Weekend Previews: Oct. 17-19
October 16, 2014A look at this weekend's upcoming games in women's rowing, cross country and field hockey.
A look at this weekend's upcoming games in women's rowing, cross country and field hockey.
The 14th-ranked Virginia men’s cross country team squared off against an elite field at the Washington Invitational in Seattle, Washington and emerged unscathed in fourth place.
A brief look at Virginia men's soccer, field hockey, and men's cross country's weekend matchups.
The Cavaliers captured the title in both the men’s eight-kilometer and women’s six-kilometer races in the first weekend where points towards at-large bids to the NCAA Championship accrue.
A look ahead at this weekend’s biggest sporting events.
Virginia cross country opened its season with the UVa Duals at Panorama Farms on Friday. Both the men’s and women’s teams rested their starters for this early-year four-kilometer race, which allowed some young up-and-comers the chance to shine.
Virginia track and field wrapped up three days of competition at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships Saturday, with the Cavalier women finishing seventh with 60 points while the men placed eighth after collecting 53 points.
Just four weekends ago Virginia track and field began its outdoor season with the Virginia Cup in Charlottesville, but now the team already finds itself preparing for the start of the conference championships—such is the nature of track and field in the ACC. Beginning Thursday, the Cavaliers will compete for three days against their conference foes for this season’s title.
Saturday, Lannigan Field was the scene for a showdown between three of the nation’s finest public universities. Both the Virginia men’s and women’s track teams placed second in the tri-meet — a vast improvement from last year’s showing in Berkeley, Calif.
The showdown between Virginia, California and Michigan in a tri-meet this Saturday at Lannigan Field will mark the second leg of a three-year series between the top-flight public universities — an idea which can be traced back to the first meeting between University President Teresa Sullivan, the former Provost and Vice President at Michigan, and coach Bryan Fetzer.
Virginia track and field continued its season with two meets this weekend, the Texas Relays and Raleigh Relays. The Cavaliers set a slew of personal bests and put up solid results while facing some of nation’s best teams.
Virginia track and field will split its team to compete in two separate meets this weekend. Sprinters and members of relay teams will travel to the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in Austin, while distance runners will stay much closer to home at the Raleigh Relays in North Carolina.
Virginia track and field began the outdoor portion of their season Saturday with the Virginia Cup at Lannigan Field.
The Skinny: Following a tight 4-3 loss to No. 3 UCLA, the Cavaliers travel to North Carolina for a pair of matches against ACC rivals the Tar Heels and the Blue Devils.
Junior sprinter Jordan Lavender was the lone member of the Virginia Indoor Track & Field team to compete in the NCAA Championships last weekend in Albuquerque, N.M.
“The Skinny” on matchups for baseball, men’s and women’s lacrosse, women’s tennis, swim and dive, track and field, softball and women’s golf.
Virginia track and field competed at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championship this weekend in Clemson, S.C. Both the men and the women put forth a middling effort—the men placed sixth and the women were tied for 10th.
The Virginia indoor track and field team will compete at the ACC Championship this weekend in Clemson, S.C., where three days’ worth of events between the conference’s best will culminate in the crowning of champions on March 1.
Virginia track & field competed in three different events across the nation this weekend. The Cavaliers took yet another long stride toward next week’s ACC Championships, setting two school records and three freshmen records along the way.
Extensive previews for Virginia baseball, men’s basketball and women’s lacrosse events this weekend ran in Friday’s edition of The Cavalier Daily and remain available online.