Weekend Previews: Jan. 29-31
By CD Sports Staff | January 28, 2016The Virginia swimming and diving teams resume competition in Chapel Hill, N.C. this Friday as they take on UNC and N.C. State in a double-dual meet.
The Virginia swimming and diving teams resume competition in Chapel Hill, N.C. this Friday as they take on UNC and N.C. State in a double-dual meet.
What figured to be a shooter’s gym Wednesday night for both teams as Virginia squared off against N.C. State at Broughton High School in Raleigh, N.C., did not lend itself to a higher scoring affair.
The Commonwealth’s rivalry is bound to become even more interesting this weekend as the No. 10 Virginia Tech wrestling team visits No. 18 Virginia.
After taking a giant leap in the wrong direction against Wake Forest, the Cavaliers face the daunting task of shoring up Louisville in the midst of a hyper-competitive ACC.
When redshirt sophomore guard Darius Thompson debuted for Virginia basketball as starting shooting guard in the season opener against Morgan State, I was thrilled.
Before its Feb. 4 matchup with Duke inside that toasty little cathedral called Cameron Indoor, Virginia women’s basketball will experience a similar environment along Tobacco Road.
Virginia was down seven points with 28 seconds remaining. Yet, against all odds, the Cavaliers pulled off as close to a miracle as can be accomplished in January basketball.
Back in the day — as in, winter 2014, when the mid-Atlantic wasn’t Sweden-lite — The Cavalier Daily published some formidable power rankings each week of the ACC men’s hoops season.
The eighth-ranked women’s tennis team completed a sweep of their bracket of the ITA Kickoff Weekend on Saturday, defeating both BYU and Columbia.
It was no secret entering the 2015-16 men’s basketball season that Virginia is a veteran squad.
Junior Filip Mihaljevic and redshirt freshman Jack Lint headlined Virginia indoor track and field’s two-day participation at the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet at Nutter Field House in Lexington, Ky.
Sunday afternoon, the Virginia women’s basketball team came up short against Pittsburgh after mounting an admirable comeback.
No. 13 Virginia picked apart Boeheim’s zone, shooting 56.8 percent from the field – a season high for a Syracuse opponent.
At first glance Sunday night’s game does not appear to be another defensive masterpiece spun by Coach Tony Bennett’s team, and in actuality it was not.
Despite eight turnovers and a 13-25 rebounding deficit, the Virginia women’s basketball team trailed No. 14 Florida State by only seven points at the half. A Seminole shooting mark of 31.6 percent had kept the Cavaliers in the ballgame.
"The Skinny" on weekend action for men's basketball and indoor track and field
Following back-to-back conference losses against Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech, Virginia basketball coach Tony Bennett decided to shuffle things up and insert redshirt freshman center Jack Salt into the Cavalier starting line up.
The No. 17 Virginia wrestling team will look to bounce back after its road loss to No. 3 NC State over the weekend.
A huge road victory Thursday night could be the difference between a March Madness bid, an NIT appearance or a shortened season. Virginia wants to dance.
The Virginia Women’s Tennis team plays host to the ITA Kickoff Weekend starting Friday in Charlottesville. The tournament, which will be held at the Boar’s Head Sports Club, will feature the Cavaliers as the top seed of their own individual bracket alongside opponents Columbia, Maryland and Brigham Young.