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The Virginia men’s soccer team earned the 10th overall seed and a first-round bye in the NCAA men’s soccer tournament despite being upset by Pittsburgh in the first round of the ACC Tournament Oct. 31.
This past Monday, the Division I Women’s Soccer 2018 NCAA Tournament bracket was revealed. The Cavaliers (15-4, 7-3 ACC) earned an at-large selection to the tournament after finishing third in the ACC and advancing to the semifinals of the ACC Championship. They were given a No. 3 seed and a first-round matchup Friday at home against the Monmouth Hawks.
Volleyball
Every year from late October to early December, the Virginia women’s soccer team gears up for postseason play. It begins with the Cavaliers earning a spot in the Elite Eight of the ACC to compete for the ACC Women’s Soccer Championship. One week of play, from Oct. 28 to Nov. 4, decides the winner of the ACC. After that, the NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Committee will select a field of 64 teams to compete for the National Championship. Thirty-one conference champions qualify automatically and the rest are selected at-large by the committee. With multiple rounds and repeated play, the Cavaliers have a huge road ahead of them as they compete for their first ever national championship title.
It took a win against the Ohio Bobcats for the Virginia women’s basketball team to finally find its footing last season.
To kick off its fall season, the 2018 ACC Champion Virginia women’s rowing team headed to Boston to compete in the Head of the Charles Regatta Oct. 20 and 21— one of the largest rowing competitions in the world. This year, the event hosted just under 11,000 competitors, ranging from high school division to master’s division, and the Cavaliers finished in fifth place.
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.
Men’s Soccer
With the recent addition of Holly Springs, N.C. forward Kadin Shedrick, recruitment for Virginia men’s basketball’s 2019 class has ended for the fall. Assuming there are no losses due to injuries or the draft, the Cavaliers have filled every scholarship in their roster, making this an excellent point to look over the recruiting turnaround that has occurred so far this year.
The No. 15 Virginia men’s soccer team won 1-0 in its season opener at home against No. 19 New Hampshire on Friday after sophomore midfielder Joe Bell scored the decisive goal with 21 seconds remaining.
Alec Dougherty, Editor: Virginia basketball’s 65-63 victory at No. 4 Duke last season was the biggest statement win of the season, silencing any doubts that the Cavaliers were national title contenders. The Cavaliers completely shut down the Blue Devils’ offense in the first half, but a big comeback brought the game neck-and-neck down to the wire. An unforgettable deep three-pointer by Virginia sophomore guard Ty Jerome sealed the win, as the Cavaliers outlasted a 30-point performance from Duke freshman forward Marvin Bagley III. It was a thrilling win that put Virginia in the driver’s seat towards winning the ACC.
At the end of every school year, Virginia athletics loses a large crop of athletes due to graduation. Here is a look at five of the most memorable athletes departing from Virginia this year.
The Virginia men’s lacrosse team will return to the postseason for the first time since 2015, landing a berth in the 2018 NCAA Tournament. This is a major landmark in Coach Lars Tiffany’s revitalization of the lacrosse program, as the Cavaliers have already made the leap back to the NCAA Tournament in Tiffany’s second year of coaching.
Kanye West made headlines last week for supporting President Donald Trump and his campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.” After a nearly year-long hiatus, the rapper returned to Twitter and rained down a series of tweets about a range of topics from creativity as currency, spreading love and following your own vision. His more politically-charged tweets gained him the most attention. Commentators debated about his mental health and others wrote it off as a publicity stunt for his forthcoming album. Fellow Chicago rapper, Chance the Rapper, also came under fire for defending Kanye on Twitter. The most striking aspect of this controversial episode was the endorsement by the president and others for Kanye. This reaction has been very different than what occurred in response to other celebrities who turned political. Trump’s reaction to both shows the double standard when it comes to celebrities’ speech. In all, celebrities are public figures, but they are also citizens of this country and should be encouraged to stand in their beliefs — regardless of where they fall on the political spectrum.
Alec Dougherty, Editor: This summer will be a crucial stretch for Virginia football as it tries to rework its offense and assimilate its new players into the fold. The team lost arguably their three most valuable players — and team captains — from the past two seasons in quarterback Kurt Benkert, inside linebacker Micah Kiser and free safety Quin Blanding. With a young defense and a new quarterback under certain, changes will be abundant for Coach Bronco Mendenhall’s schemes.
The Virginia men’s tennis team has faced a tough slew of defeats recently, winning only one out of the past seven matches. Part of the reason for such a dismal record was a back loaded schedule, in which the Cavaliers played some of the toughest teams in the nation on the road and No. 1 Wake Forest Demon Deacons (22-2, 11-1 ACC) at home. Virginia was recently able to pull out an upset victory over No. 22 North Carolina State (16-7, 6-6 ACC), but has been unable to put together any other victories since late March.
This year, the men’s lacrosse ACC Tournament returns to Charlottesville’s Klöckner Stadium for the first time in six years.
Virginia track and field hosted the seventh annual Virginia Challenge Friday and Saturday, taking first place in five events. The Cavaliers contested most, but not all, of the invitational’s 83 events.
Nearly six years ago, when men’s basketball star Devon Hall visited Grounds looking to commit to a program, he was also searching for something even more important than basketball — a family away from home.
The No. 12 Virginia men’s lacrosse team is set to face No. 5 Duke Saturday at Klöckner Stadium in a matchup of two college lacrosse powers, with conference and postseason implications in play.