Trailing by six points at halftime, Virginia coach Debbie Ryan knew that the Cavaliers needed to change their defensive game plan.
Even though they failed to receive an NCAA at-large bid, the Virginia volleyball team (23-8) has nothing to hang their heads about this season.
For the first time since 2001, Virginia coach Al Groh won't be preparing for a bowl game during the month of December.
Virginia is getting ready to hit the court against Purdue in about 30 minutes. In honor of this important game (and it is an important game,) I am recording my thoughts prior to the start of the game, at halftime and immediately following the game.
So what is it about those Irish? No, no, not the four million people living across the Atlantic. I'm talking about the football team.
Entering the season this year, the Virginia women's basketball team counted their depth as a strength.
The Cavaliers hope to represent the ACC well and defend their top 25 ranking tonight as they face-off against Purdue on the third night of the eighth annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
With their season complete before December for the first time since 2001, the Virginia football team certainly has its fair share of problems to solve.
Well, we didn't finish this picks column on the highest of highs (2-3 two weeks ago), but at least it wasn't so bad it prompted people to call in wailing, "I had a life!" What a fun fall to pick games.
Virginia women's soccer coach Steve Swanson has just one regret about this year's season: that the team's 12-8-2 record does not accurately reflect the talent and effort of his players. "What I'll take away is how I thought the team improved and continued to improve from start to finish," Swanson said.
As many University students were just getting back into the swing of things after Thanksgiving break Sunday, the Virginia men's basketball team looked as if it was in mid-season form with a dominant win over Maryland Eastern Shore 104-63, preserving an undefeated record. The Cavaliers were led by senior forward Jason Cain, who turned in a stellar performance and finished with 22 points and eight rebounds.
BLACKSBURG -- A week after finishing off the home portion of its schedule with a convincing 17-0 win over Miami, the Virginia football team traveled to Virginia Tech and laid another egg on the road as the Cavaliers were shut out by the Hokies 17-0 in front of a crowd of 66,233 at Lane Stadium. Virginia (5-7, 4-4 ACC) finished its season one win short of attaining bowl eligibility.
My biggest concern as I headed down to what felt like the end of the civilization -- a.k.a. Blacksburg, Va.
The women's soccer team finished a strong run through the NCAA tournament Nov. 17 in College Station, Texas. The Cavaliers suffered a close 2-1 loss to Texas A&M in the round of sixteen, after defeating West Virginia and Wake Forest in the first two rounds of the tournament.
Senior goalie Ryan Burke was not ready to celebrate after his Virginia men's soccer team came back in the second half to defeat the California Golden Bears, 2-1, to advance to the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament. Virginia had reached the quarterfinals in 2004 before being humbled by the Duke Blue Devils, 3-1.
BLACKSBURG -- Like Borat Sagdiyev, I have been the itinerant traveler this fall as I have covered all 12 of Virginia's football games.
After a come from behind victory last weekend against No. 10 Arizona, the University of Virginia men's basketball team is looking for another win at home Sunday against Morgan State. Trailing Arizona most of the game, Virginia was able to pull out a win with clutch-shooting down the stretch.
The Virginia Cavaliers volleyball team dropped their match last night to the Duke Blue Devils, 3-0.
After finishing fourth at the Southeast regional race last weekend and receiving at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament, the men's and women's cross country teams are off this weekend to race in Terre Haute, Ind.
Virginia wrestling travels to Chapel Hill, N.C. this weekend to compete in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
