Last year, Virginia met William & Mary in the second round of the NCAA tournament here in Charlottesville.
After over three months of strenuous practices, clutch performances and bonding together as a unit to emerge as a Cinderella team in the NCAA tournament, the University of Virginia men's soccer team ended its season Sunday afternoon at Klöckner Stadium, falling to Creighton, 3-1, in the third round of NCAA action. Although they were underdogs in most of their postseason matches, the Cavaliers (11-10-2) exceeded expectations and dominated the ACC tournament en route to a conference title.
Virginia (7-5, 4-4 ACC) accepted a bid late Saturday night to return to the Continental Tire Bowl in Charlotte against Pittsburgh (8-4, 5-2 Big East). The game will be played Dec.
In their final regular season game of the year, the Virginia Cavaliers took to the field against Virginia Tech with both teams jockeying for bragging rights and a better bowl game.
Maryland 41, Wake Forest 28 Maryland senior running back Bruce Perry scampered for 237 yards and three scores, including TD runs of 49 and 80 yards within a two-minute stretch in the third quarter, to lead the Terps past Wake.
The Virginia men's swimming and diving team won four events and the women won one Sunday at the Texas A&M Fall Invitational. The No.11 men placed fourth in the competition, scoring 1930.5 points.
Virginia wrestling coach Lenny Bernstein has quietly moved the wrestling program forward for 10 years now.
In a game filled with subplots, more than just bragging rights will be on the line Saturday when Virginia hosts in-state rival Virginia Tech in each team's final regular-season game.Both teams' prospects for postseason bowl games could be significantly helped by a win on Saturday, particularly those of the Cavaliers (6-5, 4-4 ACC), mired in a logjam in the middle of the conference standings. The Hokies (8-3, 4-3 Big East) have lost three of their last five games after a 6-0 start and are looking to add to their all-time 46-35-5 series advantage over the Cavaliers.
After Saturday's win against the Yellow Jackets, Virginia football fans were thinking a trip to the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, Fla.
The No. 22 Virginia men's soccer team will take on Wake Forest tomorrow night in Winston Salem, N.C.
Nine Virginia athletes were honored with awards in three sports yesterday. Six members of the 2003 football team (6-5, 4-4 ACC) were named to the All-ACC team.
With junior forward Devin Smith out with a back injury and sophomore forward Derrick Byars in foul trouble, Virginia needed freshman Gary Forbes to step up more than ever in last night's season opener.
The Virginia men's soccer team kept its season alive in strong fashion Friday night with a 2-0 shutout victory over visiting Seton Hall University in the first round of the NCAA tournament. It took one goal in the first half and another in the second for the Cavaliers to advance into the second round of the playoffs. Virginia improved to 10-9-2 on the year while Seton Hall dropped to 9-6-4, with the loss ending their season. "I couldn't have drawn it up any better in terms of the game plan, getting the goal in the first half and making sure we kept them off the board," Virginia coach George Gelnovatch said.
The Cavaliers were led by Scott Moore, a transfer from Penn State who picked up the title for the 141-pound division, and four other Virginia wrestlers who placed in the top six for their respective weight classes. Junior Zach Freday went 3-1 and took a close second place in the 184-pound class.
Georgia Tech, the top seed in the ACC tournament, defeated the Virginia volleyball team in straight sets (30-23, 30-20, 30-20) in the semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Sunday. Senior Paige Davis led Virginia with 11 kills, four digs and three block assists in the match.
An emotional second half comeback attempt fell short for No. 24 Virginia yesterday, as Virginia Tech escaped with a 63-62 victory at University Hall.
Maryland 26, N.C. State 24 Nick Novak's field goal with 23 seconds remaining put Maryland ahead for good and capped a streak of 16 unanswered points for the Terrapins.
Despite swirling rumors that Virginia would receive a bid to play in the Dec. 22 Tangerine Bowl yesterday or today, Athletic Director Craig Littlepage said last night that Virginia would not know their bowl fate until next weekend. "There were a couple false starts and I got word about six this evening through the ACC office that the bowls that we have a tie-in with are all going to wait until Saturday's games before doing anything," he said. It appeared likely Virginia would be headed to Orlando for the Tangerine Bowl until ACC third-place Clemson routed South Carolina last night, 63-17, prompting more attention from the Gator and Peach Bowls for the Tigers. A win over Virginia Tech would likely send them to Orlando (ACC No.
"Confidence is the result of demonstrated performance." Coach Al Groh's words could not have rung truer after Virginia's 29-17 win over ACC rival Georgia Tech (6-5, 4-4 ACC). The Cavaliers (6-5, 4-4) made countless breakthroughs in Saturday's game that redeemed the team after having dropped the last four conference contests.
It's one of life's brutal truths. There's simply no denying that sometimes success needs something more than countless hours of work, requires something beyond personal dedication and often demands an element that is much bigger than one person.
