Virginia hopes to boost its ACC standings when they travel to Durham, N.C. today to take on the Duke Blue Devils (7-13) on their home court at 7:30 p.m.
Looking over the sea of orange that was the student section in Saturday's loss to Florida State before a record-breaking crowd in attendance for a game shown on ESPN, one couldn't help but try to evaluate where our football program is in coach Groh's third year. There is no doubt about it: Virginia is a football school now.
Despite their opponent's winless record so far this year, yesterday's matchup against the St. Francis Red Flash was an important one for the Virginia field hockey team. Goalies Logan Carr and Katherine Blair combined for their second shutout in as many games as Virginia (9-7, 0-3 ACC) blanked the Red Flash 10-0 yesterday afternoon.
As the shotgun snap flew past a stunned Matt Schaub midway through the fourth quarter, Virginia's hopes of staying in the hunt for an ACC title and BCS bowl bid went with it. With the Cavaliers marching down field trailing by five points Saturday night, facing a third and three at their own 42 yard line, a botched snap caused Virginia to lose 17 yards on the play and punt the ball.The No.
Despite putting increasing amounts of pressure on rival Maryland in the second and third games of this weekend's match, the Virginia volleyball team was never able to recover from Maryland's domination of the first game.
Four hours before every Virginia football game at Scott Stadium, some of the nation's best high school recruits pour into the McCue Center near University Hall with anticipation and a wary eye as to where they will continue their careers.
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- History is bigger than you, it's bigger than me and it's certainly bigger than the Boston Red Sox.
The Virginia Cavaliers, coming off two crucial wins last weekend, will square off with the Maryland Terrapins today in Memorial Gymnasium. Maryland (17-4, 6-1 ACC) comes into town on a four-game tear, sporting the second-best ACC record behind Georgia Tech.
The Virginia football team will attempt to return to its winning ways Saturday night when they take on Florida State in a nationally-televised contest at Scott Stadium.
The No. 6 Virginia women's soccer team will be put to the test in a crucial ACC game against 18th ranked Duke in Durham, N.C.
Whenever the No. 25 ranked Virginia men's soccer squad throws around phrases like "bad blood" and "dogfight" in interviews, this usually means one thing: Virginia is playing Duke. Historically, the Cavaliers and Blue Devils bring out unusually intense play in one another.
October 2, 1995 -- "Warrick Dunn takes the snap," Virginia radio man Mac McDonald shouted. "He's at the goal-line!
In the fall of 1993, Virginia and West Virginia last played a men's soccer game against one another in Charlottesville, with the Cavaliers winning decisively 5-0.
It wasn't Virginia goalkeeper Anne Abernethy who stopped Maryland forward Ali Andrzejewski's point blank shot in the 70th minute.
The Virginia field hockey team won two out of three games this past week to drive their record back above .500. The Cavaliers (8-7, 0-2 ACC) received goals from Allie Flynn and Katie Jo Gerfen in their 2-1 victory over Quinnipiac University (5-8) on Friday.
Two years ago, Virginia escaped "Death Valley" on a last-second touchdown pass in which receiver Billy McMullen may have gotten away with an offensive pass interference no-call.
Al Groh couldn't bring himself to shower. Not after the way his team lost, on a four-yard touchdown pass in overtime.
She has played on junior national teams and won the Missouri Player of the Year award in high school, but at the start of this season Becky Sauerbrunn still didn't know exactly what to expect from college competition.
The Virginia field hockey team defeated in-state opponent Radford University (3-9) last night, 4-0, and moved to 19-0 all-time against the Highlanders. The victory snaps a five-game losing streak for the No.
In Clemson's 21-7 loss to Maryland last week, one of very few assets was receiver Derrick Hamilton.
