Simply shoring up perceived deficiencies won’t put Virginia in position to really compete with teams like Florida State. To do that, the Cavaliers must take a lengthy step forward.
The Virginia football team (4-6, 2-4 ACC) dropped its fourth game in a row Saturday with a 34-20 loss to No. 2 Florida State (9-0, 6-0 ACC) in Tallahassee. The Cavaliers now must win their final two games if they hope to reach bowl eligibility.
The No. 3 Virginia women’s soccer team placed five players on All-ACC teams, including senior Danielle Colaprico, who was named ACC Midfielder of the Year.
“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.
