Being a student athlete is not an easy task. When you are a part of a NCAA Division I men’s basketball program, especially one that was recently ranked 6th in the nation in the USA Today’s preseason coach’s poll, the stress only worsens.
The No. 5 Virginia field hockey team fell 5-4 in overtime to No. 14 Boston College Sunday. The contest was the final regular season contest for the Cavaliers. The loss also dropped Virginia to fourth place in the ultra-competitive ACC.
Lost in the frustration about five second-half turnovers in a 26-13 loss to North Carolina Saturday, the Virginia football team quietly put together it’s most convincing performance of the year.
The Virginia volleyball team kicked off a four-match home stand with a four-set win over Notre Dame Friday night at Memorial Gymnasium.
Virginia women’s golf wrapped up its fall season on a low note Sunday, recording a season-worst 12th-place finish at the Landfall Tradition in Wilmington, N.C.
After a 3-1 win over Pittsburgh last week, the Cavaliers (9-3-2, 4-2-1 ACC) traveled to Blacksburg to take on their in-state rival Virginia Tech (5-7-3, 0-4-3 ACC) and continued their strong play with a 1-0 win.
Fresh off a victory against Syracuse that featured a second half surge, the Cavaliers fell flat in the latter 30 minutes Saturday against North Carolina.
I am sorry to report that the Virginia Cavaliers disappeared on Saturday. The team mysteriously vanished shortly after the start of the fourth quarter of their contest against North Carolina.
Were it not for one referee’s controversial call, Virginia would not have been afforded the opportunity from 12 yards out.
The clock halted at 72:57, and Klöckner Stadium rattled with relief. Cavalier teammates began to pile onto freshman defender Brianna Westrup, the instant hero.
I don’t regret expressing my disagreement with London’s game-management decisions, but booing doesn’t help anything.
‘The Skinny’ on weekend action for Virginia’s field hockey, volleyball and women’s golf teams.
Haseley had to think long and hard to choose just a single word, but the one he settled on summed up Virginia’s rollercoaster ride perfectly: “perseverance.”
A rivalry game is still a rivalry game no matter what the series history says. When the Virginia Cavaliers take on the Virginia Tech Hokies Friday night, neither team will be worrying about who’s supposed to win.
Coach Tony Bennett and the Cavaliers discussed NCAA rule changes for the upcoming season, the benefits of playing a challenging non-conference schedule, newfound flexibility at the point guard position and more.
Only four games remain on the regular-season schedule for Virginia women’s soccer. Having outpaced Boston College 4-2 in Beantown, the Cavaliers (11-1-1, 5-1-0 ACC) returned to Charlottesville ready for two more matches at Klöckner.
After arguably its most important victory of the season, the Virginia football team will head down to Chapel Hill to try to upset North Carolina in the South’s Oldest Rivalry.
I do expect the team to try, and leaving clock and timeouts on the field is the definition of not trying. That is why I boo — not at the players, but at our coach’s apparent lack of effort and drive.
Virginia senior Julia Elbaba punched her ticket to November’s ITA National Indoors Championship Monday at Liberty University’s Cook Tennis Center, steamrolling Virginia Tech sophomore Caroline Daxhelet in the ITA Atlantic Regional singles final.
Virginia cross country turned in top-five performances against elite competition Friday at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course in Madison, Wisconsin.
