Young roster eager to make successful debut
By Michael Eilbacher | February 12, 2013Looking up and down Brian O’Connor’s roster for this spring, one thing jumps out immediately — this Cavaliers squad is young.
Looking up and down Brian O’Connor’s roster for this spring, one thing jumps out immediately — this Cavaliers squad is young.
I love upsets. I was raised as a sports fan to follow the principle that if you don’t have a particular allegiance to either of the teams involved, you root for the underdog.
Coach Tony Bennett did not hesitate when he saw freshman wunderkind Justin Anderson cough up a turnover with a showboating behind-the-back-dribble in the Virginia basketball team’s 78-41 blowout win against Clemson last Thursday.
The Virginia softball team opened its season this weekend in North Carolina at the Campbell/Hampton Inn Invitational, defeating Robert Morris and St.
The No. 12 Virginia women’s tennis team dropped all three of its matches to fierce competition at the highly-anticipated ITA National Team Indoors in Charlottesville this weekend.
The No. 11 Virginia wrestling team earned convincing victories against Appalachian State and Old Dominion this weekend to end the dual meet portion of its season.
An early lead was not enough to save the Virginia women’s basketball team Friday evening, as a physical No.
The Virginia men’s basketball team carried its momentum from last week’s historic defeat of Clemson Thursday into College Park Sunday, beating Maryland 80-69.
The Cavaliers rewrote the record books in their 78-41 demolition of Clemson Thursday night, earning their most lopsided conference win since March 11, 1983 and setting a John Paul Jones Arena record with their 13th straight home victory.
After a tumultuous offseason for the Virginia football program marked by the termination of four coaches, the transfer of junior quarterback Michael Rocco and the departure of offensive coordinator Bill Lazor for the Philadelphia Eagles, Cavalier fans finally have something to cheer about.
The Virginia women’s basketball team has been impressive at home this season, winning nine of 11 games including its first four in ACC play.
The No. 11 Virginia wrestling team welcomes Appalachian State and Old Dominion this weekend for its final regular season matches as it looks to extend a four-game winning streak and gain momentum before postseason play. The Cavaliers (13-3, 4-1 ACC) earned a thrilling 21-19 win against Maryland Feb.
The Virginia men’s basketball team’s matchup against Clemson Thursday presents an opportunity to earn two different types of redemption.
This Friday, 16 of the country’s top women’s tennis programs will converge on the courts of Charlottesville’s Boar’s Head Sports Club.
At certain points this season, such as the first half of its 66-60 loss to Georgia Tech last Sunday, the Virginia men’s basketball team has resembled an ACC juggernaut.
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of watching a Harbaugh lose the Super Bowl and witnessing Ray Lewis finally call it quits.
With less than two minutes left in the second half of Sunday’s game, senior forward Telia McCall hit a free throw.
Virginia men’s tennis standouts junior Alex Domijan, senior Jarmere Jenkins and freshman Mac Styslinger competed this past weekend in the qualifying rounds of the Challenger of Dallas, a USTA Pro Circuit event with a $100,000 purse.
Former Virginia stars Ahmad Brooks and Cam Johnson represented the Cavaliers in Sunday’s Super Bowl, both playing linebacker for the losing San Francisco 49ers. Starting alongside Pro Bowlers Patrick Willis and Navorro Bowman, Brooks registered five tackles in the 49ers’ 31-34 defeat to the Baltimore Ravens.
Virginia graduate student Catherine White capped a sensational cross country season Saturday with a 22nd place finish at the USA Cross Country Championships 8k race in St.