Swimming and diving goes 4-0 in ACC showdowns
By Noah Kim | January 22, 2017The Virginia swimming and diving teams defeated Duke and North Carolina last weekend in their second and third meets since winter break.
The Virginia swimming and diving teams defeated Duke and North Carolina last weekend in their second and third meets since winter break.
No. 25 Virginia (8-4, 01 ACC) opened up ACC play with a battle of heavyweights as they took on their in-state rival, No. 6 Virginia Tech (13-1, 3-0 ACC), in yet another installment of the Commonwealth Clash.
The Virginia women’s basketball team (13-6, 2-4 ACC) lost a back-and-forth match at Pittsburgh (12-7, 3-3 ACC) Sunday, 62-54.
Senior guard London Perrantes became only the fourth player in Virginia basketball history with 1,000 points and 500 assists Saturday at John Paul Jones Arena.
Dennis Hohenshelt has resigned as volleyball coach, acting athletics director Jon Oliver announced in a release Thursday.
The No. 16 Virginia basketball team won on the road in a midweek clash with conference foe Boston College.
Showing flashes of brilliance last year in both facilitating the ball and scoring, Perrantes seemed poised to take over the men’s basketball team from departing stars Malcolm Brogdon and Anthony Gill.
After a lengthy break, the Virginia swimming and diving teams returned to action this past weekend against in-state rival Virginia Tech.
Virginia is set for a serious challenge this Sunday in the Commonwealth Clash.
The Cavaliers will look to build on their first conference win when they travel to South Carolina to face Clemson Thursday.
By most standards, Virginia’s performance on the basketball court this season has been exceptional. They have the best defense in the country as measured by points allowed per game, a respectable ranking of sixteenth in the nation in the AP poll, and a resume that includes a road win over a then top-ten team in Louisville.
Behind a season-high 25 points from senior guard London Perrantes, the No. 19 Virginia men’s basketball team overcame a sloppy performance to defeat Clemson, 77-73, at Littlejohn Coliseum.
The Cavaliers outscored the Demon Deacons, 51-33, in the second half after scoring just 28 points in the first to win 79-62 Sunday night.
Virginia’s defense seemed to be out of sync for the majority of the game.
Florida State star sophomore Dwayne Bacon drilled a three pointer with four seconds remaining to lift his No. 20 Seminoles (14-1, 2-0 ACC) over No. 12 Virginia (11-2, 1-1 ACC), 60-58.
The No. 12 Virginia men’s basketball team kicked off its ACC schedule with a 61-53 win at the KFC Yum! Center against No. 6 Louisville.
Four Cavaliers scored in double figures to lead Virginia to a 79-39 victory over Robert Morris.
Former basketball star Malcolm Brogdon — currently a rookie for the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks — will be honored in a pregame jersey retirement ceremony to commemorate his career as a Cavalier.
Coach Bob Huggins’ veteran then-No. 25 West Virginia team out-toughed the then-No. 6 Virginia men’s basketball team (7-1) Saturday in a rare loss, 66-57, at John Paul Jones Arena.
The Virginia men’s lacrosse team last week had their final team activity of the fall. With all eyes on Virginia after the departure of lacrosse legend Dom Starsia, this season will be telling for the fate of the program.