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(03/19/20 7:02am)
The world of college sports was stunned March 12. In a span of just four hours, conferences across the country canceled tournaments, the University suspended athletics activities and the NCAA canceled all championship events for winter and spring sports. Facing a public health crisis, collegiate athletic organizations were forced to act quickly to prevent the spread of the infectious disease COVID-19, yet in the wake of these tough decisions, seasons and careers are over and lives have been changed. The entire Virginia Athletics community continues to grapple with the consequences of last week’s events.
(03/13/20 1:54am)
University Provost Liz Magill sent an email to students Thursday night providing additional details on how University operations and activities will be affected due to the spread of COVID-19. The email comes one day after the University extended spring break through March 19 and cancelled in-person classes until at least April 5 amid coronavirus concerns.
(03/12/20 11:42pm)
After facing five of the nation’s top 10 teams in conference dual meets, Virginia came into the ACC Tournament primed and ready to compete. As a team, the Cavaliers (8-6, 1-4 ACC) used this experience to rack up 60.5 team points, placing fourth in the ACC Tournament. Individually, over half of their starting wrestlers qualified for the NCAA Tournament.
(03/09/20 10:46pm)
Senior forward Mamadi Diakite and sophomore guard Kihei Clark both received All-ACC honors for the 2019-20 season, the league office announced Monday.
(03/10/20 6:36pm)
Following four losses in five games against ACC competition in mid-January, the men’s basketball team and Coach Tony Bennett have constructed a comeback for the ages, winning 11 of their last 12 games to finish second in the ACC. However, before the Cavaliers learn who they’ll be playing in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, they will have to navigate the gauntlet that is the ACC Tournament.
(03/05/20 4:28am)
Freshman Kate Douglass’ impressive resume touts a laundry list of achievements. She competed as a member of the 2018-19 U.S. National Junior Team, swam at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games and the 2017 Junior World Championships, set numerous high-school records in the state of New York and qualified for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials in four events — the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke, the 50-meter freestyle and the 200-meter individual medley. All of that was before she even stepped foot on Grounds her first year.
(03/04/20 7:11pm)
No. 15 Virginia men’s swimming and diving put together a strong week in Greensboro N.C. at the ACC Championships and finished as the conference runner-up. In the team’s best finish since 2013, the Cavaliers totalled 1,098 points during the week — only behind No. 5 NC State’s 1,250 points as the Wolfpack claimed their sixth consecutive conference title.
(02/25/20 6:45pm)
No. 2 Virginia women’s swimming and diving claimed their 16th ACC Championship this weekend by finishing with a new meet record score of 1492.5. The Cavaliers beat out second-place No. 6 NC State — which recorded 1333 points — and were led by the championship’s Most Valuable Swimmer junior Paige Madden.
(02/26/20 8:08pm)
Virginia women’s squash won the Kurtz Cup, which is awarded to the national champion of the B Division of the College Squash Association Team Championships, for the first time in program history this past weekend.
(02/25/20 7:13pm)
Just over a month ago, a sports columnist for The Cavalier Daily — who will remain nameless — wrote an article predicting that Virginia men’s basketball would miss the NCAA Tournament. At the time, the conclusion seemed rational, given that the Cavaliers were 12-6, had lost four of their past six and were offensively inept.
(02/18/20 7:27am)
After competing in Chicago for the ITA National Team Indoor Championships, No. 13 Virginia was back in action in Charlottesville Saturday to take on No. 12 Michigan at the Boar's Head Sports Club. Both the Cavaliers (7-2, 1-0 ACC) and the Wolverines (4-4, 0-0 Big Ten) won one game and lost two in the National Team Indoor Championships.
(02/13/20 6:31pm)
We all know fans of Virginia sports have passion for their teams, but many of them have a passion for that special someone as well. This is for all those love-struck Cavalier fans who need some ideas for the perfect date this Valentine’s Day.
(02/12/20 6:40am)
Virginia squash competed at the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championships over the weekend, with the men’s team winning the regional tournament and the women’s team becoming the regional runner-up.
(02/11/20 6:44am)
Following its first ACC victory of the season against Boston College, No. 11 Virginia traveled to Chicago for the ITA National Team Indoor Championship, facing No. 3 Georgia, No. 6 Pepperdine and No. 14 Arizona State in the team’s first appearance there since 2016.
(02/11/20 7:56pm)
With both Valentine’s Day and the spring collegiate athletics season nearing, let’s take a look at the most attractive feature of every varsity-level Virginia team playing this spring.
(02/10/20 5:43am)
Virginia men’s lacrosse opened their 2020 campaign with a 12-9 win over No. 14 Loyola. The No. 1 Cavaliers (1-0, 0-0 ACC) built a lead in the first half and did enough in the second half to secure the win over the Greyhounds (0-1, 0-0 Patriot).
(02/07/20 6:14pm)
Virginia women’s lacrosse returns to the turf — ranked No. 9 nationally — following a 13-7 season in 2019 that ended in a tough loss in the national quarterfinals. The Cavaliers are led by Coach Julie Myers, who is going into her 25th year at the position and has both played and coached for championship-winning Virginia teams.
(02/04/20 4:11pm)
The men’s and women’s squash teams competed in their last matches of the regular season over the weekend. The men’s team played against three top 20 teams, while the women’s team played four.
(02/06/20 6:02am)
Today, women make up more than half of the student body at the University and participate in 14 out of 27 varsity athletic teams. The athletics department is headed by Carla Williams, the first female African American athletics director at a Power 5 conference school. However, things weren’t always this way.
(02/05/20 3:07am)
Last year, despite a dominant regular season which culminated in a second straight ACC regular season championship, Virginia still had its share of skeptics going into the NCAA Tournament. Many had concerns about whether Virginia’s notoriously slow pace of play would work in the postseason — criticisms which became more prevalent after Virginia’s historic upset loss in the first round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament. However, the Cavaliers went on to silence the doubters and win the first national championship in program history, proving that their playing style can be effective in March.
