Virginia took a long, strange trip filled with ups and a plethora of downs to the 2015 College World Series. Still, even in an uncommonly difficult season, the end result of postseason success has not changed.
Saturday’s Super Regional contest played out eerily similar to Friday’s opening game.
No. 14 Virginia baseball entered the eighth inning on the wrong side of a 3-0 score Friday afternoon, but as has been the case throughout the NCAA tournament, the Cavaliers turned it on when it counted the most to take the first game of the Charlottesville Super Regional against 15th-ranked Maryland and took the contest 5-3.
At April’s spring football game, three Virginia running backs — junior Taquan Mizzell, sophomore Daniel Hamm and redshirt freshman Jordan Ellis — split first-team reps. Come the Sept. 5 opener against UCLA at the Rose Bowl, yet another name will be competing for carries.
The Virginia women’s rowing team won the Varsity Four national title Sunday at the NCAA Championships in Gold River, California. As a team, the Cavaliers placed fifth overall for the third consecutive year as a result of the Varsity Four’s victory and the Varsity Eight’s third-place finish.
Third-seeded Virginia baseball scored two runs in the eighth inning to pull past No. 4 seed San Diego State for a 3-1 victory Saturday night. The victory puts the Cavaliers (36-22, 15-15 ACC) into the Lake Elsinore Regional championship game and one win away from a Super Regional berth.
Third-seeded Virginia baseball defeated No. 2 seed USC 14-10 in a thrilling 11-inning marathon to capture the Lake Elsinore Regional championship. The Cavaliers (37-22, 15-15 ACC) overcame a 9-5 deficit to force extra innings.
Behind another strong outing by sophomore Connor Jones third-seeded Virginia baseball dropped No. 2 seed USC 6-1 in the opening game of the Lake Elsinore Regional Friday night. The Cavaliers (35-22, 15-15 ACC) claimed their NCAA tournament opener for the seventh consecutive season.
Before this season, Virginia junior Ryan Shane had won just one match at the NCAA Men’s Singles Championship. But Monday at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, Shane emerged from the 64-player field a champion.
The Virginia baseball team hung tough for seven innings Saturday night against NC State, but a late-innings breakdown cost the No. 24 Cavaliers (34-22, 15-15 ACC) in a 10-2 defeat at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina.
Seventh-seeded Virginia baseball lost to No. 3 seed Notre Dame 8-2 Friday at the ACC tournament in Durham, North Carolina.
No. 2 seed Miami scored seven runs in the eighth inning en route to a 9-5 victory over seventh-seeded Virginia in Wednesday’s ACC tournament pool opener.
After falling to top-ranked Oklahoma in the heart of the regular season, the Virginia men’s tennis team flipped the script Tuesday in the NCAA Men’s Tennis Championship finals.
Led by junior Josh Sborz’s complete game one-hitter, No. 25 Virginia trounced Georgia Tech 11-0 in seven innings in Tuesday’s ACC tournament opener.
Virginia football coach Mike London announced Saturday that junior quarterback Greyson Lambert has been granted his release.
The No. 3 Virginia rowing team won the ACC Championship Saturday in Clemson, South Carolina, finishing first in all five races and dominating ACC foes including nationally ranked No. 16 Syracuse, No. 19 Notre Dame and No. 23 Louisville. The conference title is the Cavaliers’ sixth consecutive and 15th in the last 16 years.
Virginia athletics enjoyed a memorable semester.
Several star Virginia athletes have played their last games in the orange and blue. Here’s a look at eight of the players fans will miss most.
The Virginia men’s lacrosse team usually gets off to slow starts. Such poor performances out of the gate have already cost the Cavaliers two wins this season.
Following a break from finals season, No. 24 Virginia baseball took two-out-of-three against Duke in their penultimate conference series.
