A look ahead at this weekend’s biggest sporting events.
Merely days after moving up to No. 2 and earning a first place vote in the polls, the Virginia men’s soccer team was dealt their second loss of the season Wednesday night.The Wildcats came out strong, but it was the Cavaliers that led at halftime. However, two second half goals within eight minutes of each other were enough for Davidson (4-0-2, 0-0-0 A-10) to pull a 2-1 upset against Virginia (4-2-1, 1-0-0 ACC).
Just as in their last meeting, Virginia and Notre Dame battled right to the finish in Sunday’s game.
Even for the most ardent Virginia soccer fans, it is quite easy to mistake senior defender Kyler Sullivan and redshirt freshman defender Sheldon Sullivan for one another.
In the first match of ACC play Friday, the No. 15 Virginia men’s soccer team battled to a 1-0 win against a physical Virginia Tech squad, avenging a disappointing 2013 double overtime draw against the Hokies.
Coming off a 2-1 neutral site victory against University of Alabama-Birmingham, the No. 15 Virginia men’s soccer team will host in-state rival Virginia Tech in its ACC opener Friday night.
The No. 3 Virginia men’s soccer team made its first regular season trip west of the Mississippi River this weekend, facing Tulsa and Alabama-Birmingham in the Hurricane Classic in Tulsa, Okla.
The Skinny on weekend games for Virginia’s men’s soccer, field hockey, and men’s golf teams. More extensive previews for the football, volleyball and women’s soccer teams are available online and in Thursday’s issue of the Cavalier Daily.
The Virginia men’s soccer team started the 2013 season by losing three of its first four matches. When they took the field Friday night, though, the Cavaliers were determined to start the 2014 season off with a win against visiting Old Dominion.
As Virginia (12-5-5, 4-3-4 ACC) braces for No. 10 Connecticut this Friday at Klöckner Stadium, a berth in the NCAA Tournament’s College Cup on the line, a rejuvenated Scott Thomsen represents one of the Cavaliers’ best hopes for securing a trophy-raising end to 2013.
Two hours after a first minute red card by Matt Brown, Virginia walked off the turf at Klöckner Stadium with a 3-1 victory that gave them a spot in the NCAA Tournament’s quarterfinal round.
For the first time since winning the national championship in 2009, the Cavaliers advanced to the NCAA Tournament’s second weekend by quelling St. Johns, 2-0, on a sunny yet cold day in Charlottesville.
“The Skinny” on weekend matchups for football, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s basketball, volleyball, wrestling and swim and dive.
The quest to obtain that next trophy begins Sunday, when the No. 9 and eighth-seeded Cavaliers host the winner of Thursday’s NCAA Tournament first round matchup between Delaware and St. John’s in a second round match at Klöckner Stadium.
The 2013 regular season was a demonstration in dominance for the Virginia women’s soccer team. The season opener against VCU saw them ranked seventh, but by their Sept. 11 ACC opener, the Cavaliers had shot up to second in the nation. A week later they were on top, and for good reason. The Cavaliers eventually notched 19 wins — a school record and perfect season.
The No. 12 Virginia men’s soccer team received a No. 8 seed to the NCAA tournament and a first round bye Tuesday.
The Virginia men’s soccer team stumbled late against longtime rival Maryland in the ACC Championship game Sunday, losing 1-0 in Germantown, Md.
Monday morning, Virginia men’s soccer coach George Gelnovatch had his Cavaliers finish up practice with three penalty kick shootouts, requesting that his players approach the trial rounds with in-game intensity. The next day, Virginia’s focused preparation paid tangible dividends, as sophomore midfielder Todd Wharton converted his penalty kick in the 94th minute to propel the No. 12 Cavaliers to a 1-0 overtime victory at No. 9 Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament Quarterfinals.
The ACC Men’s Soccer Tournament first round fixture between Virginia and Wake Forest is becoming something of a tradition.
The No. 15 Virginia men’s soccer team finished the regular season with a 1-0 overtime win against conference foe Boston College Friday night at Klöckner Stadium to secure the six seed in the ACC Tournament.
