“The Skinny” on Virginia men’s soccer, field hockey, volleyball, and swim and dive
Redshirt senior tight end Zachary Swanson has two touchdowns in his Virginia football career. The first came two years ago, when he gloved a short pass from quarterback Phillip Sims as time expired at Georgia Tech’s Bobby Dodd Stadium.
Junior midfielder Todd Wharton converted a penalty kick for No. 15 Virginia (10-5-2, 4-3-2 ACC) in the 55th minute, which ultimately proved sufficient to take down Virginia Tech (7-8-2, 2-6-1), 1-0, for the second time this season to advance to the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament on Sunday.
Virginia (17-1, 9-1 ACC) travels to Greensboro, N.C. as the third seed in the ACC tournament, taking on the second-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels (12-2-2, 9-0-1 ACC), who present one of the most difficult challenges thus far this season for the Cavaliers.
After a stellar October, Virginia sophomore Lauren Diaz-Yi was named the ACC Women’s Golfer of the Month on Wednesday afternoon.
The Cavaliers (4-5, 2-3 ACC), staring adversity straight in the face, will now prepare for their toughest test of the season. The No. 2 Florida State Seminoles eagerly await Virginia for a Saturday homecoming game in Tallahassee under the lights.
Can Virginia pull off the upset? If it plays anything like it did in 1995, the Seminoles had better watch out.
After a dramatic run a year ago that saw their season end as one of the top four remaining teams in the country, the Virginia men’s soccer team was never shy about its expectations for 2014.
The Virginia volleyball team extended its winning streak to four matches after beating ACC foes Clemson and Louisville on the road this past weekend.
The 11th-ranked Virginia wrestling team began its 2014-15 campaign with a 33-9 victory against Division II Anderson before trouncing Virginia Military Institute 51-0 and ending the day with a 34-6 win against George Mason.
Neither the 13th-ranked Virginia women nor the No. 13 Cavalier men produced the desired results, but the two teams survive to fight — and improve — at the Southeast Regional Championships as the top-four teams from each race advanced.
The No. 21 Virginia men’s soccer team (9-5-2, 3-3-2 ACC) knew it could not afford to enter postseason play with three consecutive ACC losses, and after a gritty performance Saturday night against No. 6 North Carolina (12-4-1, 5-2-1 ACC), it won’t.
The Cavaliers (17-1, 9-1 ACC) confidently defeated visiting Pittsburgh (6-12, 2-8 ACC) 6-1 on Senior Night at Klöckner Stadium, where the Cavaliers celebrated seniors Danielle Colaprico, Morgan Brian, Campbell Millar and Mary Morgan.
The discrepancy in rushing yardage doomed Virginia (4-5, 2-3 Coastal) to a 35-10 defeat before 46,657 fans at Bobby Dodd Stadium on a windy, cool day in Atlanta.
From this point forward, No. 21 Virginia’s (9-5-1, 3-3-1 ACC) schedule will not get any easier, as it will travel to face No. 6 North Carolina (12-4-0, 5-2-0 ACC) Saturday to close both teams’ regular seasons.
Media members picked the Virginia men’s basketball team to finish fourth in the ACC in a preseason poll conducted at ACC Operation Basketball—the conference’s annual media day—Wednesday in Charlotte, North Carolina. The press also named Virginia junior guard Malcolm Brogdon to the 2014-15 preseason All-ACC team.
Virginia wrestling had a season for the ages last year, tallying 18 wins, only one shy of the program high set in 2011-12. But head coach Steve Garland’s team is not content with being very good or even great — a Garland team strives for excellence.
The Virginia volleyball team hits the road this weekend, looking to continue its two-game winning streak against Clemson and Louisville.
After a three-game road trip spanning eight days in which the Virginia women’s soccer team went undefeated, the Cavaliers return home for their final game of the season this Saturday.
The Cavaliers will kick off the part of the year with real implications — the post-season — this Friday, with the ACC Championships also to be held at Panorama Farms. There, the Virginia men and women, both ranked No. 13 nationally, will battle with conference foes for ACC supremacy.
