The Cavaliers rallied to post the best team score in any individual round on the final day of play after getting off to a slow start.
A year after being one of the top scoring teams in the country, the Cavalier offense has been downright dysfunctional during the team’s 2-2 start, averaging 18.2 points per game – 116th in the country.
Spikeball — a game founded in 2007 which is similar to a combination of volleyball and four-square — has evolved from a backyard hobby into a competitive sport with its own professional circuit.
Not known to most is the intense and rigorous preparation the Cavalier Marching Band undertakes each week.
After their 22-20 loss to Syracuse Friday night, Virginia has now gone 11 months without winning a road game or beating a Power Five team.
Friday night's match will be a step up in competition as the Cavaliers face a tough-minded Blue Devil squad who can control possession of the game and get shots on goal.
Following its first loss of the season, the No. 2 Virginia women’s soccer team came into its first conference home game of the season searching for a better performance.
Despite taking both opponents to five sets, the Cavaliers were unable to pull out a victory in the opening weekend of conference play.
While Syracuse’s sophomore goalkeeper Brooke Borzymowski put up 12 saves, it wasn’t nearly enough to shut down a Virginia team that seemed to be firing on all cylinders.
Out of the 19 teams for women and 15 teams for men, both Cavalier teams placed first overall.
The Cavaliers nearly weathered three missed kicks from two different kickers, a poor performance from senior quarterback Brennan Armstrong, but the Orange proved too strong.
The Cavaliers were dominant in the first 36 holes of play, with a first-place finish at the end of the first day before ending up in third place overall at the second tournament of the year.
The Cavaliers aim to pull off a monstrous upset on arguably the nation’s best team.
The Cavaliers demonstrated offensive prowess with 15 shots against the Eagles Tuesday night at Klockner Stadium.
Senior quarterback Brennan Armstrong will aim to get back on track after an unusually slow start to the season, while Syracuse will feature a new offense that shares an uncanny resemblance to that of Virginia in 2021.
Each goal was scored and assisted by a different player, characterizing the comeback win as a team effort by the Cavaliers.
With the first ACC game on the horizon, Virginia secured a must-win game even amidst a trend of uncharacteristic mistakes.
Before this match, no team had ever beaten North Carolina in regulation after trailing by two goals.
It was a chance for the Cavaliers to earn their fifth consecutive victory at Klöckner Stadium, but the Fighting Irish were too much for the ACC’s highest-scoring side to handle.
Both men's and women's golf brought home first-place trophies at their first events, with freshman Ben James and sophomore Amanda Sambach each finishing first individually.
