Sunday marked the first official day of fall: the season of leaf piles, pumpkin spice and — of course — football. Many people probably spent the day the same way, with a little bit of time spent on work and a lot more time spent on football. Add a flannel shirt and a pot of chili and there’s nothing better, right?
“When it rains, it pours.” That was the theme for Virginia this past weekend as they took down the Virginia Military Institute with an offensive onslaught that racked up 580 offensive yards.
The Virginia men’s soccer team seeks to end a second opponent’s undefeated start as they take on Providence Tuesday.
The No. 24 women’s golf team finished No. 11 at the Mason Rudolph Championship in Franklin, Tenn. this weekend, as UCLA ran away with a 20-stroke victory at the tournament, hosted by Vanderbilt. In Friday’s opening round, Virginia started out No.
The No. 11 Virginia men’s golf team showed two sides of its game this weekend at the Collegiate Challenge Cup in Nashville, Tennessee, finishing sixth in the tournament’s stroke play portion and defeating Texas A&M in Sunday’s match play portion. The competitors played two rounds of golf Friday at The Golf Club of Tennessee for a combined 36 holes.
The No. 4 Virginia hockey team split a pair of weekend matches against two highly ranked opponents, falling to No. 1 North Carolina 2-1 Friday before defeating No. 13 Northwestern by the same score Sunday.
Through two weeks, football fans have been treated to an interesting start to the NFL season. The main takeaway so far is that 2013’s been a season filled with both certainty and uncertainty.
The No. 1 Virginia women’s soccer team took care of business in Pittsburgh Sunday afternoon, downing the Panthers 3-1 to move to 9-0 for the first time since 2004.
During an afternoon when sophomore quarterback David Watford looked to be off his mark early — throwing a pair of first quarter interceptions — Virginia needed a catalyst to kick-start its offense. The Cavaliers found what they were looking for and then some in their rushing attack, running for over 300 yards for the first time since 2004.
In the two weeks between Virginia’s 59-10 loss to Oregon and its matchup against Virginia Military Institute, Mike London had talked at length about the Cavaliers needing to find their identity on the field. Through one quarter Saturday, it looked as though Virginia was having an identity crisis.
With the announcer counting down from ten, the ball scooted by N.C. State senior goalkeeper Fabian Otte, careened off the right post to Virginia junior defender Matt Brown and found its way into an open net with six second remaining for a 3-3 tie.
The No. 1 Virginia women’s soccer team survived its first scare of the season Thursday, edging Boston College in come-from-behind fashion, 2-1.
“The skinny” on Virginia football, men’s and women’s soccer, field hockey and volleyball weekend games.
Current Bayside High School star safety Quin Blanding arrived in Charlottesville Aug. 31 to watch his childhood friends play college football.
Senior defensive tackle Brent Urban is a gentle giant for the Cavaliers. But there is nothing gentle about his on-field prowess, as some professional scouts are beginning to notice.
Another day, another NCAA scandal. There’s an ongoing trend today in the collegiate sports world of big name Universities coming under fire for breaking NCAA violations.
The top-ranked Virginia women’s soccer team will be hitting the road for the first time this season when it travels to Newton, Mass.
Monday morning at the practice field next to Klöcker Stadium underneath an overcast sky, Virginia junior defender Kyler Sullivan shared one of the Cavaliers’ goals for the season: “make Klöckner a fortress.”
From an incredible one-handed catch against Penn State that put the Virginia football team in a position to kick a game-winning field goal, to a clutch game-winning catch against Miami in the back of the endzone, junior tight end Jake McGee had his fair share of highlights in last year’s otherwise disappointing football season. He continued to shine in spite of an overall dismal offensive outing against Oregon, snagging eight passes, twice as many as his previous single-game best. In doing so, McGee has emerged as one of the anchors of the Cavalier offense.
Because you can’t spell “elite” without #GoACC, each week we will provide conference-wide football power rankings.
