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It was another jampacked weekend for a number of University of Virginia athletic programs. As we head into the final week of February, check out how all the Cavalier Olympic sports teams fared, and what’s coming up this week.
After an aggressive fight from both sides, the Virginia women’s basketball team claimed victory against Georgia Tech Sunday afternoon with a final score of 53-45.
Jerry Ratcliffe and Scott Ratcliffe from JerryRatcliffe.com and Chris Graham, Scott German and Zach Pereles from Augusta Free Press vote in this week’s ACC Basketball Power Poll. Does Duke retain the top spot after a tumultuous week in ACC play?
De’Andre Hunter was so mad that he resembled one of those old-fashioned cartoon characters, the ones with steam blowing out of both ears and blowing their top.
After trailing by as many as 12 points in the first half, No. 3 Virginia stormed back in the second and walked out of Louisville with a 64-52 win Saturday behind a career day from De’Andre Hunter.
Third-ranked Virginia visits the KFC Yum! Center at Noon to take on No. 18 Louisville, a team the Cavaliers will see twice in a matter of two weeks. UVA will host the Cardinals in the regular-season finale on Mar. 9.
The last time Virginia’s basketball team visited this river city last March, it pulled off a miracle that sent shockwaves throughout the sporting world.
The Virginia women’s basketball team suffered a 71-49 loss to No. 4 Louisville on Thursday at John Paul Jones Arena.
Brian O’Connor didn’t sleep during the overnight red-eye flight back from Arizona late Sunday.
The weight on Braxton Key’s ample shoulders was heavy heading down the home stretch of Monday night’s game at rival Virginia Tech.
Kyle Guy scored 17 of his game-high 23 points in the first half, Ty Jerome added 16 points and Braxton Key sank a pair of dagger 3-pointers as No. 3 Virginia pulled the regular-season sweep of 20th-ranked Virginia Tech, 64-58.
Scott Ratcliffe from JerryRatcliffe.com and Chris Graham and Scott German from Augusta Free Press vote in this week’s ACC Basketball Power Poll.
For the second week in a row, Tony Bennett and the 3rd-ranked Virginia men’s basketball team will face a quick Saturday-Monday turnaround when the Cavaliers look for a season sweep of No. 20 Virginia Tech at 7 p.m. on ESPN.
No. 24 Cal State Fullerton erased a 5-3, ninth-inning deficit by scoring three runs in their final turn at the plate in a 6-5 victory over Virginia in the finale of the MLB4 Collegiate Baseball Tournament at Salt River Fields.
The Virginia women’s basketball team suffered a 70-53 loss at North Carolina on Sunday at Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill.
It was a busy weekend for several University of Virginia athletic programs. Here’s a look at how things turned out.
Mike Brey kind of figured that one of Virginia’s “assassins” was going to get him before the day was over.The Notre Dame coach has seen way too much of UVA’s Kyle Guy and Ty Jerome over the last three seasons.
No. 4 Virginia saw a much different opponent Saturday afternoon at John Paul Jones Arena than three weeks prior. The Cavaliers blew Notre Dame away in South Bend, but had to sweat out a 60-54 win in this one.
Photo Gallery by John Markon from Virginia’s 60-54 win over Notre Dame.
Virginia gets back to work at 2 p.m. at John Paul Jones Arena, as the Cavaliers seek a season sweep against Notre Dame.