No. 4 Virginia basketball escaped an upset bid by Clemson, 64-57, in an ugly Super Tuesday contest at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C.
Well, it’s hard to believe we’re here, but here we are — the last week of ACC regular-season hoops.
After three days of competition in Boston, Mass., the Virginia men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams received the same results at the ACC Indoor Championships as they did in 2015.
Virginia’s game against North Carolina Saturday certainly wasn’t a must-win situation, but it was an important stepping-stone for the team.
The No. 18 Virginia women’s tennis team got back on track this past weekend, registering two commanding wins against Louisville and Norfolk State.
The No. 2 Virginia men’s tennis team suffered a tough loss to No. 11 Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, Ill. The Cavaliers fall to 8-2 on the year with this loss and the previous one to UNC.
The Virginia softball team had a solid weekend, finishing 3-2 at the USC Upstate Tournament in Spartanburg and Greenville, S.C.
The sun having already set behind the mountains that backdrop Davenport Field, Virginia baseball (4-3) entered the ninth inning with a 5-4 lead in Friday’s opener of a three-game series against East Carolina (6-1).
Through three quarters of hard-fought play Sunday, the Virginia women’s basketball team led 44-36 in Blacksburg.
It was a beautiful, 65 degree afternoon in Charlottesville, and an even more beautiful afternoon for the No. 10 Virginia lacrosse team, who earned their first win at Klöckner Stadium Sunday.
Malcolm Brogdon’s teammates left Miami deeply indebted to the fifth-year senior guard. That debt, however, was settled on Saturday night.
With the memory of their upset loss to the Nittany Lions in last year’s NCAA tournament second round still vivid, the Virginia women’s lacrosse team had some extra motivation going into Saturday’s game against Penn State.
Last year, the Virginia men’s swimming and diving team placed eighth at the ACC Championships — the worst finish in program history.
By all accounts, Saturday wasn’t prototypical Virginia basketball. The Tar Heels, after all, dropped 74 points on coach Tony Bennett’s vaunted pack-line defense, which holds teams to 59.7 points per game.
With her final game at John Paul Jones Arena in jeopardy of ending in a loss Thursday, senior guard Faith Randolph made two plays down the stretch that willed her Virginia women’s basketball team to victory over North Carolina, 72-68.
"The Skinny" on weekend action for baseball, softball, men's and women's tennis
For lots of kids, sports is a place to meet your best friend. This wasn’t the case for Kelly and Brooke. They had been best friends for around five years by the time they picked up their first lacrosse sticks in kindergarten.
The ACC has not seen a regular season three-peat since North Carolina did so between 2007 and 2009. For No. 3 Virginia, the hope of becoming just the ninth program to claim at least a share of the conference title in three straight seasons remains alive, but there is still serious work to do.
Despite having played in just three games so far, No. 10 Virginia women’s lacrosse has already had an eventful season.
Heading into Boston, Mass Feb. 25-27, the Cavaliers are looking to do exactly what they did last year — climb up in the ranks at the ACC Championships.
