end to a story that began with the duo’s once-unlikely journey to London. Leaving Charlottesville Pursuing an Olympic dream requires sacrifices that extend more deeply than the physical strain of training.
