Entering his seventh season in Charlottesville, coach Tony Bennett has undoubtedly brought Virginia basketball back into the national spotlight — back-to-back 30-win seasons and ACC regular-season titles will do that for a program.
If the Cavaliers want to be bowl-eligible for the first time since 2011, they must initially go through a tough Louisville squad on the road this Saturday. Virginia (3-6, 2-3 ACC) has to win its final three games for any hope of playing postseason football this winter.
But April rolled around and senior forward Sarah Imovbioh, who had earned a fifth year of NCAA eligibility, decided to take her talents to Columbia, South Carolina, where the preseason-No. 2 Gamecocks have turned into a premier program.
The Cavaliers (15-10), losers of five of their last seven matches, have now suffered three consecutive losses.
At U.Va., we consider men’s basketball as its own holiday season. After the long period of mourning often associated with the football months of defeat, students transition to John Paul Jones Arena and see coach Tony Bennett and his Top 10 team — currently ranked 5th/6th in the preseason national polls — hit the court.
Virginia women’s tennis wrapped up their weekend at the Kitty Harrison Invitational Sunday in Chapel Hill, N.C., where they won two of their three singles matchups while struggling in doubles play.
The Virginia wrestling team made significant efforts this weekend in the Midwest as they traveled to No. 25 North Dakota State for their first dual meet of the season on Friday, and then to Minnesota on Saturday for a quad meet, where they faced No. 24 Minnesota, South Dakota State, and Grand Canyon.
The Cavaliers (14-5, 3-3 ACC) mounted an improbable comeback in the closing minutes of the game to send the game to overtime, but Syracuse junior forward Emma Russell buried a shot six minutes into the period to send the Orange to the ACC Championship.
Virginia football’s road losing streak extended to 14 games following a 27-21 defeat at the hands of Miami Saturday afternoon at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
No. 1 Virginia (16-1-2, 9-1 ACC) could have hung their heads when Florida State (14-2-4, 6-1-3 ACC) freshman midfielder Natalia Kuikka intercepted and netted the opening goal or when junior defender Kirsten Crowley buried a go-ahead score in the second half.
Following a strong home performance against then-fifth-ranked North Carolina, the fifth-seeded Virginia men’s soccer team had nine days off before returning to action in the ACC tournament against a familiar foe, fourth-seeded Notre Dame.
“The Skinny” on weekend matchups for women’s and men’s soccer, women’s tennis, volleyball and wrestling
Virginia kicks off the ACC Field Hockey Championship Thursday at 11 a.m. against Duke, the nation’s No. 4 team.
“They’re a team that has got a new sense of energy,” coach Mike London said.
Fear always arises following the departure of star players and it was no exception with guard Joe Harris and forward Akil Mitchell after the 2014 season.
Mike London, now in his sixth season, isn’t in all that different of a position than Beamer found himself in back in 1992.
The Virginia men’s golf team wrapped up its fall season on Tuesday morning on a positive foot, placing second in the abbreviated CSU Kiawah Classic.
No. 1 Virginia women’s soccer capped off its 2015 regular season with a 6-0 victory Sunday night at Pittsburgh (10-7-1, 4-6 ACC).
The seventh-ranked Virginia field hockey team (13-4, 3-3 ACC) closed out regular season play with a win at in-state rival James Madison. Despite outshooting the Cavaliers 19-13, the No. 17 Dukes (12-5, 5-0 CAA) were unable to find the back of the net.
The ACC named sophomore free safety Quin Blanding its Defensive Back of the Week for games played through Oct. 31st.
