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The ACC standings just got a whole lot more interesting.  After Notre Dame handed the Blue Devils their first loss of the Michael Sowers era, Virginia continued its rise up the league standings with a 18-16 win against North Carolina behind eight Matt Moore points and a dominant performance from face-off specialist Petey LaSalla.  Moore’s six assists facilitated the offense at important junctures, including three straight helpers at the end of the third quarter to give the No. 6 Cavaliers (9-2) a 13-10 lead, the largest margin of the game at that point.  “That’s the ba...

Sat Apr 10 2021 | Nelson Rice | College COURTESY OF VIRGINIA ATHLETICS No. 4 Virginia looks like a different team since its last loss almost a month ago to No. 3 UNC. The Cavaliers reversed that result and prevailed 18-16 to hand the Tar Heels (8-2) (1-2 ACC) its second consecutive loss on an afternoon where two of the top three ranked teams in the country fell to conference rivals in the increasingly chaotic ACC. In a frenetic game that featured 95 shots (UNC 51, UVA 44), Virginia (9-2) (2-2 ACC) made the most of theirs when it counted. The Cavaliers ended the third quarter on four goal run ...

Monday March 15th, 2021 8:00am We are living with postponements and programs in pause. We witnessed monster goal-scoring runs this week.  We were treated to a more robust slate of Sunday games because of on-campus social distancing and facility availability. I think that’s a longterm positive. Why stack all the games on Saturday? The game grows when teams play on Thursday night, Friday night and Sunday afternoon. Everybody can’t play Saturday at the same time. Maryland, North Carolina and Johns Hopkins picked up marquee wins. Duke dominated. Lehigh is legit. Vermont and Delaware are surg...

Photo courtesy of Matt Riley/UVA Media Relations) North Carolina remains perfect in the Chris Gray and Will Bowen era, but freshman goalie Collin Krieg stole the show on Thursday night in the Tar Heels’ 16-13 victory at No. 8 Virginia. It was a cathartic night of college lacrosse action a year removed from the moment when everything was ripped away in a perfect atmosphere at Klockner Stadium with limited — but boisterous on the broadcast — fans in attendance. “I talked to [Virginia coach] Lars [Tiffany] before the game and was like, you know it’s a sigh of relief that we’re back a...

The Cavaliers held their own throughout the game against the Falcons, with 11 of their players notching 20 total goals by the end.