Now that the system of rainstorms, which spun through the Southeast in recent days, has finally cleared out, the Virginia women’s soccer team can compete again.
The bye week gave London’s team an opportunity to regroup for its first conference matchup of the season, which comes this weekend on the road against the Pittsburgh Panthers.
Resilience and breakout. These are the two words that best encompass the 11th-ranked Virginia men’s soccer team’s two weekend victories over fall reading days.
This is not your grandfather’s or even your father’s Yankees team, but there is a chance that this adversity can inspire this ragtag bunch to protect the House that Steinbrenner Built and move on to the Divisional Series against their AL East rival Blue Jays.
Back at Memorial Gymnasium after three weekends on the road, the Virginia volleyball team defeated ACC rivals Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech Friday and Saturday night in Charlottesville.
Many of the places the Cavaliers rank high are certainly impressive, but there are also some categories where leading the pack is not exactly desirable.
The Skinny on weekend matchups for women’s soccer, women’s tennis and field hockey.
Louisville is led by freshman forward Tate Schmitt, who has burst on to the collegiate scene and currently leads the ACC in goals, with six.
Bausback and Virginia (9-4, 1-1 ACC) battle conference rivals Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech this weekend, tussling with the Panthers at 7 p.m. Friday and the Hokies 24 hours later.
Are you better off now than you were four years ago? We’ll get to that answer in a little bit.
Entering the conference portion of the 2015 season the Cavaliers’ offense has been excellent, dismal and all points between.
The 2014 rendition of the Cavalier defense was one of the best in the ACC in almost every category. But fast forward to 2015, and the Virginia defense cannot be trusted to stop the run against FCS opponent William & Mary, much less carry the team.
The Virginia volleyball team opened up ACC play with a rare victory over Duke and a loss against Wake Forest Friday and Saturday night in Durham and Winston-Salem, N.C.
Seniors Julia Elbaba and Danielle Collins won their singles brackets Sunday at the U.Va. Fall Invite, the only home tournament of the fall season for the Virginia women’s tennis team.
The Virginia men’s golf team picked up two individual wins at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Collegiate Challenge Cup and a second place team finish this past weekend in Nashville, helping the ACC claim the title at the tournament over the SEC for the second consecutive year.
How can senior wide receiver Canaan Severin average 13 yards a reception and 74.5 receiving yards a game, yet the Cavaliers have gone 1-3, with the latest game against Boise State ending in a trouncing of 56-14?
While I commend Berman for his desire to solve the major embarrassment that is the weekly migration of students before the final whistle, I submit that charging for tickets would only thin out the student section more. The real solution lies in changing the culture that surrounds Virginia football.
For the second time in as many years, both the men’s and women’s Virginia cross country teams took home team titles at the Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational.
When playing a top-15 team in the country in a hostile road environment with just three days of rest, it is very tough to muster the effort and motivation to play your best game.
It took over 55 minutes for the Virginia women’s soccer team to break through Sunday against No. 19 Duke. The Cavaliers (8-1-1, 2-1-0 ACC) didn’t start Sunday’s match as coach Steve Swanson would’ve hoped.
