Women's soccer advances to College Cup
By Ryan Taylor | December 1, 2013The No. 1 and top-seeded Virginia women’s soccer team defeated Michigan Friday to earn a trip to the College Cup for the first time since 1991.
The No. 1 and top-seeded Virginia women’s soccer team defeated Michigan Friday to earn a trip to the College Cup for the first time since 1991.
With a 16-6 loss to Virginia Tech in Charlottesville, Virginia has now dropped nine straight games to finish the season 2-10 and winless in ACC play for the first time since 1981.
Following a 75-53 drubbing of Liberty, the Virginia men’s basketball team will look to extend their winning streak to four games when they take on Hampton.
The Virginia swim and dive team broke seven school records and three conference records as the team competed at the Ohio State Invite on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. After leading heading into the final day of competition, the No.
John Paul Jones Arena had the atmosphere of a heavyweight prizefight Sunday when the No. 15 Virginia wrestling team took on No.
Across every sport at the University of Virginia, few achievements can match the feeling of beating the rivals from Blacksburg.
On a frigid evening in Charlottesville Sunday, the No. 1 Virginia women’s soccer team shut out Wake Forest, 2-0, in the NCAA Tournament’s third round after beating Georgetown 1-0 two days ago to advance.
The Virginia women’s basketball team had its three-game win streak halted Sunday evening at West Virginia, 68-58.
For the first time since winning the national championship in 2009, the Cavaliers advanced to the NCAA Tournament’s second weekend by quelling St. Johns, 2-0, on a sunny yet cold day in Charlottesville.
In cold and muddy conditions, the No. 10 Virginia women placed ninth and the 22nd-ranked men finished 13th in Terre Haute, Ind.
For the first time all season, the Cavaliers harnessed their enviable depth during a clinical display of selfless team play.
Using a 20-0 second-half barrage, the Cavaliers quickly dispelled any possibility of an embarrassing early-season upset and put the game away, cruising to a 75-53 win against Liberty Saturday.
It took just six seconds for Miami to take an early lead on the Virginia football team, when sophomore cornerback Tracy Howard snagged the first of sophomore quarterback David Watford’s three interceptions and returned it 19 yards for a touchdown. Virginia would eventually fall 45-26 and suffer its eighth consecutive defeat.
The No. 1 Virginia women’s soccer team was able to grind out a 1-0 victory against a tough, defensive-minded Georgetown team in the second round of the NCAA tournament Friday at Klöckner Stadium.
“The Skinny” on weekend matchups for football, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s basketball, volleyball, wrestling and swim and dive.
The quest to obtain that next trophy begins Sunday, when the No. 9 and eighth-seeded Cavaliers host the winner of Thursday’s NCAA Tournament first round matchup between Delaware and St. John’s in a second round match at Klöckner Stadium.
David Watford has found himself at the center of much of the criticism leveled at the Virginia team.
The No. 1 seeded Virginia women’s soccer team returns to NCAA Tournament action Friday against Georgetown. Both squads are coming off shutout victories in their first-round matches against Saint Francis and La Salle, respectively.
After consecutive victories against Davidson and Navy, the Virginia men’s basketball team is working to regain its stride after suffering its first loss last week at the hands of No. 12 Virginia Commonwealth. The Cavaliers seek to continue that stride when they face Liberty at John Paul Jones Arena Saturday at 4 p.m. in the first round of the Corpus Christi Challenge.
As the 15-week fall season comes to a close, both the No. 22 men’s team and the No. 10 women’s team will compete against the nation’s best at Saturday’s NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind. Led by Zach Gates, Virginia finished 14th when they first attended the race in 2012.