Weekend Previews: Feb. 28-March 2
By Cavalier Daily Staff | February 27, 2014“The Skinny” on weekend matchups for baseball, men’s and women’s lacrosse, women’s tennis and softball.
“The Skinny” on weekend matchups for baseball, men’s and women’s lacrosse, women’s tennis and softball.
“The Skinny” on weekend matchups for men’s basketball, men’s and women’s lacrosse and women’s tennis.
The No. 10 Virginia women’s tennis team suffered its second loss of the season Saturday when the team’s comeback bid against No. 16 Alabama fell short, 4-3, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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.
Extensive previews for Virginia’s men’s and women’s lacrosse and softball events this weekend ran in Thursday’s edition of The Cavalier Daily and remain available online.
The No. 14 Virginia women’s tennis team continued its strong start to the season, trouncing No. 44 VCU and No. 33 South Carolina in Charlottesville this weekend. Virginia (3-0) easily defeated VCU 6-1 Friday before fighting for a 5-2 victory against the Gamecocks Sunday.
A look at this weekend’s upcoming sporting events.
The Virginia women’s tennis team hosts the annual U.Va. Winter Invite tournament this weekend. Select Cavaliers will welcome players from Utah, Tennessee, Marshall and VCU in an individual event that will not count toward the teams’ overall records.
The No. 13 Virginia women’s tennis team began its season in dominating fashion, trouncing William & Mary 5-2 Wednesday.
The No. 13 Virginia women’s tennis team kicks off the spring season Wednesday with a showdown against in-state foe No.
The Virginia women’s tennis team concluded its fall season this weekend with play at the UNC Team Invitational and the ITA National Indoors.
After stumbling out of the gates to a disappointing 3-6 record, the Virginia women’s tennis team dominated in ACC regular season play to finish the season as the nation’s 15th-ranked squad.
In a year in which the No. 13 Virginia women’s tennis team broke school records, toppled the nations top-ranked team and threatens to make a deep run in the postseason, it heavily relied upon three new faces.
The No. 17 Virginia women’s tennis team will look to end its regular season on a high note this weekend when two ranked opponents come to Charlottesville.
The No. 17 Virginia women’s tennis team stretched its winning streak to six matches Saturday against No. 19 Georgia Tech in Atlanta before falling to No. 14 Clemson Sunday in South Carolina.
The Cavaliers will be in Atlanta Saturday looking to knock off No. 19 Georgia Tech before traveling to Clemson the following day to face No. 14 Clemson.
The No. 18 Virginia women’s tennis team (13-7, 6-1 ACC) has been virtually unstoppable in recent weeks, going 10-1 since losing to third-ranked Texas A&M. Success has not come easy for the Cavaliers, though, as injuries have threatened to derail their stellar performance.
The No. 18 Virginia women’s team continued its strong run, winning all three of its weekend matches in Charlottesville to improve to 10-1 in its past 11 matches and extend its winning streak to five games.
The scorching No. 18 Virginia women’s tennis team will look to continue its recently dominant play this weekend as it faces two conference foes in Wake Forest and No. 44 N.C. State, followed by one non-conference match against East Tennessee State.
No. 7 Duke was able to halt the streaking Cavaliers’ 5-match winning streak by a tight 4-3 score Saturday, but Virginia quickly rebounded to knock off the nation’s top-ranked North Carolina squad 4-3 and trample North Carolina Central 6-0 the next day.