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Dynasties are a quintessential part of college sports. When it comes to NCAA field hockey, “dynasty” is the only word for North Carolina, whose dominance under former coach Karen Shelton yielded 10 national championships and 25 ACC championships. From 1999 to 2023, the Tar Heels only lost to Virginia seven times in the regular season.
Standing at a 5-1 record — including a 3-0 mark in ACC play for the first time since 2007 — Virginia football is a force to be reckoned with. Only three ACC teams are 3-0 in conference play. This is one of them.
For third-year Commerce student Aaryan Saxena, an extensive journey in refereeing started at just 13 years old.
This is not what they came to see. The 2,989 people arrived at Dail Soccer Stadium to witness No. 2 NC State — undefeated, unbeaten in 10 games, rolling to its best start to a season since 1985 — defeat No. 16 Virginia.
Once again, No. 2 Virginia field hockey is positioned in the highest echelon of the national rankings. In the past three years, a dynamic offense — with the propensity to disappear at times — was the hallmark of this team. However, these Cavaliers are different from years past. This is not a high-scoring bunch, but rather a defensive juggernaut anchored by junior goalkeeper Nilou Lempers.
Five years after becoming a co-ed university, few could have imagined that a group of women would form what would become one of the most successful club rugby teams in the nation. Even fewer would have imagined that the same team would continue, 50 years later, not only as a powerhouse but also as a testament to the community that has held it together through every win, loss and muddy practice in between.
Junior goalkeeper Nilou Lempers stands in goal, isolated. She is the last line of defense for her team, yet also plays an entirely different game altogether. She wears a different jersey, abides by different rules. Her job is not easy.
With five consecutive NCAA Championship wins on the women’s side and the nation’s top recruiting class for the men, it is evident that Virginia swimming has thrived off of the program’s signature high-energy, intense style of Coach Todd DeSorbo. But DeSorbo is not alone. Another coach has been with the Cavaliers for the entirety of DeSorbo’s tenure — Tyler Fenwick.
Virginia swimming fans may have noticed that the Cavaliers only fielded 35 out of the 50 swimmers listed on their 2025-2026 roster in their first meet of the season. Were these absences due to a freak accident in the new Olympic weight room? A team-wide stomach bug, perhaps?
For top individual players and doubles pairings alike, a major goal in fall collegiate tennis is to earn qualification to the NCAA Singles and Doubles Tournament in late November. Qualification is earned — or won — at a trio of Intercollegiate Tennis Association tournaments throughout the fall.
No. 3 Virginia Field Hockey has become the team circled on each opponent's schedule. Beginning the season 6-0, the squad has emerged as a real national championship contender — and everyone they play knows this. This leads to intense game planning and strategy, trying to exploit the team's few weaknesses. California was no exception — the Golden Bears (3-5, 0-3 ACC) attempted to ambush the travel-ridden Cavaliers (7-0, 3-0, ACC) off the jump. Virginia ultimately remained poised and ready despite facing multiple deficits, clawing out a 3-2 victory on the road at Underhill Field.
Virginia Athletics lost $50,000 yesterday. But no one is really complaining.
Not all wins are created equal. AP No. 24 Virginia’s dominating defeats of Coastal Carolina, William & Mary and Stanford to open the season, which they won by an average of 36 points, were smooth, almost seamless. The offense glided down the field, the defense stalled drives on a whim. Those wins were impressive, but Friday’s victory was a different animal altogether.
The plan this season is to keep star junior guard Kymora Johnson airborne less often, but she closed the first pre-practice huddle of the fall with a flying chest bump. After averaging nearly 37 minutes per game last season, Virginia’s All-ACC guard finally has reinforcements within the Cavalier ranks.
What happens to a dynasty when it loses its monarchs?
Friday’s clash with No. 8 Florida State marks the first time in the Coach Tony Elliott era that a top-10 opponent is coming to Scott Stadium.
When soccer players enter college and stare down the barrel of a compressed two-week preseason, it can be a struggle to acclimate quickly and make an early impact. But, for men’s soccer’s freshman forward Nicholas Simmonds, that was not the case.
Sophomore hurdler Maya Rollins, a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., is a do-it-all student-athlete.
No. 3 Virginia field hockey finally received a reprieve from their gauntlet of a schedule Sunday, playing its first unranked opponent after three straight ranked matchups to start the year. James Madison (4-3, 0-0, MAC) came to Charlottesville to face the undefeated Cavaliers (4-0, 0-0, ACC) and try to upset the powerhouse on their own field. Though the stats showed a dominant 4-1 victory for Virginia, with the Dukes being outshot by a whopping 20-5, the game was much closer. Until a late scoring avalanche from the Cavaliers in the fourth quarter, the margin was razor thin between the two squads.
“Nothing great is accomplished alone,” Athletic Director Carla Williams said.