Extensive previews for Virginia’s men’s and women’s lacrosse and softball events this weekend ran in Thursday’s edition of The Cavalier Daily and remain available online.
The Virginia women’s lacrosse team opens up their season this weekend against Northwestern as they try to make another appearance in the NCAA tournament.
Coming off an emotional win against No. 25 Pittsburgh, the No. 20 Virginia men’s basketball team faced a possible letdown game against Boston College Wednesday night. A late Eagles rally cut a 21-point lead to just six with less than a minute to play, but the Cavaliers hung on for a 77-67 win.
After a dismal 2013 campaign, the Virginia football team found itself ranked in the top 25 Wednesday. The Cavaliers boast the No. 25 incoming recruiting class — fourth in the ACC — according to ESPN, inking 15 players to National Letters of Intent on Signing Day in addition to two recruits who enrolled at the University in January.
After a disappointing season a year ago, the Virginia men’s lacrosse team is ready to get back out onto the field and restore its winning ways. Ranked in the top-10 nationally in all four major preseason polls, the Cavaliers are aiming for nothing short of an eighth NCAA title.
Virginia softball kicks off its season this weekend at the USC Upstate Tournament in Spartanburg, S.C. The 2014 edition of Cavalier softball looks and feels much different than the team which took to the diamond last year, and five games spread throughout the three-day tournament will go a long way in determining the team’s identity.
It was nothing short of a magnificent weekend for ACC basketball fans at the top of the conference. For those who enjoy fast-paced, high-scoring action à la Michael Bay films, the Duke-Syracuse overtime thriller provided just that in a clash between two legendary programs and coaches vying for ACC supremacy.
Littlefinger. Perhaps unfairly, I consider the cunning manipulator from the “Game of Thrones” series a proxy to David Stern.
It’s Monday night. A handful of people are milling about the Main Street Arena lobby. Some head to the bar, while others congregate around the ice. Two men carefully prep the ice and line up equipment along the edges of the rink. Finally, once the ice is deemed ready, everyone wearing snow boots, boat shoes and sneakers steps onto the ice for the big event: curling.
The Virginia women’s basketball team will try to continue its two-game winning streak this Thursday at Boston College.
After emerging from a crucial road victory against No. 25 Pittsburg, the Virginia men’s basketball team will return home Thursday night seeking to extend its winning streak to six games versus Boston College.
The No. 14 Virginia women’s tennis team continued its strong start to the season, trouncing No. 44 VCU and No. 33 South Carolina in Charlottesville this weekend. Virginia (3-0) easily defeated VCU 6-1 Friday before fighting for a 5-2 victory against the Gamecocks Sunday.
Sophomore Malcolm Brogdon has served as the catalyst behind Virginia’s resurgence to national relevancy, putting up stellar individual numbers in the process.
After an emotional meet last weekend against rival North Carolina, the Virginia swim and dive teams had mixed results Saturday against North Carolina State. The No. 9 Virginia women’s team defeated the Wolfpack, 178.5-115.5, while the No. 20 Virginia men’s team fell to No. 21 NC State, 157-141.
Neither team led by more than four points during the entirety of Sunday’s game in Pittsburgh. The score changed hands seven times and was tied 17 different times. This was the type of game that the Cavaliers usually come out on the wrong side of.
The Virginia women’s basketball team scrapped the suspense early Sunday afternoon against Clemson, reeling off 17 straight points to transform a one-point deficit with 15:19 to play in the first half into a 16-point lead with 11:37 to go. The Cavaliers carried their advantage into the break and then piled on the points in the second half to win 80-43.
The No. 13 Virginia wrestling team, coming off its first ACC loss of the season, captured a pair of home wins against Maryland and Bucknell this weekend. The Cavaliers (15-3, 3-1 ACC) narrowly escaped a late comeback by the Terrapins (5-8, 1-3 ACC) to prevail 16-15 Friday. Virginia then easily downed the Bison (7-9, 3-2 EIWA) 29-12 Sunday.
Redshirt sophomore guard Malcolm Brogdon nailed a 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left on the clock as the Virginia men’s basketball team posted its most important win of the season thus far, a 48-45 nail-biter on the road against No. 18 Pittsburgh.
The Virginia women’s basketball team scored a 64-59 victory against Wake Forest Thursday night in Winston Salem, N.C. to level their win and loss totals in ACC play. The Cavaliers built a 17-point lead midway through the second half, watched it all but disappear, and then iced the game by sinking five of six free throws in the final 29 seconds.
A look at this weekend’s upcoming sporting events.
