Maryland held on to defeat Virginia for the ACC Championship, 1-0.

UVa, thanks to a strong first-half performance and some clutch defensive plays down the stretch, was able to hold off a valiant West Virginia effort, downing the Mountaineers, 3-2, in front of 499 fans at Klockner Stadium.

On Friday night in Cary, N.C., the Virginia men’s soccer team pulled off one of the major upsets of the season when it beat previously undefeated and top-ranked Wake Forest in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament.

UVa never let Ventriglia’s squad up for air, defeating Army 2-0 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Virginia handed No. 1 Wake Forest its first loss of the season, 3-2, in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament at WakeMed Soccer Stadium.

UVa, which lost in the ACC Tournament semifinals to Virginia Tech last week, earned a No. 2 seed and will open at Klockner Stadium against Army on Friday at 5 p.m.

On Sunday at Klockner Stadium, Swanson’s team looked comatose in its final regular-season game, a 1-0 loss to the No. 18 Demon Deacons.

In a physical, sometimes chippy game — the contest featured three yellow cards and three reds — the No. 4 Terrapins handed Virginia a 2-1 defeat.

Each time that UVa has started to get offensive production from a first-year, that player has gone down with an injury soon after.

The No. 5 Tar Heels still have the Cavaliers’ number after UNC rolled to a 5-1 victory on a rainy field — a win that both coaches said was closer than the final score made it look.

For the better part of a century, the Boston Red Sox suffered from the “Curse of the Bambino” against the New York Yankees.

Tony Tchani, the team’s leading scorer, doesn’t appear to be severely injured. Tchani had to be carried off the field by teammates after sustaining an injury to his right knee early in the game.

Virginia put forth one of its biggest clunkers to date, allowing the visiting Lancers two goals in the final 11 minutes, playing them to a 2-2 tie.

On a picturesque fall afternoon at Klockner Stadium, Kika Toulouse’s goal in the 72nd minute, the first of her career, paved the way for a 2-1 Virginia win over No. 14 Boston College.

For a brief second, the ball disappeared into a sea of players in front of the Clemson net. When it came out, Virginia sophomore Chase Neinken knew exactly what to do.

It seems like ages ago that the Virginia men’s soccer team lost games to St. John’s, Southern Methodist and VCU.

No. 18 Virginia, behind two goals from sophomore Jimmy Simpson, took another step in the right direction, downing Liberty 3-0 in a non-conference laugher.

Coming out of Lower Dauphin High School in Elizabethtown, Pa., Lauren Alwine was an All-American in field hockey and soccer. As one would expect, she was recruited in both sports by a number of the top college programs.

Since a 3-1 loss to Virginia Commonwealth on Sept. 13, the Virginia men’s soccer team has won two straight and has outscored its opponents by a 9-0 margin.

On Wednesday, MRI results revealed that the Virginia freshman has likely torn both his anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments in his left knee.

Tony Tchani had two goals and an assist to lead the Virginia men’s soccer team to a 4-0 victory over Central Connecticut State Tuesday night.

“Just practicing and getting that experience with them really helped,” Meghan Lenczyk said. “It definitely helped my confidence.”

George Gelnovatch wasn’t the least bit discouraged by his team’s 2-3 record — the program’s worst start since the 1983 season.

When prep phenom Jonathan Villanueva first decided to forgo a professional soccer career in Europe and attend the University of Virginia, George Gelnovatch was practically doing cartwheels outside of Klockner Stadium.

With less than four minutes left in the game, Virginia forward Meghan Lenczyk figured it was time to try something different.

In Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth took just three shots on goal, but made its chances count in a 3-1 victory over Virginia on Saturday night.

Against William & Mary, No. 9 Virginia’s shooting efficiency (or lack thereof) was once again on display. The ninth-ranked Cavaliers scored on just two of their 18 shots. Fortunately, it didn’t come back to bite them as they squeaked out a 2-1 win in front of a crowd of 1,097 at Klockner Stadium.

For the past three years, one of Celeste Miles’ most exciting duties on the Virginia women’s soccer team has been serving as a quasi-DJ. Lil’ Wayne and Jay-Z are just a couple of the artists on the mixes that Miles has created for the team’s pregame warm-up music.

With a 6-foot-4 frame and silky smooth athleticism, Tony Tchani isn’t too hard to locate on a soccer field.

Allie Fries had taken 35 shots in 54 games in over 2,300 minutes of playing time between her goal three years ago versus Virginia Tech and the one that she scored on Sunday night against VCU.