BLANK: Combating a losing culture
By Jake Blank | October 25, 2016So both inside the locker room and out, there’s a culture of losing at Virginia that’s making it harder than necessary for Mendenhall to succeed.
So both inside the locker room and out, there’s a culture of losing at Virginia that’s making it harder than necessary for Mendenhall to succeed.
Following a disappointing overtime defeat to No. 7 Louisville (15-3, 3-3 ACC), No. 9 Virginia (11-6, 3-3 ACC) looks to respond against yet another top-10 opponent.
Following the 2015 Women’s World Cup when Team USA brought a FIFA victory home, Mary Pilon wrote a riveting piece for Politico on the gender pay gap in many professional sports — a disparity that reached new heights in the soccer sphere in 2015.
Thanks to senior captain Jimmy Stanger’s birdie on the final hole, the No. 7 Virginia men’s golf team finished tied for first place with co-champion No. 23 Texas in the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate this past weekend.
Sunday afternoon marked the second annual Blue-White scrimmage for the Virginia men’s basketball team.
In Virginia’s two wins against Central Michigan and Duke, the offense managed to post 421 and 336 passing yards, respectively, behind junior quarterback Kurt Benkert.
No. 9 Virginia suffered its sixth loss of the season Friday night in Charlottesville to No. 7 Louisville.
The No. 16 Virginia men’s soccer team tied Pittsburgh in a scoreless double-overtime match Friday. With the tie, the Cavaliers’ (8-2-5, 2-2-3 ACC) unbeaten streak now stands at eight matches.
Despite the optimism for a big weekend series that mounted in a solid week of practice, the Virginia Volleyball team wasn’t able to pull out a win. The team lost in straight sets to both No. 12 Florida State on Friday and Miami on Saturday.
On a picturesque fall day at Klöckner Stadium, the women’s soccer team took on the Boston College Eagles, hoping to close out its regular season home schedule with a win.
The Virginia swimming and diving teams defeated the Pittsburgh Panthers Friday in the teams’ first meet of the season.
Junior linebacker Micah Kiser snatched the football from North Carolina near midfield, giving junior quarterback Kurt Benkert and his Virginia offense a chance to level the score at 14 with 13:34 left in the third, but the Cavaliers (2-5, 1-2 ACC) faltered on another third down and saw the game get away from them.
Virginia’s sense of urgency and desire was on display, as it started the game out at a frenetic pace.
Enter Kurt Benkert, who was mystery man among most Virginia fans until last spring.
The last half of the college football season provides the opportunity for a team to define itself.
“The Skinny” on weekend action for men’s soccer and men’s golf.
This intrasquad scrimmage will be an opportunity for fans to witness a Cavalier team that has undergone many changes since it was last on display in the NCAA Tournament.
Though their record may not show it, the Virginia volleyball team has been making great strides in the past few weeks.
The Cavaliers, led by coach Augie Busch, will aim to build on their program’s success last year with an even stronger season this year.
The Cavalier Daily makes predictions for the upcoming weekend of football.