I am sorry to report that the Virginia Cavaliers disappeared on Saturday. The team mysteriously vanished shortly after the start of the fourth quarter of their contest against North Carolina.
Were it not for one referee’s controversial call, Virginia would not have been afforded the opportunity from 12 yards out.
The clock halted at 72:57, and Klöckner Stadium rattled with relief. Cavalier teammates began to pile onto freshman defender Brianna Westrup, the instant hero.
I don’t regret expressing my disagreement with London’s game-management decisions, but booing doesn’t help anything.
‘The Skinny’ on weekend action for Virginia’s field hockey, volleyball and women’s golf teams.
Haseley had to think long and hard to choose just a single word, but the one he settled on summed up Virginia’s rollercoaster ride perfectly: “perseverance.”
A rivalry game is still a rivalry game no matter what the series history says. When the Virginia Cavaliers take on the Virginia Tech Hokies Friday night, neither team will be worrying about who’s supposed to win.
Coach Tony Bennett and the Cavaliers discussed NCAA rule changes for the upcoming season, the benefits of playing a challenging non-conference schedule, newfound flexibility at the point guard position and more.
Only four games remain on the regular-season schedule for Virginia women’s soccer. Having outpaced Boston College 4-2 in Beantown, the Cavaliers (11-1-1, 5-1-0 ACC) returned to Charlottesville ready for two more matches at Klöckner.
After arguably its most important victory of the season, the Virginia football team will head down to Chapel Hill to try to upset North Carolina in the South’s Oldest Rivalry.
I do expect the team to try, and leaving clock and timeouts on the field is the definition of not trying. That is why I boo — not at the players, but at our coach’s apparent lack of effort and drive.
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.
Virginia cross country turned in top-five performances against elite competition Friday at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course in Madison, Wisconsin.
The No. 5 Virginia field hockey team defeated another top-20 team this weekend when it edged No. 15 Delaware 3-2 in overtime.
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.
Sunday in Boston, the Virginia women’s rowing team raced to a pair of top-five finishes at the Head of the Charles Regatta, its first event of the fall season.
The Cavalier women (1-0) defeated the Volunteers (1-1), 174-121 for their 300th dual meet win in program history. Tennessee’s men (2-0) prevailed over Virginia (0-1), 210-90.
The Virginia volleyball team swept Boston College Friday night at Power Gym in Chestnut Hill, Mass. before falling at Syracuse in five sets Sunday afternoon.
Two days after U.S. Women’s Soccer coach Jill Ellis announced Virginia senior defender Emily Sonnett would join the roster in advance of an Oct. 25 friendly against Brazil, the senior captain led the Cavaliers to a 4-2 victory at Boston College (9-6-1, 3-3-1 ACC).
“Close game” and “heartbreaker” have so often been synonymous terms where Virginia football is concerned.
