In a match that was delayed over two hours by rain and moved indoors, Virginia lost to USC, 4-2. The Trojans dropped the opening doubles point, but rallied to win four of six singles matches and win their fourth straight NCAA championship, its second straight over UVa.
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Two Blue Ridge athletes players have earned scholarships to continue careers at the next level.
The ACC baseball tournament begins today in Greensboro, N.C., kicking off five days of postseason college baseball at NewBridge Bank Park. Virginia, the defending ACC Tournament champion, is the No. 4 seed. Here are several things to know prior to the first pitch:
Cowboys & Coale awaiting MRI results
Tonight, Virginia will finally look to get the upper hand on USC when the teams square off in this year’s title match - and will do so as the underdog.
It wasn’t until the 24th minute of the second half that Colonial Forge would get the lone score of the game when Stephanie Hendrie punched one in off an assist from Sydney Arnold.
After rain forced the Warriors off the outdoor courts in Crozet, WAHS cruised to a 5-1 Region 2 tournament victory over Kettle Run indoors at Boar's Head.
Western crushed Sherando 5-0, dominating each of the single matches to advance to the regional finals.
Cody Journell must serve 100 hours of community service
Molly Folger, 17, started a fund raising project in August called Scoring Goals to End Hunger. She aims to raise $10,000 to fight local hunger with the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank BackPack Program.
Third-seeded Virginia won a tight doubles point, then crushed Stanford in singles en route to a tidy 4-0 victory in the NCAA quarterfinals at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.
Virginia’s season ended in the NCAA quarterfinal round with a 12-10 loss to Notre Dame, a game that reflected the season: a offense with plenty of firepower never found a way to take over games.
Journell was suspended from the football team after he was among three men charged with breaking and entering
The Fighting Irish punched in four consecutive goals to break open a tie game in the fourth quarter, winning 12-10 in an NCAA quarterfinal men’s lacrosse game Sunday afternoon at PPL Park in suburban Philadelphia.
Today's matchup between fifth-seeded Virginia (12-3) and fourth-seeded Notre Dame (12-2) figures to be a competitive one.
When his hamstring muscle ripped completely off the bone and rolled up like a window shade, Stephen Bruno’s college career took an unexpected turn, temporarily for the worst. Like most comeback stories, the youngster from Audobon, N.J., is working on a happy ending.
It was a big week for Fluvanna County swimmer/diver Yvonne Smith, who finalized her college choice just a few days before graduation when she signed a letter of intent with Radford on Friday.
The Eagles completed a dominating run through the VISAA Division 2 playoffs with a 6-0 victory over Steward in the state championship match on Saturday.
The Blue Ridge boys lacrosse team tried to repeat its come-from-behind formula from the semifinals, but Saturday afternoon the Barons didn’t have the firepower to rally against St. Stephens-St. Agnes, who held on for a 7-4 victory to claim the VISAA Division I state title.
North Stafford broke a scoreless tie in the 10th inning to defeat the Albemarle softball team 1-0 in the Commonwealth District championship game on Friday night.
AHS claimed the first West Central Division Tournament championship with a 13-8 win over cross-town rival Charlottesville.
The Virginia baseball game blew a tight game wide open with an eight-run ninth inning as the Cavaliers defeated Maryland 10-3 on Friday night.
The Barons avenged an earlier one-goal loss with a 7-5 victory over the top-seeded Saints, advancing to Saturday’s state championship game.
The Virginia men’s tennis team had no trouble reaching the NCAA Tournament’s round of eight, defeating California 4-0 on Friday at the Magill Tennis Complex.
For almost the entire spring, Virginia coach Dom Starsia had employed a starting lineup that featured redshirt freshman Owen Van Arsdale on attack and junior Matt White at midfield. But heading into last week’s NCAA Tournament first-round game against Princeton, Starsia elected to slide White up to attack and bring Van Arsdale off the bench.
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