As the Virginia women’s basketball team prepares to host Louisiana Tech Saturday, it is quickly discovering the benefits of a deep rotation.
Another week, another loss. Another football season all but gone down the drain, and the fans are screaming for the coach’s head. This sounds familiar. Before Mike London’s arrival in Charlottesville, Virginia fans were equally outraged with then-head coach Al Groh.
It was supposed to be a clash of in-state powerhouses, with the result decided by the team that dictated the pace. Instead, the referees took center stage Tuesday night.
One shot was all there was time for. Virginia Commonwealth’s Treveon Graham corralled a pass from fellow guard Rob Brandenburg and heaved a desperation 3-pointer from what seemed to be thirty feet out.
Monday morning, Virginia men’s soccer coach George Gelnovatch had his Cavaliers finish up practice with three penalty kick shootouts, requesting that his players approach the trial rounds with in-game intensity. The next day, Virginia’s focused preparation paid tangible dividends, as sophomore midfielder Todd Wharton converted his penalty kick in the 94th minute to propel the No. 12 Cavaliers to a 1-0 overtime victory at No. 9 Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament Quarterfinals.
No. 14 Virginia wrestling headed to Salem, Va. for the Hokie Duels against Virginia Military Institute, Kent State and No. 20 Wisconsin. The Cavaliers (5-1) won two of their three matches, but fell to the Badgers in heartbreaking fashion.
Five and a half minutes remained in the first half when freshman forward Amanda Fioravanti checked into the Virginia women’s basketball team’s home opener against High Point on Tuesday night.
The No. 1 women’s soccer team and the No. 4 field hockey team each earned at-large bids to their respective NCAA tournaments.
The ACC Men’s Soccer Tournament first round fixture between Virginia and Wake Forest is becoming something of a tradition.
After going all of last year unranked, the No. 25 Virginia men’s basketball team will enter their matchup against No. 14 Virginia Commonwealth University looking to make an early season statement.
The Virginia women’s tennis team concluded its fall season this weekend with play at the UNC Team Invitational and the ITA National Indoors.
Opening the action Friday, the Cavaliers (15-11, 8-6 ACC) fell 3-1 to reigning ACC champion Florida State. However, they bounced back the next night to beat Miami 3-1 in a match that saw three sets need extra points.
Virginia coughed up possession 17 times, registered just eight assists and was outrebounded 49 to 26 to lose its season-opener for the first time since 2004.
The Cavalier women won seven of the 17 events and the men won just one of the 17 events. Overall, coach Augie Busch was pleased with the results, but he thought his team still left something to be desired.
The No. 15 Virginia men’s soccer team finished the regular season with a 1-0 overtime win against conference foe Boston College Friday night at Klöckner Stadium to secure the six seed in the ACC Tournament.
Virginia (2-8, 0-6 ACC) entered Saturday’s contest against North Carolina (4-5, 3-3 ACC) searching for answers. Instead, the Cavaliers suffered another blowout loss to extend its losing streak to seven games, the program’s longest single-season skid since 1981.
As coach Tony Bennett enters his fifth season at the University with sky-high expectations, here are five takeaways from Virginia’s sloppy season-opening victory.
In his first game since missing all of last season with a foot injury, redshirt sophomore guard Malcolm Brogdon finished with nine points on 3-of-4 3-point shooting to lead Virginia to a season opening 61-41 win against James Madison Friday night.
The top-ranked Virginia women’s soccer team suffered its first defeat of the season Friday in the semifinal round of the ACC tournament against rival Virginia Tech, 4-2.
Bullying is taking place in the NFL. I never thought I would say those words, but believe it or not, bullying is this week’s hot topic in sports.
