Danielle Forword, Taryn Gjurich and Elizabeth Drazdowski scored goals for No. 3 North Carolina as it edged No. 2 Virginia 3-2 in Friday’s second semifinal at Kentner Stadium on the campus of Wake Forest.

No. 3 Virginia won its second game in as many days, defeating No. 2 North Carolina 1-0 last night in the second matchup of the ACC field hockey semifinals.

Virginia earned the No. 14 spot in the poll and was the third-highest ACC team.

Today, third-ranked UVa hosts second-ranked North Carolina (14-0, 3-0 ACC) at 1 p.m.

Yes, it might sound a little corny, but old-school Al Groh sat in the interview room at Carolina’s Kenan Stadium last Saturday and talked endlessly about how proud and appreciative he was of the efforts by his players in upsetting the Tar Heels in Chapel Hill.

During Virginia’s bye week on Sept. 26, while many of the Cavaliers watched football with teammates, Woods held a ceremony to publicly marry his high school sweetheart, Khama Deleston, at Charlottesville’s Mount Zion First African Baptist Church.

In taking over a program that won just four ACC games last season, new Virginia basketball coach Tony Bennett clearly has his work cut out regardless of whom his team has to face.

The way Brian O’Connor sees it, Friday’s NCAA tournament clash against San Diego State ace Stephen Strasburg isn’t as lopsided as some observers perceive.

During the longest and most productive half-inning of the season, the Cavaliers sent 15 batters to the plate, terrorized a future client of super-agent Scott Boras and watched every player in the batting order cross the plate.

With a 10-run inning fueling the charge, sixth-seeded Virginia whipped No. 2 North Carolina 11-1 at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

Virginia’s undefeated and No. 1-ranked men’s tennis team keeps running into familiar faces on its quest to bring the program its first NCAA championship.

Michael Shabaz, teaming with Dom Inglot, lost in doubles to North Carolina, but came back with vengeance in his singles, pacing Virginia to a 4-0 NCAA tournament victory that advanced the Cavaliers (31-0) to a round of 16 tilt against Florida State that kicks off on Thursday in College Station, Texas.

This afternoon, the Cavaliers will look to keep things rolling when they conclude the home portion of their regular-season schedule against North Carolina (14-6, 3-4).

Today, the Virginia junior, along with several of his tri-state area teammates, returns to his neck of the woods when No. 1 UVa takes on No. 10 North Carolina in the Big City Classic.

With his team having lost three straight ACC games, Virginia senior Andrew Carraway hurled seven effective innings, allowing just three hits as the 8th-ranked Cavaliers upended No. 5 North Carolina 5-2 to even the series.