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The instructions were simple. Do not kill the president.
During a historic four years as a swimmer for the Cavaliers, Class of 2025 alumna Gretchen Walsh etched her name into program history as a legend. Over the past three weeks, Walsh has received overwhelming national recognition for these athletic and academic achievements.
Former Athletic Director Craig Littlepage is a Virginia legend.
A perennial NCAA powerhouse, Virginia field hockey routinely attracts players not only from all over the country, but also the world. Yet, despite representing a state school that pledges to maintain a two-thirds ratio of Virginians, the program’s in-state recruitment numbers have waned in the last few years — right now, there is just one Virginian on the team. But high school junior Brayden Johnston — the Cavaliers’ new recruit in the class of 2027 — just changed that.
At Virginia, game days are more than just a tradition — they are a defining part of student life. Whether it is singing The Good Ol’ Song after a touchdown at Scott Stadium, cheering in unison at John Paul Jones Arena or watching a top-ranked team compete under the lights at Klöckner Stadium, sports games bring the community together.
On Memorial Day weekend, Walker Wallace rejoiced as the final whistle sounded and he became a national champion with the Cornell lacrosse team. And then he decided to transfer to a program that has never even come close to winning a national championship.
Coach Bowen Sargent’s lengthy tenure at the helm of Virginia’s men’s golf program has been decorated with consistent success. The program has reached an NCAA Regional for 17 straight seasons, achieved the nation’s No. 1 ranking multiple times and put three players on the PGA Tour. But of all his 21 seasons with Virginia, this one was his most accomplished by a long shot.
Sunday night, Coach Brian O’Connor was named the head coach at Mississippi State as confirmed through a team message shared with The Cavalier Daily. It was, to many, a shocking move. Many couldn’t help but think of the fact that Virginia recently lost another legendary coach, Tony Bennett of men’s basketball, just eight months ago to retirement.
This past weekend, Virginia rowing capped off a season of transformation and perseverance with a 10th place finish at the NCAA Rowing Championships on Lake Mercer, N.J. In their first NCAA appearance under Coach Wesley Ng, the Cavaliers showed both strength and grit, proving they could hold their own on the national stage and finishing three spots higher than their 13th-place finish from the year before.
The 2025 season saw Virginia softball repeat much of its 2024 season. The Cavaliers (38-19, 14-10 ACC) broke team and individual offensive records, won a game in the ACC Championship and made the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year.
Virginia not only got its first ever win in NCAA Championship match play this week — it also got its second, giving it a chance to win a national title Wednesday. On the way there, the Cavaliers not only defeated the Florida team that beat them two years ago on the way to a national title, but also defeated the Auburn team that beat them last season on the way to its own national title.
Scott Stadium will host the 2026 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championships May 23-25, the athletic department announced Saturday. The Division I semifinals will take place May 23 and the Division II and III finals May 24. The Division I final will be held May 25.
In a match that felt like the swinging back and forth of a pendulum, one that came down to the final set on the final court, No. 7 seed Virginia men’s tennis saw its season end in heartbreak Friday, falling 4-3 to No. 2 seed TCU (26-3, 8-0 Big 12) in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship at the Hurd Tennis Center in Waco, Texas.
The Virginia men’s golf team teed off at the 2025 NCAA Reno Regional this week, looking to finish in the top five of the 14-team field and qualify for a third straight NCAA Championship. The event, held at the Montreux Golf & Country Club in Reno, Nev., ended Wednesday. Virginia finished second at 11-under par, four strokes behind first-place BYU, tied for its best performance in a regional in program history.
The No. 7 Virginia women’s tennis team saw its promising season come to a disappointing end Friday afternoon in a 4-0 loss to No. 10 Tennessee in the NCAA Championship Round of 16. At the Boar’s Head Resort in Charlottesville, in a rematch of a February meeting at ITA Indoors that Virginia won 4-2, the No. 10 Lady Vols turned the tables with a dominant performance to advance to the quarterfinals.
Junior Måns Dahlberg always plays his best tennis later in the year. That has been a pattern since he arrived at Virginia — he has slow starts to the season through January, February and March but puts it all together in April and May.
Tuesday evening, senior long stick midfielder Ben Wayer was drafted 23rd overall by the Philadelphia Waterdogs in the 2025 Premier Lacrosse League Draft, and senior midfielder Griffin Schutz was taken 31st overall by the California Redwoods.
The No. 7 seed Virginia men’s tennis team delivered a dominant opening weekend performance in the NCAA Championship. The Cavaliers (22-7, 9-4 ACC) stormed through their home regional at the Virginia Tennis Facility, dispatching Bucknell in the first round and Princeton in the second to punch their ticket to the Round of 16.
Rewind to the spring of 2019. Ty Jerome and De’Andre Hunter put together a sensational March Madness run, their brilliance helping lead Virginia to its first ever men’s basketball national championship. Navigating through five tournament games and then a cinematic finale, the duo ingrained themselves into program history.
At the start of the season, Virginia men’s tennis was younger and less experienced than in years past — but also full of promise. Now, after two breezy NCAA Tournament wins and with a super regional date with No. 10 seed Arizona set for Saturday, that promise is beginning to materialize.