It was the best of teams, it was the worst of teams. We had everything before us, we had nothing before us. I’m not sure if Charles Dickens was trying to warn Virginia football fans about the trying times they would face in his — slightly paraphrased — opening line of “A Tale of Two Cities,” but the immortal words seem to fit the situation quite well.
The No. 6 Virginia (15-3, 3-2 ACC) field hockey team held on for a 4-3 victory against No. 8 Duke (11-4, 2-2 ACC) Friday night in the Cavaliers’ final home game of the regular season. Following the match, Virginia honored its eight-member senior class, including star senior forward Elly Buckley, who scored three goals in the game.
The No. 1 Virginia women’s soccer team concluded its final road trip of the season with a convincing win against No 4 North Carolina Sunday, recording its 10th shutout of the season en route to a 2-0 victory that tied the squad for best start in program history.
Following a pair of shutout losses against North Carolina and N.C. State, coach Dennis Hohenshelt expressed his frustration. “The way they played, I’m embarrassed to say that I’m coaching them because obviously I’m not doing a good job with them to get through to them,” Hohenshelt said.
Despite outshooting Virginia Tech, 37-2, Virginia walked off Thompson Field with a 1-1 draw, a result only made possible when junior midfielder Eric Bird scored a game-tying goal with 34 seconds remaining in regulation. The No. 19 Cavaliers (6-3-4, 2-2-4 ACC) extended their undefeated streak to nine games, but failed once more to earn a win against a moderately imposing ACC opponent.
Leading 22-0 against a talented Blue Devil team, the players might have thought that maybe, at last, they had found their stride. But as with each of the previous three weeks, whatever hope Virginia (2-5, 0-3 ACC) had would prove to be short-lived. Duke (5-2, 1-2 ACC) scored just before halftime, and after the break the wheels fell off.
The No. 1 Virginia women’s soccer team continued its winning ways Thursday when it steamrolled N.C.
Football What: Virginia (2-4, 0-2 ACC) vs. Duke (4-2, 0-2 ACC) When: Saturday, 3:30 p.m. Where: Scott Stadium The Skinny: Junior quarterback Anthony Boone had an impressive return to the Blue Devil squad last week against Navy, throwing for 295 yards and three touchdowns in a 35-7 blowout.
This is probably not where Virginia football coach Mike London wanted to be halfway through the season.
The No. 1 Virginia women’s soccer team needed a break. Coming off a hard-fought, 3-2 double overtime win against No.
When Drew Storen lumbered off the mound during the Washington Nationals’ Game 5 loss in last season’s NLDS against the St.
Three years ago I walked into Scott Stadium and received a giant orange t-shirt. The front read “A New Era of Virginia Football,” an optimistic salute to newly anointed coach Mike London.
A panel of 54 media members pegged Virginia men’s basketball to finish fourth in the revamped ACC Wednesday at the conference’s Operation Basketball media day event in Charlotte.
Both Virginia golf teams were in action over the weekend, as the No. 14 men won the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate in Johnson City, Tenn. and the No. 27 women placed 15th at the Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Virginia football’s recent heartbreaking one-point loss to Maryland was compounded when senior defensive tackle Brent Urban went down with a leg injury. The loss of Urban could not have come at a worse time for the Cavaliers, who are reeling after three straight losses.
The top-ranked Virginia women’s soccer team remained the nation’s only unbeaten and untied team with a 2-0 victory against No. 11 Wake Forest Sunday. It was the first time in four attempts that the Cavaliers were able to depart Winston-Salem victorious.
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Series after series, Virginia drove deep into Terrapin territory, but series after series they were forced to settle for field goals. Maryland (5-1, 1-1 ACC) gladly traded touchdowns for field goals, and a late score was enough to squeak by in a 27-26 win.
The No. 5 Virginia field hockey team narrowly edged No. 6 Boston College in Charlottesville Friday night. The game was locked at 0-0 until junior back Kelsey Leblanc scored a golden goal in double overtime.
The No. 1 Virginia women’s soccer team survived its first overtime scare of the season Thursday. The Cavaliers outlasted fifth-ranked Notre Dame 3-2 in double overtime in front of a record crowd of over 2,800 people. “We got record attendance even with it pouring down rain,” junior midfielder Morgan Brian said.
