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The No. 20 Virginia wrestling team came short of ending their regular season on a high note as No. 24 Pittsburgh Friday defeated them by a score of 19-17. The Friday night contest was the second match in a row the Cavaliers (6-7, 1-4 ACC) lost in the last bout.
Familiar names from last year’s National Championship team reappeared at the top of No. 8 Virginia’s lineup Friday against Kent State. The bottom of the order, however, listed three freshmen hitters, left fielder Jake McCarthy — whose older brother Joe left early for the 2015 Major League Baseball draft — right fielder Cameron Simmons and third baseman Andy Weber.
Heading into the fourth final day of the ACC Championships, the Virginia women’s swimming and diving team had a narrow 90.5 point first-place lead over North Carolina State University. However, there was no looking back for the No. 5 Cavaliers (8-0, 4-0 ACC) once they took the lead on the second day.
Women’s Lacrosse
Of the 29 Cavaliers who were part of the first national championship program in Virginia baseball history, only 18 are returning for the 2016 season. Joining them will be 17 rookie players. With six star players from his program departing for the major leagues following their big win in Omaha, coach Brian O’Connor said that “year in and year out, you are relying on first-year players to make an impact, because we just lose so many players after three years to professional baseball.”
When the No. 5 Virginia women’s swimming and diving teams wrapped up the season last year after the NCAA Championships, they had a lot to hang their hats on. Under the leadership of Coach Augie Busch, the team finished the regular season ranked ninth, won their eighth straight ACC championship and placed fifth at the NCAA Championships — the best finish in the school’s history.
At the Fastrack National Qualifier Invite this past weekend in Staten Island, N.Y., familiar names brought success to the Virginia men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams. In combination, the teams had 14 top-3 finishes, including six victories.
The top-ranked Virginia men’s tennis team had a busy weekend competing in the ITA National Team Indoors Championship. As favorites, the Cavaliers hope to hoist the trophy for the fifth time in the past eight years.
Indoor Track and Field
Last Sunday, quarterback Peyton Manning won the Super Bowl — with his highlight pass being a two-point conversion — when the Denver Broncos upset the Carolina Panthers 24-10. As the confetti floated down and Manning adjusted his pre-made Super Bowl championship hat, a thought kept creeping into my head: what was really being put into these football games?
The Virginia lacrosse team capped off last year’s season with a disappointing 19-7 loss to Johns Hopkins in the NCAA tournament. Otherwise, the Cavaliers had an overall record of 10-5, which is by no means disappointing overall for the program. However, with the Virginia lacrosse team’s definition of success, their 0-4 record in the ACC fell short of their standards.
The top-ranked Virginia men’s tennis team is set to kick off the ITA National Men’s Team Indoor Championships with a first-round matchup against No. 16 San Diego. The tournament, which features the top 16 teams in the country, is scheduled to begin Friday and end with a champion being crowned Monday.
In a tuneup game before the ITA National Indoor Championship, the No. 1 Virginia Men’s Tennis team hosted and defeated No. 9 UCLA 6-1 Tuesday night at the Boyd Tinsley Courts at the Boar’s Head Sports Center in Charlottesville.
The No. 1 Virginia men’s tennis team (4-0) continued to roll as it dominated a pair of matches Saturday. In a double header, the Cavaliers swept both Elon (2-3) and Furman (2-3) on the Boyd Tinsley Courts at the Boar’s Head Sports Center in Charlottesville.
At tipoff, No. 9 Virginia was just a two-point favorite against Pittsburgh. Playing on the road — in front of the Oakland Zoo, no less — against a team that received votes in last week’s AP poll, the prediction seemed about right. And, after all, it was only 11 days since the Cavaliers needed a miracle to win at Wake Forest.
Men’s Tennis
Virginia’s early-season wins against then-No. 12 Villanova, No. 14 West Virginia and California were all nice. Even the recent victory against then-No. 8 Miami was impressive. But none compare to the statement the Cavaliers made Saturday against Louisville.
A short-handed women’s tennis squad suffered its first loss of the 2016 season Friday, losing 4-3 against No. 28 South Carolina (5-0).
Swimming & Diving
The eighth-ranked women’s tennis team completed a sweep of the their bracket of the ITA Kickoff Weekend on Saturday, defeating both BYU and Columbia. The team will now move on to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships at the University of Wisconsin early next month.