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Thanks to senior captain Jimmy Stanger’s birdie on the final hole, the No. 7 Virginia men’s golf team finished tied for first place with co-champion No. 23 Texas in the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate this past weekend. The birdie also propelled Stanger up to finish tied for first place individually out of 90 competing golfers.
Following the 2015 Women’s World Cup when Team USA brought a FIFA victory home, Mary Pilon wrote a riveting piece for Politico on the gender pay gap in many professional sports — a disparity that reached new heights in the soccer sphere in 2015.
After a long offseason, the Virginia swimming and diving teams return to action this Friday against Pittsburgh.
Virginia‘s success in sports as of late has been well noted. The Cavaliers won the Capital One Cup for best men’s sports teams for the 2014-2015 season, and have averaged sixth in the Directors Cup over the past three years, a nationwide ranking of all a university’s sports teams. The accomplishments of teams like baseball and basketball have been covered substantially, but the contributions of the men’s soccer team have flown under the radar.
It has been a great two weeks for the Virginia men’s soccer team. After a 1-0 win against Hofstra, the Cavaliers (7-2-4, 2-2-2 ACC) defeated two top-10 ACC opponents and rides a six game unbeaten streak into Tuesday night’s matchup against William & Mary.
The Virginia women’s cross country team finished 18th this past Saturday at the Pre-National Invitational, finishing with an overall score of 540. The No. 22 Cavaliers were led by sophomore Emily Mulhern, who finished 69th overall with a 6K time of 21:09.6.
No. 10 Virginia has yet another top-10 this matchup this weekend when they face No. 2 Syracuse. The game is important both for the ACC tournament and the NCAA tournament. The Cavaliers (9-5, 2-2 ACC) is coming off of a 3-2 win over William & Mary.
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The Virginia women’s soccer team is emerging this fall as one of the best squads in the nation. Early in the season, it has dominated the opposition time and time again.
The No. 19 Virginia women’s golf team opened their season this past weekend with a ninth place finish at the Mason Rudolph Championship in Nashville, Tenn.
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After a great season in which the Cavaliers won a second-straight ACC championship and reached the NCAA quarterfinals, the Virginia women’s golf team faces a difficult challenge for this upcoming year: the Cavaliers will have to replace their two top performers from last season, as All-American golfers Lauren Coughlin and Elizabeth Szokol have graduated.
Whenever football season rolls around, a majority of Virginia students seem to neglect the successes of other Cavaliers sports teams. This year, one particularly successful team is being overshadowed by the beginning of the Mendenhall era — women’s soccer.
The Virginia men’s soccer team returned home to Charlottesville this week after a two-game road trip, where they played in-state rival James Madison and ACC powerhouse No. 21 Wake Forest. After defeating the Dukes (0-4-1, 0-0-1 CAA) 3-1, the Cavaliers (2-1-1, 0-1 ACC) lost to the Demon Deacons (4-1-0, 1-0 ACC) on an overtime goal by a score of 0-1.
Senior captain Jimmy Stanger looks to lead the Cavaliers to new heights following last season's national championship appearance.
With a highly talented and experienced roster, the No. 21 Virginia men’s golf team enters this upcoming season with a lot of internal excitement.
The University is peppered with world-class athletes, from multi-time national champions to Olympic gold medal winners. In all the sporting events I’ve attended here, however, maybe the most raucous atmosphere I’ve seen outside of John Paul Jones Arena is at a club hockey game.
Fresh off of their first game of the season, the No. 12 Virginia men’s soccer team will face Xavier in its second-consecutive home match this Friday night at Klöckner Stadium. The Cavaliers (1-0, 0-0 ACC) enter Friday’s matchup after a 2-1 home win against then-No. 21 Coastal Carolina.
Have you ever thought about how impressive Virginia athletics are?