Duke suffered its first home loss in 41 games to Miami, 90-74, Jan. 13. After the game, I tweeted “OVERRATED *clap clap clap clap clap* OVERRATED *clap clap clap clap clap* OVERRATED *clap clap clap clap clap* #Duke” adding insult to injury to the No.4 Blue Devils.
Twenty-four track and field athletes traveled to Blacksburg for the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet on Feb. 6 and 7.
The Virginia women’s tennis team went 2-1 over the weekend at the 2015 ITA National Women’s Tennis Indoor Team Championships hosted at the Boar’s Head Inn.
The Virginia men’s lacrosse team opened its season against Loyola for the second consecutive year on Saturday.
No. 12 Virginia wrestling dropped its match against unranked North Carolina, 17-16, Saturday night in Chapel Hill, N.C.
It was a busy weekend for Cavaliers (1-3) as the Virginia softball team competed in the final three games of the Kajikawa Classic at Farrington Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. In Friday’s game against the University of Texas at El Paso, Virginia capitalized upon two big innings as they routed the Miners 14-5 in five innings.
As the ESPN showcase at John Paul Jones Arena became more of a defensive clinic than an evenhanded dual during the first half Saturday night, it was easy to forget that the opposition is a top-10 program.
The Virginia swimming and diving teams completed their final tuneup before the ACC championships this weekend, with swimmers participating in the Virginia Tech Invitational and divers hosting the Cavalier Diving Invitational.
Facing a top-15 opponent for the third consecutive game, Virginia held off the No. 8 Cardinals late for a 52-47 win.
Poor shooting and costly turnovers in the second half and an inability to stop the No. 4 Fighting Irish from driving to the hoop plagued the Cavaliers in a 75-54 loss Thursday night at Purcell Pavilion.
The skinny on sports this weekend.
Virginia’s next front-court challenge comes Saturday night, when defensive-minded Louisville rolls into town. The No. 8 Cardinals (19-3, 7-2 ACC) feature a potent backcourt combination in guards senior Chris Jones and sophomore Terry Rozier as well as one of the best big men in college basketball, junior forward Montrezl Harrell.
The Virginia women’s basketball team is riding a two-game winning streak into Notre Dame, Indiana, where the Cavaliers play the No. 4 Fighting Irish Thursday night at Purcell Pavilion.
Despite an 11.07 goals against average last season – good for 47th in the country – few doubted the Virginia men’s lacrosse team’s talent on the defensive end.
This past weekend in sports was one of the worst for me in a long time. The Virginia basketball team lost in a heartbreaker to Duke, and the New England Patriots — my least favorite team in football — won its fourth Super Bowl in 13 years. As much as I was angered by the outcomes of these two games, the manner in which those outcomes came about made it that much worse.
Just 48 hours after coming up short at home against No. 4 Duke, the Virginia men’s basketball team defeated North Carolina 75-64 Monday night at the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The No. 3 Cavaliers (20-1, 8-1 ACC) trailed by a point at halftime but steadily pulled away in the last 14 minutes to improve to 8-0 on the road in 2014-15.
Tajuan “Ty” Law played in the NFL for 15 years, was a five time Pro-Bowler and won three Super Bowls with the New England Patriots.
The Virginia women’s tennis team rallied for a 4-2 win against Georgia Monday night at the Boar’s Head Sports Club. The No. 10 Cavaliers (4-1) lost the doubles point sweep-style before claiming four of five finished singles matches for their second straight victory against a ranked opponent.
The Virginia women’s basketball team managed to hold its opponent to poor shooting down the stretch in order to win its second conference road game of the season, 77-72, against Clemson on Sunday afternoon.
Select members of the Virginia track and field team competed in Boston, Massachusetts at the John Thomas Terrier Classic over the weekend. Many East Coast schools participated in both field and running events, but the Cavaliers only took part in the latter.
