The Virginia women downed Xavier to win their 23rd Cavalier Classic Saturday night.

The Virginia women's basketball team dominated Norfolk State 66-23 Friday, advancing to the championship game of the Cavalier Classic to face Xavier Saturday.

Virginia has won its own tournament 22 of the 26 times its been held.

Current Steelers tight end and former Virginia Cavalier Heath Miller sustained multiple torn ligaments in his right knee during Pittsburgh's loss to the Bengals on Sunday.

Old Dominion stunned Virginia 63-61 in the Governor's Holiday Hoops Classic in Richmond on Saturday.

Kelsey Wolfe led the Cavaliers with 16 points and Simone Egwu added 11 in the loss.

Virginia's coaching staff has reportedly added a three-star offensive lineman to the incoming recruiting class of 2013.

Virginia used a 15-0 run in the first half to distance itself from Morgan State then survived an error-filled second half to hold on for the win.

Senior point guard Jontel Evans will once again be on the bench Wednesday, when his teammates return from final exams break to host Morgan State.

The Virginia women's basketball team closed out the game on a 21-4 run to pull away from Coppin State Tuesday night, and avoid a third straight loss.

Virginia senior point guard Jontel Evans is using the Cavaliers' 11 day break between games to rest a sore foot that kept him out of the team's most recent game against Mississippi Valley State.

Virginia's Will Bates is among the college seniors invited to next month's MLS pre-draft combine in Florida.

Virginia won't return to action until Wednesday, Dec. 19 when it hosts Morgan State.

Akil Mitchell scored a game-high 20 and the Cavaliers held Mississippi Valley State to just four first-half field goals.

If the Virginia basketball team is going to win its seventh straight game on Saturday, the Cavaliers will have to do it without senior point guard Jontel Evans.

Tianna Hawkins had 20 points and 12 rebounds, Alyssa Thomas contributed 20 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 9 Maryland opened defense of its Atlantic Coast Conference title with a 79-55 victory over Virginia on Thursday night.

Akil Mitchell led the Wahoos with 13 points and 12 rebounds.

Senior tackle Oday Aboushi was one of five Cavaliers listed to the first Coaches All-ACC team Wednesday.

Malcolm Cook says he was shocked to hear the news that Jim Reid had been fired from his role as UVa's defensive coordinator. Cook says he's now looking into other options.

Virginia senior linebacker Steve Greer is one of three finalists for the Dudley Award, which goes to the best Division I football player in the state each season.

Virginia shot just 25% from the field in the loss.

Four Virginia football assistants are now looking for work, about a week after the Cavaliers wrapped up a disappointing 4-8 2012 season.

The Atlanta Hawks have assigned rookies John Jenkins and Mike Scott to their Bakersfield NBA Development League affiliate.

Joe Harris and Akil Mitchell scored 20 points apiece in the win.

A source has confirmed to the Newsplex that junior quarterback Michael Rocco is leaving the Virginia football team.