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In the past year, Virginia Athletics has seen massive success, securing national championships in men’s basketball and lacrosse. Yet this success isn’t just limited to the varsity level. In March, the Virginia Alpine Ski and Snowboard Team experienced a successful run at the USCSA Collegiate National Championships in Lake Placid, N.Y.
Wednesday marked the one-year anniversary of the men’s basketball NCAA national title win. Needless to say, this commemorative day brings about a sense of elation for Virginia fans and a reminder of this joyous occasion. The day of the championship, thousands of students flooded the Corner and the Lawn in celebration. Shouts of pride from John Paul Jones Arena could be heard from over a mile away. It was a rare, unifying event that nearly everyone at the University could revel in.
On April 8, 2019, Virginia made history by winning its first-ever men’s basketball national championship. The victory was a program-defining moment for the Virginia community and elicited intense reactions, emotions and memories. Even over a year later, those feelings are still as fresh as ever in the minds of Virginia fans.
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One year ago on this date, the Virginia men’s basketball team won its first NCAA national championship in school history.
Only six games into its 2020 campaign, Virginia men’s lacrosse — along with the rest of winter and spring collegiate sports — saw its season come to a jarring halt. While the NCAA is set to allow current seniors to return for an extra year of eligibility, it is tough not to wonder what this year’s men’s lacrosse team could have been.
Recently, Virginia Athletics, the ACC and the NCAA officially canceled the remainder of the 2020 season for all spring and winter sports due to the COVID-19 outbreak. For Virginia, this news affects 15 different teams across three winter sports — men’s basketball, swimming and diving and wrestling — and seven spring sports — baseball, golf, lacrosse, rowing, softball, tennis and outdoor track and field. While these teams weren’t able to finish their years, let’s take a look at how they were doing before their seasons were cut short.
It’s no secret that starting a business is hard, but try being 23 years old, having just graduated and hoping to succeed in the entrepreneur world. Griffin Spolansky — class of 2019 alumnus, former player on the 2019 NCAA Championship men’s lacrosse team and current entrepreneur — did just that.
The 2019-20 men’s basketball season was the most unpredictable, chaotic and, ultimately, shortest season that the sport has ever seen. However, despite the obstacles, this season proved to be Coach Tony Bennett’s most impressive performance at the helm of the Cavaliers.
1. “Our managers, our walk-ons — we’re all part of it. It’s not any different. I love that about them … they represent our program in the best way possible.”
This week, Virginia men’s basketball should have started defending its national championship. Instead, the Cavaliers lost the chance to compete in March Madness after the NCAA Tournament was canceled in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States. The NCAA’s decision leaves Virginia fans with one of the biggest ‘what-ifs’ in program history — could the Cavaliers have defied the odds and won the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year?
As the coronavirus pandemic tightens its grip on a worried nation, people across the United States have filled their gas tanks, pantries and cabinets in anticipation of a lockdown. Yet among the pantries laden with non-perishables and the cabinets flush with toilet paper, one thing remains empty — the place sports holds in many fans’ hearts.
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.
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.
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.
Senior forward Mamadi Diakite and sophomore guard Kihei Clark both received All-ACC honors for the 2019-20 season, the league office announced Monday.
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.
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.
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.
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.