Virginia senior defensive end Chris Long was named ACC Defensive Player of the Year yesterday. Of the 71 votes cast for the award, Long received 69.
The No. 14 Virginia men's swimming and diving team is off to a strong 4-2 start this season, falling by very narrow margins to the fifth and sixth best teams in the country and dominating the rest of its competition.
In the early to mid-1990s, the sports movie genre saw the explosion of a new branch: the family sports movie.
The Virginia men's basketball team made a strong run last year, unbearably losing on a rimmed-out 3-pointer to Tennessee in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
The chance to write this column gives me the opportunity to indulge in my guilty pleasure of surfing ESPN.com's college football pages to look at who Virginia could play in its bowl game.
During the past two seasons, John Paul Jones Arena has all but guaranteed victory for the Virginia men's basketball team.
By this point you know what happened in Charlottesville Saturday, whether you were here at the game, home for Thanksgiving or living under a rock.
Virginia coach Al Groh was named ACC Coach of the Year yesterday after taking the Cavaliers to a 9-3 record (6-2 ACC) this season.
After three dual meets this past weekend, the Virginia men's wrestling team has only one more open tournament before a four-week break in December.
Virginia has strong showing at Rainbow Wahine Classic The Virginia women's basketball team attempted to make the most of their Thanksgiving Break at the Rainbow Wahine Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii.
When asked what he wanted his seniors to get out of Saturday's game against Virginia Tech, Virginia coach Al Groh's answer was plain and simple: "That we lost." Despite falling to a 9-3 record (6-2 ACC), his best record in seven seasons at Virginia, Groh had no smile on his face after falling to the Hokies 33-21.
The Virginia men's cross country team finished 12th at the NCAA Championships, putting an exclamation point at the end of what was already a successful season.
The Virginia men's basketball team began Thanksgiving break with a home victory over Drexel University last Tuesday night.
So it happened again. Tech beat U.Va. for the eighth time in nine years. Should we even be surprised?
The Virginia women's volleyball team took the court for the final time last week, splitting its final conference series with No.
Virginia triumphed in its first road test of the season, upsetting No. 17 Arizona 75-72 despite the fact that senior Sean Singletary was also battling against a flu bug. Singletary led all scorers with 24 points, including a perfect 11-11 from the free-throw line, and added a game-high 8 assists.
Coming off consecutive two-point losses to nationally ranked George Washington and at South Carolina last week, Virginia's women's basketball team got back to its winning ways Sunday afternoon with an 80-59 victory against Richmond. The Cavaliers (2-2) had four players in double figures, led by sophomore Monica Wright's career-high 27 points, and used an early first-half run to take control of the game and avenge last season's 75-72 loss in Richmond. "We started a little bit slow," Virginia coach Debbie Ryan said.
The Virginia wrestling team announced its arrival Saturday with two historic wins at the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
Flash back two years. The Hokies were in Charlottesville for their annual football game against Virginia.
The fate of the Virginia men's soccer team's season will be determined during tonight's NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship selection show. Despite losing to Boston College in the quarterfinals of the ACC Championship Tournament last week, Virginia, currently ranked No.
