CLEMSON, S.C. -- After dropping the first two games of this weekend's series at Clemson, the Virginia Cavaliers were in need of a morale boost.
In the first and only home meet of the season, the Virginia track team performed well as the host team.
Friday in front of the largest tennis crowd in recent memory at the Snyder Tennis Center, with strong wind gusts blasting across the court, this year's Cavaliers became the first in history to sweep the ACC by dispatching Clemson 5-2.
Fresh off three blowout wins earlier this week, the Virginia baseball team heads to Clemson this weekend with an air of newfound confidence and guarded optimism. Virginia (24-11, 5-8 ACC) thrashed visiting Norfolk State Tuesday and swept University of Maryland Eastern Shore in a doubleheader Wednesday.
As the Virginia men's lacrosse team enters the final weekend of the regular season, it is poised to finally shake off the demons of last year's lackluster campaign. The Cavaliers will complete their regular season with a grueling weekend with two games on back-to-back days.
Forget about sitting still and being quiet. Don't expect to be lulled to sleep by a slow-paced, boring game.
Athletes and coaches love to talk about rising to the occasion and playing well in the big game. This year the Cavaliers have succeeded in this oft-used sports cliché and seen most of their successes in the big games, particularly those games against ACC rivals, going 5-3 in the conference while posting an 18-24 record overall.
It has been a fairytale season for the Virginia men's tennis team, and the Cavaliers will be looking to add another chapter in the program's history when they face No.
The Cavaliers beat the Liberty Flames twice in the doubleheader held yesterday at the Park. After winning the first game 4-1, the Cavaliers started the second game of the afternoon with a bang and didn't look back -- winning the second game 6-2. The Cavaliers enjoyed a lot of success today, in large part because they were able to take advantage of their offensive opportunities.
By the time the second game of Virginia's double header with Maryland Eastern Shore rolled around, there were more people leaving the stadium than entering -- an understandable move considering Virginia had just won the first game 15 to one. The game with UMES started out fairly routinely.
It's difficult to look for positives when your team has lost five-straight matches. But somehow, Virginia finds ways to show optimism, despite dropping its sixth-in-a-row yesterday against Maryland, 6-1. "It is one thing to play well and fight when you're getting results --- I think anyone can do that," Virginia coach Phil Rogers said.
In writing last week, I was not quite sold on DePaul coach Dave Leitao to replace departed Pete Gillen.
At least once a season, Virginia men's tennis coach Brian Boland plans a recruiting trip somewhere in the United States to attract the best players in the country to Charlottesville.
George Mason goalkeeper Meg Dentler played the game of her life, finishing with 16 saves, but even that was not enough to stop the Virginia offense. Junior Tyler Leachman led the Cavaliers with five points, and junior Cary Chasney added three goals of her own as No.
When Virginia men's tennis coach Brian Boland came to Charlottesville four years ago, he arrived with a battle plan to make Virginia tennis the best college program in the country.
Yet another non-conference opponent rolled into The Park yesterday and swept the Virginia softball team.
Some games are just plain mismatches. Such was the case Tuesday when the Virginia baseball team welcomed the Norfolk State Spartans to Davenport Field.
For George Mason women's lacrosse goalkeeper Meg Dentler, tonight's game against Virginia is simply a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Virginia enters tonight's contest at George Mason with a red-hot offense that has scored 20 goals in each of its last two games.
Be it the Black Sox in 1919 or integration in 1947, major stories in baseball have a way of captivating not just the sports world but America at large.
