Two weeks ago, the Cavaliers found themselves in a bind. Sitting at two games below .500, Virginia was essentially in do-or-die mode. A pair of wins against Old Dominion and American were vital to the Cavaliers’ chance to make their 20th consecutive NCAA tournament under coach Julie Myers.
Virginia (6-6, 0-3 ACC) came out firing on all cylinders Tuesday night, dominating every facet of the game to secure an 18-4 win against an overwhelmed American (4-9, 0-4 Patriot League) squad.
The Cavaliers (24-4, 10-2) won their sixth consecutive game and improved to a staggering 17-1 on their home diamond.
Opening Day is not a national holiday yet – keep at it, Ozzie, I’m with you – but it sure felt like one for baseball fans. Monday alone was full of storylines that, over the course of 162 games, will only get better – or at least, more interesting.
Virginia softball continues its season with a midweek doubleheader against Longwood in Farmville, Va. The Cavaliers (4-27, 1-13 ACC) are coming off three road losses to Pittsburgh and hope to better hold the leads they work so hard to earn.
The women’s lacrosse team has struggled through the early part of the season, defeating just one of five ranked teams it has faced. The slow start leaves Virginia in a situation where every win is vital for post-season eligibility.
The No. 3 Virginia women’s tennis team secured its second shutout win in a row Saturday, defeating No.
The No. 3 Virginia women’s rowing team competed in the Pac-12 Challenge this weekend in Redwood Shores, Calif., coming away with 10 wins in 12 races.
Despite light sleet and rain falling for part of the weekend, the Virginia women’s golf team finished in fifth place at the three-day Bryan National Collegiate in Browns Summitt, N.C.
Virginia dropped all three games of a weekend series with Pittsburgh. The Panthers (11-14, 3-5 ACC) earned their first ACC sweep winning 10-2, 9-4, and 7-6. Game one was all about the long ball.
The Virginia baseball team set a sprinter’s pace in the early goings of its 2013 regular season, winning 14 consecutive games to start the year.
No. 4 Virginia men’s tennis won three home matches this weekend, the first time the team has competed in Charlottesville in almost a month. However, rain and cold weather forced all three bouts — against Miami, Florida State and William & Mary — to be played at the Boar’s Head Sports Club instead of the normal venue, the Snyder Tennis Center.
Howard sealed Virginia’s 2-1 series-opening win and gave a repeat performance in Sunday’s finale, when he got Hokie junior catcher Mark Zagunis to ground out to junior Branden Cogswell at shortstop for the final out in a 7-4 decision. The No. 2 Cavaliers (23-4, 10-2 ACC) swept the Hokies (12-12, 5-7 ACC) after dropping both games of a doubleheader in Blacksburg last April 27-28, solidifying their place atop the conference’s Coastal division in the process.
The No. 8 Virginia men’s lacrosse team fell to fourth-ranked Maryland Sunday by a final score of 9-6. The Cavaliers (8-3, 1-2 ACC) have now dropped three of their past five games after opening the season 6-0.
Virginia brought its season to a close on Saturday with a 26th place finish at the Men’s NCAA Championships. The Cavaliers scored 23 points, the sixth most among all ACC teams. The finish marked a slight improvement over last season’s NCAA meet, where Virginia finished 27th with 22 points.
Virginia track and field continued its season with two meets this weekend, the Texas Relays and Raleigh Relays. The Cavaliers set a slew of personal bests and put up solid results while facing some of nation’s best teams.
NEW YORK — At some point, the Virginia men’s basketball team’s luck had to run out. They had won an ACC regular season title, an ACC Tournament championship and had made it to the Sweet Sixteen, extending one of the most successful seasons in the program’s recent history. Friday night at Madison Square Garden, the Cavaliers’ stunning run came to an end as they lost 61-59 to Michigan State, bowing out of the NCAA Tournament.
The season-long struggles of Virginia softball continued Thursday evening with a two-game series against George Mason. The Cavalier bats managed to produce runs, but ineffective pitching and shaky defense created insurmountable deficits.
“The Skinny” on weekend matchups for baseball, men’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s tennis, softball and rowing.
Even before the Spartans’ Friday night Sweet 16 matchup against Virginia at Madison Square Garden, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said he felt sorry for Virginia coach Tony Bennett and his father.
