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Cavaliers fall short in ITA Nationals

By Grayson Kemper | November 17, 2015

Despite fielding the top seed in both the men’s and women’s singles brackets, both Virginia women’s and men’s tennis came up empty-handed in the ITA/USTA National Indoors this past weekend in Flushing, New York, as none of the six Cavalier qualifiers of the prestigious tournament made it past their quarterfinal matches in the men’s or women’s draws against the stacked field of national opponents.

Senior guard Faith Randolph paced all scorers with 17 points. She also pulled down seven rebounds and dished out four assists in just 17 minutes on court.

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Women’s basketball overwhelms Norfolk State, 86-50

By Grant Gossage | November 17, 2015

Sophomore floor general Mikayla Venson slashed into the paint and finished a scoop layup to begin the home opener for Virginia women’s basketball.

Freshman Fox Baldwin won at 174 pounds to preserve a Cavalier win in the team's home opener.

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Virginia falls at Ohio State, rebounds against Old Dominion

By Mariel Messier | November 17, 2015

The Virginia wrestling team faced a daunting weekend, traveling to Ohio State Friday before hosting Old Dominion for its first home dual meet of the season Sunday.

Junior striker Caleigh Foust scored the lone Virginia goal in the 2-1 loss to the Blue Devils.

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Field hockey falls to Duke in NCAA quarterfinals

By Ryan Taylor | November 16, 2015

A day after defeating Delaware 4-3 in an overtime battle, the Virginia field hockey team fell 2-1 to Duke at University Hall Turf Field.

Senior guard Malcolm Brogdon torched the Colonials for 28 points and eight rebounds, but the Cavaliers shot just 40.3 percent as a team.

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George Washington stuns No. 6 Virginia

By Matthew Wurzburger | November 16, 2015

Three days after shooting 49.2 percent against Morgan State, Virginia connected on only 40.3 percent of its attempts against a much more dangerous George Washington team.

Junior outside hitter Haley Kole tallied 31 kills against just four errors on the weekend.

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Volleyball posts convincing wins against Clemson, Georgia Tech

By Rahul Shah | November 16, 2015

After three straight tough losses, the Virginia volleyball team headed into this past weekend searching far and wide for a win.

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Old habits finish off rough football season

By Matthew Wurzburger | November 16, 2015

Virginia traveled to Louisville with their backs against the wall — needing a perfect 3-0 finish to gain bowl eligibility. The Cavaliers (3-7, 2-4 ACC) put up a noble fight against the Cardinals (6-4, 5-2 ACC), but in the end Virginia’s demons came back to haunt them in a 38-31 defeat.

Junior quarterback Matt Johns finished 25-41 for 260 yards and a career-high four touchdowns against Louisville.

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Louisville runs through Virginia, ends Cavalier bowl hopes

By Robert Elder | November 15, 2015

Virginia (3-7, 2-4 ACC) fought the Cardinals (6-4, 5-3) down to the final whistle, but second half miscues cost the Cavaliers a chance at bowl eligibility.

Junior midfielder Alexis Shaffer earned All-ACC Second Team honors for her play this season. She scored a goal three minutes into the second half against Howard.

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Shaffer score ignites Cavaliers to 7-1 win over Howard

By Grant Gossage | November 15, 2015

The Virginia women’s soccer team hosted Howard (13-8-2) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament — five days removed from a taxing penalty-kick loss to No. 1 Florida State in the ACC Tournament Final.

Junior Cleo Boyd's 20 minute 51 second performance was good for seventh place at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championship.

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Cross country advances to NCAA Championships

By Matthew Morris | November 15, 2015

The Virginia women’s and men’s cross country teams raced to first and second place, respectively, Friday afternoon at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championship, advancing to next weekend’s national championships.

Sophomore forward Lauren Moses lead Virginia in scoring against Middle Tennessee with 13 points.

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Cavaliers win opener behind balanced scoring

By Grant Gossage | November 15, 2015

Virginia women’s basketball saw its late double-digit lead slip away but held on to beat Middle Tennessee State 70-66 Friday night in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

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New-look Cavaliers push past Morgan State

By Matthew Wurzburger | November 13, 2015

The final score was irrelevant since the talent discrepancy was simply too overwhelming, rendering an upset victory by Morgan State nearly impossible.

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Virginia cruises to 86-48 season-opening win

By Robert Elder | November 13, 2015

The Cavaliers broke open the floor in transition to finish the first half, quickly jumping out to a 40-23 halftime lead and an eventual 86-46 season-opening victory.

Sophomore midfielder Tara Vittese, Virginia's leading scorer, converted a penalty stroke four minutes into overtime to give the Cavaliers a 3-2 win against Delaware in October.

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Weekend Previews: Nov. 13-15

By CD Sports Staff | November 12, 2015

“The Skinny” on weekend matchups for cross country, rowing, field hockey, volleyball and wrestling

Since rejoining her teammates Oct. 26, Sonnett has guided the Cavaliers to a 3-1 record and a No. 1 seed entering the NCAA Tournament.

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Sonnett wins ESPNW 2015 Soccer Player of the Year

By Grant Gossage | November 12, 2015

Wednesday evening, ESPNW announced Virginia senior center back Emily Sonnett won its 2015 Soccer Player of the Year award. Sonnett anchors a Cavalier defense that has allowed an average of only .58 goals per game and amassed 12 shutouts through 19 matches.

Senior forward Makenzy Doniak has been dogged by injury this season, but she is healthy now. Virginia's most dangerous offensive threat scored two goals against Florida State in the ACC title game.

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Women’s soccer kicks off NCAA tourney against Howard

By Ben Tobin | November 12, 2015

After falling to Florida State 1-0 in the 2014 national title game, the Virginia women’s soccer team had one goal to begin 2015: win the NCAA championship.

With a coach as talented as Tony Bennett, Virginia should keep winning games no matter how closely officials monitor hand-checking this season.

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Shadow of rule changes looms over 2015-16 season

By Matthew Wurzburger | November 12, 2015

It is the eve of the 2015-16 NCAA men’s basketball season and storylines abound.

Senior Danielle Collins holds the top seed in the invitational's women's singles draw. She has already won two national titles this fall, at the Oracle/ITA Masters Tournament and the Riviera ITA All-American Championships.

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Virginia sends six to New York for National Indoors

By Grayson Kemper | November 11, 2015

A pair of players from the Virginia men’s tennis team and four from the women’s side head to Flushing Meadows, New York, for the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship beginning Thursday.

Senior guard Malcolm Brogdon earned first-team All-ACC and second-team All-American honors last season, when he was the only Cavalier to start all 34 of Virginia's games.

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Men's hoops again poised for success in 2015-16

By Robert Elder | November 11, 2015

Entering his seventh season in Charlottesville, coach Tony Bennett has undoubtedly brought Virginia basketball back into the national spotlight — back-to-back 30-win seasons and ACC regular-season titles will do that for a program.

Freshman Olamide Zaccheaus is thriving in a hybrid running back/wide receiver role in his first collegiate season.

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Cavs face Cards in must-win road game

By Nicky Wildish | November 11, 2015

If the Cavaliers want to be bowl-eligible for the first time since 2011, they must initially go through a tough Louisville squad on the road this Saturday. Virginia (3-6, 2-3 ACC) has to win its final three games for any hope of playing postseason football this winter.

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