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It was an electric atmosphere at John Paul Jones Arena Thursday night as the UVA women’s basketball team rallied back from 19 points in the third quarter to win against in-state and ACC rival Virginia Tech, 62-58.
When Virginia tips off against Clemson tomorrow afternoon at Littlejohn Coliseum, the fourth-ranked Cavaliers will be gunning for a ninth straight win against the Tigers.
While Wahoo Nation went completely giddy over Virginia’s first-ever bowl invitation at the end of the 1984 season, Coach George Welsh actually had his sights aimed higher than the Peach Bowl.
Last Saturday night, Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton walked into the press room at John Paul Jones Arena and looked like he had been blindsided by one of those locomotives that appear out of nowhere and flatten Wile E. Coyote in the Road Runner cartoons.
When Boston College forward Nik Popovic got past Jack Salt and cut Virginia’s lead to 48-41 with just over 15 minutes to play, it looked as if the fourth-ranked Cavaliers might be in for another dogfight against the Eagles.
As good a head coach as George Welsh was, and as good a staff as he had brought to Charlottesville, Welsh knew that if he was going to make the Cavaliers successful, that he needed to beat Virginia Tech.
The Virginia women’s tennis team enters the dual portion of the season ranked No. 23 in the Oracle/ITA Rankings with the release of the preseason polls by organization on Wednesday.
With three of its next four games away from home, the Virginia men’s basketball team looks to extend the nation’s longest road winning streak and keep the momentum rolling at Boston College tonight. Tip time is scheduled for 9 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on ESPNU.
George Welsh believed he could win at Virginia when he arrived on the scene in December of 1981. He had recruited similar players to Navy and won against somewhat similar competition.
First-year Virginia women’s golf coach Ria Scott announced today the signing of a two-person recruiting class of top junior golfers who will join the Cavalier program next fall.
The Virginia women’s basketball team fell 71-65 on the road at Clemson on Sunday.
Jerry Ratcliffe and Scott Ratcliffe from JerryRatcliffe.com and Chris Graham and Scott German from Augusta Free Press debut the ACC Basketball Power Poll. Who sits atop the standings after the opening week of ACC play?
Kyle Guy has officially surged beyond Red Hot. Physicists tell us that heat progresses from red, orange, yellow, blue, violet, and then ultraviolet, which will burn our retinas. While it doesn’t exactly fit into the sports lingo in describing how on fire a player might be, Guy is now ultraviolet.
On a night when No. 4 Virginia needed a scoring lift going up against a tough Florida State team in the ACC opener Saturday, Braxton Key delivered his best performance so far wearing a Wahoo uniform.
Photo gallery from Virginia’s 65-52 win over Florida State on Saturday. Photos by John Markon.
Listen this week as Jerry Ratcliffe chats with UVA Wide Receivers Coach Marques Hagans, longtime George Welsh assistant Danny Wilmer, UVA RB signee Mike Hollins and more.
Listen as former Virginia players Ahmad Hawkins, Tony Covington, and Tyrone Lewis remember George Welsh along with thoughts from long time media member Jerry Ratcliffe.
I’ll never forget the first time I saw George Welsh. Thursday, Dec. 17, 1981, was the day. Welsh, dressed in a simple dark blue suit, entered the old press room at University Hall, through a side door, looking very much in command.
Phase One of the Virginia men’s basketball schedule was a complete success. Now the real fun begins — welcome to the 2018 version of the Atlantic Coast Conference gauntlet.
The family of College Football Hall of Fame coach George Welsh announced today that he died Wednesday, Jan. 2, in Charlottesville. He passed peacefully in the presence of his family. He was 85-years old.