The Cavaliers received a well-deserved break, with four days between ACC matchups heading into Thursday’s game against Wake Forest (3-4-1, 1-0 ACC). Virginia has the opportunity to extend its 16-game ACC regular season winning streak — the fourth longest in conference history and goes back to Oct. 2012.
Coming off a tough loss against No. 21 BYU last Saturday in Provo, Utah, the Virginia football team will return home this week to face a slightly less daunting Kent State team. Though the Golden Flashes (0-3, 0-1 MAC) are winless on the season and coming off a 66-0 drubbing by Ohio State, the Cavaliers know better than to overlook this MAC team.
Merely days after moving up to No. 2 and earning a first place vote in the polls, the Virginia men’s soccer team was dealt their second loss of the season Wednesday night.The Wildcats came out strong, but it was the Cavaliers that led at halftime. However, two second half goals within eight minutes of each other were enough for Davidson (4-0-2, 0-0-0 A-10) to pull a 2-1 upset against Virginia (4-2-1, 1-0-0 ACC).
Another #GoACC week is in the books, and it’s great to see Clemson returning to top form by blowing a potential upset against Florida State in true Clemson fashion.
After three consecutive gritty home games, the No. 2 Virginia men’s soccer team (4-1-1, 1-0-1 ACC) will conclude its four-game homestand Wednesday night when it hosts Davidson (3-0-2, 0-0-0 A-10).
After finishing third in the stroke play portion of the DICK’S Sporting Goods Challenge Cup in Nashville, Tennessee, the Virginia men’s golf team fell to South Carolina, 3-2, Sunday in the match-play portion of the tournament.
After starting the season 6-0, the Virginia volleyball team has lost five of its last six matches, including two defeats this past weekend at the VCU Invitational.
The Virginia women’s golf team placed sixth among 15 teams in the Mason Rudolph Championship this weekend at the Vanderbilt Legends Club. The Cavaliers had a three-day total of 30-over 894, shooting rounds of 297, 298 and 299.
The Virginia field hockey team won its sixth game in a row Sunday afternoon, a 3-2 overtime victory against the No. 7 Albany Great Danes at University Turf Field. The win followed an upset in Durham against No. 3 Duke on Friday.
Just as in their last meeting, Virginia and Notre Dame battled right to the finish in Sunday’s game.
The No. 2 Virginia women’s soccer team opened ACC play Saturday night against a reeling Miami team desperate for its first conference road win since 2012. The Cavaliers, meanwhile, were looking to extend a program record 24-game home winning streak and notch their 39th straight win against a non-ranked opponent.
Virginia’s offense finally hit its stride Saturday against Brigham Young, putting up 519 yards on a school record of 102 offensive plays. The Cavaliers also held the ball for more than 41 minutes and put up 30 points for just the sixth time in the past three years.Unfortunately it wasn’t enough.
As of halftime Saturday in Provo, Utah, the Virginia football team—just a week removed from knocking off Louisville 23-21 in Charlottesville—led No. 21 Brigham Young, 16-13.The Cavaliers’ promising start, though, fizzled after the break, as the dangerous Cougar offense—led by junior quarterback and dark horse Heisman candidate Taysom Hill—exploded for 28 points.
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Excitement filled Scott Stadium with about one minute to play last weekend, as students lined up to rush the field and celebrate a win against Louisville to match last season’s two-game win total.
Even for the most ardent Virginia soccer fans, it is quite easy to mistake senior defender Kyler Sullivan and redshirt freshman defender Sheldon Sullivan for one another.
After eight games, the second-ranked Virginia women’s soccer team has performed above and beyond expectations as it has dominated early season play. The Cavaliers had outscored opponents 23-3 entering Wednesday’s matchup, and they didn’t look at all slowed by their rough schedule — three games in six days — in their final out-of-conference game.
It’s hard to imagine a more #GoACC week than the one which just passed: the two top teams didn’t play, two of the other top teams lost to supposedly inferior opponents and multiple quarterbacks faced discipline for a creative range of offenses, from shouting obscenities to driving under the influence.
After three losses last weekend, the Virginia volleyball team will look to bounce back this weekend in the VCU Invitational against Ball State, East Tennessee State University and Virginia Commonwealth University.
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