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The Roundtable: Which spring sports teams are poised for success?
Junior midfielder Maggie Jackson of the Virginia women's lacrosse team has provided major contributions to the team’s impressive 8-4 start to the season, but she is certainly not jumping to take the credit.
In University Hall, there's a space known as “The Cage.” It's been there for years, and the worn down appearance of it certainly doesn't hide that fact. It gets cold in the winter, and stifling hot in the warmer days. There's nothing fancy about the gritty space, and it’s not exactly where you would expect one of the most successful Division I programs to train. But, before most people are awake, that's where the Virginia rowing team can be found as rowers set up their ergs and roll out a large speaker, getting ready for their first grueling workout of the day.
The No. 25 Virginia women’s golf team finished third in the LSU Tiger Classic, a three-day tournament that took place at The University Club in Baton Rouge, La. No. 48 LSU, playing on its home course, won the tournament while No. 26 Houston placed second. NC State finished in a tie for third place with Virginia.
Last Sunday, the Virginia men’s tennis team achieved their first victory over a ranked team this season. The Cavaliers (9-5, 2-1 ACC) defeated the then-No.18 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (10-8, 2-1 ACC) in a 6-1 blowout that included impressive wins on courts that the Cavaliers normally lose. Virginia began the match by beating the highly esteemed Notre Dame doubles lineup, with junior Aswin Lizen and freshman Gianni Ross teaming up to take down the #55 ranked Fighting Irish team of freshman Tristan McCormick and senior Brendon Kempin on the No.1 Court. Both Lizen and Ross would go on to win their matches on the No. 3 and No. 2 courts respectively, with Ross dispatching Notre Dame’s freshman Richard Clamarra at a breakneck speed.
For most of the season, Virginia found itself on the good side of making history. However, in the NCAA Tournament, that wasn't the case, as the Cavaliers (31-3) became the first No. 1 seed in tournament history to lose in the Round of 64 when No. 16-seeded UMBC pulled off a stunning upset.
Even though just a few days ago the Virginia women’s basketball team wasn’t sure it would get a chance to play in the NCAA Tournament, the No. 10-seeded Cavaliers (19-13) showed they deserved to be there by upsetting No. 7-seeded California with a score of 68-62 in the first round.
Virginia men’s basketball was unanimously voted the best team in the country in the latest AP Poll, a position they have held for the last month. They have undoubtedly the most impressive season in college basketball — the selection committee named them the number one overall seed for a reason. Yet, there still seems to be lingering doubt about their ability to win in March.
With the Cavaliers ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press Poll and claiming their third tournament title in the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship this past Saturday, ‘Hoo Crew, the University's student-run fan group, has a lot to be excited about for this March’s madness.
No. 1 Virginia’s difficult road ahead in the NCAA Tournament just got that much more challenging, as they’ll have to vie for the national championship without redshirt freshman guard De’Andre Hunter.
Jake Blank: While higher seeded teams such as Arizona and Kentucky are loaded with dangerous players, I wouldn’t overlook junior Creighton guard Khyri Thomas, who Virginia could face in the second round. Thomas has worked his way onto NBA draft boards this spring behind his all around play. Thomas’ silky smooth shot could help Creighton overcome the Cavaliers’ pack line defense, and his talents on the other end have led to back to back Big East defensive player of the year awards.
For the first time since 2010, the Virginia women’s basketball team will appear in the NCAA Tournament. This is also the first time that the Cavaliers (18-3, 10-6 ACC) have been selected for the NCAA Tournament under Coach Joanne Boyle.
The Cavalier men’s tennis team will take on the Mercer Bears at home this Friday in its first outdoor match of the season.The Cavaliers have so far had a season with mixed results, losing matches against many of the larger schools they have played against. However, they have won three of their past four matches over the past two weekends.
Baseball
In what has been a season of inconsistency, the Virginia team couldn’t right the ship in its last ACC dual of the season against Pittsburgh Friday night, coming up empty on wins in conference play.
The Virginia baseball team will open uts season this weekend at the University of Central Florida Tournament in Orlando, Fla. The Cavaliers will play three games over the course of the weekend — against UCF, Samford and Rice.
Virginia men’s lacrosse begins play Saturday at Klöckner Stadium, as the Cavaliers seek to continue the revival of a once nationally renowned lacrosse program that has since slipped into mediocrity.
It has been widely mentioned this year in men’s college basketball that no true dominant teams exist. A lack of blue blood dominance has left many solid teams in the race to jockey for the national spotlight as they vie for a good seeding come the NCAA Tournament.
Wrestling
Jake Blank, Sports Editor: Kyle Guy. The sophomore guard leads the team in both minutes played and points scored. Guy has become the face of the team and its most dynamic offensive player. Additionally, he showed maturity well beyond his age against Duke, calmly closing out the game in front of a national audience, earning him the Pillar Player of the Game.