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.
Senior center Mike Tobey scored a season-high 18 points off the bench as No. 1 seed Virginia dismissed No. 4 seed Iowa State 84-71 in the Midwest Regional Semifinals in Chicago, Ill.
“The Skinny” on weekend action for softball and men’s and women’s tennis.
To ease my stress, and hopefully yours, I find comfort in numbers — almost all of which favor Virginia through the weekend. Here’s a list of the most reassuring stats that I’ll be reading over and over again during the next 24 hours or so to keep me calm, cool and collected.
Behind a strong second half performance, the No. 13 Virginia women’s lacrosse team erased a three-goal halftime deficit to defeat James Madison, 10-9, Wednesday night.
Nearly a year ago, then-No. 5 Louisville swept a three-games series from Virginia baseball in Charlottesville.
The Virginia softball team had lost seven straight games coming into Wednesday’s matchup against the Longwood.
Virginia will look to right the ship and end its two game skid in its annual matchup with No. 7 Johns Hopkins in the Doyle Smith Cup.
When you ask any athlete their favorite memory on the court, their thoughts probably go straight to the biggest success of their career. For senior tennis player Ryan Shane, his immediate answer was the NCAA national championship.
No. 21 Virginia men’s golf placed fourth at the Linger Longer Invitational hosted in Greensboro, Ga., which wrapped up Tuesday afternoon. The fourth-place finish at the 13-team tournament allowed for Virginia to maintain its streak of consecutive top-five finishes to four, including every tournament of the spring season.
Following back-to-back wins against Virginia Commonwealth and Rutgers, respectively, in the WNIT, the Virginia women’s basketball team finally saw its season come to an end. The Cavaliers (18-16, 6-10 ACC) fell 65-57 against Hofstra in the Round of 16 Tuesday night in the Mack Athletic Complex in Hempstead, N.Y.
The wind was whipping towards left field on the cloudless Tuesday at Davenport Field. Virginia’s unbeaten sophomore pitcher Adam Haseley toed the rubber in his first frame, ready to sit down pesky James Madison leadoff hitter Chad Carroll.
Throughout most of his Virginia swimming career, senior Yannick Kaeser has been the crown of the program. Representing Switzerland in 2012 Summer Olympics, Kaeser has gone on to break two Virginia records in the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke.
The No. 13 Virginia women’s lacrosse team will take on James Madison this Wednesday at Klöckner Stadium. While the two teams have the same record, they come into the game with opposite momentum.
The Virginia women’s tennis team played two tough road games this weekend, and came away with a 1-1 split. Saturday, the No. 10 Cavaliers picked up a 5-2 victory over No. 42 North Carolina State. Then, Sunday, the Cavaliers fell to No. 29 Wake Forest in a tight 4-3 matchup.
The No. 4 Virginia women’s rowing team competed in their first home race Saturday against No. 6 Yale on the Rivanna Reservoir.
The No. 1 Virginia men’s tennis team had a busy weekend with two in-conference games — one Friday and the other Sunday.
The No. 18 Virginia baseball team won its second straight conference series, with two wins in three games against Wake Forest. The Cavaliers (15-6, 4-2 ACC) swept the Demon Deacons (13-9, 2-4 ACC) Friday before dropping the series finale Saturday.
The Virginia men’s lacrosse team did not get the win it was hoping for Saturday night, but it did come closer to the performance that it has been aiming for. The Cavaliers (3-5, 0-2 ACC) fell against No. 2 Notre Dame at Arlotta Stadium in South Bend, Ind. in a back and forth contest that resulted in a heartbreaking overtime loss.
The No. 9 Virginia women’s lacrosse team (4-5, 0-3 ACC) was defeated, 16-4, Saturday by No. 5 Notre Dame (9-1, 3-1 ACC).
