Women’s Basketball: Virginia holds off late Stanford charge, wins 75-69
Virginia led by 10 early in the fourth quarter, then held off a Stanford rally that cut the lead to one in the final 90 seconds, to post a Quad 1 road win, 75-69, on Sunday.
Virginia led by 10 early in the fourth quarter, then held off a Stanford rally that cut the lead to one in the final 90 seconds, to post a Quad 1 road win, 75-69, on Sunday.
Tough start to the 2026 season for #12 Virginia, which dropped to 0-3 on the campaign with a 17-9 blowout loss to #6 Maryland on Saturday in College Park.
It’s West Coast Week for the Virginia ACC teams. Virginia Tech won at Stanford on Thursday night to boost its NCAA Tournament resume. UVA lost at Cal, which certainly doesn’t help.
Virginia really needed that 81-70 win over Notre Dame on Sunday – a dub over a borderline Quad 1 team to start a stretch of Quad 1 and 2 games in the next couple of weeks.
Can you believe, outdoor sports, today? The women’s lacrosse season opened on Friday, with #10 Virginia hosting #16 Navy, not at Klöckner Stadium – too icy – but instead, on the lax practice field.
Virginia took control with a big defensive third quarter, on its way to a 67-56 win over Miami on Thursday in JPJ.
A late 11-2 Virginia Tech run doomed Virginia in a 76-64 loss on Sunday in Blacksburg.
Virginia led by 15 at halftime, 11 with five minutes to go, but had to survive three OTs to finish off a 109-103 win at Wake Forest on Thursday.
Virginia erased an 18-point second-half deficit to force overtime, but two late turnovers, and a missed three at the buzzer, let NC State escape with the 78-76 win on Saturday.
The ACC has moved the Virginia-NC State women’s basketball game scheduled for Sunday to a 3 p.m. Saturday start, an hour, roughly, from the conclusion of the Virginia-North Carolina men’s game.
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