Tuesday night felt like a microcosm of the Virginia baseball season — an overpowering performance fueled by timely offense, shutdown pitching and fundamental defense.
Since Brian O’Connor became head coach at Virginia in 2004, the phrase “in-state rival” has become an oxymoron.
When I picked up my one of my first few copies of the Cavalier Daily upon arriving on Grounds in 2010, it seemed like an innocuous act.
The Virginia softball team bounced back from a rough weekend by sweeping Liberty in a doubleheader Wednesday afternoon. The 7-3 and 7-6 wins give the team some momentum heading into their final regular season series against Virginia Tech.
Now with 103 straight conference victories, the team heads to the ACC Tournament in Cary, NC. The Cavaliers (21-0, 8-0 ACC) have won the tournament eight times since head coach Brian Boland’s arrival. After completing yet another phenomenal season, this weekend could very well mark the ninth title of the Boland era.
Thursday afternoon in Chapel Hill, Virginia (8-8, 1-4 ACC) will play Duke (11-4, 2-3 ACC) for a second time, this time in the ACC Tournament’s first round. The winner will face No. 1 Maryland, the tournament’s top seed, in Friday’s semifinal.
In a year in which the No. 13 Virginia women’s tennis team broke school records, toppled the nations top-ranked team and threatens to make a deep run in the postseason, it heavily relied upon three new faces.
Tuesday night, sophomores provided offensive power early and a young bullpen shut down its opponents late — essentially, an ideal outing for the No. 5 Virginia baseball team.
With the 2013 season nearing its end, the Virginia softball team prepares to bid farewell to a legend.
With the end of the semester just a few weeks away, spring athletic teams are wrapping up their respective seasons and wistfully eyeing the summer that is just around the corner.
NIT quarterfinal games rarely assume any enduring meaning, but Virginia’s loss to Iowa left me with a pervasive sense of sadness. After the game, I heard underclassmen repeatedly reassure themselves to “Just wait until next year.” But for those of us who will be gone next year, that sentiment is somewhat bittersweet. My second and third year, I covered the basketball team for this paper and watched every game from the press area.
Throughout the entire 2012-13 sports season, none of Virginia’s 25 varsity programs have captured a national championship, but within an eight-day span, two of the school’s club teams did the trick. After the women’s polo team ousted Cornell for its second straight national championship April 13, the women’s basketball club survived a mercurial affair with Penn State to claim the national crown this past Sunday. Held in Brookshire, Texas, the USPA National Intercollegiate Polo Championship pitted Virginia against the nemesis Big Red in the final.
The National Lacrosse Hall of Fame inducted five men as its inaugural class in 1957. In fact, in each of the Hall’s first 35 years of existence, only men joined the sport’s most cherished institution.
Ben concludes his tenure at The Cavalier Daily.
After a historic three-game sweep of Florida State, the No. 5 Virginia baseball team looks to continue its success as it hosts Richmond and James Madison in two midweek games. The weekend series against the Seminoles saw one of the most complete performances the Cavaliers (35-6, 16-5 ACC) have put together all season.
The No. 3 Virginia rowing team enjoyed another impressive, if not spectacular, outing at this past weekend’s Clemson Invitational, which featured 19 of the sport’s most prestigious programs.
The Cavaliers lost 10-1 and 10-0 in a doubleheader Saturday and then fell 2-0 Sunday for their ninth consecutive conference loss.
The No. 17 Virginia women’s tennis team ended the regular season on a high note, earning two victories against quality ACC opponents. The Cavaliers shut out No. 32 Florida State Saturday and beat No. 10 Miami 4-1 Sunday.
Behind dazzling starting pitching, Virginia topped Florida State 9-2 and 2-0 in Saturday’s doubleheader, and followed it up with a 5-2 win Sunday to sweep the Seminoles for the first time in program history.
With her father looking on and a Boston Red Sox bracelet around her left wrist, the Shrewsbury, Mass. native claimed the first ACC Women’s Golf individual championship in Cavalier history with a 4-over 217 at Sedgefield Country Club Sunday.
