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The No. 1 Virginia women’s soccer team concludes its regular season Thursday with a huge road matchup in Tallahassee, Fla. against No. 3 Florida State.
Virginia will travel to the L&N Federal Credit Union Arena in Louisville, Ky. with hopes to give the ACC leader — No. 2 Louisville — its first loss of the season Friday.
Virginia swim and dive will host Georgetown in its season opener Saturday. The Cavaliers are coming off an incredible season, with the women’s swim and dive team winning an ACC Championship in February and an NCAA Championship in March. The men’s team enters the fall after a fourth-place finish at the ACC Championship and ninth-place result in the NCAA Championship, which is tied for their second best finish in program history.
Virginia got its third win of the season Tuesday night — a 3-1 victory against VCU. For most years this would be just business as usual, with another non-conference win to add to the books. The thing is, it took Virginia nine games to get that third win, and right now the team sits at 3-6-1 after a frustrating loss to Notre Dame on Oct.1. To add insult to injury, Virginia is winless in the ACC this season and hasn’t won an extra time match since March against Notre Dame.
Virginia sports teams have a knack for providing some of the highest of highs and lowest of lows. Here we’ll take a look at how Cavalier teams have emerged from some of these lows to reach some of college athletics’ greatest heights.
Virginia women's soccer’s 2020-21 campaign saw them earn a College Cup berth for the first time since 2014 and fourth time in team history. The appearance offered Virginia a golden chance at a second national championship appearance following the heartbreak of years past.
The 2020-2021 season was a challenging year for the Virginia men’s soccer team. With the losses of stars such as Daryl Dike, Henry Kessler and Joe Bell to the professional ranks, the Cavaliers were always expected to take a step back after nearly winning the national championship in 2019.
Coming off of a year that was peculiar for sports at all levels, the Virginia men’s and women’s cross country teams will be returning to a clean slate for the 2021 season. Both squads had their share of successes and shortcomings last fall.
At George Mason, Aug. 26
No. 3 Virginia is ranked highly in the United Soccer Coach ranking after an impressive run to the semifinals in the 2020 College Cup — which took place in the spring of 2021 — and four big wins to start the season. The first three were shutout wins — the first, an impressive 8-0 win over Richmond that featured five different goal scorers, the second being a 1-0 victory over West Virginia and the third, a 2-0 defeat of George Mason. Most recently, Virginia crushed George Washington 6-1 after getting on the board early. While it’s still early in the season, let’s break down Virginia’s schedule, roster and share some predictions for the squad.
No. 4 Virginia women’s soccer delivered in a tough non-conference battle against No. 12 West Virginia Sunday in Morgantown, W.Va. The Cavaliers (2-0-0, 0-0-0 ACC) downed the Mountaineers (1-1-0, 0-0-0 Big 12) 1-0 thanks to a goal from junior attacker Diana Ordoñez in the seventh minute.
Virginia is a basketball school, evidenced by championship wins and consistent push of talent into pros. Every year since 2014, the Cavaliers have had someone from the men’s basketball team sign to an NBA team, while the women’s basketball team claims WNBA All-Star and Hall of Famer Dawn Staley and 2020 WNBA Draft first-round pick Jocelyn Willoughby as alumni. What many may not know is that the Cavaliers also bridge international waters — most recently, in the Olympics.
Three former Virginia soccer players appeared in the sport at the Tokyo Olympics. Combined, they played 966 minutes and registered a grand total of one shot, zero assists and zero goals. But all three players — American women Becky Sauerbrunn and Emily Sonnett and New Zealander Joe Bell — made contributions well beyond the box score.
In March, Virginia women’s swimming and diving won its first national championship, soundly defeating its competition. However, for four Cavaliers, a national championship was simply not enough as they traveled to Tokyo to compete on swimming’s biggest stage and brought home hardware for the United States.
After bringing home the National Championship, several athletes on the Virginia women’s swimming team had high hopes heading into the United States Olympic Trials. Those hopes were realized as the Cavaliers saw four women qualify for the United States Olympic team ahead of this summer’s Tokyo Olympic games, while Virginia Coach Todd DeSorbo was named an assistant coach to the Olympic team’s staff.
Day one
For the fifth time in program history, Virginia is advancing to the College World Series. To get to the Super Regionals, the Cavaliers (35-25, 18-18 ACC) had to win four straight elimination games during the Columbia Regionals — a hefty task they handled with poise. After this amazing feat, Virginia was pitted against Dallas Baptist in this best-of-three Super Regionals series. In the first game Saturday, the Cavaliers fell by one run to the Patriots (41-18, 18-6 MVC). Virginia turned it around quickly, however, and won the next two matchups — advancing to the big stage in Omaha, Neb. for the first time since 2015.
Day one
This is the second national championship for Coach Lars Tiffany during his five years with the Cavaliers.
In the most unique of years, the Virginia men’s lacrosse team is the last one standing. Two years removed from the 2019 national championship game, in which Virginia took down Yale 13-9, the No. 4 Cavaliers (14-4, 2-4 ACC) held on to win in nail-biting fashion against long-time rival No. 3 Maryland (15-1, 10-0 Big Ten) in a thrilling matchup.