Monday morning at the practice field next to Klöcker Stadium underneath an overcast sky, Virginia junior defender Kyler Sullivan shared one of the Cavaliers’ goals for the season: “make Klöckner a fortress.”
From an incredible one-handed catch against Penn State that put the Virginia football team in a position to kick a game-winning field goal, to a clutch game-winning catch against Miami in the back of the endzone, junior tight end Jake McGee had his fair share of highlights in last year’s otherwise disappointing football season. He continued to shine in spite of an overall dismal offensive outing against Oregon, snagging eight passes, twice as many as his previous single-game best. In doing so, McGee has emerged as one of the anchors of the Cavalier offense.
Because you can’t spell “elite” without #GoACC, each week we will provide conference-wide football power rankings.
In “Jurassic Park,” Dr. Alan Grant and his comrades first encounter the Tyrannosaurus Rex well before the movie’s climax. They survive the attack — or at least the good guys do — and breathe easy for a bit. But of course, the drama is far from over. Though smaller and lacking the brute force of the T-rex, the Velociraptors prove to be a deadly challenge in their own right.
Coach Mike London knows the team has much work to do entering the bye week at 1-1, but he also understands that the team needs to put those first two games of the season in context.
After two consecutive losses, the Virginia men’s soccer returns to Charlottesville Tuesday for a meeting with George Mason, who leave Fairfax for the first time this season.
The No. 2 Virginia women’s soccer team has had a perfect season so far, overpowering seven straight opponents.
“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” Scrawled across the pop-up that welcomed visitors to the USA Rugby website last week, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s famous words emphasized the scene surrounding them: a woman, rugby ball in hand, striving for a “try.” A woman, defying proper decorum, if you accept the ad’s implication.
The No. 5 Virginia field hockey team captured two shutout wins this weekend at the Catamount Field Hockey Classic, keeping its undefeated season intact. The Cavaliers defeated Maine 2-0 Saturday and Vermont 7-0 Sunday.
The Virginia volleyball team competed in the Western Kentucky Invitational this weekend, falling to No. 21 Western Kentucky Friday and to UNLV and Ohio Saturday.
Virginia’s three-goal deficit ultimately proved too much to overcome as its furious late-game rally came up short in a 3-2 loss.
The No. 2 Virginia women’s soccer team gave Syracuse a rude welcome to the ACC Thursday, blanking the Orange 3-0 at Klöckner Stadium.
Men’s Soccer What: Virginia (1-2-0, 0-1-0 ACC) vs. Wake Forest (2-1-0, 1-0-0 ACC) Where: Winston-Salem, N.C. When: Friday, 7 p.m. The skinny: The Virginia men’s soccer team will make a second attempt for its first win of ACC conference play when it faces No.
With No. 32 Kentucky already a chasm ahead of the competition, the No. 16 Virginia women’s team fended off No.
Taquan Mizzell and Quin Blanding, former teammates at Bayside High School in Virginia Beach and the first five-star prospects to commit to the University since 2005, share a secret they believe will drastically alter the trajectory of a college football program.
Tied 1-1 at the end of the second overtime period, the No. 5 Virginia field hockey team’s fate against Richmond seemed up in the air. The Cavaliers had, for the most part, outplayed the Spiders between the goals, but Richmond senior goalkeeper Anna Zarkoski had been nearly flawless thus far.
Few jobs are as prestigious as being a professional sports player. Fewer jobs require the same level of unceasing physical and mental exertion. Two former Virginia stars, basketball player Mike Scott and football player LaRoy Reynolds, are putting in the effort and living the life so many people wish they could have.
Thus far in the young fall season, the No. 2 Virginia women’s soccer team has utterly dominated every team on its schedule.
Though still early in the season, the No. 5 Virginia field hockey team is already shaping up to be an offensive juggernaut and national championship contender. The team will look to carry its recent momentum into a midweek home matchup Wednesday evening against Richmond.
Heralded entering the season for its depth, the ACC has earned praise in the first two weeks instead for the sterling accomplishments of its consensus best three teams.
