Sunday was a familiar scene for coach Dom Starsia and the Virginia lacrosse team, as it defeated rival No. 8 Johns Hopkins in overtime for the third consecutive year. The Cavaliers (4-5, 0-2) won 13-12, in their first victory against a top-20 ranked team all season.
Sophomore attackman Mike D’Amario chipped in the game-winning goal for the Virginia men’s’ lacrosse team as they outlasted No. 8 Johns Hopkins in an overtime showdown at Klöckner Stadium.
Virginia will look to right the ship and end its two game skid in its annual matchup with No. 7 Johns Hopkins in the Doyle Smith Cup.
The Virginia men’s lacrosse team did not get the win it was hoping for Saturday night, but it did come closer to the performance that it has been aiming for. The Cavaliers (3-5, 0-2 ACC) fell against No. 2 Notre Dame at Arlotta Stadium in South Bend, Ind. in a back and forth contest that resulted in a heartbreaking overtime loss.
The No. 14 Virginia men’s lacrosse team is hoping to make a mark early in the conference schedule heading into its ACC opener against No. 3 Syracuse Friday at 5:30 p.m.
It was a beautiful, 65 degree afternoon in Charlottesville, and an even more beautiful afternoon for the No. 10 Virginia lacrosse team, who earned their first win at Klöckner Stadium Sunday.
The No. 10 Virginia men’s lacrosse team came just short of completing an impressive comeback against High Point in what was a damp and breezy Tuesday night contest.
As the No. 10 Virginia men’s lacrosse team exited Vidas Field in Philadelphia, Pa after a sound 14-7 win against Drexel, it recognized there was still room for improvement.
The No. 14 Virginia lacrosse team earned a dominating win it has been looking for when it defeated Drexel in the Dragons’ season opener, 14-7.
The No. 8 Virginia men’s lacrosse team did not start of its season quite like it wanted to as No. 14 Loyola dominated the Cavaliers Saturday at Klöckner Stadium.
With the Virginia lacrosse team’s definition of success, their 0-4 record in the ACC fell short of their standards.
The Virginia men’s lacrosse team usually gets off to slow starts. Such poor performances out of the gate have already cost the Cavaliers two wins this season.
After a solid first two months of the season back in 2011, the Virginia men’s lacrosse team used a dominating victory against Pennsylvania to conclude the regular season and kick-start a national championship run.
When the ACC released its annual 18-member All-Conference team Wednesday, Virginia fans found just one Cavalier representative – sophomore goalie Matt Barrett.
Before Virginia entertained Georgetown in the teams’ first-ever regular-season meeting, nine Cavalier seniors were honored, many of whom were suiting up for their final regular-season contest at Klöckner Stadium. But from the opening whistle, a certain underclassman stole the show.
When you play in a conference like the ACC, nothing comes easy.
The Virginia men’s lacrosse team (8-5, 0-4 ACC) dropped its seventh straight game against Duke (8-4, 1-3 ACC) Sunday, 15-8. The Cavaliers have now lost 15 of the last 16 games against their conference rival.
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Despite winning the faceoff battle, No. 8 Virginia (8-3, 0-3 ACC) committed 18 turnovers and was outshot 48-34 in a disappointing 10-6 loss against No. 4 North Carolina (11-1, 2-0 ACC).
Entering the 2015 season, it was the Virginia defense, not necessarily its offense, which was supposed to struggle.
