The season-opening victory, which required a second-half surge, gave Ryan her 700th career win. It made her the 12th coach to accomplish the feat.

New Virginia Men’s Basketball Head Coach Tony Bennett summarizes his team’s 85-72 season opener victory over Longwood.

Debbie Ryan and Virginia hit the road to open the season tonight at Maryland-Baltimore County at 7 p.m. as the Hall of Fame coach attempts to join a star-studded list of coaches with 700 victories.

Now as the league’s elder statesman as a 25-year-old freshman, Shinskie leads Boston College (6-3, 3-2 ACC) into Scott Stadium with hopes of keeping the Eagles in the mix in ACC title race.

Meyinsse is one of several Virginia players with a lot to prove as the Tony Bennett era officially kicks off tonight at John Paul Jones Arena against Longwood.

No matter what happens in his Virginia debut tonight against Longwood at John Paul Jones Arena, don’t expect new coach Tony Bennett to sweat through his entire suit, a la Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl.

After toiling for close to 40 years as a career assistant coach, “Spaz,” as he is affectionately called by friends, finally got his shot at becoming the head man at age 61.

Heading into Saturday’s game against Boston College, the Cavaliers (3-6, 2-3 ACC) rank among the worst in the ACC in numerous categories.

On Wednesday, Virginia fans received some more bad news when the school announced that senior forward Jamil “The Thrill” Tucker was taking an “indefinite leave of absence” from the team.

It was over the summer in the Big Apple when Sylven Landesberg began to see just how much potential teammate Assane Sene really had.

Scattershooting around the ACC, while noting that fans showing up to Saturday’s Virginia game against visiting Boston College will witness one of the more interesting stories in college football ...

Those that frequent the pregame spot elected to raise money for Herzlich prior to Saturday’s game.

Last November, Sylven Landesberg’s stat line was borderline ridiculous.

The star since that moment, senior fullback Rashawn Jackson, has torched opposing defenses in four of the past five Virginia games.

Well, everything, not surprisingly, starts on the defensive end.

The Cavaliers (3-6, 2-3 ACC) have, in fact, lost 10 of their past 13 games and three straight as the offense continues to sputter.

Bennett was, and still is, a player at heart.

On a pivotal sequence in the third quarter, Virginia linebacker Cam Johnson raced around the Miami offense line and dropped quarterback Jacory Harris to the ground.

Miami blanked Virginia’s already stagnant offense in the second half, torched the Cavaliers’ defense for four touchdowns in the final two quarters and cruised to 52-17 victory at Land Shark Stadium in front of 48,350.

With backup Marc Verica playing the entire way as UVa’s quarterback, the Cavaliers put forth their worst offensive performance of the season and were pounded 52-17 at Land Shark Stadium.

Just six days from the season opener and the start of the Tony Bennett era, the Virginia men’s basketball program has suffered a big loss.

Whether it leads to moving boxes or moving bowl tickets, that potentially tumultuous path starts today against No. 16 Miami (6-2, 3-2 ACC) at noon at Land Shark Stadium, the home of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins.

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’s back-up punter was suddenly having his status changed. Hours later against Duke, the junior would become assume starting status.

When you consider that doing so is one of the fastest routes for a freshman player to earn playing time, Evans could be in good shape as he begins his college career. Factor in that he’ll be playing for one of the most defensive-minded coaches in the country in Tony Bennett, and he could be in excellent shape.

Scattershooting around the ACC, while finding the coaching turnover in the conference a bit surprising in such a short span ...

For Miami’s most productive defensive lineman, getting to school was quite the venture.

Yet a gold medal in the sport resides where Virginia’s Oday Aboushi sleeps every evening at the University of Virginia.

Moore was joined on the preseason squad by teammate Tina Charles, Stanford’s Jayne Appel, Ohio State’s Jantel Lavender and Virginia’s Monica Wright.

What Miami did in rallying past Wake Forest on Saturday for a 28-27 road win prompted Groh to rehash two painful losses, one of which was fresh.