Women’s lacrosse falls to Elon in final second
By Grant Gossage | February 13, 2017Against an unranked Elon squad, the No. 13 Virginia women’s lacrosse team rallied late before suffering a last-second loss, 11-10 in its regular season home opener.
Against an unranked Elon squad, the No. 13 Virginia women’s lacrosse team rallied late before suffering a last-second loss, 11-10 in its regular season home opener.
The fifth-seeded Virginia women’s lacrosse team was defeated by the fourth-seeded Duke, 9-8, in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament.
The No. 5 seeded Virginia women’s lacrosse team will begin its postseason this Thursday against No. 4 seeded Duke in the quarterfinals of the ACC women’s lacrosse tournament.
The No. 11 Virginia women’s lacrosse team finished its regular season with a win this past Friday in Blacksburg, defeating Virginia Tech, 14-7.
The No. 11 Virginia women’s lacrosse team had its three-game win streak come to a halt Wednesday night, as the Cavaliers were defeated by the No. 1 Maryland Terrapins, 17-6.
Fueled by a mid-game scoring run, the No. 14 Virginia women’s lacrosse team (8-6, 2-4) defeated No. 5 Louisville (12-3, 3-3) this past Saturday, 10-9, for the Cavaliers’ third straight victory.
In order to be eligible for an NCAA tournament at-large bid, a team needs to have a record at or above .500. With a current 7-6 record, Virginia must win two of its next four games in order to qualify.
Eight Cavaliers scored as Virginia earned its first road win of the season.
In the midst of a recent offensive slump, the No. 13 Virginia women’s lacrosse team had one of their most efficient offensive games of the season last Saturday in a victory over then-No. 10 Boston College, 15-14. The Cavaliers (6-6, 1-4 ACC) will now look to continue this offensive production when they face Navy this Wednesday in Annapolis, Md.
Enduring Boston College’s late offensive surge, the No. 15 Virginia women’s lacrosse team held on to defeat the No. 10 Eagles (6-5), 15-14, on the Cavalier’s (6-6) senior day. The win marks Virginia’s first in the ACC play and third over a top-10 opponent this season.
They were a part of an NCAA tournament semi-finalist team. They currently hold a 40-32 career record. And they have never played a game when their team was not ranked nationally in the top 20.
A slow start doomed the No. 13 Virginia women’s lacrosse team as the team fell to No. 15 Duke, 11-8, Saturday in Durham, NC.
Behind a strong second half performance, the No. 13 Virginia women’s lacrosse team erased a three-goal halftime deficit to defeat James Madison, 10-9, Wednesday night.
The No. 13 Virginia women’s lacrosse team will take on James Madison this Wednesday at Klöckner Stadium. While the two teams have the same record, they come into the game with opposite momentum.
The No. 9 Virginia women’s lacrosse team (4-5, 0-3 ACC) was defeated, 16-4, Saturday by No. 5 Notre Dame (9-1, 3-1 ACC).
The No. 9 Virginia women’s lacrosse team (4-4) will look to snap out of a three-game losing streak this Saturday when they travel to face No. 5 Notre Dame (8-1) in South Bend, Ind.
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The No. 7 Virginia women’s lacrosse team (4-1) won its third straight game Wednesday in dominant fashion against William & Mary (2-2), 16-8.
With the memory of their upset loss to the Nittany Lions in last year’s NCAA tournament second round still vivid, the Virginia women’s lacrosse team had some extra motivation going into Saturday’s game against Penn State.
For lots of kids, sports is a place to meet your best friend. This wasn’t the case for Kelly and Brooke. They had been best friends for around five years by the time they picked up their first lacrosse sticks in kindergarten.