With the country's attention focused on the Final Four and the ACC's own Maryland Terrapins, many college sports stories tend to slip through the cracks.
While it is undeniable that ACC play always poses a challenge, it has grown clear that in-state play is key to keeping the season moving for the Virginia baseball team (15-9). The Cavaliers are coming off a triumphant weekend on the road in which they swept a three game series at Duke (6-4, 8-3 and 9-5), but they will resume play in the Old Dominion this afternoon, taking on another local foe when they face Virginia Commonwealth University (15-10) in Richmond.
Christmas named ACC Player of the Week Virginia attackman John Christmas was named ACC Player of the Week for his play against Johns Hopkins Saturday. Christmas, a freshman from Ardmore, Pa., was instrumental in the Cavaliers' 12-6 victory over the No.
Amid yesterday's foggy conditions, the Virginia women's lacrosse team managed to avoid the rain in defeating the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, 14-8.
The Virginia women's lacrosse team is riding high following Saturday's upset of No. 3 North Carolina, but the Cavaliers must return to earth and back to the playing field today in a matchup that pits them against struggling University of Maryland-Baltimore County. With their victory over Carolina, the Cavaliers (6-2, 2-0 ACC) verified their No.
Over Spring Break, the Virginia club croquet team sent four doubles teams to compete in all four divisions in the United States Croquet Association's National Club Teams, held in Palm Beach, Fla. In the championship flight, second-years Jacques Fournier and Zach Rawling won the tournament title, defeating former champions in both the semi-final and final rounds.
Finally, we can breathe. I've been watching college basketball non-stop, it seems, for the past two weeks.
The Virginia men's tennis team will attempt to jump back on the winning track this afternoon when they travel to Richmond to take on the Spiders at the University of Richmond Tennis Complex at 2:30 p.m. The Cavaliers will look to rebound from a tough weekend during which Virginia dropped contests against No.
The Virginia women's lacrosse team surprised North Carolina, but not itself, on Saturday afternoon.
Virginia men's lacrosse coach Dom Starsia predicted that Saturday's game between No. 1 Johns Hopkins and host No.
It was a rough weekend for the Virginia men's tennis team as they went up against two of the better teams in the ACC and country.
This weekend, the Virginia softball team continued to dominate its home field play, completing their Hoo's Who Tournament with a first place finish and a perfect 6-0 record against Drexel, Wright State and Penn State.
The women's tennis team downed the Richmond Spiders with ease Saturday afternoon. The team showed persistence on a sunny but windy afternoon.
Following Tuesday's rainout of its doubleheader against Virginia Tech, the Virginia softball team returns to action this weekend when it hosts the Hoo's Who Tournament at the Park.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that freshman tight end Tyree Spinner has left the football program and plans to transfer to another school following this semester, according to his father, Ronald.
The Virginia men's tennis team delivered another strong performance yesterday, as the Cavaliers took the doubles point early and went on to dominate James Madison 7-0, winning their second straight and four out of five. The Cavaliers used the strong combination of Jay Curtis and Dillon Walker to jump out on top of the three doubles matches, dominating the Dukes' Colin Malcolm and Clint Morse, 8-1.
Coming out of high school, Tillman Johnson knew exactly where he wanted to go to school and continue his lacrosse career - Virginia was the only school registering on his radar. "I've always wanted to go here," Johnson said.
When the Virginia women's lacrosse team takes the field at Kl
For the past four seasons, world-class attackmen have routinely walked the hallowed halls of the Virginia men's lacrosse program.
