Cavaliers demolish Terrapins
By Daniel Weltz | February 10, 2013The Virginia men’s basketball team carried its momentum from last week’s historic defeat of Clemson Thursday into College Park Sunday, beating Maryland 80-69.
The Virginia men’s basketball team carried its momentum from last week’s historic defeat of Clemson Thursday into College Park Sunday, beating Maryland 80-69.
The Cavaliers rewrote the record books in their 78-41 demolition of Clemson Thursday night, earning their most lopsided conference win since March 11, 1983 and setting a John Paul Jones Arena record with their 13th straight home victory.
After a tumultuous offseason for the Virginia football program marked by the termination of four coaches, the transfer of junior quarterback Michael Rocco and the departure of offensive coordinator Bill Lazor for the Philadelphia Eagles, Cavalier fans finally have something to cheer about.
The Virginia women’s basketball team has been impressive at home this season, winning nine of 11 games including its first four in ACC play.
The No. 11 Virginia wrestling team welcomes Appalachian State and Old Dominion this weekend for its final regular season matches as it looks to extend a four-game winning streak and gain momentum before postseason play. The Cavaliers (13-3, 4-1 ACC) earned a thrilling 21-19 win against Maryland Feb.
The Virginia men’s basketball team’s matchup against Clemson Thursday presents an opportunity to earn two different types of redemption.
This Friday, 16 of the country’s top women’s tennis programs will converge on the courts of Charlottesville’s Boar’s Head Sports Club.
At certain points this season, such as the first half of its 66-60 loss to Georgia Tech last Sunday, the Virginia men’s basketball team has resembled an ACC juggernaut.
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of watching a Harbaugh lose the Super Bowl and witnessing Ray Lewis finally call it quits.
With less than two minutes left in the second half of Sunday’s game, senior forward Telia McCall hit a free throw.
Virginia men’s tennis standouts junior Alex Domijan, senior Jarmere Jenkins and freshman Mac Styslinger competed this past weekend in the qualifying rounds of the Challenger of Dallas, a USTA Pro Circuit event with a $100,000 purse.
Former Virginia stars Ahmad Brooks and Cam Johnson represented the Cavaliers in Sunday’s Super Bowl, both playing linebacker for the losing San Francisco 49ers. Starting alongside Pro Bowlers Patrick Willis and Navorro Bowman, Brooks registered five tackles in the 49ers’ 31-34 defeat to the Baltimore Ravens.
Virginia graduate student Catherine White capped a sensational cross country season Saturday with a 22nd place finish at the USA Cross Country Championships 8k race in St.
It is 5:30 p.m. Sunday. I’m somehow still exceedingly hungover , and for the last five hours I have been switching channels back and forth between Super Bowl pregame drivel, the Hoos falling apart against Georgia Tech and the Puppy Bowl.
For a team in need of statement wins, the Virginia women’s basketball team certainly sent the wrong kind of statement Sunday evening.
The No. 11 Virginia wrestling team capped off ACC regular season competition with an exhilarating 21-19 win against Maryland in College Park.
The No. 12 Virginia women’s tennis team defeated in-state rival No. 47 Virginia Commonwealth 5-2 Friday afternoon in Richmond.
Virginia’s four-game winning streak ended unceremoniously Thursday with a 66-60 road loss to ACC bottom-feeder Georgia Tech.
When the No. 12 Virginia women’s tennis team welcomed Emily Fraser to its coaching staff as a volunteer assistant last Friday, the Cavaliers ensured that the recently-graduated standout’s positive contributions to the program would not end with her playing days.
Fresh victories at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Kick-Off last weekend, the No. 1 Virginia men’s tennis team will send four players to compete in the Challenger of Dallas tournament this weekend.