Coach Mike London has mere moments to compose himself before he addresses his melancholy team in the locker room following losses.
Friday night was not the best time to be a baseball fan in the D.C. metro area. In the span of a few hours not only was my admittedly unlikely dream of an Orioles-Nationals World Series crushed, but the Nationals completed what will become known as one of the most infamous playoff collapses in recent D.C.
The Virginia men’s soccer team takes the pitch Tuesday night against Wright State in the Cavaliers’ second-to-last game at Klöckner Stadium.
After dropping two tough matches this weekend against North Carolina and N.C. State, the Virginia volleyball team still seeks its first conference victory. Entering the weekend, the Cavaliers (5-14, 0-9 ACC) hoped to snap a six-match losing streak by defeating the Tar Heels (15-4, 6-3 ACC). Virginia’s 25-18 loss in the first set seemed to dash any thoughts of halting the skid, but the team rebounded to win the second set 25-21 — the first time Virginia has broken 20 points in a second set since beating Liberty Sept.
As the leaves in Charlottesville signal the start of autumn, many students take walks outside to appreciate the beauty of their surroundings.
The No. 5 Virginia field hockey team fell to No. 2 North Carolina Saturday in a battle between the ACC’s top two teams. Virginia (13-3, 2-1 ACC) had not lost to a top-five opponent all year, and the Tar Heels (15-1, 4-0 ACC) needed all of regulation plus six minutes of overtime to achieve victory. North Carolina sophomore forward Loren Shealy scored the game’s first goal five minutes into the contest, but Virginia redshirt senior midfielder Michelle Vittese tied the game 15 minutes later after dribbling a penalty corner into the middle of the circle and launching a successful shot.
The Virginia men’s soccer team suffered its worst defeat of the season Friday, losing 4-1 to No. 18 Wake Forest in a critical home matchup.
The No. 9 Virginia women’s soccer team lost a heartbreaking decision Sunday, falling 1-0 to No. 1 Florida State in overtime.
The Virginia players exited the field in misery after Saturday’s 27-20 Homecomings loss to archrival Maryland that all but sent their bowl chances, like their new indoor practice facility, up in smoke. For all the moralizing rhetoric out there about the indomitable power of teamwork and persistence and a “can do” attitude, they aren’t enough to outweigh the torturous disappointment of coming up short.
The Virginia football team fell to Maryland, 27-20, for the team’s fifth straight loss, giving the Cavaliers’ their longest losing streak since 2009.
The No. 9 Virginia women’s soccer team cruised past ACC foe Miami 3-0 Thursday night, appearing to move beyond a rough patch during which the Cavaliers lost two of three games. Virginia (11-3-1, 4-2-1 ACC) broke the scoring open early on the first of two goals senior forward Caroline Miller notched.
The No. 5 Virginia field hockey team faces its most challenging opponent this season as it travels to Chapel Hill for a nationally broadcast showdown against No.
It takes more than one or two superstars to make a cross country team. The Virginia men’s and women’s programs undeniably possess the requisite frontrunners for a special season, but their depth has come into question and will define the direction each squad takes in the coming weeks. Friday’s showdown against many of the nation’s top programs at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational will serve as a pivotal benchmark two weeks away from the ACC Championships.
The Virginia volleyball team faces North Carolina and N.C. State at home this weekend as it searches for an elusive ACC win.
This Saturday marks a day of rich traditions as Virginia continues its storied rivalry against Maryland on the weekend of the 88th Homecomings.
The road to the postseason remains arduous for the Virginia men’s soccer team. Friday night the squad squares off against yet another nationally ranked opponent — ACC rival No.
What do we know after six weeks — the rough midpoint of the college football season? We know USC is not the unstoppable juggernaut the media presented to us at the start of the 2012 campaign.
The No. 9 Virginia women’s soccer team hits the road this weekend looking to bounce back from last week’s disappointing home loss to Wake Forest.
The No. 5 Virginia field hockey team continued its recent surge and extended its winning streak to eight this weekend with victories against Yale and No.
The Virginia men’s soccer team stormed back from an early deficit Tuesday evening to earn a scintillating, next-to-last-minute 2-1 victory against No.
