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If you had told distance runner Henry Wynne when he was starting high school that he would one day win the NCAA national championship in the men’s mile, he would have laughed at you.
If you had told distance runner Henry Wynne when he was starting high school that he would one day win the NCAA national championship in the men’s mile, he would have laughed at you.
It would be unfair to diminish coach Tony Bennett’s success the past two seasons. How far the Virginia basketball program has come since that fateful 87-52 loss against Tennessee Dec. 30, 2013 is truly remarkable.
Nearly a year ago, then-No. 5 Louisville swept a three-games series from Virginia baseball in Charlottesville. After his then-No. 16 Cavaliers fell 4-0 in the finale, coach Brian O’Connor convened a team meeting. His message was direct — either his guys would play with energy and an identity, or they wouldn’t go anywhere, especially Omaha. The rest of Virginia’s 2015 season is memorable history.
When you ask any athlete their favorite memory on the court, their thoughts probably go straight to the biggest success of their career. For senior tennis player Ryan Shane, his immediate answer was the NCAA national championship. However, he had to think a moment to decide between the two championship trophies he has helped bring home for the Virginia men’s tennis program over his four years here.
Throughout most of his Virginia swimming career, senior Yannick Kaeser has been the crown of the program. Representing Switzerland in 2012 Summer Olympics, Kaeser has gone on to break two Virginia records in the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke.
The No. 4 Virginia women’s rowing team competed in their first home race Saturday against No. 6 Yale on the Rivanna Reservoir. The Cavaliers won four out of five races over the Bulldogs.
Leah Smith defended her national titles in the 500 and 1,650-yard freestyle at the NCAA championships this weekend.
Last season, the Virginia women’s swimming and diving team had one main goal: to be the best squad in program history. Finishing fifth at NCAA Championships, the Cavalier women were able to accomplish that goal.
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Coach Tony Bennett and Virginia would face six teams in a national championship run.
March Madness can be the best time of the year while simultaneously providing one of the greatest moments of grief in a year. I love college basketball, so watching dozens of meaningful games a weekend that feature all the best teams is a dream come true. But I also love the Hoos, and watching their season end is as painful as anything save a death of a loved one.
Wrapping up the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships just last week, the Virginia track and field teams now have a quick turn-around as they start their season outdoors with the Virginia Cup on their turf, Lannigan Field.
The Virginia women’s swimming and diving team has done it all this season. Touting a perfect 8-0 record during the season, being ranked first in the nation for the first time in program history and winning a ninth-consecutive ACC Championship, the Cavalier women have asserted dominance throughout.
A day after suffering a defeat in the ACC championship against North Carolina, Virginia is likely feeling better about itself. Not only did the loss come against an NCAA No. 1 seed, but the Cavaliers earned a No. 1 seed themselves.
As 5:30 p.m. drew near on Selection Sunday, my roommate and I had to ask, could Virginia end up in Michigan State’s region again? After two hours of banter from Charles Barkley, Ernie Johnson and Co., we have our answer — and the answer is yes.
Competing in four events at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Birmingham, Ala. — the men’s mile, distance medley relay and shot put along with the women’s mile — the Cavaliers produced a champion and a runner-up at the conclusion of the meet on March 12, leading the Virginia men to a program-best eighth place finish.
Saturday night’s ACC Tournament championship game seemed to be a matchup made in heaven — the top-two teams in the nation’s premier league slugging it out with conference dominance on the line. The dream slowly devolved into a nightmare for second-seeded Virginia.
On a Saturday filled with top-tier college matchups, the Virginia-North Carolina showdown took the cake as the most anticipated. In a battle of potential NCAA No. 1 seeds, the game pitted the ACC’s top-two teams against each together.
The ACC Tournament began on Tuesday. The Cavalier Daily Sports staff gives you their favorites to win it all and poses the biggest questions of the tournament.