During this week’s men’s and women’s ITA Atlantic Regional tennis tournaments — held in Charlottesville and Blacksburg, respectively — freshman Harrison Richmond defeated teammate senior captain Jarmere Jenkins in men’s singles.
Before facing No. 25 Wake Forest Saturday, the No. 5 Virginia field hockey team donned matching teal shirts with pink lettering to raise awareness for ovarian and breast cancer.
Like many college students, I often lack time to keep up with TV shows as they air. As a result I have an ever-growing list of shows — “Breaking Bad”, “Mad Men” and “Game of Thrones,” to name a few — building up in my Netflix queue. When I find myself with some TV time, I almost invariably do what my friends jokingly call “The Sean Special”: revisit a show I’ve already seen and blitz through the entire series in about a week. My latest television binge has been to rewatch “Friday Night Lights,” perhaps my second-favorite show of all time.
The Virginia volleyball team has finally found its first ACC win this season. After falling to Duke Friday, the Cavaliers bounced back the following evening to defeat Wake Forest and notch their first conference victory of the season. “I’m happy for the girls,” coach Dennis Hohenshelt said.
The Virginia men’s golf team saved its best play for last, closing its fall season with a fourth-place finish at the U.S.
On one characteristically cringe-inducing play in the third quarter of Saturday’s deflating 16-10 loss to Wake Forest, sophomore cornerback Drequan Hoskey whiffed on an open field tackle.
The Virginia men’s soccer team rallied back from a seemingly insurmountable second-half deficit to earn a dramatic 3-2 overtime victory against Virginia Tech Friday. The Cavaliers (8-6-1, 2-4 ACC) found themselves in a two-goal hole when freshman forward Kai Marshall tapped in his first collegiate score in the 56th minute to give Virginia Tech a 2-0 lead.
The No. 11 Virginia women’s soccer team routed rival Virginia Tech 5-0 Sunday in Blacksburg behind a hat trick from senior forward Caroline Miller. The Cavaliers (12-4-1, 5-3-1 ACC) came out pressuring the Hokies (12-5-1, 3-5-1 ACC) from the very beginning.
The defending national champion Virginia women’s rowing team enjoyed a stellar showing at the 48th annual Head of the Charles in Boston, the world’s largest regatta. The Cavaliers sent three boats to the two-day, 9,000-competitor event, including two in the Championship Eights race and one in the Championship Fours.
On one characteristically cringe-inducing play in the third quarter of Saturday’s deflating 16-10 loss to Wake Forest, sophomore cornerback Drequan Hoskey whiffed on an open field tackle.
The Demon Deacons (4-3, 2-3 ACC) snapped a two-game losing streak by winning for just the second time in their last 13 games in Charlottesville, handing the Cavaliers (2-6, 0-3 ACC) their sixth straight defeat Saturday, 16-10.
The No. 5 Virginia field hockey team will host ACC rival No. 25 Wake Forest in its penultimate home game of the season. The Cavaliers (13-3, 2-1 ACC) come off an overtime 3-2 loss to No.
After snapping an eight-game skid Tuesday, the Virginia volleyball team has a new goal as it hosts Duke and Wake Forest this weekend — notch a conference win.
When Virginia hosts the ITA Atlantic Regional this weekend, its players will take the first step toward defending a title their injured teammate sophomore Mitchell Frank cannot. The main draw of the four-day tournament begins Friday, and winners from both the doubles and singles flights will receive automatic bids to November’s ITA National Individual Indoors tournament in Flushing Meadows, NY. Last year, Frank won the National Indoors but will miss this year’s tournament after undergoing season-ending knee surgery in August.
The Virginia football team welcomes Wake Forest to Scott Stadium Saturday for a third straight ACC matchup.
The Virginia men’s soccer team looks to put the finishing touches on an encouraging week when it faces off against Virginia Tech at Klöckner Stadium Friday evening in the squad’s final home contest of the regular season. The Cavaliers (7-6-1, 1-4 ACC) come off a 3-2 win against Wright State Tuesday that served as an important rebound from an embarrassing 4-1 loss to Wake Forest at home late last week.
Following a stinging loss last weekend, the No. 14 Virginia women’s soccer team heads on the road to take on rival No.
Polls by both ACC coaches and media members released this week predicted the Virginia men’s basketball team to finish seventh in the ACC for the 2012-2013 campaign.
Dennis Hohenshelt had been a Pennsylvania man his whole life. It was where he went to school and played volleyball.
The Virginia men’s soccer team bounced back from Friday’s disappointing 4-1 loss to Wake Forest with a 3-2 victory Tuesday evening against non-conference foe Wright State. Despite the thin margin of victory, coach George Gelnovatch saw tangible signs of progress. “We’re going to take all the positives we can out of this game, which are three great goals,” Gelnovatch said.
