It was a simple comment on washingtonpost.com that best summed up the past week for Virginia basketball: "There's no shame in losing at Wake Forest; all teams struggle in Winston-Salem.
[caption id="attachment_39824" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior All-American Matt McLean notched two personal victories in the Cavs' most recent conference meet.
[caption id="attachment_39822" align="alignleft" width="157" caption="In Virginia's most recent outing against Wake Forest, sophomore Hana Tomlhanovic clinched a 6-1,6-1 victory against sophomore Kathryn Talbert.
[caption id="attachment_39753" align="alignleft" width="169" caption="After a strong start to the season, coach Tony Bennett and the Virginia basketball team find themselves sorely in need of a victory Wednesday.
Unlike most of the other Wahoo faithful walking back from the Virginia-Wake Forest basketball game Saturday, I found myself in a surprisingly good mood following the Demon Deacons' first ACC win of the season.
I may be preaching to the choir, given that my readers are allegedly "sports fans," but it bears repeating that the student fan base here at Virginia is subpar.
[caption id="attachment_39749" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Coach Eileen Schmidt guided the 2010 Virginia softball team to a 13-7 record in conference play and their first-ever NCAA Tournament berth.
[caption id="attachment_39682" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Junior pitcher Danny Hultzen returns to the mound for the Cavaliers after tallying a team-best 11 wins during the 2010 season.
[caption id="attachment_39680" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Former Cavalier midfielder Ben Olsen played 12 seasons with D.C.
[caption id="attachment_39678" align="alignleft" width="210" caption="Freshman Alex Domijan currently ranks as the No.
The Virginia men's swimming and diving team emerged from this weekend's dual road meet against Pittsburgh with its unblemished record intact,
The No. 26 Virginia women's tennis team emerged from its first conference match of the year with a 5-2 victory against No.
The Virginia women's basketball team lost its sixth conference game of the season, 84-74, against Clemson at Littlejohn Coliseum Sunday afternoon. Against the Tigers (10-13, 3-5 ACC), the Cavaliers rallied back from a 19-point deficit late in the first half but still trailed 42-29 at halftime.
[caption id="attachment_39555" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Junior center Assane Sene recorded his first double-double as a Cavalier with 15 points and 13 rebounds against Wake Forest, but his second straight productive game failed to fuel a Virginia victory against the Demon Deacons.
[caption id="attachment_39553" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Virginia sophomore Stephen Doty literally stepped up for the Cavaliers against Princeton by winning a 6-1 decision in the 197-pound weight class - two classes above his norm - to cap the team's overall victory.
[caption id="attachment_39551" align="alignleft" width="208" caption="No. 27-ranked senior Michael Shabaz earned a hard-fought singles victory and teamed up with junior Drew Courtney for a comfortable doubles win against Cornell.
[caption id="attachment_39519" align="alignleft" width="178" caption="Coach Tony Bennett was frustrated with his team's defensive performance.
With less than 10 minutes to play in last night's game, Virginia was exceeding expectations. The Cavaliers were holding Jordan Williams - Maryland's do-it-all forward and the ACC's fifth leading scorer - to a measly two points.
[caption id="attachment_39523" align="alignleft" width="262" caption="Junior forward Chelsea Shine leads the team with 11.2 points per game.
Consistently inconsistent. That's the best way to describe the 2010-11 Virginia wrestling team's season thus far. One week the Cavaliers (14-5, 2-0 ACC) come out and dismantle an opponent and the next they let up just enough to allow a weaker team get the better of them.
