The Masters is similar to the UVA of golf majors. Both the green jacket ceremony and our University relish unabashedly in championing pretentious traditions.
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Monday that Virginia legend, WNBA standout, three-time Olympic gold medalist and successful collegiate head coach Dawn Staley will join 12 others as part of the Class of 2013. She will become the first Cavalier women’s basketball player to be inducted into the Springfield, Mass. institution.
After being swept by No. 25 North Carolina in a three-game series over the weekend, Virginia is hoping to rebound Wednesday when Delaware State visits for an out-of-conference doubleheader.
When a team is hot, it finds a way to win no matter the situation. In a tough three-game series at Wake Forest, the No.
In the opening minutes of the Cavaliers’ showdown against No. 4 Northwestern, the sense of anticipation only grew. By the end of Virginia’s 11-6 loss to the defending NCAA champion Wildcats, however, the excitement had given way to disappointment.
Present Day Me: Hey, are you guys all here? 2008 Me: Yo yo, I’m here. 1999 Me: Hi all! 1994 Me: unintelligible Present Day Me: OK, cool.
The Virginia men and women’s track and field team dueled with two of the nation’s most esteemed public institutions Saturday in Berkeley, CA.
The No. 1 Virginia rowing team competed against a vaunted lineup of fellow national championship contenders at this past weekend’s San Diego Crew Classic.
The Virginia swimming and diving teams swept the ACC Freshman of the Year awards with Luke Papendick winning on the men’s side and Courtney Bartholomew winning for the women.
The No. 18 Virginia women’s team continued its strong run, winning all three of its weekend matches in Charlottesville to improve to 10-1 in its past 11 matches and extend its winning streak to five games.
The top-ranked Virginia men’s tennis team posted two road victories this weekend, defeating No. 25 Wake Forest 6-1 Saturday and No. 36 N.C. State 7-0 Sunday. The victories extended the Cavaliers’ ACC-record conference win streak to 99 matches.
The Virginia softball team dropped all three games against North Carolina this weekend in Chapel Hill, losing 5-1 and 2-1 in a doubleheader Saturday and again 2-1 Sunday.
On a gorgeous day Saturday in front of 6,787 fans, Klöckner Stadium’s largest crowd of the year, the No. 18 Virginia men’s lacrosse team continued its recent slide against No. 4 North Carolina, falling 10-7. The loss marks the first five-game losing streak in coach Dom Starsia’s 21-year career at Virginia and the program’s first since 1966.
On a chilly Saturday at Scott Stadium, a Virginia football team surrounded by questions suited up for their annual Orange & Blue intra-squad scrimmage. Over the course of the game – an 18-15 win by the Orange team – some aspects of the coming year began to come into focus, while others may remain a mystery right up until the end of the summer.
Within the ACC, the No. 1 Virginia men’s tennis team encounters few real threats. With the exception of their conference opener, a thrilling 4-3 win over No.
The No. 11 Virginia women’s lacrosse team finds itself in the final fortnight of its 2013 regular season, a saga of highs, lows, and in-betweens spanning from mid-February.
The scorching No. 18 Virginia women’s tennis team will look to continue its recently dominant play this weekend as it faces two conference foes in Wake Forest and No. 44 N.C. State, followed by one non-conference match against East Tennessee State.
The Cavaliers overcame an uneven outing by freshman starter Trey Oest, a rash of hard-luck double plays and a powerful showing by the Virginia Military Institute offense to escape with an 8-6 victory at Davenport Field.
In a Wednesday evening doubleheader in Fairfax, Va., the Virginia softball team hammered George Mason 8-0 and 15-3, each in five innings. At the plate, the Cavaliers tallied 19 hits and had a team batting average of .388. On the mound, senior pitcher Melanie Mitchell broke the Virginia all-time record for career wins with 75.
The No. 18 Virginia men’s lacrosse team will look to secure its first ACC win and make a statement against No. 4 North Carolina Saturday, after a 9-7 home loss against No. 1 Maryland in its conference opener dropped the Cavaliers to 5-5 on the season.
