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Weekend Previews: Feb. 6-8
By Cavalier Daily Sports Staff | February 5, 2015The skinny on sports this weekend.
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The skinny on sports this weekend.
Twelfth-ranked Virginia fell to No. 9 Virginia Tech, 18-16, at the Moss Arts Center in Blacksburg, Va.
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.
Fourteenth-ranked Virginia wrestling defeated No. 10 Pittsburgh, 17-16, in a thrilling and closely contested battle Sunday at Memorial Gymnasium.
No. 14 Virginia wrestling hosts its second top-10 team of the season this Sunday as No. 10 ranked Pittsburgh comes to town for a showdown between two premier ACC programs.
Fourteenth-ranked Virginia wrestling downed Duke, 30-9, Friday night inside an energetic Memorial Gymnasium. The Cavalier (9-3, 1-0 ACC) war machine ran at full efficiency, winning seven of the evening’s 10 contests against the Blue Devils (5-4, 1-2 ACC) and picking up bonus points in five matches.
The Skinny on men’s basketball, wrestling and women’s basketball.
Fourteenth-ranked Virginia wrestling begins conference action this Friday against Duke in Charlottesville. The Cavaliers (8-3) put their 30-match win streak inside Memorial Gymnasium up against a Blue Devil (5-3, 1-1 ACC) squad that is considerably better than some of its previous iterations.
The 16th-ranked Virginia wrestling team endured two days of intense competition to claim runner-up honors at the Virginia Duals.
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.
No. 4 Ohio State (4-1)—perhaps motivated by its defeat at the hands of No. 10 Virginia Tech on Sunday—entered Monday’s bout on a mission to reverse its misfortunes and overwhelmed ninth-ranked Virginia 30-7.
The 9th-ranked Virginia wrestling team will welcome No. 4 Ohio State for a primetime showdown Monday at John Paul Jones Arena.
The No. 10 Virginia wrestling team welcomed No. 23 North Dakota State and Gardner-Webb to Memorial Gymnasium for a pair of Saturday afternoon duels. The short-handed Cavaliers beat the Bison, 20-15, before cruising to a 33-3 victory against the Runnin’ Bulldogs.
A skinny on weekend competition for the cross country, wrestling, and swim and dive teams. Full previews for the men's basketball, women's basketball, volleyball and women's soccer weekend matchups are also available online.
In a stellar performance by Virginia wrestling (3-0), 11 Cavaliers placed at Sunday’s Hokie Open at Rector Field House in Blacksburg, Virginia.
The 11th-ranked Virginia wrestling team began its 2014-15 campaign with a 33-9 victory against Division II Anderson before trouncing Virginia Military Institute 51-0 and ending the day with a 34-6 win against George Mason.
Virginia wrestling had a season for the ages last year, tallying 18 wins, only one shy of the program high set in 2011-12. But head coach Steve Garland’s team is not content with being very good or even great — a Garland team strives for excellence.
No. 12 Virginia wrestling competed at the NCAA Championships in Oklahoma City over the weekend. At the end of the three day tournament, the Cavaliers (18-3, 5-1 ACC) stood in a tie with Old Dominion for 23rd place with 18.5 points.
No. 12 Virginia wrestling reaches the end of its long, hard journey at the NCAA Championships this week in Oklahoma City, Okla. Three days’ worth of nonstop wrestling against the nation’s best awaits them, and the ultimate prize of being called a national champion is on the line.
The No. 12 Virginia wrestling team competed at the ACC Championships Saturday, March 8 in Blacksburg, Va.
