After two narrow defeats in a row and a fall from the nation's top ranking, No. 6 Virginia heads into tomorrow's match-up against No.
The No. 4 Virginia women's lacrosse team will return to the friendly confines of Klockner Sunday afternoon as they take on Duke in an ACC matchup.
Today the Virginia baseball team will travel to Clemson, South Carolina to play the No. 20 Tigers in a highly anticipated game.
Virginia's softball team will open their ACC season this weekend against the best the conference has to offer, hosting the defending ACC Champion Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (26-15) for a Saturday afternoon doubleheader. Conference success has been a stated goal of the Virginia team (25-16) since the start of the season, as an outright ACC title is the only way to earn an automatic bid to NCAA Regionals.
I'd like to start off this week's installment of my column by apologizing to both of my faithful readers for those cries for help masquerading as NCAA Tournament predictions that ran last week.
With the comfort of a cool breeze on a spring season that is heating up, the Virginia softball team found their hitting rhythm at the right time in yesterday afternoon's doubleheader, earning a pair of victories, 6-1 and 6-5, over visiting East Carolina University. Freshman infielder Sarah Larquier powered the Cavaliers (25-16) to victory with a homerun, her tenth of the season.
Virginia women's basketball coach Debbie Ryan was selected to head the United States squad in this year's Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The No. 30 Virginia men's tennis team easily disposed of both Maryland and Howard yesterday at Snyder Tennis Center to move to 10-1 in its last 11 matches. The Cavaliers (20-3, 4-1 ACC) dropped only one set throughout both matches against the two struggling squads.
Riding the arm and bat of junior Joe Koshansky, Virginia improved to a school-record 16-0 at home this season as it defeated Liberty last night, 3-0.
Virginia junior Jeff Kamrath threw a complete game shutout against Maryland March 28, garnering ACC Pitcher of the Week honors. Kamrath recorded 11 strikeouts in the 6-0 Cavalier victory over the Terrapins.
The No. 5 Virginia women's lacrosse pulled out a thrilling last second win against in-state rival No.
The Virginia men's baseball team upset the No. 16 Richmond Spiders, 11-4, in spectacular fashion last night at Davenport field to stay undefeated at home and improve to 18-8 on the season.
Ending a three-match road stint in Tallahassee, Fla., the Virginia men's tennis team soundly defeated Stetson Sunday, 6-0.
Gymnastics finishes second at JMU, hosts annual exhibition The Virginia gymnastics team finished second at a state meet Saturday, March 29 at James Madison University.
The Virginia softball team will face a familiar foe this afternoon at The Park, as they return home for a doubleheader against the Pirates of East Carolina.
Virginia swimming nearly swept the ACC swimming awards announced yesterday, garnering five of the six honors. Freshman Fran Crippen earned the titles of ACC Men's Swimmer of the Year and Rookie of the Year -- the first athlete ever to win both awards in the same season.
Sophomore offensive lineman Elton Brown's class one misdemeanor assault and battery charge was dismissed Monday in Charlottesville District Court, according to court records. Brown was arrested Jan.
This year's NCAA Tournament has proven once again to be a worthy distraction from everything else that's going on in the world.
The gloom of the snowy weather Sunday penetrated the ceiling of the indoor tennis courts at the Boar's Head Inn as the women's tennis team suffered their second loss in as many tries as they fell to the Clemson Tigers, 5-2. Virginia started off the weekend not only confident and prepared, but also with an ITA ranking of 22 -- their highest since 1994.
Mother Nature kept Virginia from defeating Maryland a third time this weekend. Jeff Kamrath picked up the win Friday with a 6-0 shutout over the Terps, and Andrew Dobies gained a 4-2 win Saturday.
