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Virginia sophomore Derek Johnson met the qualifying standard in the 3000-meter steeplechase to compete at the upcoming 2021 U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials during the TrackTown Qualifier meet Sunday night in Eugene, Ore.
Virginia basketball legend, now South Carolina women’s basketball coach, Dawn Staley, is expected to be contacted as a potential candidate to take over head coaching duties for the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers.
While Griff McGarry was putting on a masterful performance in Virginia’s win over Dallas Baptist in Game 2 of the NCAA Super Regional in Columbia, S.C., on Sunday, perhaps a lighter moment helped the senior right-hander smooth his way through his only bump in the road.
In a classic pitching duel between Virginia’s Griff McGarry and Dallas Baptist’s Rhett Kouba, it appeared the outcome would be determined by which pitcher could outlast the other.
Backs against the wall has been Virginia baseball’s calling card for the past two months, and the Cavaliers will once again draw on that mantra on Sunday in the best-of-three Super Regional against Dallas Baptist.
Michaela Meyer became the first female competitor in the Virginia Track and Field program’s history to win an individual NCAA title when she took first place Saturday in the 800 meters.
Virginia saw all four men’s competitors earn All-America honors with three grabbing first-team distinction thanks to top-eight finishes.
Sixteen members of the Virginia rowing program were named Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association National Scholar-Athletes.
While all the other Super Regionals are being played at home sites, Virginia and Dallas Baptist won’t have that luxury. The NCAA, set in its ways, apparently didn’t even consider moving the Super Regional to either Dallas/Fort Worth or to Charlottesville.
At least a million baseball fans became familiar with Virginia’s overnight sensation Stephen Schoch after he made a sizable splash in Virginia’s romp to the NCAA Columbia regional championship last weekend.
Dr. Winston Gwathmey from UVA Orthopedics joins “The Jerry Ratcliffe Show” to help Jerry and AFP editor Chris Graham preview the UVA-Dallas Baptist Super Regionals series.
Andrenette Knight and Michaela Meyer advanced to the finals in their respect events at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Best-selling novelist John Grisham joins “The Jerry Ratcliffe Show” to talk about his first basketball novel, Sooley, and also dishes on ACC hoops and college baseball.
Derek Johnson advanced to the finals of the 3000-meter steeplechase on the first day of competition at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
UVA first-year Kyle Teel was named to the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman All-America team as a designated hitter.
Andrew Abbott has been named as one of 25 semifinalists for the Golden Spikes Award, annually bestowed on the top amateur baseball player of the year.
Meredith Chapman was named to the 2021 IWLCA All-American Third Team, the organization announced on Tuesday.
Devin Ortiz, the team’s senior designated hitter, had only pitched two innings during the season. Sure, Virginia’s deep and talented pitching staff had been mostly used up, but Ortiz?
Devin Ortiz started Virginia’s NCAA regional championship on the mound Tuesday morning and finished it in the afternoon with a 10th-inning walk-off home run that catapulted the Cavaliers into next weekend’s Super Regional with a 4-3 win over Old Dominion.
Virginia has picked up its seventh commitment to the football class of 2022 from Texas defensive tackle Anthony “AJ” Holmes Jr.