Few jobs are as prestigious as being a professional sports player. Fewer jobs require the same level of unceasing physical and mental exertion. Two former Virginia stars, basketball player Mike Scott and football player LaRoy Reynolds, are putting in the effort and living the life so many people wish they could have.
Thus far in the young fall season, the No. 2 Virginia women’s soccer team has utterly dominated every team on its schedule.
Though still early in the season, the No. 5 Virginia field hockey team is already shaping up to be an offensive juggernaut and national championship contender. The team will look to carry its recent momentum into a midweek home matchup Wednesday evening against Richmond.
Heralded entering the season for its depth, the ACC has earned praise in the first two weeks instead for the sterling accomplishments of its consensus best three teams.
After winning its first six games, the No. 4 Virginia women’s soccer team could not have opened the season any better. The Cavaliers tallied 25 total goals while only allowing three, as they dominated all six non-conference opponents they faced.
On June 28, 2013, I was on SportsCenter. Or rather, my feet were. My summer internship with the San Francisco Giants’ AA-affiliate and my home team, the Richmond Flying Squirrels, landed me and my awesome pig-chasing shoes a spot on the program’s infamous Not Top 10.
In its first taste of action in 2013, the Virginia men’s golf team found success in Sugar Grove, Ill. with a second place finish at the Northern Intercollegiate. Junior Denny McCarthy paced the Cavaliers with a fourth place individual finish at 2-under.
The No. 7 Virginia field hockey team improved to a perfect 4-0 on the season this past weekend with road wins against Yale and No.
The Virginia volleyball team competed in the Pepperdine Invitational in Malibu, Calif. this weekend, dropping a pair of 3-1 decisions to Colorado State and Pepperdine before posting a 3-2 comeback against UC Santa Barbara to close out the tournament. Although the Cavaliers (4-2) only went 1-2 on the weekend, freshman Haley Kole had something of a coming-out party.
Last season, the Virginia men’s soccer team graduated only two seniors and featured a team that had 18 freshmen and sophomores.
Following the Virginia football team’s blowout loss to Oregon, I was feeling burned out as a sports fan. The rest of my weekend—consisting of running into Virginia basketball players and watching Week 1 NFL action—has me feeling re-energized.
The No. 5 Virginia women’s soccer team added two more blowout victories to its resume this weekend, closing non-conference play with a perfect 6-0 record for the first time since 2004.
A crowd of 58,502 was on hand to witness the brutal 59-10 thrashing No. 2 Oregon doled out to Virginia Saturday afternoon, the largest crowd at Scott Stadium since a 38-0 blowout loss to Virginia Tech in the final game of the 2011 season. That fact was not lost on many of the Cavalier players.
Oregon’s speed and athleticism were on full display from kickoff Saturday, as the No. 2 Ducks’ (2-0) Marcus Mariota and De’Anthony Thomas repeatedly gashed the Virginia (1-1) defense in a 49-point drubbing at Scott Stadium.
The Cavaliers (1-2-0) were fell to physical Clemson (3-0-0), 2-0, in their third game of the season.
“The Skinny” for football, men’s and women’s soccer, field hockey and volleyball games this weekend.
U.Va. Student Body: Thank you for your support last Saturday at Scott Stadium! Your energy and enthusiasm were crucial to the team’s success in our victory over BYU. After a great start to the season, we need to keep our momentum going this weekend.
In the nearly 20 years since Nike co-founder Phil Knight first approached the Oregon athletic department and endeavored to build a previously staid football program in his company’s own image and likeness, the Ducks have adopted a provocative, dynamic visual style which has triggered a revolution in how college football teams and what they wear function as branding vehicles.
Our athlete columnists makes the case for loving—or at least not hating—Johnny Football.
Ask a member of the Virginia men’s soccer team, coach or player, about Jeff Gal, and he will likely describe the sophomore goalkeeper’s “presence.”
