Now three games into the season, the Cavaliers (1-2) remain without solutions in the team’s defensive deficiencies. The defense needs to stiffen up for the team to put W’s in the column.
After facing two consecutive top-15 opponents in UCLA and Notre Dame, Saturday’s contest against William & Mary was supposed to be easy.
The skinny on this weekend’s games for women’s soccer, volleyball, women’s tennis, women’s golf and field hockey.
Fourth-year Engineering student Mike Bunting was one of nearly 60,000 fans at Scott Stadium Saturday, when the Virginia football team suffered a last-minute defeat against FBS powerhouse Notre Dame.
Friday night’s clash will be the 72nd meeting of the two teams since 1949, with the Cavaliers owning a 46-17-8 series record. However, beating this year’s NC State team will not be an easy task.
“[William & Mary] will be well‑coached, excited about this opportunity,” Virginia coach Mike London said. “They won't be intimidated coming up and playing in Charlottesville.”
Upon the graduation of former Cavalier running back Kevin Parks and the dawn of the 2015 Virginia football season, junior running back Taquan Mizzell was named the starter for the Cavaliers.
When James Madison arrived in Charlottesville Tuesday, the frustration over last season’s nail-biting 2-1 defeat was palpable.
The Virginia Women’s Golf team opened their fall season this past weekend in Charleston, South Carolina, where they placed third at the annual Cougar Classic.
Virginia’s men’s golf team placed fifth in their first tournament of the fall season this past weekend, shooting 32-over par 896 at the Northern Intercollegiate tournament in Sugar Grove, Ill.
The Virginia volleyball team posted a four-set victory over Troy Saturday afternoon at the Crimson-White Tournament in Tuscaloosa, Al. But the win came after a five-set defeat against Saint Louis the night before, and the Cavaliers took another loss Saturday night against Alabama.
The sixth-ranked Virginia field hockey team disposed of its third ranked opponent of the season and took care of business against unranked Miami, OH to improve to 5-0. The Cavaliers traveled to No. 11 Louisville Friday and came out victorious by a score of 4-3, then edged the RedHawks, 1-0, Sunday.
After just three days off following Friday’s game, the Cavaliers (2-0-2, 0-0-1 ACC) host in-state rival James Madison (0-3-1, 0-0 CAA) – a team that was leading at Klöckner stadium last season until an 89th minute Virginia equalizer sent the game to overtime.
In their first ACC matchup of the 2015 season, the fifth-ranked Virginia Cavaliers men’s soccer team battled for 110 minutes in Durham, NC to draw a stingy Duke Blue Devils team in two overtimes and remain unbeaten.
Star U.S. women’s soccer player Morgan Brian cheered on her former Virginia teammates from the bleachers Friday night.
No. 9 Notre Dame dashed the Cavaliers hopes with a go-ahead touchdown with 12 seconds remaining in yet another moral victory game for Virginia.
The Cavaliers had a chance to shock the world Saturday, squaring off against ninth-ranked Notre Dame squad – a team that completely dismantled Texas to the tune of 38-3 a week ago.
The Skinny on this weekend's games for men’s soccer, volleyball, and field hockey
The No. 1 Cavaliers can’t expect Harvard (1-2-1) or Old Dominion (1-4) to roll over this weekend, as both unranked opponents have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
The Virginia’s men and women’s golf teams spring into action this weekend with their season-opening tournaments.
