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No. 13 Virginia rowing kicked off its spring season with gusto in the Big Ten-ACC Dual this weekend at Griggs Reservoir in Columbus, Ohio. The Cavaliers walked away with five wins in their contests against No. 10 Michigan and No. 15 Ohio State.
Editor’s Note: This article was first published March 30 and will be updated throughout the women’s basketball offseason.
Virginia women’s swim cemented itself as one of the greatest dynasties in sports Saturday.
This weekend, the NCAA Championships went down in Philadelphia, with collegiate wrestlers from programs across the country coming together to compete for individual and team national titles.
Second-year College student Ari Randers-Pehrson first began speedcubing — competitively racing to solve combination puzzles, like the Rubik’s Cube — eight years ago. Now, he impressively ranks 18th in the world for the fastest WCA average solve of a 4x4 Cube. While he has accumulated quite the trophy collection throughout his speedcubing career, it is the community he found in World Cube Association competitions that has kept him in the hobby.
California Coach Mark Madsen sat there and stuttered. His answer had started with a resounding declaration, repeated twice for emphasis — “we are going to have great success here,” he said. But now he had run aground on a thorny sentence.
As the saying goes, three things in life are inevitable — death, taxes and Bowerman finalist junior Gary Martin delivering a clutch performance on the track. His heroics as anchor helped lift Virginia men’s Distance Medley Relay — along with graduate Wes Porter, senior Alex Sherman and graduate Conor Murphy — to the Cavaliers’ first ever NCAA title in the event. The electric showdown headlined a series of otherwise solid performances for Virginia.
1950sMarch 4, 1958“Cavaliers End Season With Victory Over SC” By Henry DrakePhotos by Behlen The men’s basketball team closed off the 1957-58 season with a 77-70 win against South Carolina on Friday, March 28. Though South Carolina never got ahead in the game, it was closely fought until the last minute. This game left the Cavaliers fifth in the ACC standings in preparation for their game with Maryland the following Thursday. 1960sMarch 4, 1965“Cagers To Oppose Wolfpack” By Dick DyasPhotos by Llewellyn The University’s men's basketball was slated to compete against the NC State Wolfpack Thursday in the first contest of the ACC tournament. A win would ensure one of the teams a spot in the semi-final rounds Friday. Cavaliers would be entering the game with a two-game winning streak, and if they were to advance, they would likely compete against Maryland or UNC next. 1970sMarch 16, 1976“‘Hoos complete tourney sweep”By Kip Coons“DePaul writes finish to Virginia’s NCAA hopes”By Tom HaudricourtPhotos by Dan GroganVirginia’s drive for the national NCAA championship came to an end in 1976 when the DePaul Blue Demons beat the ACC champions 69-60. This was the first round of NCAA basketball playoffs. It was an unusually weak performance by the Cavaliers. 1980sMarch 18, 1986“DePaul defeats Virginia to end men’s season, 72-68” By Steve Wills“Top-seeded Cavs stomped by JMU to end title hopes”By Chris Payne and Steve WillsPhotos by Scott ManningThe DePaul Blue Demons upended the fifth-seed Cavaliers and ended Virginia’s season in a 72-68 game. This was a missed opportunity for the University’s team to avenge its 1976 loss to the Blue Demons. Cavalier forward Drew Kennedy accredited the win to the size and speed of DePaul’s offense. 1990sMarch 21, 1995“Gators, Big Green go down fighting in University Hall”By Alan MorrisPhotos by Steve FinnieThe women’s basketball team secured their spot in the Sweet 16 after a 72-67 win against the Florida Gators and a 71-68 win against the Dartmouth Big Green. Though they did have the home advantage, the Cavaliers had to fight to stay ahead, particularly with Dartmouth getting very close throughout the second half. The next tournament game for the team would be against Louisiana Tech.
The game had been a back-and-forth affair. No. 23 Virginia and Maryland, locked in a close battle. Old rivals going run for run.
Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. saw some excellent weather this past weekend, and Sawgrass Country Club, located less than a mile from the eastern coast of the Sunshine State, saw some solid golf during The Hayt tournament from some of the nation’s top teams, including No. 4 Texas, No. 8 North Carolina, and No. 9 Virginia. The Cavaliers, against tough competition, finished fifth in the tournament and scored even par.
Virginia men’s and women’s squash played in the CSA National Collegiate Team Championships this weekend, competing in the highest-level tournaments available — the Potter Cup and Howe Cup. The No. 5 men’s team (11-6, 4-2 MASC) finished within the top eight in the Potter Cup, while the No. 6 women’s team (12-6, 5-1 MASC) ended their tournament run in fifth.
With the dust settling on the regular season, Virginia wrestling shifted its attention toward trying to achieve postseason success. The ACC Tournament, the first step in the road to national competition, is the route wrestlers can take to qualify for the NCAA Championships. After a long day of battling, the Cavaliers (6-6, 1-5 ACC) finished in sixth but sent four individual wrestlers to the NCAA Championships and claimed one individual ACC title.
Editor’s note: This is a humor column
The title of NCAA Woman of the Year is coveted by all female student-athletes, but only a select few ever receive the honor. With hundreds of candidates vying for a spot among the nine finalists, it is nearly impossible to even garner a nomination, let alone win. Yet, in October 1998, Class of 1999 alumna Peggy Williams won it outright. Even more impressive? She did so while playing not just one but two varsity sports.
The match is over, and yet one court is still playing. Everyone is watching Court 3, where graduate student James Hopper is fighting in a winner-takes-all tiebreak. He has survived seven match points, the score now 13-12.
Just last week, Virginia women’s tennis became the No. 1 team in the nation, an achievement never before earned in program history. To some, this surge to the top may seem sudden, even unexpected, but for this program, it has been years in the making. And at the center of it all is the coach who has transformed the program in under a decade.
After a difficult road loss Friday to No. 15 Duke, No. 5 Virginia returned to action against North Carolina ready to right the ship and return to its winning ways. Still missing one of their best players in sophomore Dylan Dietrich, Coach Andres Pedroso’s side was forced to adjust its doubles and singles lineup but showcased its depth in resounding fashion.
Virginia Athletics released a statement to the media Wednesday, announcing that the swimming and diving program will likely divest from diving for the 2025-26 season. This statement came in the wake of the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships Wednesday.
John Paul Jones Arena will host a regional of The Basketball Tournament this summer, the tournament announced in a press release Thursday, and it will include an alumni team called Embrace The Pace, headlined by former men’s basketball stars Kyle Guy and Kihei Clark.
As the spring equinox approaches, most winter sports programs are in the final stages of their respective seasons. The 2024-25 season has been a mixed bag, with the high of an ACC Championship in the pool and the low of disappointing defeats on the hardwood. While winter still continues its waning hours, a few sports writers share some final thoughts.