Baseball is back home, ready for Towson
By Grant Gossage | March 14, 2016Over the weekend, Virginia baseball competed in its first ACC series of 2016, claiming two out of three games from Duke at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Over the weekend, Virginia baseball competed in its first ACC series of 2016, claiming two out of three games from Duke at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Playing in the Durham Bulls Athletic Park over the weekend, No. 10 Virginia won two out of three in an ACC series against Duke. Cavalier junior ace Connor Jones tossed eight scoreless frames and picked up his third victory as Virginia defeated the Blue Devils, 6-0, Friday.
A day after suffering a defeat in the ACC championship against North Carolina, Virginia is likely feeling better about itself. Not only did the loss come against an NCAA No. 1 seed, but the Cavaliers earned a No. 1 seed themselves.
As 5:30 p.m. drew near on Selection Sunday, my roommate and I had to ask, could Virginia end up in Michigan State’s region again? After two hours of banter from Charles Barkley, Ernie Johnson and Co., we have our answer — and the answer is yes.
Junior Jimmy Stanger tied for first as the Virginia men’s golf placed second at the General Hackler Championship in Myrtle Beach, S.C. this weekend.
The Virginia softball team had a rough start to the month of March, going 2-9 over an 11-game stretch.
Junior Henry Wynne, the 2016 ACC champion in the men’s mile, caught fire at the right time.
Saturday night’s ACC Tournament championship game seemed to be a matchup made in heaven — the top-two teams in the nation’s premier league slugging it out with conference dominance on the line. The dream slowly devolved into a nightmare for second-seeded Virginia.
The Cavaliers shot just 36.5 percent from the field, including a mere 33.3 percent in the second half. Brogdon connected on just 6-of-22 field goals for 15 points, while junior guard London Perrantes managed only a 3-of-14 performance from the floor. The duo went a combined 4-of-17 from deep.
To paraphrase Bane from Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, last year’s team merely adopted close games as their ally. The 2016 team was born into them, molded by them.
Coach Tony Bennett could not keep his joy hidden. Sitting at the podium after his second-seeded Virginia team defeated Miami 73-68 Friday night to reach his second ACC Tournament championship in three years.
If there was any doubt left of whether or not Virginia senior guard Malcolm Brogdon deserved to become the first ever player to win both ACC player of the year and defensive player of the year in the same season, it should be quelled after Thursday night.
For the second game in a row coach Tony Bennett emptied his bench. No. 2 seed Virginia played its reserves Thursday night in a 72-52 quarterfinal victory No. 10 seed Georgia Tech.
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Mike Tobey stood alone. With 2:20 remaining in the game, the senior center waited patiently at the free throw line as cheers of his name rained down on him.
"The Skinny" on weekend action for baseball, women's golf, men's tennis and women's lacrosse
The No. 7 Virginia women’s lacrosse team (4-1) won its third straight game Wednesday in dominant fashion against William & Mary (2-2), 16-8.
The Virginia softball team is coming off of a strong weekend in which they went 3-2, picking up key victories against Ohio, La Salle and Furman along the way.
The No. 14 Virginia men’s lacrosse team is hoping to make a mark early in the conference schedule heading into its ACC opener against No. 3 Syracuse Friday at 5:30 p.m.
This year, the Virginia team will attempt to defend their ACC title and win their sixth championship. This time, however, they get to try and do it at home.