On a gorgeous day Saturday in front of 6,787 fans, Klöckner Stadium’s largest crowd of the year, the No. 18 Virginia men’s lacrosse team continued its recent slide against No. 4 North Carolina, falling 10-7. The loss marks the first five-game losing streak in coach Dom Starsia’s 21-year career at Virginia and the program’s first since 1966.
On a chilly Saturday at Scott Stadium, a Virginia football team surrounded by questions suited up for their annual Orange & Blue intra-squad scrimmage. Over the course of the game – an 18-15 win by the Orange team – some aspects of the coming year began to come into focus, while others may remain a mystery right up until the end of the summer.
Within the ACC, the No. 1 Virginia men’s tennis team encounters few real threats. With the exception of their conference opener, a thrilling 4-3 win over No.
The No. 11 Virginia women’s lacrosse team finds itself in the final fortnight of its 2013 regular season, a saga of highs, lows, and in-betweens spanning from mid-February.
The scorching No. 18 Virginia women’s tennis team will look to continue its recently dominant play this weekend as it faces two conference foes in Wake Forest and No. 44 N.C. State, followed by one non-conference match against East Tennessee State.
The Cavaliers overcame an uneven outing by freshman starter Trey Oest, a rash of hard-luck double plays and a powerful showing by the Virginia Military Institute offense to escape with an 8-6 victory at Davenport Field.
In a Wednesday evening doubleheader in Fairfax, Va., the Virginia softball team hammered George Mason 8-0 and 15-3, each in five innings. At the plate, the Cavaliers tallied 19 hits and had a team batting average of .388. On the mound, senior pitcher Melanie Mitchell broke the Virginia all-time record for career wins with 75.
The No. 18 Virginia men’s lacrosse team will look to secure its first ACC win and make a statement against No. 4 North Carolina Saturday, after a 9-7 home loss against No. 1 Maryland in its conference opener dropped the Cavaliers to 5-5 on the season.
Commercial breaks between NCAA Tournament games often depict unrealistic scenes. AT&T squeezes Larry Bird, Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson into preschool-sized chairs.
Sophomore Mitchell Frank arrived in Charlottesville in 2011 as the No. 2 tennis recruit in the nation, and immediately began making noise.
The No. 8 Virginia baseball team continued its midweek dominance against Liberty Tuesday, allowing just one hit in a 2-0 win against the Flames.
The Virginia men’s and women’s track and field teams put forth an impressive showing at the Virginia Invitational at Lannigan Field last Saturday. 12 Cavaliers won individual events and both teams finished the day in second place.
Something I’ve noticed about sports coverage lately is just how fast it moves. The 24-hour news cycle and the widespread accessibility of information via the Internet and social media outlets have made sports news a constant, stream-of-consciousness flow.
After its first ACC series-win of the season, the Virginia softball team will travel to Fairfax, Va. to play George Mason in a Wednesday doubleheader.
Tuesday afternoon in Washington D.C., the No. 11 Virginia women’s lacrosse team bounced back from a disappointing weekend loss to ACC-rival Boston College with a commanding, 16-4 victory against American. The Cavaliers (7-6, 0-4 ACC) scored the first 11 goals of the game and limited the Eagles (5-7, 3-0 Patriot League) to seven shots on goal in just the second meeting ever between the two programs.
Sunday at Davenport Field, the No. 6 Virginia baseball team found itself in a rare position — the losing end of a game.
The No. 1 Virginia men’s tennis cruised through the first game of a three-match road stretch with a 7-0 victory at Boston College Saturday.
The Virginia men’s swimming and diving team finished its season over the weekend with a 27th place finish at the NCAA Championships in Indianapolis. Six Cavaliers earned honorable mention All-American honors at the meet.
The Virginia softball team battled ACC foe Boston College this weekend in Charlottesville, bookending the weekend with 3-2 and 4-1 victories sandwiched around a 3-2 loss.
No. 7 Duke was able to halt the streaking Cavaliers’ 5-match winning streak by a tight 4-3 score Saturday, but Virginia quickly rebounded to knock off the nation’s top-ranked North Carolina squad 4-3 and trample North Carolina Central 6-0 the next day.
