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(07/10/24 11:13pm)
With the fall sports season just seven weeks away, there are several programs that have a lot to look forward to. A new coach for the field hockey program coming off a Final Four appearance, the third year of Coach Tony Elliott at Scott Stadium, added experience for both soccer programs and many more storylines to watch are already developing at this point in the offseason. Three writers from The Cavalier Daily share their thoughts on what to look out for.
(07/05/24 9:15pm)
Fifteen present and former Virginia athletes littered the sprawling 10-day United States Olympic Track and Field Trials, which concluded Sunday in Eugene, Ore. Some harbored fervent hopes of qualification, and others toted only the faintest of dreams. But ultimately, one Cavalier qualified for the Paris Olympics. The week and a half of intense competition whittled the flock of entrants to a handful of Olympians, and Class of 2019 alumna Bridget Williams was among them, winning the pole vault competition to reach her first Olympic games.
(06/23/24 3:15pm)
On a tee box June 13, surrounded by the U.S. Open’s typical swaying banners and milling masses, the twinkling past of Virginia men’s golf united with its gleaming present.
(06/15/24 4:13am)
Sophomore guard Elijah Gertrude will miss the upcoming men’s basketball season with a knee injury sustained during an April scooter accident, the program announced Friday.
(05/27/24 1:19pm)
A frenetic start transformed rapidly into a mundane blowout, with the Maryland lead inching larger and their faceoff dominance wreaking destruction, making the Virginia offense stutter. Time leached away, and when it finally ran out it cemented a 12-6 victory Saturday for the No. 7 seed Terrapins (11-5, 3-2 Big Ten) over the No. 6 seed Cavaliers (12-6, 1-3 ACC) in a disappointment of an NCAA Tournament semifinal.
(05/25/24 5:44am)
Virginia was traveling home from its NCAA Tournament quarterfinal win Sunday when a minor commotion emanated from somewhere on the bus. Most of the bus’s occupants likely were relaxed, basking in the glow of a stirring double-overtime triumph, perhaps tending a couple of bruises. Graduate attackman Jack Boyden could have also relaxed, but he directed his attention, for the moment, to something entirely different. A different lacrosse team was gunning, like Virginia, to return to championship weekend.
(05/24/24 3:01am)
Less than seven minutes into No. 6 seed Virginia’s NCAA Tournament quarterfinal Sunday against No. 3 seed Johns Hopkins, as the Blue Jays celebrated their fourth goal, sophomore goalie Kyle Morris trotted onto the field to replace junior goalie Matt Nunes. The change happened swiftly and without ceremony. Then Morris settled in and played the remainder of Virginia’s riveting double-overtime victory, making eight saves and allowing six goals as Nunes watched from the sideline.
(05/24/24 2:30am)
At first he sprinted euphorically away, holding his arms aloft, diving into the crowd of onrushing teammates. Then he collapsed to the turf, pushed there by an impromptu team pileup, disappearing in the mound of jubilant, screaming bodies. Everyone else quickly jumped up and careered away, leaping in the air, yelling, hugging.
(05/21/24 7:21pm)
It had to be graduate attackman Connor Shellenberger. Deep in the second overtime, a season and a career hanging tenuously on the line, it only made sense for Shellenberger to be the one whose goal delivered No. 6 seed Virginia an 11-10 win over No. 3 seed Johns Hopkins. The goal triggered a torrent of orange-and-blue jerseys that poured onto the field to celebrate victory in Sunday’s NCAA Tournament quarterfinal at Johnny Unitas Stadium.
(05/19/24 2:30am)
The game kept going, and the goals kept mounting. Graduate attackman Payton Cormier, chasing a monumental record, scored again and again. He tallied five goals by halftime of Virginia’s first-round NCAA Tournament game Saturday against St. Joseph’s, pushing himself to the brink of breaking a slew of records. The records were shattered in the third quarter, when he somehow scored three times more.
(05/04/24 5:54am)
Senior defenseman Cole Kastner — the men’s lacrosse team’s towering defensive captain who has for years menaced opposing offenses — announced Wednesday via social media that he is transferring after this school year. He is switching both schools and sports and will spend his final year of eligibility playing basketball at Stanford.
(05/03/24 5:23pm)
Reeling after three consecutive losses to conclude the regular season, Virginia men’s lacrosse is entering the ACC Tournament void of momentum. It does not help that the Cavaliers will, again, be faced with No. 1 Notre Dame — whom Virginia lost to in the national semifinal in 2023 and failed to enact revenge upon Saturday, falling 11-9 in the regular-season finale.
(04/29/24 12:50am)
After weeks of anticipation and emotional buildup for the rematch of the 2023 Final Four game, Virginia faced off against Notre Dame in a clash of collegiate lacrosse titans. However, any hopes of victory held by Virginia players and fans were crushed in the last quarter of play. Saturday’s matchup saw No. 6 Virginia, the national leader in ground balls, somehow allowed No. 1 Notre Dame, a distant 15th, to win the ground ball battle by a whopping 24. This ground ball dominance propelled the Fighting Irish (10-1, 4-0 ACC) to an 11-9 triumph over the Cavaliers (10-4, 1-3 ACC) at Klöckner Stadium before a crowd of 6,479, the stadium’s highest attendance mark in 11 years.
(04/25/24 7:35am)
Nobody has to mention the last time Virginia men’s lacrosse played Notre Dame. The thought of it just lingers in everyone’s minds — the late lead that evaporated and the four Fighting Irish goals in four minutes to send Virginia trundling home. Now, though, a rematch is on the horizon, an inescapable narrative swirling around Saturday’s charged rematch.
(04/09/24 3:33am)
Redshirt freshman forward Leon Bond III entered the NCAA transfer portal early Saturday afternoon, not long after stoking speculation the same day with a telling Instagram story post.
(04/09/24 4:03am)
Conference play arrived Saturday at Klöckner Stadium, and Virginia simply treated it like an early-season game against a non-conference opponent. The No. 2 Cavaliers (10-1, 1-0 ACC) blasted North Carolina (6-5, 0-1 ACC) from the first whistle, building a commanding lead and cruising to a 14-6 win.
(04/06/24 6:01am)
The story of men’s lacrosse offensive coordinator Kevin Cassese and Coach Lars Tiffany began two decades ago, at an off-the-beaten-track lacrosse program in New York. Their coaching relationship began in 2004 — the two young coaches met at Stony Brook, spending one season together before a 19-year interlude where they forged decorated but separate head coaching careers.
(04/01/24 5:41am)
Things looked frequently frustrating and gloomy for No. 2 Virginia (9-1, 0-0 ACC) Saturday, as if the northeastern chill had frozen its typically free-flowing style. But after sputtering offensively all day, the Cavaliers scored the game’s final seven goals, all in the fourth quarter, to win. Before a record crowd at Jordan Field, Virginia dispelled defeat and charged back to grab a 13-10 victory over No. 16 Harvard (6-3, 0-2 Ivy). The win came on the back of a stellar performance by junior goalie Matt Nunes, who recorded multiple impressive saves and even registered the game-winning goal in the fourth quarter.
(03/30/24 2:00pm)
Coach Lars Tiffany has watched graduate attackman Connor Shellenberger’s career grow into something legendary. He has witnessed, in that time, “the consummate team-first guy” elevate everyone around him. He has observed a man he openly admires display trademark unselfishness, both now and with an eye on the future.
(03/23/24 6:49pm)
Senior goalkeeper Holden Brown — who played every minute in goal for the Virginia men’s soccer program his sophomore and junior years, before suffering a major injury midway through this season — announced March 13 via Instagram his decision to transfer to Indiana for his final years of eligibility.