The Virginia women’s basketball team battled to the last second Thursday night against No. 15 North Carolina, but a buzzer-beater by the Tar Heels, who hadn’t scored in four minutes, sent the Cavaliers home with another top-25 loss, 72-70. Sophomore forward Stephanie Mavunga scored the game-winner on a last-second putback.
The Virginia women’s basketball team is looking to channel the positive energy from it’s win against Virginia Tech Sunday into its two remaining regular season games, against No. 15 North Carolina and No. 8 Louisville, and beat a top-25 team for the first time this season.
In a tale of two halves, the Virginia women’s basketball team snapped a four-game losing skid with a 73-59 win over Virginia Tech at home Sunday afternoon. The win adds a half-point to the Cavaliers’ total in the Commonwealth Clash. The Cavaliers have also now won 18-straight against the Hokies.
Unable to overcome a one-point deficit with 7:23 remaining, the Virginia women’s basketball team failed to upset No.7 Florida State and lost its third straight game Sunday afternoon at John Paul Jones Arena, 65-56.
After a weeklong break, the Virginia women’s basketball team seemed sluggish rather than rested as it lost to Duke 71-45 Thursday night at John Paul Jones Arena.
The Skinny on weekend competition for Virginia’s track and field, men’s tennis, softball, women’s basketball, women’s golf and wrestling teams
After a weeklong break, the Virginia women’s basketball team returns to home court Thursday night to face No. 11 Duke, its second of three straight ranked opponents.
Poor shooting and costly turnovers in the second half and an inability to stop the No. 4 Fighting Irish from driving to the hoop plagued the Cavaliers in a 75-54 loss Thursday night at Purcell Pavilion.
The skinny on sports this weekend.
The Virginia women’s basketball team is riding a two-game winning streak into Notre Dame, Indiana, where the Cavaliers play the No. 4 Fighting Irish Thursday night at Purcell Pavilion.
The Virginia women’s basketball team managed to hold its opponent to poor shooting down the stretch in order to win its second conference road game of the season, 77-72, against Clemson on Sunday afternoon.
After only attempting seven free throw attempts and missing four of them in its last game, the Virginia women’s basketball team practiced its foul shots minutes before Thursday night’s game against NC State—and it paid off.
The Skinny on weekend competition for the Virginia indoor track and field, men’s and women’s tennis, women’s basketball and wrestling teams. A full preview for men’s basketball is available online and in Thursday’s issue of The Cavalier Daily.
The Virginia women’s basketball team continues its two-game road trip Wednesday at Miami after playing No. 4 Louisville on the road this past Sunday. The Cavaliers (13-5, 3-2 ACC) are coming off a 67-55 loss to the Cardinals and are now 3-4 away from home.
After seizing the lead with 2:34 to play in the first half, the Virginia women’s basketball team never relinquished it in a 68-56 victory against Boston College Thursday night at John Paul Jones Arena.
The Skinny: The Cavaliers are 8-0 for the first time since 2003 largely thanks to their stifling defense, which currently ranks No. 1 nationally in scoring. Their most recent triumph came Wednesday, 76-65, at the expense of former ACC foe Maryland, who scored 13 points less than their season average against Virginia.
The Virginia women’s basketball team split a pair of games in the Florida International Tournament this past Thanksgiving weekend, losing in the last five seconds against Toledo on Friday before coming back with a double-digit win against host Florida International on Sunday. With less than 10 seconds left in the game, Toledo senior guard Inma Zanoguera dribbled the ball down the court, sidestepped her defender, Virginia sophomore guard Breyana Mason, and hit her fourth three-point shot of the night to give Toledo a 64-62 lead. With five seconds left in the game Virginia freshman guard Mikayla Venson, who prior to Zanoguera’s shot had hit a jumper to give Virginia a 62-61 lead, attempted a three-point shot of own, but it bounced off the rim to give Toledo the win.
In nearly every circumstance, the early-recruiting process that exists in basketball hurts recruits such as Boatright, Peebles and Kelly by removing them from the nationwide recruiting process.
The Virginia women’s basketball team’s schedule for the 2014-2015 season was released Tuesday. The Cavaliers hope to improve on their 14-17 record from a year ago in which they failed to make the NCAA Tournament. Virginia’s schedule features 17 home games, eight of which will be against ACC opponents.
This Wednesday afternoon, the Virginia women’s basketball team will match up with Boston College at Greensboro Coliseum in the first round of the ACC Tournament.
