The Virginia women’s basketball team’s schedule for the 2014-2015 season was released Tuesday. The Cavaliers hope to improve on their 14-17 record from a year ago in which they failed to make the NCAA Tournament. Virginia’s schedule features 17 home games, eight of which will be against ACC opponents.
While most other students were in class Tuesday afternoon, the No. 9 Virginia field hockey team was on the field facing Miami (Ohio) in its second home game of the season.
Before all else, my tennis fandom can be described as fiercely nationalistic. But as Chanhong noted last week, long gone are the days when American men were serious contenders at major tournaments.
This weekend, the Virginia men’s golf team claimed victory at the 13-team Northern Collegiate at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois in the Cavaliers’ first tournament of the season. No. 13 Virginia shot a collective 15-over 879 at the 54-hole tournament to best Winthrop and Ohio State by three strokes each.
Following its first back-to-back losses since 2011, the No. 6 Virginia field hockey team (2-2) wanted and perhaps needed a win in its home opener against No. 7 Princeton. Fittingly, the Cavaliers dominated Sunday at University Hall Turf Field in a 6-4 victory.
In the Virginia women’s soccer team’s first road trip of the year, the No. 3 Cavaliers handily defeated Alabama and Samford, remaining undefeated and returning home with 5-0 record.
The No. 3 Virginia men’s soccer team made its first regular season trip west of the Mississippi River this weekend, facing Tulsa and Alabama-Birmingham in the Hurricane Classic in Tulsa, Okla.
This past weekend, the Virginia volleyball team beat LIU Brooklyn, Navy and Alabama in the annual Cavalier Classic, bringing Virginia’s record to 6-0 — the program’s best season-starting record since 2003.
Harold’s dream come true was one pleasurable moment among many for the Cavalier players and fans in the 32nd all-time matchup between Virginia and Richmond, the program that coach Mike London departed to come to Charlottesville.
Saturday’s 45-13 trouncing of Richmond brought much needed joy to Scott Stadium for the first time since Sept. 21 of last year.
The No. 6 Virginia field hockey team fell 4-3 on the road Thursday afternoon against No. 20 Iowa. Coming on the heels of a 3-0 defeat against No. 8 Penn State on Sunday, the Cavaliers have now lost consecutive regular season games for the first time since 2011.
The Skinny on weekend games for Virginia’s men’s soccer, field hockey, and men’s golf teams. More extensive previews for the football, volleyball and women’s soccer teams are available online and in Thursday’s issue of the Cavalier Daily.
When the United States Golf Association called Denny McCarthy, the Virginia senior missed the call because he was celebrating a family member’s birthday, missing the call. After calling the number back, McCarthy headed back downstairs to his assembled relatives with news which more than warranted a celebratory glass of champagne.
The Virginia volleyball team will welcome LIU Brooklyn, Navy and Alabama for the annual Cavalier Classic this weekend, kicking off Virginia’s first home games of the season.
The No. 3 Virginia women’s soccer team will make a trip south this weekend — starting with a matchup against SEC opponent Alabama Friday, the Cavaliers (3-0, 0-0) will finish off the trip Sunday with a game against Samford in Birmingham, Alabama.
Coach Mike London will face his alma mater and former employer Saturday when Virginia football plays host to Richmond in a showdown of Commonwealth rivals. The Cavaliers (0-1, 0-0 ACC) are coming off a 20-28 loss against No. 11 UCLA last weekend, characterized by the strong play of both teams’ defenses.
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The No. 6 Virginia field hockey team split the season’s first two contests, blowing out William and Mary in Williamsburg on Friday and getting shut out by No. 8 Penn State on Sunday.
The U.S. Open, the last of the four tennis grand slams, continues this week in New York, New York, one of the most recognizable places in America. American tennis players, on the other hand, aren’t so recognizable.
Virginia cross country opened its season with the UVa Duals at Panorama Farms on Friday. Both the men’s and women’s teams rested their starters for this early-year four-kilometer race, which allowed some young up-and-comers the chance to shine.
