After suffering a 69-81 loss to UNC on Monday night, the women’s basketball team traveled to Charlottesville, Va. only to fall again to No. 21 Virginia. N.C. State’s Bonae Holston and Nikitta Gartrell racked up a combined 37 points while Virginia’s Monica Wright scored 26 points to lead the Cavaliers to a 73-60 victory. It was the Wolfpack’s third ACC game in the past six days.

The Pack, now 12-9 overall, (2-4 ACC,) closed the gap to just three points with less than six minutes to go, yet it wasn’t enough as Virginia’s Whitney Edwards sank back-to-back three-pointers to secure the win.

The game was a fight to the end as Virginia (15-5, 4-2 ACC) led 51-41 with a nine straight point scoring streak after what was a one-point game from Emili Tasler’s three-pointer with 12:50 left.

State scrambled for one last run, scoring 10 of the next 13 points and closing the gap to just three with 5:50 to play. During the final five minutes the Cavaliers dominated and the Pack never got within seven points.

Virginia immediately took a five-point lead at the start of the game. The Pack was then able to capitalize on a 15-2 run, retaking the lead, 20-12. State’s defense shut out Virginia for 5:28, which resulted in the extended run. With its largest lead of the half, the Pack was up by eight with 7:06 remaining in the half.

UVA responded with a run of its own, scoring 10 straight points to regain a 22-20 lead. The game was tied during the final minutes of the first half until Gartrell’s three-pointer with 16 seconds sent the Pack to the locker room up 29-26. Though the Pack had 15 turnovers during the first half, it was still able to hang on to the advantage.

Wright, a National Player of the Year candidate and Virginia’s all-time leading scorer, had her 13th 20-point game. For the Pack, Holston led with 20 points, followed closely by Gartrell with 17.

The Pack will continue its road swing as it takes on its forth ACC foe in a row, Clemson, Sunday at 2 p.m. ‘