No. 13 Wrestlers drop first ACC matchup
By Matthew Wurzburger | January 26, 2014ACC newcomer No. 8 Pittsburgh handed No. 13 Virginia its first conference loss of the season Friday.
ACC newcomer No. 8 Pittsburgh handed No. 13 Virginia its first conference loss of the season Friday.
The Virginia men’s basketball team cruised to its sixth ACC win in seven games with a 64-44 win Sunday against rival Virginia Tech.
With 30 seconds left in the second half Thursday night at John Paul Jones Arena, Virginia senior guard Kelsey Wolfe held the ball near midcourt, her team up by 12 points and the pro-Cavalier crowd on its feet.
The No. 1 Virginia men’s tennis team begins the defense of its 2013 ITA Indoors and NCAA Championships this weekend as it hosts the first four matches of the season, all at the Boar’s Head Sports Club.
One of the biggest questions lingering throughout the offseason was who would fill the void at point guard left by Jontel “Bub” Evans. Evans was a fixture in the Cavaliers’ backcourt dating back to the 2009-2010 season, playing in 120 of his team’s 129 games during his four years at Virginia and starting 92.
After blasting No. 17 Florida State 85-68 Sunday, the Virginia women’s basketball team hosts No. 6 Maryland Thursday night looking for an upset.
In approximately ten months, eager consumers around the nation will swarm retail stores on “Black Friday” to gobble up favorable discounts. The Virginia football team, on the other hand, will be shopping for something unavailable on the shelves of Wal-Mart: a Commonwealth Cup. For the first time since 1996, the Cavaliers will play Virginia Tech the day after Thanksgiving next season.
For those of you who may have said, “Great play. Bad interview,” and then moved on from the whole Richard Sherman spectacle, I empathize.
The Virginia swimming and diving teams continue their season on the road this weekend against ACC opponents Duke and North Carolina. The Cavaliers were impressive last weekend in Christiansburg, Va., capturing five of the six dual-meets.
Last year senior guard Joe Harris had a breakout season, establishing himself as the Virginia men basketball team’s best scoring option and one of the top scorers in the ACC. That status came with burden of carrying the Cavaliers’ offense — through 19 games last year, Harris had 12 games in which he attempted more than 10 shots.
Adding to her already record-setting first-year, freshman Leah Smith was honored Tuesday by members of the Atlantic Coast Conference as the Female Swimmer of the Week for her performance against Virginia Tech, Wisconsin and Miami last weekend in Christiansburg, V.A.
North Carolina kept the game close for the opening 15 minutes, but the Virginia men’s basketball team ended the first half on a 12-2 run and never looked back.
Monday’s win for the Virginia men’s basketball team was utterly workmanlike. The Cavaliers’ opponent never truly troubled them in the second half, and looking up and down the score sheet, there was no clear star—just a coordinated, complete win.
Scene opens in an austere, windowless white room, a small round table situated in the center. The JUDGE’s voice booms off-stage. JUDGE: Jurors, I now come to your final instructions.
The No. 12 Virginia wrestling team picked up two more wins over the weekend. The Cavaliers (13-2, 2-0 ACC) brushed aside Duke 30-6 Friday before outlasting Old Dominion 20-12 in a grueling, hard fought match.
Who starts at the point?
Randolph scored a career-high 26 points, and Virginia (9-9, 2-3 ACC) knocked down 10-of-19 shots from long-range to score its first win against a ranked team this season. Gerson held down the power forward position in the Cavalier’s small starting lineup, and she handed out assists — eight total — all game long.
After nearly two months since its last meet, the Virginia swimming and diving teams entered Christiansburg, Va. prepared for six dual-meets over a two-day meet. The final results were indicative of their strenuous winter preparations, as the teams took five of six duals.
When you consider eight players were ejected in the opening two seconds of Saturday’s Flames-Canucks game, a pair of ejections for Virginia’s men’s basketball team doesn’t sound too bad in comparison.
For the fourth time in five games, the Virginia men’s basketball blazed out to a fast start against a conference opponent, piling on early against Florida State.