After both beating top-10 teams Friday night, No. 16 Virginia and No. 19 Illinois squared off in the championship game of the Continental Tire Main Event Sunday in Las Vegas with the Cavaliers emerging victorious 70-61 thanks to a late-game surge.
The ACC announced Monday night that the game between Virginia and Virginia Tech — originally scheduled for Saturday — has been canceled.
The No. 16 Cavaliers were spurred to a victory over the No. 5 Bears by four double-figure scorers, including a 26-point performance from junior guard Armaan Franklin and 17 points from junior forward Kadin Shedrick.
About 100 attendees gathered to hear the band play.
“As I previously shared, the ACC is a family, and we are all heartbroken,” ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips said.
The No. 16 Cavaliers (2-0, 0-0 ACC) and the No. 5 Bears (3-0, 0-0 Big 12) each enter with undefeated seasons on the line, but one of the two will leave with a blemish.
A decision on the team’s final regular game of the year against rival Virginia Tech has not been made yet.
Students, faculty, staff and community members could be seen leaving flowers, notes and other items at the entrance of Scott Stadium throughout the day Wednesday.
Virginia athletic teams will continue with scheduled games for the remainder of the season, though a decision has not been made yet concerning the football team’s upcoming game Saturday against Coastal Carolina.
Despite a stellar offensive and defensive performance from the Cavaliers, who battled the Orange to a 2-2 draw, they were unable to finish the job in the penalty shootout.
Following an impressive season last year with a third consecutive Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference title, the No. 5 Virginia men’s squash team swept Navy Tuesday night at the McArthur Squash Center in Charlottesville.
“I’m lucky to be able to go home. Before it was 10 hours [away]. Now I’ve got my support system here in the backyard basically.”
Although the Cavaliers fought hard throughout their trip to the Northeast, neither match resulted in a change in the win column for the team.
Virginia fell to No. 15 North Carolina in the South’s Oldest Rivalry Saturday, and now will look to bounce back at home against a Pittsburgh team that lost to the same team just one week prior.
Appearing in its 29th straight NCAA tournament, No. 11 Virginia women’s soccer will start its run for a national championship Friday afternoon when it takes on Fairleigh Dickinson for the second time this season
The Coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton era started off with a bang Monday evening inside John Paul Jones Arena as the Virginia women’s basketball team soared to an 85-59 win over George Washington.
Virginia used strong three-point shooting, pivotal defense in key moments and a huge second-half run to stave off the Eagles Monday night in Charlottesville.
No. 14 Virginia and No. 24 Pittsburgh squared off in the ACC quarterfinal on a rainy Sunday afternoon at Klöckner Stadium, battling for a spot in the ACC semifinals later this week, with a first-half Cavalier goal proving to be the difference in a narrow Virginia victory.
Despite playing one of their most complete games so far under first-year Coach Tony Elliott, the Cavaliers couldn't quite manage to topple the surging Tar Heels.
Virginia was unable to complete another comeback, and North Carolina prevailed 3-2 to earn its sixth consecutive ACC Championship.
