A late rally was not enough for the Virginia women’s basketball team to overcome No. 25 West Virginia Sunday, as the Cavaliers fell 54-47 in a physical affair at John Paul Jones Arena.
The Virginia women’s basketball capitalized on effective shooting and dominant post play to power past Minnesota, 90-68, in Minneapolis Thursday evening.
Virginia travels to Williams Arena Thursday to play Minnesota as part of the annual ACC/Big Ten Women’s Challenge. The Cavaliers (4-1, 0-0 ACC) have won four games in the challenge since it was created in 2007, losing only once in 2010 to Ohio State.
Less than a second separated the Virginia women’s basketball team from perfection Saturday, but even a last-second loss could not spoil the team’s weekend at Puerto Rico, where it split games against No.
Providence junior wing Danielle Pearson shook her head in frustration. She had just thrown an entry pass between her teammate’s legs for the Friars’ ninth turnover of the first half.
The Virginia women’s basketball team hosts Providence Sunday after winning its first two games of the season.
The Virginia women’s basketball team announced letters of intent from four recruits Wednesday, and coach Joanne Boyle’s 2013 class now ranks No.
The Virginia women’s basketball team escaped with a victory in Philadelphia Monday evening, using a strong second half to down Penn, 68-65. The Quakers (0-2, 0-0 ACC) dominated much of the first half, leading by as much as 15 points.
When James Madison junior guard Kirby Burkholder knocked down her seventh three-point shot of the game, Virginia women’s basketball coach Joanne Boyle called for time.
A year ago, coach Joanne Boyle was unknown in Virginia. She had proved herself as a promising coach at the University of California-Berkeley only to inherit the Virginia women’s basketball team from coaching legend Debbie Ryan.
Senior guard China Crosby does not belong on crutches. Crosby belongs on a basketball court. On the floor, Crosby has just one speed: faster than everyone else.
Virginia women’s basketball coach Joanne Boyle announced Friday that seniors guard Lexie Gerson and forward Erinn Thompson will miss the entire 2012-13 season due to injuries.
Senior guard Ariana Moorer was dishing, sophomore guard Ataira Franklin was knocking down shots, junior guard Lexie Gerson was stealing and the Virginia women's basketball team marched on to the quarterfinal of the WNIT with a 74-58 victory against Appalachian State. Moorer notched a career-high 11 assists along with 16 points, six rebounds and four steals, and the Cavaliers scored 35 points off of 28 Mountaineer turnovers en route to their 25th win of the season, the most since the 1999-2000 season. "I don't think any of us are ready to stop playing," Franklin said.
The Virginia women's basketball team saw its season come down to a single play yesterday evening at John Paul Jones Arena, needing a defensive stop to force overtime against Howard.
The Virginia women's basketball team may have solidified its NCAA Tournament resume with a three-game winning streak to wrap up conference play, but the Cavaliers can leave nothing to chance in tonight's opening round match-up of the ACC Tournament against 11th-seeded
The Virginia women's basketball team concluded its home schedule Friday before taking a trip to Tallahassee yesterday to defeat Florida State 66-57.
When coach Joanne Boyle gathered her team for its first practice of a new era, she delivered a simple message: Do the little things every night and the rest will follow. The Virginia women's basketball team looks to wrap up the regular season with a weekend pair as Wake Forest comes to Charlottesville today for the Cavaliers' home finale before the Cavaliers travel to Tallahassee to take on Florida State Sunday. "What the coaches have harped on down to the wire is do the little things - rebound, tips and steals, play solid defense - if we can just hold onto those things, it fuels us," senior forward Chelsea Shine said. Virginia's season began as a quest to prove the pundits wrong, then a mission to sustain early-season success, and finally reversed course after a devastating injury to junior guard China Crosby.
Senior guard Ariana Moorer continued her inspired play, leading the Virginia women's basketball team to a 66-40 win against Virginia Tech yesterday in Blacksburg, the Cavaliers' 11th straight win against their in-state rivals. Moorer paced Virginia (19-9, 7-7 ACC) with 17 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for her seventh straight game with double-digit points.
The battle between the ACC's highest scoring offense and stingiest defense was a one-sided affair as No.
The Virginia women's basketball team gets one of its last chances to knock off a ranked opponent and prove it belongs in the NCAA tournament tonight, as it hosts No.
