The No. 1 Virginia men’s tennis team continued to roll as it dominated a pair of matches on Saturday. The Cavaliers had a double header and swept both Elon and Furman (7-0) at the Boyd Tinsley Courts at the Boar’s Head in Charlottesville.
Led by 21 points from senior guard Malcolm Brogdon, ninth-ranked Virginia downed Pittsburgh, 64-50, Saturday afternoon.
At tipoff, No. 9 Virginia was just a two-point favorite against Pittsburgh. Playing on the road – in front of the Oakland Zoo, no less – against a team that received votes in last week’s AP poll, the prediction seemed about right.
"The Skinny" on weekend action for men’s and women’s tennis, swimming and diving and track and field.
There’s no question the loss of senior guard Faith Randolph, who broke her thumb Jan. 7 in the loss to No. 3 Notre Dame, has affected Cavalier point totals.
No. 9 Virginia extended its win streak to five games with a dominating 61-47 win against Boston College in John Paul Jones arena.
Despite the departure of Joe McCarthy from the Virginia baseball program after being drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in June, there will still be a player from Scranton, Pa. donning number 31 in the Davenport dugout this season.
The No. 18 Virginia wrestling team has a busy weekend ahead of them, as they will compete against Duke Friday, and No. 14 North Carolina Saturday.
Now in the midst of a four game win-streak, Virginia will host ACC bottom dweller Boston College Wednesday at 7 p.m. The Eagles (7-14, 0-8 ACC) have lost eight conference games in a row and are 0-5 on the road this season.
Perhaps the biggest question mark headed into the 2015-16 Virginia basketball season was the role that the sophomore class would play. Were the sophomores ready to step up and help retool following the departures of Justin Anderson and Darion Atkins?
Does #GoACC basketball ever get old? Last week, Cat Barber torched Miami as NC State silenced the ’Canes, Syracuse toppled then-No. 25 Notre Dame by 15 and North Carolina fell in conference play for the first time all year, 71-65 at Louisville.
The No. 18 Virginia wrestling team fell against No. 10 Virginia Tech in its first home ACC dual match of the season, losing by a score of 31-7 Sunday afternoon.
This past Friday in Chapel Hill, N.C. provided two entirely different stories for the Virginia men's and women’s swimming and diving teams.
At the John Thomas Terrier Invitational in Boston, Mass. this weekend, top-10 finishes were abundant for the Virginia indoor track and field teams.
The computer algorithm on KenPom.com gave Virginia a 25 percent chance of beating Louisville Saturday.
No. 11 Virginia men’s basketball notched their fourth-consecutive win and handed 16th-ranked Louisville its worst loss at the KFC Yum! Center, 63-47.
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.
