When the Virginia basketball team lost junior guard Justin Anderson to a finger injury a week and a half ago, I wasn’t sure what to think. Obviously losing a player ranked second on the team in points per game and third in minutes per game is not a positive. But given our system-based offense and defense, I was hopeful the damages would be minimal.
The U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team is in for a busy 2015 season.
College basketball’s appeal and the integrity of its product is what Myron Medcalf had in mind when he penned the recent column, “Is Virginia’s Style bad for the game?”
After going down to the wire against NC State and Wake Forest in its first two games without junior guard Justin Anderson, the Virginia men’s basketball team matched up with Pittsburgh Monday night at John Paul Jones Arena.
After opening the spring season with a title at the UCF Challenge in Orlando, the Virginia women’s golf team placed second at the 12-team Florida State Match-Up in Tallahassee, Florida. The No. 17 Cavaliers improved throughout the three-day, 54-hole event and shot 19-over 883 overall to finish seven strokes behind champion No. 26 Furman.
Cavalier track and field athletes competed at a pair of Feb. 13-14 meets: the Don Kirby Elite Meet in Albuquerque, New Mexico and the Iowa State Classic in Ames, Iowa.
As the 16 best teams in the country gathered in Chicago this past weekend for the ITA National Team Indoor Championships, the third-seeded Virginia men’s tennis team looked primed for a deep run and a potential championship. Boasting two top five players, first-ranked sophomore Thai-Son Kwiatkowski and No. 4 junior Ryan Shane, Virginia seemed to be a team playing some of its best tennis.
The Virginia softball team participated in the Eagle Challenge this weekend and emerged with a 2-2 split. The Cavaliers (3-6) earned a pair of victories Friday against Omaha and Delaware State, but stumbled in losses against North Carolina Central and in their second encounter against Omaha.
Unable to overcome a one-point deficit with 7:23 remaining, the Virginia women’s basketball team failed to upset No.7 Florida State and lost its third straight game Sunday afternoon at John Paul Jones Arena, 65-56.
In a low-scoring affair on Saturday afternoon, the No. 7 Virginia women’s lacrosse team began its 2015 season with a 6-5 loss to No. 5 Northwestern in Kennesaw, Georgia. The Cavaliers (0-1) have now lost in their last seven meetings with the Wildcats (2-0).
The scene Saturday night was not reminiscent of the usual lacrosse played at Klöckner Stadium. As the first half wound to a close, the wind began to blow and the snow began to fall.
Thirteenth-ranked Virginia wrestling fell to No. 1 Iowa, 30-6, Sunday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. The match was a qualifier in the NWCA National Duals.
Second-ranked Virginia baseball began its road to Omaha with a three-game road sweep of East Carolina. The Cavaliers (3-0) continued their winning ways as they always do: with dominant pitching and timely hitting.
After a weeklong break, the Virginia women’s basketball team seemed sluggish rather than rested as it lost to Duke 71-45 Thursday night at John Paul Jones Arena.
It's bad form to think about what is missing on Valentine's Day, that special someone that is no longer there. But on Saturday, despite sharing a special moment with the basketball team I have spent four happy years with, I could not help but feel just a little bit empty inside.
Saturday afternoon at John Paul Jones Arena, the Virginia men’s basketball team matched its best-ever start to a season with a 61-60 win against ACC up-and-comer Wake Forest.
The Skinny on weekend competition for Virginia’s track and field, men’s tennis, softball, women’s basketball, women’s golf and wrestling teams
The No. 3 Virginia men’s basketball team survived its first test Wednesday without injured junior guard Justin Anderson, when it pulled out a gritty win against North Carolina State.
After reaching the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament last season, Virginia women’s lacrosse faces expectations to earn the program’s first national championship since 2004. Last season’s semifinal result, a loss to conference foe Syracuse, was the best finish for the Cavaliers since the 2007 season when they lost in the title game against Northwestern.
Vanderbilt junior outfielder John Norwood deposited a Nick Howard fastball into the left field bullpen of TD Ameritrade Park Omaha. One inning later, the Commodores were crowned NCAA champions. The winning home run remains painfully etched in the collective memory of all Virginia baseball fans.
