Though the stats showed a dominant 4-1 victory for Virginia, with the Dukes being outshot by a whopping 20-5, the game was much closer.
On U.Va. Strong Day, Virginia's win was about more than football.
Gretchen Walsh, Athletic Director Carla Williams and three more.
Friday's five-set barnburner and Saturday's sweept had very little in common.
A team with a new outlook, at the top of a slowly calcifying table, with four points from two away games in the nation’s toughest league.
Virginia's offense registered 700 total yards, a single-game program record.
“This is a tumultuous time, as alluded to [by the speakers at the podium] today in college athletics,” Miller said.
If Pedroso were to, just for a day, play the role of college tennis’s Doctor Frankenstein, exactly what would he build?
Virginia has survived three straight ranked matchups unbeaten to establish itself as a true conference and national title contender.
"It's made a big difference."
As Virginia enters its game Saturday against William & Mary, it will be critical that it right the wrongs of the previous week so that it can enter ACC play on the right foot.
Virginia suffered a second-straight demoralizing loss.
"He's probably the hardest-working guy on the team right now," Dietrich said.
Virginia has started the season with three consecutive ranked wins.
Virginia frittered away two match points in the fifth set.
The Cavaliers faltered in the game's final minutes.
Cavalier field hockey dispatched one of the nation's top teams.
Virginia Tech has not won the matchup since 2020.
Virginia could have won by even more in the top-10 matchup if you go by chances created.
Virginia marked its home opener with a convincing performance.
