When all eyes were on Beijing, China during the 2008 Summer Olympics, the Virginia Cavaliers sent nine representatives to compete and coach on the grandest athletic stage of them all. Eight years later, the Cavaliers have now doubled that number.
I’d spent much of the 2016 Virginia baseball season in the Davenport Field press box, up, up and away from the crowd and heat, as a largely impartial writer enjoying America’s pastime for what it was.
Sometimes lost in the mystique of the basketball team’s recent success is just how good, how consistent and how dominant the Virginia men’s tennis team has been in recent years.
After Blake Miller’s resignation as the Virginia softball head coach this past season, the search for a Cavalier successor began. That search was completed with the hiring of former McNeese State head coach Joanna Hardin in early June.
Posting a time of 4.00.65, Smith set a personal record and finished roughly two seconds behind 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist Kaite Ledecky, With the top two in every event moving on to represent Team USA in Rio, Smith’s second-place finish will send her to the first Olympics of her career.
Coming into the NCAA Tournament as the nation’s top-ranked team and the presumptive favorite to win the national championship, the Virginia men’s tennis team was brimming with confidence.
Blake Miller has resigned as head coach of the Virginia softball team, athletics director Craig Littlepage announced Thursday.
Virginia men’s lacrosse coach Dom Starsia will not return to coach the Cavaliers next season, Inside Lacrosse reported. Athletic director Craig Littlepage will not renew Starsia’s contract, which expires Jan. 2017.
The Cavalier Daily sports section looks back at eight graduating athletes who have left a lasting impact on their team and the University athletic community.
The former Brigham Young coach has a clear vision for the program. From day-one, his vision was explicit.
There is only one word that can properly describe the No. 5 Virginia rowing team — dynastic. With the ACC championship regatta being established in 2000, the team had won 15 of 16 championships heading into this season.
A late surge by the Orange torpedoed the Cavaliers’ quest for their first Final Four berth since 1984, but the real success for coach Tony Bennett’s team came in the manner they comported themselves against the challenges of the regular season.
After taking two series from ACC rivals No.19 North Carolina (26-15, 9-12 ACC) and No.4 Miami (30-8, 14-5 ACC), the No. 20 Virginia baseball team capped off an impressive April with a three-game series sweep against Pittsburgh.
The Virginia men’s lacrosse team stayed close with No. 2 Brown throughout the first half and the weather delay Sunday, but it wasn’t enough.
Competing fresh off the Virginia Challenge — one of the most nationally competitive outdoor track and field meets of the year — a limited representation of the Virginia outdoor track and field teams competed at the Highlander Invitational at Radford, Va. this past weekend.
The Virginia softball team ended its regular season on a sour note, dropping three-straight games to in-state rival Virginia Tech in the Commonwealth Clash.
“The Skinny” on weekend action for baseball, softball, rowing and track & field
The fifth-seeded Virginia women’s lacrosse team was defeated by the fourth-seeded Duke, 9-8, in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament.
The No. 5 seeded Virginia women’s lacrosse team will begin its postseason this Thursday against No. 4 seeded Duke in the quarterfinals of the ACC women’s lacrosse tournament.
The Cavaliers are going into Saturday’s game with a national tournament attitude, as the result of the game possibly determines if Virginia will make a NCAA postseason appearance this season.
