The skinny on weekend sports, April 17-19.
The Virginia softball team earned two comeback, walk-off wins against Longwood Wednesday in its last games at the Park this season.
For 23rd-ranked Virginia baseball, bad news of player injuries has dominated the season, but good news finally prevailed Wednesday afternoon with the inclusion of junior outfielder Joe McCarthy and freshman second baseman Jack Gerstenmaier in coach Brian O’Connor’s lineup.
With the ACC tournament set for next week and the NCAA tournament following in early May, the No. 5 Virginia women’s lacrosse team still has plenty of games to play, but the Cavaliers will first have to get through in-state rival Virginia Tech.
When you play in a conference like the ACC, nothing comes easy.
Steady rain forced Cavalier track and field athletes into University Hall Tuesday where they continued practicing. Runners warmed up in the underground tunnels, while jumpers and throwers assembled in a vaulted space known as “The Cage,” training for the important home meet, the Virginia Challenge, only three days out.
For Virginia guard Justin Anderson, the decision to forgo his final year of eligibility and declare for the NBA Draft was not an easy one.
The Virginia softball team will take a break from conference play as it concludes its twelve-game homestand with a doubleheader against Longwood Wednesday.
Virginia junior guard Justin Anderson announced Monday his decision to forego his final collegiate season and enter the 2015 NBA Draft.
The 23rd-ranked Virginia baseball team dearly needed to win their weekend series against Georgia Tech.
The No. 4 Virginia rowing team traveled to Princeton, New Jersey this Saturday for the Class of 1975 Cup regatta against No. 8 Princeton, No. 13 Harvard-Radcliffe and Cornell.
The 12th-ranked Virginia women’s tennis team defeated No. 35 Georgia Tech Sunday to earn its ninth ACC victory of the season.
After splitting a doubleheader against ACC rival Virginia Tech this past Wednesday, the Virginia softball team was once again looking to improve its conference record against the NC State Wolfpack.
The Virginia men’s tennis team closed out its home schedule this weekend with wins against Georgia Tech and Louisville.
After scoring only four goals against Notre Dame last weekend, the No. 6 Virginia women’s lacrosse team bounced back with 17 goals in a 17-9 win against No. 11 Louisville Sunday in its penultimate regular season game.
The Virginia men’s lacrosse team (8-5, 0-4 ACC) dropped its seventh straight game against Duke (8-4, 1-3 ACC) Sunday, 15-8. The Cavaliers have now lost 15 of the last 16 games against their conference rival.
No. 15 Virginia baseball dropped its weekend series against Georgia Tech and fell further from the top of the Atlantic Division standings with this disappointing effort.
The Skinny on weekend action for the Virginia baseball, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, rowing and men’s lacrosse teams
The Virginia softball team (12-31, 4-14 ACC) again demonstrated its ability to rebound after a tough loss, as it dropped the first game of a doubleheader against Virginia Tech (29-10, 7-9 ACC) before rallying to claim the second game.
Nothing could stop No. 15 Virginia baseball Wednesday night at Davenport Field. Not even the weather. Clad in their 1980s throwback uniforms, the Cavaliers (20-12, 6-9 ACC) blew past James Madison, 14-1.
