The top-ranked Virginia women’s soccer team continued its perfect season Sunday, blanking Clemson 3-0 for its seventh shutout of the season to improve to 6-0 in ACC play for the first time in school history.
The No. 4 Virginia field hockey team split a pair of games in New York this weekend, falling to No. 5 Syracuse before defeating No. 12 Albany. The Cavaliers allowed five goals in the two games, the most in any two-game stretch all season.
Virginia has been flagged 35 times this season for 278 yards. The team earned 13 of those penalties Saturday, setting them back 93 yards on the field, but far further in actuality.
The Cavaliers won their fourth game in a row and extended their unbeaten run to six games with a virtuoso performance. Virginia scored its most goals in a conference game since 2008 and held the Panthers without a shot on goal to win the first ACC matchup between the two teams.
Defensive miscues and careless penalties gave Ball State (5-1, 2-0 MAC) good field position and the Cardinals took advantage, pulling away in the third quarter as the Cavaliers (2-3, 0-1 ACC) failed to provide many answers. “It was embarrassing,” coach Mike London said.
Previews for all the Virginia teams in action this weekend.
The fourth and final installment in The Cavalier Daily’s examination of Virginia’s strong recent recruiting record.
Going into the week’s practices, Virginia head coach Mike London went to work on his offense, scrambling the offensive line and promoting young receivers to try and jumpstart productivity. Sophomore quarterback David Watford, however, refused to pin the Cavaliers’ offensive woes on anyone other than himself.
An outside hitter-turned-libero, senior Emily Rottman has been one of the only constants on the court for the Cavaliers throughout the past three-plus seasons.
The football program has a number of problems to address; the other sports just more victories to collect. So, in the vein of rash, crazy solutions to complicated problems, why not put the non-football athletes on the football team? Presenting: The first ever University of Virginia Non-football Football Dream Team!
The No. 4 Virginia field hockey team defeated Radford 5-0 in Charlottesville last night for its third consecutive shutout victory. The Highlanders only took one shot in the game, compared the Cavaliers’ 31.
At this point, the powers that be should just budget 110 minutes for future men’s soccer games between Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth. They might as well mark it a Cavalier victory, as well.
Three weeks ago, freshman linebacker Max Valles was just another name along the Virginia sideline, watching in awe of Oregon’s hypersonic offense. Fast forward to last Saturday and Valles is the Cavaliers’ starting outside linebacker, leading the team with 2.5 sacks against a potent Pittsburgh offense.
Because you can’t spell “elite” without #GoACC, each week we will provide conference-wide football power rankings.
Virginia welcomed Pittsburgh to the ACC with a tale of two teams — the defensive unit and offensive unit.
Transitioning from back from defender to her original position of forward, senior Elly Buckley started her season with the No. 4 Virginia field hockey team with high expectations.
Virginia earned its first ACC win on Saturday in a 2-0 victory against new member Syracuse in the Cavaliers’ fourth conference match of the season.
Saturday was nothing short of a perfect day to run cross country at Panorama Farms. The weather was clear, and the runners responded by putting on a remarkable show for spectators.
With the non-conference slate over, the Virginia volleyball team entered ACC play this weekend. After falling 3-0 on the road against Duke on Friday, the team swept Wake Forest 3-0 in Winston Salem, N.C. on Saturday.
Accustomed to high-scoring affairs, the Cavaliers (11-0-0, 5-0-0 ACC) were held to just one goal against the Terrapins (6-5-0, 2-3-0 ACC), but their defense proved impenetrable as they held on for a 1-0 win, extending their season-opening winning streak to 11 games.
