The No. 65 Cavaliers dropped a 6-1 match to No. 3 Duke yesterday afternoon at the Boar's Head Sports Club.
For a softball team whose season-long goal has been to make the regional tournament, the Cavaliers certainly are making things difficult for themselves. Virginia (25-20, 0-2 ACC) dropped two games yesterday to ACC rival North Carolina (32-14, 2-0) in the team's first two conference games of the season.
DURHAM, N.C. -- Virginia coach Brian O'Connor said the games in April will tell what kind of a baseball team Virginia has. The squad began April in strong fashion this weekend with a three-game sweep of Duke (14-16, 3-6 ACC) in Durham. Virginia improved to 25-7 on the season and 8-4 in the conference while defeating the Blue Devils, 3-1, in the series finale and 8-1, 6-5 in the first two contests.
Freshman Alisa Wulff was granted release from the women's basketball team due to family medical problems, coach Debbie Ryan announced Wednesday. Wulff's father recently was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and will require a heart transplant within the next two years.
A national No. 1 ranking in any sport can be both a blessing and a hindrance. Teams will rarely acknowledge this fact, preferring instead to deny any recognition of rankings.
Pete Gillen's seat just got a lot cooler. Virginia Athletics Director Craig Littlepage announced yesterday that the services of Virginia's men's basketball coach will be retained for next season. Littlepage emphasized the Cavaliers' late-season success, the progress of freshman point guard T.J.
Both the men's and women's swimming teams had a strong showing Wednesday, winning four of six annual ACC swimming awards. Sophomore Fran Crippen earned ACC Male Swimmer of the Year for the second time in a row.
Coming off two decisive victories over Brown Tuesday and Wednesday, the Virginia baseball team (22-7, 5-4 ACC) is now focusing its attention on Duke.
Rain pelted the field to begin Wednesday's doubleheader, but Virginia's bats did the hitting in the end.
Virginia tennis fans, prepare for the weekend of your lives. With the No. 12 men's team and the No.
A hat trick wasn't enough for junior attacker Amy Appelt Wednesday night, and neither was a hat trick times two.
As a three-year member of the 'Hoo Crew and as a rabid basketball fan who hasn't missed a non-winter break home game since first year, I would like to endorse the Athletic Department's proposed online basketball ticketing system. I'll admit that I was skeptical at first, believing that any system that required the Virginia student body to plan to attend a basketball game was inherently flawed considering the large fluctuations in student attendance over the past few years.
Virginia junior Andrew Dobies was named ACC Pitcher of the Week on Monday for his outstanding pitching performance last Saturday against N.C.
Virginia head basketball coach Pete Gillen was scheduled to meet with Athletic Director Craig Littlepage yesterday morning to review the state of the men's basketball program, the Charlottesville Daily Progress reported. Top Virginia officials have aroused recent suspicion surrounding Gillen's coaching status by not commenting on whether or not the coach will be retained for the remainder of his contract.
The Virginia softball team takes to the field this afternoon at The Park for a doubleheader against Brown (6-9). The Cavaliers (23-18) will be looking to bounce back after falling short of the Hoo's Who Tournament crown Sunday. After defeating Penn State, 5-0, on Sunday afternoon to advance to the championship game later that evening, Virginia couldn't pull through in the title match as they lost, 3-2, to N.C.
Based on the first half inning of last night's game against Brown, it looked like Virginia would be in for a long night. Brown's lead-off hitter, right fielder Paul Christian, hit a home run in the first at bat of the contest.
After watching Virginia effectively ice their rainout win over Brown last night by scoring nine two-out runs in the first inning, the intensity of the game was completely sapped.
The women's lacrosse team will put their four-game win streak on the line when they duel No. 7 JMU (5-2) at Klöckner Stadium tonight at 8. The No.
Six members of the Virginia men's and women's club tennis teams spent their Spring Break in a similar fashion to many of their college counterparts.
After falling to No. 21 N.C. State, 8-7, in the deciding game of their three-game series, the No.
