Monica Wright will be the first to admit that her final postseason, which resulted in one-game exits from both the ACC and NCAA tournaments, was very much a disappointment.
[caption id="attachment_34097" align="alignleft" width="223" caption="Senior guard Monica Wright averaged 23.7 points per game this season en route to becoming Virginia's all-time leading scorer and the third highest all-time scorer in ACC history.
[caption id="attachment_33850" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior guard Monica Wright led the Cavaliers' scoring effort with 34 points in addition to contributing nine rebounds.
[caption id="attachment_33607" align="alignleft" width="196" caption="eensboro for its first matchup of the ACC Championships.
Much has been written and said about All-ACC guard Monica Wright, who played her final home game and whose jersey was retired Sunday, but the most meaningful to me came from her mentor and friend, coach Debbie Ryan. "She's taught everyone here about what character really is," Ryan said.
[caption id="attachment_33518" align="alignleft" width="164" caption="Freshman center Simone Egwu had a relatively quiet night, contributing three points and four rebounds in the 55-46 Cavalier win.
[caption id="attachment_33480" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Monica Wright was named this week as one of the top 30 midseason candidates for the Naismith Trophy, which is awarded each season to the top women's basketball player in the nation.
[caption id="attachment_33319" align="alignleft" width="177" caption="The Cavaliers were dominant against Longwood last Tuesday, annihilating the Lancers 81-40.
[caption id="attachment_33208" align="alignleft" width="201" caption="Freshman center Simone Egwu scored 18 points - nearly four times her average 4.9 points per game so far - and grabbed 16 rebounds in the Cavaliers' easy win.
[caption id="attachment_33161" align="alignleft" width="234" caption="Senior guard Monica Wright jumped to third place on the ACC all-time scoring list last night, as she contributed 33 points to the Cavalier victory.
[caption id="attachment_33116" align="alignleft" width="211" caption="Senior guard Monica Wright enters tonight's game ranked first in the ACC in scoring, averaging 22.7 points per game.
The No. 21 Virginia women's basketball team will look for a bit of breathing room in the tightly-packed ACC when it travels to Coral Gables to take on conference foe Miami tonight. Even though the Cavaliers (17-6, 6-3 ACC) have not lost to the Hurricanes (16-7, 3-5 ACC) since 2005 and own the all-time series record 6-1, this is no guarantee that Virginia will walk away with a win.
[caption id="attachment_32982" align="alignleft" width="178" caption="Senior guard Monica Wright contributed 34 points to lead the Cavaliers to a win yesterday against Maryland.
In a game that was never really in doubt beyond the first 10 minutes, the No. 24 Virginia Cavaliers throttled the Clemson Tigers Thursday night 82-60.
The No. 24 women's basketball team will face ACC opponent Clemson tonight at the John Paul Jones Arena. The Cavaliers' (15-6, 4-3 ACC) four-game win streak came to a close last Sunday with a 64-57 loss against Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, despite the efforts of freshman guard Lexie Gerson, who scored a career-high 15 points.
[caption id="attachment_32798" align="alignleft" width="244" caption="Despite scoring 15 points on 5-for-11 shooting, freshman guard Lexie Gerson was unable to guide the Cavaliers to a fifth consecutive win.
One of the best athletes the University has ever seen will wrap up her decorated career during the next several weeks.
She had 737 career wins, four ACC championships and an Olympic Gold Medal in 1988. She was inducted not only into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000, but also the Naismith Hall of Fame, which includes athletes and coaches from across the game of basketball, in 2002. Most who knew her agree, though, that Kay Yow's biggest accomplishment as a coach - and as a person - before her bout with cancer tragically ended Jan.
[caption id="attachment_32662" align="alignleft" width="217" caption="Sophomore guard Whitny Edwards notched 10 points, including back-to-back three pointers late in the second half, to help Virginia top N.C.
[caption id="attachment_32621" align="alignleft" width="259" caption="Freshman guard China Crosby has started all 13 of the Cavaliers' games in which she has played this season, averaging 5.9 points each game, which is good for fifth on the team.
