The second-ranked Virginia men’s basketball team plays its final home game of the 2014-15 regular season Saturday, when in-state rival Virginia Tech (10-18, 2-13 ACC) comes to Charlottesville.
The Virginia women’s basketball team is looking to channel the positive energy from it’s win against Virginia Tech Sunday into its two remaining regular season games, against No. 15 North Carolina and No. 8 Louisville, and beat a top-25 team for the first time this season.
With selection Sunday less than three weeks away, let’s see how well you really know the best teams in the country. Do you trust that little number next to a team’s name when you watch them on TV? Do you turn to KenPom each week to feel like a more sophisticated college basketball fan? Or maybe you watch a dozen games a week and have your own solid opinions on which teams are good and which aren’t.
Less than two weeks ago, the Virginia men’s basketball team escaped with a 61-60 win against unranked Wake Forest at John Paul Jones Arena . Now, the No. 2 Cavaliers head to the Demon Deacons’ home venue — LVJM Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina — for a Wednesday night rematch.
For over a decade stretching from 1999-2013, the words “Virginia men’s swimming and diving” and “ACC Champions” were essentially synonymous. The Cavaliers won 14 of the 15 conference championships during that span under former coach Mark Bernardino.
After losing to No. 6 Northwestern by just one goal earlier in the season, the No.8 Virginia women’s lacrosse team lost yet another nail-biter, 14-13, on Monday evening to No. 3 Syracuse.
The Virginia men’s golf team opened its spring season last week with a fifth-place finish at the John Burns Intercollegiate in Kauai, Hawaii.
It was a discouraging weekend for Virginia softball, as the Cavaliers (3-12) dropped six consecutive games to return winless from the Citrus Classic held in Orlando, Florida.
Eight track and field athletes represented Virginia in three separate events at the Alex Wilson Invitational on Saturday in South Bend, Indiana.
Florida State freshman forward Phil Cofer drilled a 3-pointer from the left wing with 14:39 to go in the second half Sunday night at John Paul Jones Arena.
Virginia rolled to a 9-1 victory in their first game against Marist. Junior Nathan Kirby (2-0, 0.73 ERA) started the game on the hill and pitched 5.1 innings of one-run ball while striking out nine. The Cavaliers sprinted out of the blocks and never looked back.
The No. 7 Virginia women’s tennis team beat No. 59 Syracuse 6-1 Saturday in the Cavaliers’ first ACC match of the season. Virginia (7-2, 1-0 ACC) jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead to start the day by winning the doubles point.
For the second consecutive week, snow showers dusted the field and the Virginia men’s lacrosse team shoveled out a win. Behind a career high four goals from sophomore midfielder Zed Williams, the No.
In a tale of two halves, the Virginia women’s basketball team snapped a four-game losing skid with a 73-59 win over Virginia Tech at home Sunday afternoon. The win adds a half-point to the Cavaliers’ total in the Commonwealth Clash. The Cavaliers have also now won 18-straight against the Hokies.
The Virginia women’s swimming and diving team entered the fourth and final day of the ACC Championships in second place — 22.5 points behind leader North Carolina.
The Virginia women’s lacrosse team’s 2014 campaign for a national title came to an end when Syracuse defeated Virginia 16-8 at the national semifinals last season.
The Virginia women’s basketball team led for over 39 minutes against Pittsburgh but could not close out to lose its fourth straight game, 68-63 Thursday night at the Petersen Events Center.
Thirteenth-ranked Virginia wrestling team lost a closely contested match against an ACC foe. The defeat came at the hands of No. 20 NC State, 22-20, on senior night at Memorial Gymnasium.
If you happened to be at John Paul Jones Arena this past Saturday to watch the Cavaliers take on the Demon Deacons of Wake Forest, you may have taken a program.
