The 2009–10 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team represented the University of Virginia in the 2009–2010 NCAA Division I basketball season. The team was coached by Debbie Ryan. The Cavaliers were a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Offseason August 20: Virginia senior guard Monica Wright was named one of 31 frontrunners for the Women's Wooden Award. During the 2008-09 season, she was the Associated Press honorable mention All-America nod and a spot on the All-ACC first team. August 25: Kelly Hartig has transferred from the University of Virginia. Hartig appeared in 34 games last season as a sophomore, and started 32.
Regular season
Roster
Schedule Date Opponent Location Time ScoreFri, Nov 13 @ UMBC Baltimore, MD 7 p.m.W, 68-57Sun, Nov 15 Manhattan Charlottesville, VA 2 p.m. W, 86-68Wed, Nov 18 USC Upstate Charlottesville, VA 7 p.m.W, 110-63Sun, Nov 22 Tennessee Charlottesville, VA 2 p.m. L, 63-77Thu, Nov 26 Indiana Freeport, Grand Bahama Island 2:15 p.m. W, 84-79Fri, Nov 27 South Dakota State Freeport, Grand Bahama Island 8 p.m. W, 78-66Thu, Dec 03 Purdue Charlottesville, VA 7 p.m. W, 56-49Sun, Dec 06 James Madison Charlottesville, VA 4 p.m. L, 73-75Tue, Dec 08 Furman Charlottesville, VA 7 p.m.W, 74-43Sun, Dec 20 @ Georgia Athens, GA 2:30 p.m. L, 53-69Mon, Dec 28 Samford Charlottesville, VA 7 p.m.W, 69-60Tue, Dec 29 Liberty Charlottesville, VA 7 p.m.W, 63-54Sat, Jan 02 @ Colorado Boulder, CO 3:30 p.m.W, 74-59Mon, Jan 04 St. Bonaventure Charlottesville, VA 7 p.m.72-64Thu, Jan 07 @Florida State * Tallahassee, FL 7 p.m. L, 50-68Mon, Jan 11 Maryland * Charlottesville, VA 7:30 p.m. L, 60-61Mon, Jan 18 @ Virginia Tech * Blacksburg, VA 5 p.m.W, 70-56Thu, Jan 21 @ Boston College * Chesnut Hill, MA 7 p.m.W, 70-68Sun, Jan 24 Georgia Tech * Charlottesville, VA 1 p.m.W, 57-55Wed, Jan 27 NC State * Charlottesville, VA 7 p.m.W, 73-60Sun, Jan 31 @ Wake Forest * Winston-Salem, NC 1 p.m. L, 57-64Thu, Feb 04 Clemson * Charlottesville, VA 7 p.m.W, 82-60Mon, Feb 08 @ Maryland * College Park, MD 7 p.m.W, 82-68Thu, Feb 11 @ Miami * Coral Gables, FL 7 p.m.W, 69-63 (OT)Mon, Feb 15 North Carolina * Charlottesville, VA 7 p.m.W, 82-78 (2OT)Tue, Feb 16 Longwood Charlottesville, VA 7 p.m.W, 81-40Mon, Feb 22 Florida State * Charlottesville, VA 7 p.m. L, 58-59Fri, Feb 26 @ Duke * Durham, NC 8:30 p.m. L, 65-83 Sun, Feb 28 Virginia Tech * Charlottesville, VA 1 p.m.W, 55-46
ACC tournament Date Opponent Location Time Score03/05/10 NC State Greensboro, NC 8:00 pm L, 59-66 Postseason NCAA tournament Date Opponent Location Time Score03/21/10 Green Bay Ames, IA 6:20 pm L, 67-69 Team players drafted into the WNBA Round Pick Player WNBA club 1st 2nd Monica Wright Minnesota Lynx See also 2009–10 ACC women’s basketball season List of Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball regular season champions List of Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball tournament champions
References
External links Official Site