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.
The Virginia women’s tennis team topped South Carolina by a 5-2 final score Friday afternoon at the Boar’s Head Sports Club, bouncing back from a short-handed loss to No.
ESPN College GameDay hosted by State Farm featured Virginia men’s basketball in Charlottesville for the first time this weekend ahead of the No.
Twelfth-ranked Virginia fell to No. 9 Virginia Tech, 18-16, at the Moss Arts Center in Blacksburg, Va.
In the final minutes of the Virginia men’s basketball team’s ESPN College GameDay clash with Duke Saturday night, Blue Devils freshman guard Tyus Jones stepped up and delivered the final blow at the sold-out John Paul Jones Arena.
After only attempting seven free throw attempts and missing four of them in its last game, the Virginia women’s basketball team practiced its foul shots minutes before Thursday night’s game against NC State—and it paid off.
The Skinny on weekend competition for the Virginia indoor track and field, men’s and women’s tennis, women’s basketball and wrestling teams. A full preview for men’s basketball is available online and in Thursday’s issue of The Cavalier Daily.
Junior guard Malcolm Brogdon was taking names at the Nike Peach Jam in North Augusta, South Carolina back in the summer of 2010, when Virginia men’s basketball coach Tony Bennett watched the well-spoken Atlantan hoop for the first time.
The collective eyes of the men’s college basketball world will focus on Charlottesville this Saturday when No. 2 Virginia welcomes fourth-ranked Duke to John Paul Jones Arena.
Looking to snap a three-game losing streak and improve on a struggling offense, the Virginia women’s basketball team will return to the court Thursday night at John Paul Jones Arena to face conference rival NC State.
