If you had showed up 2 hours late for the Virginia basketball game against South Carolina State on Tuesday, waked past the scoreboard without looking and went straight to the team's postgame press conference, you would have been hard pressed to figure out that the Cavaliers had won.
With 11:29 to go in the first half Tuesday night at John Paul Jones Arena, South Carolina State sophomore guard Greg Mortimer swooped into the lane for a layup off the inbound to bring his Bulldogs within three points of Virginia at 14-11. Coming out of the under-8 timeout a few minutes later, the No.
The Major League Soccer playoffs began Oct. 29. If you’re sad you missed it, then cheer up, because you’ve still got a month left to catch these exciting games, including a pair of conference final games this upcoming Sunday. Still not convinced? Let me try to persuade you.
Virginia hosted the Rivanna Romp on Sunday, earning first place in both the Varsity Eights and Varsity Fours races at its only home regatta, at the Rivanna Reservoir in Earlysville.
In the latest edition of the Commonwealth Clash, the Virginia volleyball team fell against rival Virginia Tech Friday night, 3-1 (24-26, 25-18, 25-21, 25-20). The Cavaliers jumped out to a 1-0 lead but proceeded to drop the next three sets, splitting the season series with the Hokies after a comeback 3-2 win Oct. 12 in Blacksburg.
The No. 7 Virginia women (2-1, 1-0 ACC) claimed 11 of 16 events in an impressive 188-102 win against No. 22 North Carolina State (2-2, 2-1 ACC). Meanwhile, the Cavalier men (1-3, 0-1 ACC) dropped a hard-fought meet against the No. 6 Wolfpack.
For the second consecutive year, Virginia cross country will send both its men’s and women’s teams to the NCAA Championships.
The No. 9 Cavaliers will host South Caroline State Tuesday night at John Paul Jones Arena. Virginia (2-0) dispatched Norfolk State and James Madison during the weekend, and will attempt to improve to 3-0 for the first time since 2010-11.
The Virginia women’s basketball team opened its 2014-2015 season this past weekend with two home wins against Ohio State and Radford.
Friday night — in what seemed like the blink of an eye — the fourth-ranked Virginia women’s soccer team erased any doubt that its national championship hopes were in jeopardy, as the team made a strong statement that it is ready to make a deep run in this year’s NCAA tournament. Playing in near-freezing temperatures, the Cavaliers (19-2) got hot early, tallying three goals in the first 12 minutes and two more in the span of 40 seconds in the 27th minute.
His senior year at Greater Atlanta Christian High School, Virginia freshman forward Isaiah Wilkins averaged a cool 18.2 points, 10.3 rebounds, 3.4 blocks, 2.6 assists and 2.2 steals per game. The stepson of NBA Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins, the Cavaliers’ Wilkins once blocked eight shots in a single high school game.
The No. 10 Virginia wrestling team welcomed No. 23 North Dakota State and Gardner-Webb to Memorial Gymnasium for a pair of Saturday afternoon duels. The short-handed Cavaliers beat the Bison, 20-15, before cruising to a 33-3 victory against the Runnin’ Bulldogs.
Five and a half minutes into the Virginia men’s basketball team’s home opener Sunday night at John Paul Jones Arena, Norfolk State held a 6-5 lead.
The last time the Virginia basketball team played in Harrisonburg, legend Ralph Sampson was in the building following a program-record 30 win season that propelled the Cavaliers to a top-10 ranking entering the season.
The Virginia women’s rowing team wraps up the fall season Sunday with its annual home regatta, the Rivanna Romp. Teams from Louisville, Penn, Old Dominion, Columbia, Oklahoma, Duke and Clemson will travel to Charlottesville to compete in the event. The Cavaliers won both the Varsity Eight and Varsity Four races last year and will field several boats in both races again this year.
On Friday the Virginia women’s volleyball team will look to snap a two-game losing streak and make a final push for the NCAA tournament in a home rivalry matchup against Virginia Tech. Virginia (15-11, 8-5 ACC) has five regular season games left on its schedule – games it can’t afford to lose.
A skinny on weekend competition for the cross country, wrestling, and swim and dive teams. Full previews for the men's basketball, women's basketball, volleyball and women's soccer weekend matchups are also available online.
Ever since the Virginia women’s soccer team arrived at spring camp more than seven months ago, the focus has been on getting back to the NCAA tournament and avenging last season’s heartbreaking College Cup loss to UCLA in penalty kicks. Throughout the regular season, the team spoke of ambitious postseason goals, while reiterating that the next game on the schedule would be the most important.
Virginia men’s basketball coach Tony Bennett announced Wednesday afternoon that the team had signed the bulky Brewster Academy senior forward Jarred Reuter to a National Letter of Intent. Earlier in the day, Virginia women’s basketball coach Joanne Boyle also announced that high school senior post players Debra Ferguson, Moné Jones and Shakyna Payne would all head to Charlottesville for the 2015-16 season.
The Virginia men’s basketball team will tip off its 2014-15 regular season this Friday night at James Madison in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Junior forward Evan Nolte and sophomore guard London Perrantes have been suspended for the game due to violations of team rules over the summer.
