Softball hosts rival Hokies in midweek doubleheader
By Charles Siegel | April 8, 2015The Virginia softball team will compete in a midweek doubleheader against Virginia Tech as it looks to continue its successful homestand.
The Virginia softball team will compete in a midweek doubleheader against Virginia Tech as it looks to continue its successful homestand.
Over the weekend at Davenport Field, one team combined timely hitting with superb pitching in addition to execution in the field and on the base paths to earn a series sweep.
In a post-game interview Monday night that was nearly lost in all the hullabaloo surrounding Duke and Coach K’s fifth national championship win, Wisconsin Coach Bo Ryan took an interesting jab at the Blue Devils’ program, saying, “We don’t do rent-a-player.”
Sixth-ranked Louisville came to Davenport Field and handed 15th-ranked Virginia a definitive three-game series sweep Monday night. The Cardinals (25-7, 14-1 ACC) put forward a well-rounded effort, and simply played better than the Cavaliers (19-12, 6-9 ACC).
Virginia track and field made another stride forward Friday and Saturday in California.
The No. 9 Virginia women’s tennis team extended its win streak to three matches on Saturday with a 7-0 blanking at Louisville.
The Virginia women’s golf team edged Wake Forest in a two-hole playoff to capture the 18th annual Bryan National Collegiate Sunday in Greensboro, North Carolina.
The Virginia men’s tennis team is on a roll. The No. 4 Cavaliers (16-3, 8-0 ACC) steamrolled instate adversaries William & Mary and No. 13 Virginia Tech this weekend at the Snyder Tennis Center, running their winning streak to a season-best seven matches.
The Virginia softball (11-30, 3-12 ACC) team earned its first ACC series victory of the season as it took two of three from Boston College over the weekend.
Despite winning the faceoff battle, No. 8 Virginia (8-3, 0-3 ACC) committed 18 turnovers and was outshot 48-34 in a disappointing 10-6 loss against No. 4 North Carolina (11-1, 2-0 ACC).
The Cavaliers’ six-game win streak came to an end on Saturday with a 14-4 loss to the Irish at Klöckner Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The Virginia women’s lacrosse team held off a second half charge by Navy to secure its sixth straight win with a 15-13 victory in Charlottesville over the Midshipmen Wednesday night.
Freshman guard B.J. Stith will leave the Virginia’s men’s basketball program, coach Tony Bennett announced Friday morning. The 6-foot-5, 205-pound Stith’s decision to transfer follows a season of scant playing time on a loaded Cavalier roster.
The skinny on Women's Tennis, baseball, softball, women's lacrosse, and indoor track and field for the weekend of April 3-5
Winners of five straight games, twelfth-ranked Virginia baseball team appeared to be on the way back to their early season dominance but relapsed in a home loss against VMI, 7-6.
Entering the 2015 season, it was the Virginia defense, not necessarily its offense, which was supposed to struggle.
In a doubleheader against Western Carolina Tuesday, Virginia (9-29, 1-11 ACC) truly seemed to hit its stride, producing 12 runs, committing only one error and surrendering only two runs as it earned the sweep.
The ninth-ranked Virginia baseball team dodged a late comeback bid to down Virginia Commonwealth at the Diamond in Richmond, Va. The Cavaliers (19-8, 6-6- ACC) rode a career night from freshman pitcher Derek Casey to their fifth straight win, 5-3.
The No. 22 Virginia men’s golf team used a 14-under final round to finish fourth overall at the Hootie @Bulls Bay Intercollegiate in Awendaw, South Carolina.
Nine Cavalier track and field athletes competed at the Fred Hardy Invitational in Richmond on Friday. This Virginia unit was comprised of five freshmen, three sophomores, and one junior.