Sports fans are often overly anxious to appoint the next star. Competitors are showered with undue superlatives, and “once in a lifetime” athletes seem to come around every decade or so. Occasionally, an athlete truly deserves all the positive attention.
The No. 17 Virginia wrestling team mounted a strong showing against a talent-heavy field at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational last weekend, despite sitting three starters.
The No. 17 Virginia wrestling team travels to Las Vegas this weekend to compete in the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational.
The No. 17 Virginia wrestling team lost a blowout match to No. 12 Virginia Tech 25-6 in Blacksburg, Virginia Sunday in the Cavaliers’ ACC opener. Only two Cavaliers (6-2, 0-1 ACC) won matches against the team’s Coastal-division rival.
The No. 17 Virginia wrestling team fell to No. 4 Iowa Friday for its first loss of the season, splitting matches at the UTC Duals in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Two weeks into the season, the No. 17 Virginia wrestling team has decimated all competition. The Cavaliers (5-0) now enter a string of challenging matches that will give the team its first real test.
The No. 16 Virginia wrestling team swept aside its competition for the second consecutive weekend. The Cavaliers competed in the Movember Duals in Boiling Springs, N.C.
The No. 16 Virginia wrestling team travels to the Gardner-Webb Duals in Boiling Springs, N.C. this weekend to face George Mason and Gardner-Webb.
The No. 16 Virginia wrestling team swept its season-opening matches against Anderson, Ohio, and UT-Chattanooga, putting on a clinical performance during its Saturday meet. Virginia’s first opponent, Division-II Anderson University, proved no match as the Cavaliers prevailed 37-12.
After more than six months away from the mat, the No. 14 Virginia men’s wrestling team returns Saturday to host a season-opening meet against Anderson (S.C), Ohio and Chattanooga.
After finishing this season with the highest winning percentage in program history, the No. 20 Virginia wrestling team turns its focus to the postseason.
Five years ago redshirt senior Matt Nelson suffered a blow to his temple in wrestling practice which left him with a concussion. At the time, few people could have foreseen how the injury would derail his promising athletic career.
The No. 21 Virginia wrestling team returns home Sunday to close out its stellar regular season with a pair of dual matches against in-state foes, No.
The No. 20 Virginia wrestling team took to the road Saturday for the first time since its Jan. 13 defeat of N.C.
The No. 20 Virginia wrestling team travels to Boone, N.C. tomorrow to face Appalachian State (10-3, 4-0 SoCon) with the goal of winning its seventh consecutive dual meet. The last time Virginia (8-1, 4-1 ACC) took to the mat, the Cavaliers defeated a scrappy Rutgers squad 24-12 even while wrestling without two of their nationally ranked stalwarts, No.
Virginia sophomore Gus Sako earned the title of ACC Wrestler of the Week for the first time in his career after upsetting Rutgers No.
The No. 20 Virginia wrestling squad looks to capture its sixth straight win as it takes the mat against Rutgers at Memorial Gymnasium tomorrow.
Virginia head coach Steve Garland fist-pumped his way across the mat at Memorial Gymnasium in a defining moment Sunday as the No.
