Frank saves team match point in bizarre fashion, rallies to lift Cavaliers past UCLAIn one of the craziest finishes in NCAA tournament history, the Virginia Cavaliers claimed their first NCAA men's team tennis championship by rallying from the brink of a defeat for a 4-3 victory over UCLA on the University of Illinois' courts in Urbana.    

After losing in the championship match the last two seasons, the 2nd-seeded Cavaliers defeated top-seeded UCLA 4-3 Tuesday to win their first NCAA title.

URBANA, ILL. Virginia finally took that last step and won an NCAA men's tennis championship. After losing in the championship match the last two seasons, the second-seeded Cavaliers defeated top-seeded UCLA 4-3 Tuesday to win their first NCAA title after the Bruins let a potential match point slip away.

No. 4 North Carolina used a six-run eighth inning to rally from a three-run deficit and come away with an 8-5 victory over the No.7 Virginia Cavaliers on Friday night.

Richardson turned heads on the field with his downhill running style, but struggled to break through and win playing time at a position of strength for the Cavaliers. His 2012 season was largely inter

CHARLOTTESVILLE Running back Clifton Richardson is leaving the University of Virginia, the school announced Thursday. Richardson, who played for Menchville High School in Newport News, will have two years of eligibility left. Cavaliers coach Mike London did not specify why Richardson is leaving, but said in a news release that he is in good academic standing.

Reed Gragnani, a baseball standout at Mills Godwin, four years ago turned down a six-figure offer from the Boston Red Sox to play for the Cavaliers.

Princess Anne point guard Justyce Swango, who helped guide the Cavaliers to the Group AAA state championship game this past season as a junior, has committed to the College of Charleston. Swango, the 16th-ranked point guard in the class of 2014 and a four-star recruit according to ESPN, averaged 10.4 points, 3.7 assists and 3.4 steals as a junior.

These reunions of Virginia head coach Tony Bennett and his one-time boss, Bo Ryan, are starting to take on the look of an annual event. The pairings for the 2013 ACC/Big Ten Challenge were announced Wednesday, and U.Va. found itself matched with Wisconsin for a second straight year. The Cavaliers won at Wisconsin last year in what ranked as their biggest road win of the year.

Virginia’s best road victory in Tony Bennett’s four seasons as coach was at Wisconsin in last season’s ACC-Big Ten Challenge. The Cavaliers and Badgers will reunite in this year’s edition, at John Paul Jones Arena on Dec. 4.