Throughout the entire 2012-13 sports season, none of Virginia’s 25 varsity programs have captured a national championship, but within an eight-day span, two of the school’s club teams managed the feat.
After the women’s polo team ousted Cornell for its second straight national championship April 13, the women’s basketball club survived a mercurial affair with Penn State to claim the national crown this past Sunday.
Held in Brookshire, Texas, the USPA National Intercollegiate Polo Championship pitted Virginia against the nemesis Big Red in the final. The Cavaliers overcame an early four-goal deficit to force an overtime shootout, which they won for a 10-9 victory. Fourth-year College students Kylie Sheehan and Isabella Wolf earned tournament All-Star honors for Virginia.
The next weekend, the Virginia club women’s basketball team travelled to NC State to vie with 14 other schools for a NIRSA NCCS National Championship. After steamrolling Denver, Marquette and Southern Illinois by a combined score of 129-78 to advance to the championship game, the Cavaliers rode a late 14-0 run to outlast the Nittany Lions 35-29. Captain and tournament MVP guard Jessica Napoleon, a third-year Education student, joined forward Caroline Wilke, an Education graduate student, as a Club All-American.
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