No. 3 Virginia men’s tennis team headed to North Carolina for the weekend to face No. 27 N.C. State (11-6, 2-1 ACC) and No. 2 Wake Forest (18-3, 4-0 ACC), who the Cavaliers upset at home in February.
As March Madness approaches, the Cavalier Daily sports staff takes a look at some superlatives for the Virginia men’s basketball team in the Big Dance.
It’s March and your friends want you to fill out a March Madness bracket. You have no idea what you’re doing.
The Virginia baseball team (9-10, 2-4 ACC) lost two games of a three-game series at Georgia Tech (13-7, 3-3 ACC) over the weekend. The Cavaliers won the first game of the series but dropped the final two.
After two tough losses Friday and Saturday, the Cavaliers came up with 10 hits Sunday to win by six runs against Georgia Tech.
After winning three consecutive games in overtime, the No. 11 Virginia men's lacrosse team was finally able to secure a win in just four periods against No. 7 Notre Dame Saturday at Klöckner Stadium.
With a chance to play in the ACC Tournament final on the line, No. 2 Virginia fell to No. 12 Florida State. The 10-point win for the Seminoles (27-6) spoiled the Cavaliers’ (29-3) hopes of repeating as regular season and tournament champions in the ACC.
The No. 3 Virginia men’s tennis team (10-2, 2-1 ACC) headed to Florida this week to face South Florida (9-5, 1-0 AAC) Sunday in Tampa and Central Florida (8-8, 1-0 AAC) Tuesday in Orlando.
The Virginia softball team (13-9, 3-0 ACC) won a pair of midweek games, 6-0 Tuesday over Charlotte and 10-1 Wednesday over Furman.
Junior guard Jocelyn Willoughby was not only the leading scorer and rebounder for the Virginia women’s basketball team this season but also is a current resident of the Lawn and is active both on Grounds and with the NCAA.
In the quarterfinal round of the ACC Tournament, top-seeded Virginia picked up a 76-56 win over NC State to advance to the semifinals.
Sophomore forward De’Andre Hunter and junior guard Kyle Guy were All-ACC First Team selections, while junior guard Ty Jerome was named to the All-ACC Second Team.
The only competitor to surpass 55 feet, Scott claimed the NCAA title for the Cavaliers. His performance earned the Virginia men’s track and field team their first NCAA indoor field championship.
After winning back-to-back games in overtime, the No. 12 Virginia men’s lacrosse continued the pattern against Brown Sunday at Klöckner Stadium, prevailing once again in overtime.
The Virginia baseball team (8-7, 1-2 ACC) lost two of three games in a weekend series at home against Duke (11-5, 2-1 ACC), the first games of conference play for the Cavaliers.
Sophomore forward De’Andre Hunter became the fourth Virginia player in the last five years to be named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year.
As the No. 1 seed, the Cavaliers received the double bye and will not play until Thursday afternoon. They come into the tournament as one of the favorites, but their path will be anything but easy in a loaded ACC field.
The Cavaliers faced Pittsburgh this weekend in Charlottesville, Va., winning all three matchups to start off with a 3-0 record in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Two games were tied in the final inning, ending in walk-off victories.
Of the 10 wrestlers Virginia sent to Blacksburg for the ACC Championships, four secured automatic bids to the upcoming NCAA Championships.
Virginia Coach Tony Bennett was named ACC Coach of the Year Monday. It was his second consecutive year winning the award, and the fourth time in six years.
