The Skinny on weekend competition for Virginia’s field hockey, men’s soccer, men’s swim and dive, and women’s golf teams.
Looking to bounce back from a loss to No. 21 Duke last Friday, the Virginia volleyball team returns to Charlottesville this Homecomings weekend to continue its ACC schedule with matches against North Carolina State and Notre Dame.
Coach Tony Bennett and his players touched on last season's success, discovering a new identity for 2014, injury concerns, the development of freshmen, offseason conditioning and more. Here are seven key takeaways based on what they had to say.
After starting the season with 10 consecutive wins, the No. 3 Virginia women’s soccer team dropped its first game to No. 2 Florida State on Sept. 28. Now nearly a month ago and since then the Cavaliers have started a new win streak, notching four straight victories against ACC opponents.
Returning from Boston late on Sunday night after finishing as the top collegiate boat at the Head of the Charles for the fourth consecutive year, the Virginia women’s rowing team had already moved on, shifting focus to the next races, this upcoming weekend in Princeton and beyond. Though the Cavaliers were proud of their accomplishment, the girls know that the Charles was just a starting point for the season.
Driving back to Charlottesville after a tough defeat at Duke last Saturday night, Ross Burbank watched pieces of North Carolina’s 48-43 comeback win against Georgia Tech.The junior center’s attention was divided. The Tar Heels and Yellow Jackets were scoring in bunches, and the game was exciting, to be sure — but he was also watching “Gladiator.”
The year was 1892. Ellis Island had newly opened as an immigration center, and the first public basketball game had been played in Springfield, Massachusetts. American football, meanwhile, was already well-established.
Following a 3-0 victory against Pittsburgh Oct. 4, the Virginia men’s soccer team scored three goals in the subsequent three games — all by senior midfielder Eric Bird.
The East Region's top seed from a season ago, the Virginia Cavaliers, received the No. 8 national ranking in the USA Today preseason poll released last Thursday.
A definitive ranking of ACC teams nine weeks into the season.
As a University student committed to the Honor Code and a longtime Cavalier sports fan who has seen her fair share of player dismissals, it seems odd to me that Winston would continue playing despite his troubled past and the new allegations against him.
The Virginia women’s rowing team again dominated their collegiate competition at the 50th Annual Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston this weekend, earning the title of top collegiate crew in the Championship Eights for the fourth consecutive year.
In its final event of the fall season, the No. 20 Virginia men’s golf team placed second at the U.S. Collegiate Championship in Alpharetta, Georgia. Sophomore Derek Bard and senior Denny McCarthy finished first and second, respectively, at the event.
The Virginia volleyball team took a 23-22 lead in the third set against Duke Friday night, but it was too little too late as the No. 21 Blue Devils (15-4, 7-1 ACC) secured three straight points to take the set and match (25-14, 25-18, 25-23) for their 10th straight win.
The Virginia football team fell 20-13 to Duke Saturday, as the Blue Devils scored with just more than seven minutes remaining to knock off the Cavaliers.
The No. 10 Virginia men’s soccer team continued its woes against Clemson Friday night, as the Cavaliers dropped their third consecutive match against the Tigers, 2-1.
With the 2014 regular season winding down and engrossed in the ACC stretch run, the third-ranked Virginia women’s soccer team (14-1, 6-1 ACC) traveled to Kentucky for its first-ever matchup with new ACC foe Louisville (6-7-2, 2-3-2 ACC).Coming off back-to-back six-goal performances against Boston College and NC State, the Cavaliers were brimming with confidence as they took on the Cardinals, who have struggled thus far in conference play, winning just two of seven ACC games in their inaugural season.
The No. 6 Virginia field hockey played its final two home games of the regular season Friday evening against Liberty (9-6, 3-0), followed by a Sunday afternoon matchup against No.
A look at this weekend's upcoming games in women's rowing, cross country and field hockey.
After losing to ACC perennial powerhouse Duke two weekends ago at home, the Virginia volleyball team has another chance to upset the No.
