Playing a complete game seemed impossible for most of the season. When the offense clicked, primetime pitching performances were unobtainable. Tossing gems on the mound turned into heartbreaking losses as poor offensive execution and defensive woes proved costly. 

Virginia’s end of the field looked like a battle scene from the movie “Braveheart.” Bodies were strewn across the grass playing surface. Goalie Bud Petit lay crumpled and motionless.

In the aftermath of his team’s double-overtime loss to Syracuse in the NCAA Tournament semifinals on Saturday, Virginia coach Dom Starsia became a tad emotional when asked about two of his seniors, Ben Rubeor and Bud Petit.

When Saturday’s quarterfinals game of the NCAA men’s lacrosse tournament crept into overtime, only one team was smiling.

Beware of Ben Rubeor, Virginia’s star goal producer on a Cavalier lacrosse team headed back to the Final Four.

Dom Starsia has always believed in building his offense with outstanding attackmen, and that’s what he’s counting on in today’s NCAA quarterfinals men’s lacrosse match against Maryland.

Virginia freshman Michael Shabaz hasn’t really thought about how many pounds he’s dropped since the fall.

Freshman Corey Donohoe did just that Sunday afternoon while pouring in five goals and, in the process, brought No. 4 Virginia’s season to a screeching halt with an 11-7 upset in the NCAA tournament’s first round.

Fairleigh Dickinson coach Ira Miller has broken out the old Gene Hackman speech from the movie “Hoosiers” as his team prepares to face top-ranked and undefeated Virginia this morning in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Many college tennis observers believe this is the year the Virginia men’s team will capture its first-ever NCAA championship. Count Patrick McEnroe among them.

Lyndra Littles awoke Monday around 7 a.m. — far earlier than she expected or preferred — to a chipper voice in her hotel room.

It hit Sharnee Zoll on Senior Day.
It pulls at coach Debbie Ryan’s heart almost daily.
The thoughts of a pair of would-be seniors that are not along for the NCAA Tournament ride were rekindled throughout the program Sunday night once it was official that the next opponent would be Old Dominion.