Virginia triumphed in its first road test of the season, upsetting No. 17 Arizona 75-72 despite the fact that senior Sean Singletary was also battling against a flu bug. Singletary led all scorers with 24 points, including a perfect 11-11 from the free-throw line, and added a game-high 8 assists.
Coming off consecutive two-point losses to nationally ranked George Washington and at South Carolina last week, Virginia's women's basketball team got back to its winning ways Sunday afternoon with an 80-59 victory against Richmond. The Cavaliers (2-2) had four players in double figures, led by sophomore Monica Wright's career-high 27 points, and used an early first-half run to take control of the game and avenge last season's 75-72 loss in Richmond. "We started a little bit slow," Virginia coach Debbie Ryan said.
The Virginia wrestling team announced its arrival Saturday with two historic wins at the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
Flash back two years. The Hokies were in Charlottesville for their annual football game against Virginia.
The fate of the Virginia men's soccer team's season will be determined during tonight's NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship selection show. Despite losing to Boston College in the quarterfinals of the ACC Championship Tournament last week, Virginia, currently ranked No.
No one can deny it has been a nerve-wracking season for the Cavaliers. Expectations plummeted when Virginia lost at Wyoming 23-3 in the season opener.
For the last time this season, the Virginia volleyball team will hit the road when it takes on Maryland tonight in College Park before traveling to Boston College Saturday. The Cavaliers (16-11, 11-7 ACC) are coming off of another weekend split, defeating N.C.
The members of the No. 12 Virginia men's swim and dive team held their heads high as they left the Aquatic and Fitness Center yesterday afternoon despite losing a heartbreaker to the Tennessee Volunteers. "I am very pleased with the attitude, with the determination and with the performance of our team today," Virginia coach Mark Bernardino said.
November is not typically a month known for great college basketball games. That stereotype, however, will be challenged this weekend as the Virginia men's basketball team travels west to take on the Arizona Wildcats Saturday.
The stage is set for the Virginia men's wrestling team to establish its legitimacy on the national level when they travel to Chapel Hill, N.C.
The Virginia women's basketball team plays host to in-state rival Richmond at 2 p.m. Sunday in a game that will carry some extra meaning for the players. "Any in-state game is a game we get up for," senior guard Sharneé Zoll said. The Cavaliers (1-2) lost to the Spiders (1-2) 73-70 last season in a tight matchup in Richmond.
Part of Virginia coach Dave Leitao's strategy for improving the basketball program has been to recruit players who can make an immediate contribution.
This afternoon's meet pitting the 12th-ranked Virginia men's swimming and diving team against 11th-ranked Tennessee has been pegged as the national "meet of the week" by swimmingworldmagazine.com. "We have a tremendous opponent in Tennessee," Virginia coach Mark Bernardino said.
"Virginia is 102nd in team offense. I'm not sure I've ever seen an 8-2 team do that before," color commentator Bob Davie remarked during ESPN2's telecast of the U.Va.
After a rough start, the Virginia men's basketball team pulled away and shot down Howard last night 92-53.
Coming off of its first loss of the young season, the Virginia women's basketball team looks to get back on track as it travels to take on South Carolina tonight. The Gamecocks (1-0) enter the contest after a 93-33 victory against St.
So you think you've got it tough? You take classes like psycho-bio, cognitive science and Old English.
Coming off an impressive 18-point win in their home debut against Vermont, the Virginia men's basketball team will complete its two-game home stand tonight against Howard. In Sunday's win against Vermont, Virginia (1-0) avoided joining the highly-touted group of Kentucky, USC and Georgia Tech, who all lost their home openers to lesser teams in Gardner-Webb, Mercer and UNC Greensboro, respectively.
With two goals, senior Chris Tierney led the Virginia men's soccer team yesterday to its first ACC victory in more than a month.
Drive. Walk. Run. Hang-glide. Street luge. Jump on the old Big Wheel. Get a piggyback ride from Jeffrey Fitzgerald.
