As Virginia looks ahead to tougher opponents on its schedule, this past weekend should serve as a confidence boost for the Cavaliers.
The Cavalier Daily Sports staff takes a look at how winter sports have performed as the season continues.
While the end of the weekend may have been disappointing, Virginia certainly bolstered its resume and gained some momentum with consecutive victories over ranked opponents earlier in the bracket.
Junior Jack Mueller didn’t drop a single bout all weekend, scoring four wins including three pins.
In the dual’s finale, Missouri senior Daniel Lewis — ranked No. 4 nationally at 174 pounds — pinned Virginia sophomore Drew Peck to steal a 23-21 victory for the Tigers.
The Virginia wrestling team has had mixed results this season.
The Virginia wrestling team dropped its final conference match, making for a winless ACC regular season.
The Cavaliers just missed out on getting their first ACC victory of the season against Duke Saturday.
‘The Skinny’ on weekend action for wrestling, men’s and women’s squash.
The Cavaliers rebounded from a tough loss Friday against N.C. State to finish out the weekend with a win against Old Dominion.
This marked the first time in program history Virginia had a pair of semifinalists in the same season.
With the NCAA Championships kicking off this weekend from Thursday through Saturday, Virginia’s competing wrestlers are preparing for their last competitive bout of the season.
In the final weekend before the ACC Championships, Virginia wrestling traveled to compete in the U.S. Collegiate Championships Sunday.
In a match that could have gone either way, No. 23 Virginia (1-6, 2-3 ACC) fell to No. 24 Pittsburgh (10-5, 1-3 ACC) by a score of 19-14.
Coming off a very successful last weekend, the Cavaliers (10-5, 2-2 ACC) look to take care of business one more time at home against the Panthers (8-5, 0-3 ACC).
Wrestling has bonded the Virginia men's team. It’s molded them as men and as athletes, as friends and as teammates.
No. 24 Virginia (10-5, 2-2 ACC) had quite a weekend down in North Carolina, defeating No. 25 North Carolina (6-6, 1-3 ACC) Saturday and Duke (4-7, 0-3 ACC) Sunday.
After two tough matches in as many weeks against top 10 opponents No. 5 Virginia Tech and No. 8 NC State, Virginia wrestling has a chance to get back on its feet in ACC play.
No. 25 Virginia (8-5, 0-2 ACC) played on their home mats Jan. 29, but were unable to overcome the depth of the Wolfpack (10-1, 3-0 ACC).
Virginia (8-4, 0-1 ACC) has demonstrated steady growth throughout the season, slowly moving up in the rankings before hitting a roadblock in No. 6 Virginia Tech (13-1, 3-0 ACC) last weekend.
