In a move that should have come awhile ago, Florida State was demoted from No. 1 to No. 2 in both the media and coaches polls — because no #GoACC team we’ve seen this year should ever be ranked No. 1 overall, at least on the basis of football performance.
Over the weekend, sophomore Lauren Diaz-Yi of the Virginia women’s golf team took first place among all individuals at the Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
The No. 28 Virginia men’s golf team finished sixth at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate, during a weekend where rain in Johnson City, Tennessee created unplayable course conditions and forced the cancellation of Sunday’s final round.
The Virginia volleyball team split two more conference games this past weekend against North Carolina and Virginia Tech.
In the Cavaliers’ first home game in two weeks, they put on quite the display for the 1,745 fans in attendance, tallying their highest goal total thus far this season and extending their program-record 27-game home winning streak.
To end an inevitable blowout loss to the Kansas City Chiefs last weekend after a dismal performance by the Patriots offense and 37-year-old Tom Brady, Bill Belichick put in rookie Jimmy Garoppolo, who was drafted in the second round of this past draft to be Brady’s eventual successor.Brady had thrown two interceptions in the game and was in the midst of a mediocre season.
The Skinny on weekend competition for Virginia’s field hockey, women’s golf and men’s golf teams.
Preparing for its seventh game in 21 days, a Saturday night ACC matchup with Duke at Klöcker Stadium, the Virginia men’s soccer team (7-3-1, 0-2 ACC) is eager to escape this cruel stretch in its schedule, which – minus several hundred miles of travel – more closely resembles that of high school athletics.
The Virginia women’s volleyball team will play its first two ACC road games this weekend, traveling to take on twelfth-ranked North Carolina on Friday and in-state foe Virginia Tech on Sunday. The Cavaliers (10-7, 3-1) have won three of their first four conference games, including a 3-1 win against Louisville last Saturday, and they’re looking to continue their early success.
Khalek Shepherd’s mother, Monica, knows football well and her oldest son better. So, when Khalek—his little brother, Chaudlier, is a redshirt freshman defensive back at Concord University in Athens, West Virginia—dropped a punt against UCLA in Virginia’s season opener Aug. 30 at Scott Stadium, his mother made sure he heard about it.
We have reached the midpoint in the 2014-15 college football season, and Virginia sits at 4-2 as it enters its bye week. Thus, with no game to preview, we here at Cavalier Daily Sports thought it would be fun to break down various position groups performance through the first six weeks of the year. So with that, members of this fine University, I have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the State of the Hoo-nion Address.
Fresh off a thrilling 2-1 road win against No. 14 Notre Dame on Sunday, the fourth-ranked Virginia women’s soccer team returns home Thursday looking to extend its school-record 26-game home winning streak.
On a rain-soaked night in George Mason Stadium, the No. 14 Virginia men’s soccer team (7-3-1, 2-1-1 ACC) dealt the Patriots (7-2-2, 0-1-0 Atlantic 10) their second consecutive loss as the Cavaliers battled to a 1-0 victory.
I’d like to start this week by apologizing for a dearth of #GoACC coverage last week, I had a few prior commitments and I hope nobody’s week was not too negatively affected.
While No. 19 Virginia might not be fully rested after defeating Pittsburgh last Saturday, the Cavaliers still feel prepared for their Tuesday night matchup at No. 20 George Mason given the stretch they have already endured.
Two days after knocking off No. 1 North Carolina on the road, the No. 3 Virginia field hockey team fell 4-3 in overtime Sunday afternoon at home against Ohio State.
If an unhealthy addiction is defined as an irrational fixation on something that is objectively not worth the trouble, then tie me to a chair, send in the shrinks and let the intervention begin. I have a problem.
The 14th-ranked Virginia men’s cross country team squared off against an elite field at the Washington Invitational in Seattle, Washington and emerged unscathed in fourth place.
There is nothing quite like a nighttime football game. Anticipation has more time to build. More fans file into stadiums to be a part of the madness. And the players? Well, the stars shine brightest at night.
After being knocked from the top of the ACC standings last weekend, the Cavaliers hit the road to take on 14th-ranked Notre Dame Sunday.
