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After falling to Florida State 1-0 in the 2014 national title game, the Virginia women’s soccer team had one goal to begin 2015: win the NCAA championship. Come Friday at 6 p.m., the Cavaliers will start the road to redemption by hosting Howard in the first round of the 2015 NCAA tournament.
1. The Diehard:
At U.Va., we consider men’s basketball as its own holiday season. After the long period of mourning often associated with the football months of defeat, students transition to John Paul Jones Arena and see coach Tony Bennett and his Top 10 team — currently ranked 5th/6th in the preseason national polls — hit the court. Although the list is almost limitless, here are five key reasons why any ‘Hoo in ‘Hooville ought to get excited about the return of basketball season:
Previews for football and field hockey can be found online and in Thursday's Cavalier Daily.
During the 2015 regular season, the Virginia field hockey team took on five opponents currently ranked in the top 10 of the NFHCA Coaches poll. Now, the No. 5 Cavaliers (13-4, 3-3 ACC) — who punched up a 3-2 record in those marquee matchups — enter the postseason, where the going will hardly get easier.
College football will lose one of its all-time greats when Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer leaves his program at end of the year. To put his career in perspective, Beamer — who announced his forthcoming retirement Sunday — is looking to take the Hokies to their 23rd consecutive bowl game and 12th consecutive win over Virginia this season.
Full previews for football and men's soccer can be found online and in Thursday's Cavalier Daily.
Full previews for football, men’s soccer and women’s soccer can be found online and in Thursday’s Cavalier Daily.
What: No. 2 Virginia vs. Louisville, No. 1 Florida State
When asked to describe his first season with the Virginia baseball program in only one word, sophomore first baseman Pavin Smith didn’t need to think before answering: “Unbelievable,” he said. Sophomore second baseman Ernie Clement looked up when asked, responding without hesitation — and with a cheeky smile on his face — “champions.”
Virginia senior Julia Elbaba punched her ticket to November’s ITA National Indoors Championship Monday at Liberty University’s Cook Tennis Center, steamrolling Virginia Tech sophomore Caroline Daxhelet in the ITA Atlantic Regional singles final.
Junior Derek Bard defended his first-place title as Virginia finished 10th in the U.S. Collegiate Championship this weekend at the Golf Club of Georgia.
Full previews for football, women’s soccer, men’s soccer and volleyball can be found online and in Thursday’s Cavalier Daily.
For the 21st-ranked Virginia men’s soccer team, the mood of the season 12 games in is eerily similar to last year’s. Boasting a 7-3-2 record, Virginia is third in the ACC’s Coastal Division, but as the fifth-best ACC team in the NCAA Top 25, the Cavaliers sit precariously on the divide between a top flight and mediocre team.
Virginia tennis stars senior Danielle Collins claimed a national title Sunday at the Riviera Tennis Club in Pacific Palisades, California while junior Thai-Son Kwiatkowski and senior Mac Styslinger claimed national titles Monday at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Women’s Soccer
Seniors Julia Elbaba and Danielle Collins won their singles brackets Sunday at the U.Va. Fall Invite, the only home tournament of the fall season for the Virginia women’s tennis team.
Virginia tennis stars senior Danielle Collins, senior Ryan Shane and junior Luca Corinteli came up big last Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Malibu Racquet Club in Malibu Calif., taking titles in singles and doubles, respectively, at the inaugural Oracle/ITA Masters Tournament, the first national collegiate championship of the fall season.
Volleyball
The second-ranked Cavalier men’s soccer team hosts Tulsa Friday night, looking to avenge a gut-wrenching 1-0 double-overtime loss from last season.