Last spring, Athletic Director Craig Littlepage had to make a career-defining decision. Growing cries were mounting from an unenthused basketball fan base, while the members of Team Cavalier were dwindling rapidly.
The Florida Gators adapted to Virginia waters just fine last Friday as they faced the Cavaliers in the opening meet of the season for both teams.
As Wali Lundy made his way through the throngs of reporters gathered in the underbelly of Scott Stadium late Saturday night, he repeated one phrase, "We shocked the world, we shocked the world." The world might have been shocked by Virginia's 26-21 win over No.
Saturday night, 63,000 fans witnessed what was truly a game for the ages. In one of the most memorable Virginia football upsets of all time, the Cavaliers defeated No.
When junior forward Lindsay O'Bannon scored early in the second half to draw Virginia within one goal of North Carolina, it looked as if the Cavaliers had a chance to pull off a major upset.
The Virginia men's cross-country team, ranked 29th in the nation, upset four higher-ranked teams Saturday to finish in sixth place at the NCAA Pre-Nationals held at Terre Haute, Ind. The Cavalier men were led by Jan Foerster, who finished 34th overall with a time of 24:23.
As Sunday's game entered the final minutes of regulation, it looked as if the Virginia men's soccer team was going to have to play its third overtime contest in four games.
If there were any doubts about Connor Hughes' kicking ability after last year's slight struggles, those worries are all but gone following Hughes' top-notch performance this season, highlighted in Saturday's 26-21 upset victory over the No.
The Virginia volleyball team registered their fifth-straight ACC win Saturday, beating Florida State 3-1 in Tallahassee.
Best Concentration Emmanuel Byars' 28-yard catch on third and 16 that went through defensive back Roger Williams' hands on Virginia's first offensive drive.
This was Marques Hagans' game. Sure, Connor Hughes kicked the lights out, and the Virginia defense smothered the powerful Seminoles, but No.
Earlier this week, I was standing between the turf field and the football practice fields waiting for the field hockey practice to finish.
Roughly a month ago, I found myself wandering through the doors of a desolate Observatory Hill Dining Hall around seven in the morning.
"I still don't understand why you're doing this story," volleyball coach Melissa Aldrich Shelton told me as we sat down for an interview in her McCue Center office Wednesday morning.
In the eyes of Virginia head cross country coach Jason Dunn and his team, the regular season is divided into a series of steps, like those on a pyramid.
It's crunch time for the Virginia football team. After last week's loss to Boston College, the team currently stands at 3-2 and is unranked nationally.
Ten months may have passed since the Virginia men's soccer squad last faced the Duke Blue Devils, but many of the team's veteran players remember last year's NCAA quarterfinal match as though it was yesterday. Despite handing the Blue Devils two losses earlier in the season, the Cavalier defense could not suppress an explosive Duke attack that netted two first-half goals and held on for a 3-0 victory in front of nearly 4,200 shocked fans at Klöckner Stadium.
Even though Virginia Tech is the biggest foe for most Virginia athletic teams, the women's soccer team has yet to build a storied rivalry with the Hokies.
With the Cavaliers having reached the midpoint of their conference schedule, now is an excellent time to assess and reflect upon Virginia's season thus far.
As the University of Virginia football team lines up against No. 4 Florida State Saturday, another game will be fresh on the minds of many players, coaches and fans. This year's match against FSU marks the 10-year anniversary of Virginia's greatest football victory -- Nov.
