Disappointing season ends with bitter loss vs. Virginia Tech
By Peter Nance | November 26, 2012The Virginia volleyball team brought a tumultuous season to a disappointing end Friday, suffering a sweep to Virginia Tech.
The Virginia volleyball team brought a tumultuous season to a disappointing end Friday, suffering a sweep to Virginia Tech.
Whether or not you identify with Gang Green fans, you have almost certainly heard their signature chant.
The Virginia basketball team continued its improved play in the NIT Season Tip-Consolation at John Paul Jones Arena, earning wins against Lamar and North Texas in the last week.
The No. 17 Virginia wrestling team lost a blowout match to No. 12 Virginia Tech 25-6 in Blacksburg, Virginia Sunday in the Cavaliers’ ACC opener. Only two Cavaliers (6-2, 0-1 ACC) won matches against the team’s Coastal-division rival.
In many senses, the Virginia coaching staff’s collective brain fart at the conclusion of the Cavaliers’ 17-14 loss to Virginia Tech precipitated an unjust ending to a hard-fought game and season.
Fans should look beyond in-game decisions in evaluating college coaches.
Cody Journell kicked a 29-yard field goal as time expired to clinch a 17-14 Virginia Tech win against Virginia and the squad’s ninth straight Commonwealth Cup.
For those naïve enough to believe that conference realignment had ended — and let me be clear, I am one of you — the news that Maryland and Rutgers were leaving their respective conferences for the Big Ten likely jolted you Monday morning.
The Virginia cross-country team Saturday posted its best NCAA championships performance since 2008. The men’s team finished 14th and graduate students Zach Gates and Catherine White earned All-American honors.
The No. 17 Virginia wrestling team fell to No. 4 Iowa Friday for its first loss of the season, splitting matches at the UTC Duals in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Each Thanksgiving we reflect on the things for which we are grateful. Most people give thanks for a loving, caring family, a successful year at work, good friends and good health — all things people are undoubtedly blessed to receive.
The Virginia volleyball team fell this weekend at NC State and No. 24 North Carolina, stalling its momentum before its season-ending match against archrival Virginia Tech Friday.
Providence junior wing Danielle Pearson shook her head in frustration. She had just thrown an entry pass between her teammate’s legs for the Friars’ ninth turnover of the first half.
Junior guard Joe Harris did not wait long to reestablish himself as the Virginia basketball team’s most prolific scorer.
Maryland University announced today it will join the Big Ten and depart from the conference it once helped found.
The Virginia men’s soccer team fell 3-1 to New Mexico Sunday evening in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, ending the team’s season.
The NCAA Tournament run by the No. 2 seed Virginia women’s soccer team ended this weekend with a loss in the third round at home to Duke, 3-1.
The No. 10 Virginia women’s swimming and diving team defeated Penn State and No. 14 Indiana in this weekend’s tri-meet in Bloomington, Ind.
Junior forward Akil Mitchell finished with 14 points and a career-high 16 rebounds to lead the Cavaliers to a blowout 83-43 win, their largest victory under coach Tony Bennett. He completed his double-double before the end of the first half, finishing the opening period with 10 points and 12 rebounds—one more than the Redhawks’ team total of 11.
As almost anyone who regularly follows sports pundits or really digs the history of quantum of physics surely knows, Albert Einstein famously defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.