March 1 has come and gone, and there’s a new top dog in the ACC this week. Surprisingly, though, Virginia beating Syracuse for the ACC regular season title wasn’t even my favorite story out of Charlottesville that day. Jim Boeheim is the gift that keeps on giving.
This Wednesday afternoon, the Virginia women’s basketball team will match up with Boston College at Greensboro Coliseum in the first round of the ACC Tournament.
By some combination of luck, good timing, inspired athletic performances, and help from the UVA Shots system, I’ve managed to rush something — the court, the field — each of my four years here.
The top-ranked Virginia baseball team will tune up for the start of ACC play this weekend with a Wednesday game against Old Dominion at Davenport Field. The originally scheduled game against George Washington on Tuesday was postponed due to the snowstorm.
Virginia track and field competed at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championship this weekend in Clemson, S.C. Both the men and the women put forth a middling effort—the men placed sixth and the women were tied for 10th.
Virginia softball was swept by North Carolina State this weekend to start conference play. The Cavaliers (2-14, 0-3 ACC) could not get the hits when they needed them to win two close games.
The No. 3 Virginia women’s tennis team continued ACC play Saturday, keeping its conference record perfect by dominating Syracuse, 6-1, in New York. After picking up their first win of the season against No.
Desperate for a win against a ranked opponent, No. 9 Virginia women’s lacrosse finally pulled through against No. 8 Penn State, winning 12-11. After going back and forth for the first 30 minutes, the Cavaliers (2-3, 0-1 ACC) used a second half surge to survive a late Penn State (2-2, 0-1 ACC) run to earn their first victory in four attempts against another ranked team.
Sunday afternoon in Tallahassee, Fla., the Virginia women’s basketball team wrapped up its regular season with an 82-70 loss at Florida State. The Cavaliers could not find an answer for Seminole senior forward Natasha Howard, who tormented Virginia inside to the tune of 33 points and 11 rebounds in her final game at the Donald L. Tucker Center.
Coming off its first loss in more than a year and half, the No. 10 Virginia men’s tennis team rebounded to take down both No. 8 Baylor and No. 6 Notre Dame with a score of 6-1, and shut out Liberty 10-0.
The No. 6 Cavaliers retreated to the clubhouse with a 6-2 win in their pocket and their second home-series sweep in the bag after the second game of a Sunday doubleheader against Monmouth was called following the top of the sixth inning due to persistent rain.
This weekend marked the end of a six-year ACC Championship win streak dating back to 2008 for the No.
For a team coached by the unflappable Tony Bennett, it was just another win — its 13th straight win — but there was still more work to do.
On a huge night for sports in Charlottesville, the fourth-ranked Virginia men’s lacrosse team followed up the men’s basketball team’s victory by downing No. 8 Syracuse in its ACC opener, 17-12.
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The Cavaliers won their 13th consecutive game to clinch their sixth outright regular season ACC title — their first since the 1980-1981 season — and secure the top seed in the ACC Tournament.
Before the tip, before the band even blared, there was a pause on Thursday night at John Paul Jones Arena. Senior guards Ataira Franklin, Lexie Gerson and Kelsey Wolfe stood at midcourt alongside coach Joanne Boyle, arms draped around one another’s shoulders. It was senior night for the Cavalier captains, the culmination of many nights of basketball in Charlottesville.
“The Skinny” on weekend matchups for baseball, men’s and women’s lacrosse, women’s tennis and softball.
On a night when the No. 12 Virginia men’s basketball team made the Hurricanes’ play resemble a brisk wind, picking up its 12th consecutive victory and program-record 15th ACC win, the story wasn’t about the Cavaliers’ 65-40 decimation of Miami.
The Virginia men’s tennis team will return to the Snyder Tennis Center outdoor courts this weekend for the first time this year. The Cavaliers will play a slew of challenging contests, with a Saturday matchup against Baylor and Sunday matchups against Liberty and ACC foe Notre Dame.
