They were a part of an NCAA tournament semi-finalist team. They currently hold a 40-32 career record. And they have never played a game when their team was not ranked nationally in the top 20.
In baseball terms, the Cavaliers were cruising through Wednesday’s game at Davenport Field. Nearly two hours after freshman starter Daniel Lynch had delivered a first-pitch strike, Virginia led 3-0 in the top of the eighth inning. Then, came the grinding halt.
The Virginia softball team took a break from conference play this week to take on Radford for a single game Tuesday and No. 7 James Madison for a doubleheader Wednesday.
Ever since he was hired as the director of Virginia track and field and cross country, coach Bryan Fetzer has preached a motto to his teams — “Get better everyday in every way.” This weekend, the Virginia outdoor track and field teams will get to set the bar to improve from by competing at the Florida Relays in Gainesville, Fla. from March 31-April 2.
If you had told distance runner Henry Wynne when he was starting high school that he would one day win the NCAA national championship in the men’s mile, he would have laughed at you.
Coming off a dominant 19-4 win over the Virginia Military Institute, the Virginia lacrosse team faces another challenge by an in-state foe as it travels to Richmond Saturday afternoon.
The Virginia lacrosse team continued to fight its way through its schedule Tuesday night against Virginia Military Institute. The Cavaliers (5-5, 0-2 ACC) were able to forget their slow start as a 12-goal scoring run became the story of the game, and the team earned a win over the struggling Keydets (1-10, 0-3 SoCon).
No. 14 Virginia baseball plays host to Old Dominion (18-7, 3-3 C-USA) Wednesday evening in this season’s installment of a historically difficult matchup for the Cavaliers.
Sunday was a familiar scene for coach Dom Starsia and the Virginia lacrosse team, as it defeated rival No. 8 Johns Hopkins in overtime for the third consecutive year. The Cavaliers (4-5, 0-2) won 13-12, in their first victory against a top-20 ranked team all season.
The nagging question, I suppose, is what Virginia’s rose will look like at full maturity. Will our Cavaliers make a Final Four someday?
The Cavalier faithful have experienced their fair share of heartbreaks over the years, but few will sting more than Virginia’s 68-62 loss Sunday night against Syracuse
Top-seeded Virginia got a taste of its own medicine Sunday night, and boy it sure was bitter. The Cavaliers (29-8) led No. 10 seed Syracuse 35-21 at the half, but the Orange (23-13) unleashed a torrid 25-4 run to win 68-62 and reach the Final Four.
The No. 12 Virginia women’s tennis team travelled down to Florida this weekend for two tough conference matches against No. 6 Miami and Florida State. The Cavaliers (11-7, 6-3 ACC) fell to Miami, 5-2, but bounced back to sweep Florida State, 4-0.
The Cavaliers had a busy weekend with two ACC opponents coming down to Charlottesville for matches Friday and Saturday.
Sophomore attackman Mike D’Amario chipped in the game-winning goal for the Virginia men’s’ lacrosse team as they outlasted No. 8 Johns Hopkins in an overtime showdown at Klöckner Stadium.
After competing in three events each, senior Yannick Kaeser and freshman Zach Fong, the sole representatives of the Virginia men’s swimming and diving team, wrapped up the NCAA Championships in Atlanta, Ga. Saturday.
Virginia baseball handed No. 7 Louisville its first home loss of the season with a 6-3 victory Friday night. Senior workhorse Connor Jones tossed 112 pitches over seven strong innings, allowing three runs — two earned — on five hits.
The Virginia softball team had been reeling heading into last weekend. The Cavaliers (11-23, 2-7 ACC) had lost eight of their last nine games and looked to be struggling at a critical juncture in the season.
A slow start doomed the No. 13 Virginia women’s lacrosse team as the team fell to No. 15 Duke, 11-8, Saturday in Durham, NC.
It would be unfair to diminish coach Tony Bennett’s success the past two seasons. How far the Virginia basketball program has come since that fateful 87-52 loss against Tennessee Dec. 30, 2013 is truly remarkable.
