What a difference a week makes. The Virginia men?s soccer team erased its painful memories of its first two games by collecting two victories this weekend.The Cavaliers left Fairfax Friday night with a thrilling 3-2 double-overtime, come-from-behind victory over George Mason and then blew past Hofstra 4-2 Sunday evening at Kl
A week after playing one of the best teams in the country, Virginia stood toe-to-toe with a team Saturday that wasn?t even in its division.
3-0.In case you missed it, this was the score of the Virginia-Richmond game after the first three-plus quarters, before the Cavs blew it open at the end of the fourth to a 16-0 shutout.
If you wanted to see a dominating performance by a Virginia sports team this weekend, University Hall Turf Field was the place to be.
The Virginia volleyball team traveled across the country to play in the Denver Tournament this weekend.
Last Saturday?s thorough 52-7 shellacking by Southern California provided more questions than answers for the Virginia football team.
Redemption can mean deliverance, rescue or, perhaps, what Virginia sports fans will be looking for this weekend.Tonight, the Virginia men?s soccer team will travel to Fairfax, Va.
The Virginia women?s soccer team will begin its away season today, traveling to Athens, Ga. to take on Georgia and Auburn in two games of the Georgia Nike Invitational.
The Virginia women?s field hockey team heads into the weekend 2-0 (0-0 ACC) and ranked No. 11 in the country by the STX/NFHCA Division 1 Coaches Poll.
This Saturday the defending ACC-champion Virginia cross country team will host the Lou Onesty Invitational at Panorama Farms, an early-season event in which the Cavaliers traditionally compete against in-state rivals such as William & Mary and VCU.Virginia will look to open the season with a strong performance by both the men and women at the event, which is scheduled to start at 10 a.m.?This will be the first opportunity for our cross country team to compete,? Virginia coach Jason Vigilante said.
Calling audibles is a part of football. Throughout this entire week, New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton and general manager Mickey Loomis have been forced to call a number of them.When news broke that Hurricane Gustav was going to hit New Orleans harder than any middle linebacker, Payton and Loomis made plans to relocate the team to Indianapolis, Ind.
Last season, the Virginia women?s soccer team had one of the best defenses in the country. With a nation-best 0.40 goals allowed per game, the Cavaliers managed to pull off 14 shutouts and allowed only 10 goals all season.
The accomplishments Virginia women?s volleyball coach Lee Maes and his teams achieved while he was the head assistant coach at Nebraska are numerous and impressive: a national championship, three conference championships and 13 All-Americans.Now in his first season as the head coach of the Cavaliers, Maes hopes to bring similar accolades to Virginia.?Our expectation every season is to have the opportunity to compete for the ACC Championship with the goal of also earning an NCAA berth,? Maes said.
Neil Sedaka is wrong. Breaking up isn?t hard to do ? at least not with an NBA team.My divorce from the Dallas Mavericks was quick and painless, a Spears-ian annulment that allowed us to go our separate ways.
The Virginia women?s field hockey team, currently No. 11 in the nation, is looking to make its third consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament despite fielding a very young team this season Luckily for the Cavaliers, two talented first years, midfielder Paige Selenski and midfielder/defender Michelle Vittese are already making a big impact.Both Vittese and Selenski are seasoned beyond their years because of their experience in national and international competition.
I?m sure most college sports fans can tell you what George Mason did in 2006: It made an unlikely run to the Final Four.
Senior Yannick Reyering has made many big kicks in his athletic career.Saturday, however, the ball was not quite as round, and he had nearly 65,000 eyes on him.In Virginia?s football home opener against USC Saturday, Reyering, a former Cavalier men?s soccer star, made his debut for the football team as the starting placekicker.
The Virginia women?s soccer team finished its opening three-game home stand by defeating Liberty 5-0 and Virginia Commonwealth 5-0 Friday and Sunday, respectively.
Goalkeeper ? it?s the last line of defense and, in many cases, the most important. The Virginia men?s soccer team has two capable and experienced goalkeepers.
So, maybe Saturday?s 52-7 drubbing wasn?t the most fun football game you ever watched. But things could have been worse.
