“The Skinny” on weekend matchups for women’s basketball, swim & dive, and volleyball
The No. 7 Virginia women (2-1, 1-0 ACC) claimed 11 of 16 events in an impressive 188-102 win against No. 22 North Carolina State (2-2, 2-1 ACC). Meanwhile, the Cavalier men (1-3, 0-1 ACC) dropped a hard-fought meet against the No. 6 Wolfpack.
A skinny on weekend competition for the cross country, wrestling, and swim and dive teams. Full previews for the men's basketball, women's basketball, volleyball and women's soccer weekend matchups are also available online.
The Virginia swimming and diving teams competed against two of the nation’s finest programs this weekend in Michigan and Penn State.
“The Skinny” on Virginia men’s soccer, field hockey, volleyball, and swim and dive
The Skinny on weekend competition for Virginia’s field hockey, men’s soccer, men’s swim and dive, and women’s golf teams.
This weekend, Virginia will seek to make good on past difficulties with a strong showing at the NCAA Championships in Austin, Tex.
“The Skinny” on matchups for baseball, men’s and women’s lacrosse, women’s tennis, swim and dive, track and field, softball and women’s golf.
This weekend marked the end of a six-year ACC Championship win streak dating back to 2008 for the No.
The Virginia swimming and diving teams ended a largely successful regular season Saturday night with an emotional meet that brought out the best of the whole team — even those who didn’t swim.
Extensive previews for Virginia baseball, men’s basketball and women’s lacrosse events this weekend ran in Friday’s edition of The Cavalier Daily and remain available online.
The ACC tabbed four Virginia athletes for weekly awards Tuesday. Honorees included redshirt junior wrestler Joe Spisak, sophomore lacrosse player James Pannell, junior JB Kolod of the men’s swim and dive team and freshman swimmer Leah Smith.
Virginia sent its 20 seniors off with a bang Saturday as the Cavaliers, in front of their home crowd for the first time in three months, dominated the visiting Panthers. The No. 7 Virginia women’s swim team defeated Pittsburgh, 189-103, while the No. 20 Virginia men’s team also secured the win, 179-112. Virginia gained victories in 31 of the meet’s 32 events, making it the program’s most dominant win of the ACC season.
Extensive previews for Virginia’s men’s and women’s lacrosse and softball events this weekend ran in Thursday’s edition of The Cavalier Daily and remain available online.
After an emotional meet last weekend against rival North Carolina, the Virginia swim and dive teams had mixed results Saturday against North Carolina State. The No. 9 Virginia women’s team defeated the Wolfpack, 178.5-115.5, while the No. 20 Virginia men’s team fell to No. 21 NC State, 157-141.
A look at this weekend’s upcoming sporting events.
Virginia’s next challenge is to travel back to the state of North Carolina to face North Carolina State. The No. 20 Virginia men will face the No. 21 N.C. State men, while the No. 9 Virginia women will face a N.C. State women’s team that just dropped out of the rankings after a loss to Minnesota last weekend. This will be Virginia’s fourth meet in as many weekends, but the physical toll on the swimmers seems to be minimal.
For the second straight week, a Virginia swimmer was recognized as ACC Female Swimmer of the Week. The ACC announced Tuesday that this week’s honor would be given to junior Ellen Williamson for her performance against Duke and rival North Carolina last weekend. Williamson led the Lady Cavaliers to victories in both of their dual meets.
The annual North Carolina meet receives the most hype of any meet for the Cavaliers, but Virginia first had to take care of business against Duke Friday before they could go head-to-head against the rival Tar Heels.
Adding to her already record-setting first-year, freshman Leah Smith was honored Tuesday by members of the Atlantic Coast Conference as the Female Swimmer of the Week for her performance against Virginia Tech, Wisconsin and Miami last weekend in Christiansburg, V.A.
