Beekman to Bennett: ‘Don’t worry, Coach, I got this,’ in win over WVU
It isn’t often that Tony Bennett can joke about a missed free throw, but Reece Beekman’s miss with a mere 2.3 seconds remaining was exactly what Bennett wanted to see.
It isn’t often that Tony Bennett can joke about a missed free throw, but Reece Beekman’s miss with a mere 2.3 seconds remaining was exactly what Bennett wanted to see.
In a tie ballgame with the clock winding down on Wednesday night, Virginia needed its hero to step up and deliver, and senior floor general Reece Beekman answered the call in the clutch.
Having coached Clemson through its decade of dominance in ACC football before taking over Virginia’s football program, Tony Elliott came across some pretty tough hombres. None tougher than Josh Ahern.
While it goes against the grain of Tony Bennett’s philosophy, the Virginia coach might want to turn up the tempo just a bit when his Cavaliers meet West Virginia in Wednesday night’s consolation match of the Fort Myers Tip-Off.
Tony Elliott has an interesting theory on Virginia’s rivalry with Virginia Tech, a concept he mentioned during his game-week press conference on Tuesday.
Tony Bennett knew coming into Monday night’s battle against Wisconsin that his unbeaten Virginia team was at a disadvantage.
The Atlantic Coast Conference office announced that Virginia placekicker Will Bettridge was named the ACC Specialist Player of the Week and quarterback Anthony Colandrea claimed ACC Rookie of the Week.
The Biletnikoff Award annually recognizes the college football season’s most outstanding FBS receiver.
Virginia advances to the third round of the NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship and will host Indiana on Sunday at 1 p.m.
After trailing by as many as 20 points in the third quarter, Virginia trimmed its deficit to as little five points, but it was not enough as No. 25 Oklahoma handed the Cavaliers their first loss of the season, 82-67.
Record-breaking receiver Malik Washington showed up for postgame interviews Saturday night with his new best friend, the game ball from Virginia’s 30-27 win over Duke.
For the first time in the Tony Elliott era, the Virginia football team defended its home turf against an ACC opponent, hanging on to defeat Duke, 30-27, in a thriller at Scott Stadium on Saturday.
Jenny Schilling paced Virginia women’s squad to a 15th-place finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships at Panorama Farms Saturday. In the men’s 10k race, the Cavaliers finished 22nd overall and were led by Will Anthony.
The Cavaliers are scheduled to play 34 games at Disharoon Park, including ACC series against Wake Forest, North Carolina, Georgia Tech, NC State and Virginia Tech.
The maturation of a quarterback can age his coaching staff, but when he truly “gets it” and everything begins to click, it’s a thing of beauty.
Ryan Dunn posted a career-high 15 points and also a career-high four blocked shots to go along with three steals, and made 8 of 9 free throws to lead the 4-0 Cavaliers over the Tigers, 62-33.
Virginia didn’t have its sharpest game offensively on Thursday night against Texas Southern, but the defense picked up a lot of the slack in a 62-33 rout at John Paul Jones Arena.
Vin Lananna, a legend in college running circles, is excited about his Virginia program hosting the NCAA men’s and women’s cross country championships this weekend at Panorma Farms.
Virginia enters tonight’s non-conference matchup against Texas Southern with a hole to fill in the starting lineup after Isaac McKneely left Tuesday’s game and didn’t return.
Delaney Poindexter recently committed to Virginia’s women’s lacrosse program, joining longtime friend Raleigh Foster as early commits.