Even though it has been just six seasons since Jessica Wilk accepted the head coaching position at Virginia, she already has accumulated a long list of what most would consider a career's worth of coaching highlights.
Things are looking bright for the Virginia women's volleyball team. After performing the sunshine state sweep -- defeating Miami 3-1 Friday and Florida State 3-1 Saturday --the Cavaliers boosted their overall record to 12-6, and 7-2 in conference play. More impressive, however, is the team's winning streak.
The Virginia defense was not about to let Marques Hagans' superhuman performance go to waste Saturday, and it proved it with the game on the line. Even with Virginia's stellar play in the first 59 minutes, one crucial minute remained.
Virginia swimmer Fran Crippen was named ACC Men's Swimming and Diving Performer of the Week yesterday.
While they receive much less publicity and are not as recognizable as head coach Steve Swanson, women's soccer assistant coaches Maren Rojas and Hershey Strosberg also play key roles in every Cavalier victory. "To me, we're a unified staff.
Two Virginia coaches received contract extensions Monday, Athletic Director Craig Littlepage announced.
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.
