Hampton embraced their role of spoiler, and did what any team punching above their weight must do — hit hard and hit early.
The No. 18 Cavaliers (13-5, 2-1 ACC) secured two tight wins over Towson earlier this week, and now host Wake Forest (12-7, 1-2 ACC) in their first home ACC series of 2016. Junior catcher Matt Thaiss will look to continue his torrid streak at the plate. The Jackson, NJ native collected five hits, including a pair of homers Wednesday afternoon, four RBIs and three runs in ten at bats versus the Tigers.
I came up with a ranking for each of the other 67 teams in the NCAA Tournament to whom we could lose — forget that the play in games already happened — in order of how grief-stricken I would be if our exit came against that team.
The Cavaliers (8-18, 0-3 ACC) are in the midst of a rough patch right now, having lost nine of their last 11 games. The team is looking to bounce back against the Cardinals (16-6, 2-1 ACC), and gain some momentum as they continue their home stand.
Plating eventual game-winning runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, the No. 18 Virginia baseball team dashed Towson’s upset hopes in each of two afternoon games at Davenport Field.
The NCAA tournament expanded to a 64-team field in 1985. In that span of time, No. 16 seeds are 0-124 against their top-seeded opponents.
Wrapping up the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships just last week, the Virginia track and field teams now have a quick turn-around as they start their season outdoors with the Virginia Cup on their turf, Lannigan Field.
The No. 9 Virginia women’s lacrosse team (4-4) will look to snap out of a three-game losing streak this Saturday when they travel to face No. 5 Notre Dame (8-1) in South Bend, Ind.
Virginia has had its sight on one main goal since the summer — recording the best program finish ever at the NCAA Championships. The road to defining a legacy runs through Atlanta, Ga. from March 16-19.
Over the weekend, Virginia baseball competed in its first ACC series of 2016, claiming two out of three games from Duke at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Playing in the Durham Bulls Athletic Park over the weekend, No. 10 Virginia won two out of three in an ACC series against Duke. Cavalier junior ace Connor Jones tossed eight scoreless frames and picked up his third victory as Virginia defeated the Blue Devils, 6-0, Friday.
A day after suffering a defeat in the ACC championship against North Carolina, Virginia is likely feeling better about itself. Not only did the loss come against an NCAA No. 1 seed, but the Cavaliers earned a No. 1 seed themselves.
As 5:30 p.m. drew near on Selection Sunday, my roommate and I had to ask, could Virginia end up in Michigan State’s region again? After two hours of banter from Charles Barkley, Ernie Johnson and Co., we have our answer — and the answer is yes.
Junior Jimmy Stanger tied for first as the Virginia men’s golf placed second at the General Hackler Championship in Myrtle Beach, S.C. this weekend.
The Virginia softball team had a rough start to the month of March, going 2-9 over an 11-game stretch.
Junior Henry Wynne, the 2016 ACC champion in the men’s mile, caught fire at the right time.
Saturday night’s ACC Tournament championship game seemed to be a matchup made in heaven — the top-two teams in the nation’s premier league slugging it out with conference dominance on the line. The dream slowly devolved into a nightmare for second-seeded Virginia.
The Cavaliers shot just 36.5 percent from the field, including a mere 33.3 percent in the second half. Brogdon connected on just 6-of-22 field goals for 15 points, while junior guard London Perrantes managed only a 3-of-14 performance from the floor. The duo went a combined 4-of-17 from deep.
To paraphrase Bane from Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, last year’s team merely adopted close games as their ally. The 2016 team was born into them, molded by them.
Coach Tony Bennett could not keep his joy hidden. Sitting at the podium after his second-seeded Virginia team defeated Miami 73-68 Friday night to reach his second ACC Tournament championship in three years.
