“The Skinny” on weekend matchups for women’s basketball, swim & dive, and volleyball
Virginia cross country competes at the NCAA Championship meet this Saturday at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Indiana.
After wins against Ohio State and Radford this weekend, Virginia women’s basketball coach Joanne Boyle had already started looking ahead to improving the team for the future and its first road game this Thursday against Xavier.
The Virginia men’s soccer team last competed nearly two weeks ago in a disheartening 3-0 defeat in the ACC Quarterfinals against Notre Dame. After making it to the ACC Championship game last season, this was not the stepping-stone the Cavaliers wanted.
Following its convincing 8-0 victory last Friday, the second-seeded Virginia women’s soccer team will enjoy a week of rest before its next matchup — an invaluable asset for a Cavalier squad which has played a 20-game season and is heading into a potential Friday-Sunday, second and third round NCAA tournament schedule this weekend.
Nearly two weeks later, the Cavaliers (4-6, 2-4 ACC) prepare to host Miami (6-4, 3-3 ACC) in a must-win game this Saturday. With four losses by less than eight points, Virginia has made its days ahead more difficult. But bowl eligibility is still achievable if the team can win this week and next week vs. Virginia Tech.
Off to its first 3-0 start in coach Tony Bennett’s six-year tenure at Virginia, the No. 9 men’s basketball team will face its first true test of the season Friday when it hosts George Washington.
If you had showed up 2 hours late for the Virginia basketball game against South Carolina State on Tuesday, waked past the scoreboard without looking and went straight to the team's postgame press conference, you would have been hard pressed to figure out that the Cavaliers had won.
With 11:29 to go in the first half Tuesday night at John Paul Jones Arena, South Carolina State sophomore guard Greg Mortimer swooped into the lane for a layup off the inbound to bring his Bulldogs within three points of Virginia at 14-11. Coming out of the under-8 timeout a few minutes later, the No.
The Major League Soccer playoffs began Oct. 29. If you’re sad you missed it, then cheer up, because you’ve still got a month left to catch these exciting games, including a pair of conference final games this upcoming Sunday. Still not convinced? Let me try to persuade you.
Virginia hosted the Rivanna Romp on Sunday, earning first place in both the Varsity Eights and Varsity Fours races at its only home regatta, at the Rivanna Reservoir in Earlysville.
In the latest edition of the Commonwealth Clash, the Virginia volleyball team fell against rival Virginia Tech Friday night, 3-1 (24-26, 25-18, 25-21, 25-20). The Cavaliers jumped out to a 1-0 lead but proceeded to drop the next three sets, splitting the season series with the Hokies after a comeback 3-2 win Oct. 12 in Blacksburg.
The No. 7 Virginia women (2-1, 1-0 ACC) claimed 11 of 16 events in an impressive 188-102 win against No. 22 North Carolina State (2-2, 2-1 ACC). Meanwhile, the Cavalier men (1-3, 0-1 ACC) dropped a hard-fought meet against the No. 6 Wolfpack.
For the second consecutive year, Virginia cross country will send both its men’s and women’s teams to the NCAA Championships.
The No. 9 Cavaliers will host South Caroline State Tuesday night at John Paul Jones Arena. Virginia (2-0) dispatched Norfolk State and James Madison during the weekend, and will attempt to improve to 3-0 for the first time since 2010-11.
The Virginia women’s basketball team opened its 2014-2015 season this past weekend with two home wins against Ohio State and Radford.
Friday night — in what seemed like the blink of an eye — the fourth-ranked Virginia women’s soccer team erased any doubt that its national championship hopes were in jeopardy, as the team made a strong statement that it is ready to make a deep run in this year’s NCAA tournament. Playing in near-freezing temperatures, the Cavaliers (19-2) got hot early, tallying three goals in the first 12 minutes and two more in the span of 40 seconds in the 27th minute.
His senior year at Greater Atlanta Christian High School, Virginia freshman forward Isaiah Wilkins averaged a cool 18.2 points, 10.3 rebounds, 3.4 blocks, 2.6 assists and 2.2 steals per game. The stepson of NBA Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins, the Cavaliers’ Wilkins once blocked eight shots in a single high school game.
The No. 10 Virginia wrestling team welcomed No. 23 North Dakota State and Gardner-Webb to Memorial Gymnasium for a pair of Saturday afternoon duels. The short-handed Cavaliers beat the Bison, 20-15, before cruising to a 33-3 victory against the Runnin’ Bulldogs.
Five and a half minutes into the Virginia men’s basketball team’s home opener Sunday night at John Paul Jones Arena, Norfolk State held a 6-5 lead.
