The No. 4 Virginia hockey team split a pair of weekend matches against two highly ranked opponents, falling to No. 1 North Carolina 2-1 Friday before defeating No. 13 Northwestern by the same score Sunday.
Through two weeks, football fans have been treated to an interesting start to the NFL season. The main takeaway so far is that 2013’s been a season filled with both certainty and uncertainty.
The No. 1 Virginia women’s soccer team took care of business in Pittsburgh Sunday afternoon, downing the Panthers 3-1 to move to 9-0 for the first time since 2004.
During an afternoon when sophomore quarterback David Watford looked to be off his mark early — throwing a pair of first quarter interceptions — Virginia needed a catalyst to kick-start its offense. The Cavaliers found what they were looking for and then some in their rushing attack, running for over 300 yards for the first time since 2004.
In the two weeks between Virginia’s 59-10 loss to Oregon and its matchup against Virginia Military Institute, Mike London had talked at length about the Cavaliers needing to find their identity on the field. Through one quarter Saturday, it looked as though Virginia was having an identity crisis.
With the announcer counting down from ten, the ball scooted by N.C. State senior goalkeeper Fabian Otte, careened off the right post to Virginia junior defender Matt Brown and found its way into an open net with six second remaining for a 3-3 tie.
The No. 1 Virginia women’s soccer team survived its first scare of the season Thursday, edging Boston College in come-from-behind fashion, 2-1.
“The skinny” on Virginia football, men’s and women’s soccer, field hockey and volleyball weekend games.
Current Bayside High School star safety Quin Blanding arrived in Charlottesville Aug. 31 to watch his childhood friends play college football.
Senior defensive tackle Brent Urban is a gentle giant for the Cavaliers. But there is nothing gentle about his on-field prowess, as some professional scouts are beginning to notice.
Another day, another NCAA scandal. There’s an ongoing trend today in the collegiate sports world of big name Universities coming under fire for breaking NCAA violations.
The top-ranked Virginia women’s soccer team will be hitting the road for the first time this season when it travels to Newton, Mass.
Monday morning at the practice field next to Klöcker Stadium underneath an overcast sky, Virginia junior defender Kyler Sullivan shared one of the Cavaliers’ goals for the season: “make Klöckner a fortress.”
From an incredible one-handed catch against Penn State that put the Virginia football team in a position to kick a game-winning field goal, to a clutch game-winning catch against Miami in the back of the endzone, junior tight end Jake McGee had his fair share of highlights in last year’s otherwise disappointing football season. He continued to shine in spite of an overall dismal offensive outing against Oregon, snagging eight passes, twice as many as his previous single-game best. In doing so, McGee has emerged as one of the anchors of the Cavalier offense.
Because you can’t spell “elite” without #GoACC, each week we will provide conference-wide football power rankings.
In “Jurassic Park,” Dr. Alan Grant and his comrades first encounter the Tyrannosaurus Rex well before the movie’s climax. They survive the attack — or at least the good guys do — and breathe easy for a bit. But of course, the drama is far from over. Though smaller and lacking the brute force of the T-rex, the Velociraptors prove to be a deadly challenge in their own right.
Coach Mike London knows the team has much work to do entering the bye week at 1-1, but he also understands that the team needs to put those first two games of the season in context.
After two consecutive losses, the Virginia men’s soccer returns to Charlottesville Tuesday for a meeting with George Mason, who leave Fairfax for the first time this season.
The No. 2 Virginia women’s soccer team has had a perfect season so far, overpowering seven straight opponents.
“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” Scrawled across the pop-up that welcomed visitors to the USA Rugby website last week, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s famous words emphasized the scene surrounding them: a woman, rugby ball in hand, striving for a “try.” A woman, defying proper decorum, if you accept the ad’s implication.
