The Cavaliers enter a crucial duo of road games as their conference schedule gets towards the end, looking to sustain their offensive surge.
The CD sports staff takes a look at the state of Virginia football during the bye week and other fall sports in its first roundtable discussion of the year.
The Cavalier Daily Sports staff discusses memorable games from last season as well as teams' and players' prospects for the upcoming season.
The Cavalier Daily Sports section highlights five of the most memorable athletes departing this year
Goalkeeper Jeff Caldwell was selected by New York City FC in the first round at No. 19 — the highest out of all five drafted Cavaliers.
Under the bright lights of Klöckner Stadium, No. 8 Virginia took on struggling ACC counterpart Pittsburgh in a game where the Panthers were clearly overmatched by the Cavaliers, who dominated with a final score of 6-0.
Having silenced Syracuse in its conference opener Sunday, the Virginia women’s soccer team awaits a home showdown Thursday night against now-No. 7 Notre Dame.
Virginia (22-2) faces an unfamiliar foe in the semifinals as they square off against No. 1 seed Texas A&M (22-2-2), which has had an impressive run to the final four, defeating powerhouses Notre Dame and Penn State. The Aggies represent the only SEC team still active in the College Cup, but their rise to national prominence in recent years has put the traditionally football-dominated conference on the women’s college soccer radar.
In what may be the defining game in coach Steve Swanson’s tenure at Virginia, the fourth-ranked Virginia women’s soccer team (22-2) topped No.
Following its convincing 8-0 victory last Friday, the second-seeded Virginia women’s soccer team will enjoy a week of rest before its next matchup — an invaluable asset for a Cavalier squad which has played a 20-game season and is heading into a potential Friday-Sunday, second and third round NCAA tournament schedule this weekend.
Friday night — in what seemed like the blink of an eye — the fourth-ranked Virginia women’s soccer team erased any doubt that its national championship hopes were in jeopardy, as the team made a strong statement that it is ready to make a deep run in this year’s NCAA tournament. Playing in near-freezing temperatures, the Cavaliers (19-2) got hot early, tallying three goals in the first 12 minutes and two more in the span of 40 seconds in the 27th minute.
Ever since the Virginia women’s soccer team arrived at spring camp more than seven months ago, the focus has been on getting back to the NCAA tournament and avenging last season’s heartbreaking College Cup loss to UCLA in penalty kicks. Throughout the regular season, the team spoke of ambitious postseason goals, while reiterating that the next game on the schedule would be the most important.
The No. 3 Virginia women’s soccer team placed five players on All-ACC teams, including senior Danielle Colaprico, who was named ACC Midfielder of the Year.
Virginia (17-1, 9-1 ACC) travels to Greensboro, N.C. as the third seed in the ACC tournament, taking on the second-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels (12-2-2, 9-0-1 ACC), who present one of the most difficult challenges thus far this season for the Cavaliers.
The Cavaliers (17-1, 9-1 ACC) confidently defeated visiting Pittsburgh (6-12, 2-8 ACC) 6-1 on Senior Night at Klöckner Stadium, where the Cavaliers celebrated seniors Danielle Colaprico, Morgan Brian, Campbell Millar and Mary Morgan.
After a three-game road trip spanning eight days in which the Virginia women’s soccer team went undefeated, the Cavaliers return home for their final game of the season this Saturday.
In the third installment of this season’s Commonwealth Clash, the third-ranked Virginia women’s soccer team traveled down the road to Blacksburg for a matchup with archrival Virginia Tech.
After starting the season with 10 consecutive wins, the No. 3 Virginia women’s soccer team dropped its first game to No. 2 Florida State on Sept. 28. Now nearly a month ago and since then the Cavaliers have started a new win streak, notching four straight victories against ACC opponents.
On Sunday, the Cavaliers (13-1, 5-1 ACC) have the opportunity to extend this impressive run when they travel to Louisville (6-6-2, 2-2-2 ACC) in the first matchup between the two squads as well as Virginia’s first-ever trip to the state of Kentucky. While this is a new opponent for the ACC powerhouse, the team is embracing this as just another obstacle to overcome and use as motivation to improve.
Fresh off a thrilling 2-1 road win against No. 14 Notre Dame on Sunday, the fourth-ranked Virginia women’s soccer team returns home Thursday looking to extend its school-record 26-game home winning streak.
