The No. 7 Virginia field hockey will travel north to the Boston area this weekend to face two ranked opponents in the span of three days.
The Virginia volleyball team dives headfirst into its conference schedule this weekend, as it hosts Miami and No.
Perhaps the 2012-2013 season will finally be the one when the Virginia men’s tennis team earns its elusive NCAA championship.
The Virginia football team travels to Fort Worth this Saturday in hopes of upsetting No. 17 TCU in front of a national audience.
The Virginia men’s soccer team visits Chapel Hill Friday to clash with No. 8 North Carolina for the team’s first official away game of the season.
The Virginia cross country program is not playing around. Shedding a history of inviting local teams to Charlottesville for a low-key regular season tune-up meet, the Cavaliers will instead host their most marquee field in recent memory Saturday.
The No. 5 Virginia women’s soccer team heads to South Carolina this weekend for a Sunday matchup with ACC foe Clemson.
Virginia self-reported the rules violations that prompted the NCAA to declare men’s soccer player Ari Dimas ineligible for the remainder of the 2012 season. In a Sept. 19 letter to the NCAA obtained by The Cavalier Daily, Athletic Director Craig Littlepage said Virginia coaches learned of the violation Sept. 10 after coaching staff at an undisclosed school inquired about Dimas’ eligibility.
The Virginia football team’s defense spent an exhausting week preparing for the intricacies of Georgia Tech’s triple-option offense in the lead up to Saturday’s 56-20 loss in Atlanta.
The rain, which came down in tempestuous waves all day Tuesday, held off long enough during the night for the Virginia men’s soccer team to notch a 2-0 win against Drexel. The Cavaliers (4-2-1, 1-0-0 ACC) seized the lead in the 30th minute off freshman midfielder Todd Wharton’s first career goal and never relinquished it, mustering a strong performance in the absence of senior tri-captain Ari Dimas. Tuesday’s contest against the Dragons (3-2-1) marked the third consecutive game that Virginia played without Dimas, but the first since news broke Monday that Dimas had been ruled ineligible for the remainder of the season by the NCAA.
Like all good television, the NFL has its fair share of action and drama. But after the past two weeks, pencil this season in to sweep the Daytime Emmy Awards for the most dramatic soap opera on television. Yes, we’ve been treated to phenomenal performances in the first two weeks.
Denial is the first stage of grief. Like many Virginia football fans, I have spent the last few days denying there was a college football game in Atlanta Saturday afternoon.
The Virginia men’s soccer team looks to overcome a suddenly short-handed roster as it closes out a six-game homestand against Drexel Tuesday night. Last Friday, the Cavaliers (3-2-1, 1-0 ACC) relinquished a late lead against then-No.
Last Friday, Virginia field hockey players Michelle Vittese and Paige Selenski watched at the White House as President Barack Obama honored a group of athletes who, in his words, “could not have been better ambassadors and representatives for the United States.” The president was addressing the country’s 2012 Olympians, including Vittese and Selenski, in a fitting end to a story that began with the duo’s once-unlikely journey to London. Leaving Charlottesville Pursuing an Olympic dream requires sacrifices that extend more deeply than the physical strain of training.
The NCAA dealt Virginia men’s soccer devastating news Monday, ruling that senior captain Ari Dimas will be ineligible to compete for the remainder of the season.
The No. 5 Virginia women’s soccer team saw its eight-game winning streak come to an end Sunday in a back-and-forth 2-2 tie against ACC rival No.
In its first home game in nearly two weeks, the No. 9 Virginia field hockey team improved to 4-0 in Charlottesville with a 6-1 victory against Miami of Ohio Saturday. The victory was powered by a strong overall team effort, but it was the play of redshirt senior forward Paige Selenski that sealed the win.
The Virginia men’s soccer team came tantalizingly close to adding another signature victory to its early season résumé Friday night at home against No.
Playing in front of the largest crowd of the season — one that included University President Teresa Sullivan — in a game designated an Orange Passport event by the Hoo Crew, the Virginia volleyball team came out flat against the Hokies.
Fueled by the dazzling play of Quarterback Tevin Washington and a vaunted triple-option offense, Georgia Tech throttled Virginia 56-20 Saturday to hand the Cavaliers their first defeat of the season. A week after surviving a 17-16 heart-thumping contest against Penn State, Virginia (2-1, 0-1 ACC) sputtered badly in its first game outside the friendly confines of Scott Stadium.
