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The last time Virginia defeated the number one and number two teams in the nation, it was during the 2014 NCAA Tournament — which Virginia went on to win. Five years later, No. 6 Virginia men’s soccer has done it again, defeating former No. 1 Maryland 2-0 and most recently No. 2 Duke 3-1 en-route to a 4-0 record to start the season.
Thousands came to John Paul Jones Arena Friday night to witness A Night with the National Champions, a tribute to the men’s basketball team, the 2018-19 NCAA DI National Champions.
Virginia Director of Athletics Carla Williams announced last week the hiring of Vin Lananna, one of the biggest names in the track and field community. Lananna comes to Virginia from Oregon where he was the associate athletic director.
As the University reinvests in its football program, Virginia fans have already come to expect more from the Cavaliers. After defeating the University of South Carolina in the Belk Bowl last season 28-0 and a solid start to this year with victories over the University of Pittsburgh, William and Mary and Florida State — which saw the largest crowd since 2015 for a Saturday game — Wahoos are cautiously optimistic that Virginia football has moved past its darkest days. However, victory is never certain. The Cavaliers can expect especially tough competition as the season progresses from Notre Dame and Virginia Tech.
Virginia men’s and women’s cross country begins another season with high anticipation. Both teams are returning after a disappointing postseason last fall — both men’s and women’s teams failed to place in the top two at the ACC Championships and NCAA Southeast Regional. That said, individually, one member from each team qualified to run at the national meet in Madison, Wis. — graduate student Brent Demarest and then-freshman Abbey Green. With the 2019 cross country season fast approaching, it’s time to preview both squads.
Virginia football’s 2019 season is rapidly approaching, and the Cavaliers start off with a critical matchup against ACC Coastal opponent Pittsburgh. The CD sports staff breaks down some key questions for Virginia as the Cavaliers enter the 2019 campaign with high hopes.
As the defending NCAA champions, Virginia men’s lacrosse has been invited to the annual Team USA Fall Classic which will be held from Oct. 18 to Oct. 20.
After the 2018 season ended with a heartbreaking loss to ACC rival Notre Dame in the third round of the NCAA championship, No. 12 Virginia looks to not only extend the nation’s longest NCAA tournament appearance streak — 38 years — but add an elusive eighth national championship to the storied program’s trophy case.
After securing the program’s first national championship, the Virginia men’s basketball team also has the opportunity to earn its first-ever Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award.
After success in multiple sports and two national championships this year — in men’s basketball and men’s lacrosse — Virginia has clinched the Capital One Cup in men’s athletics, an honor awarded to the school that achieves the highest level of success across multiple sports. 2018-19 was a successful campaign for Virginia athletics, and sports teams will look to replicate that success in the upcoming year.
After an impressive season was capped off by the program’s first bowl win since 2005, the Virginia football team will hope to build on last year’s success in 2019.
Thursday night, Ty Jerome, Kyle Guy and De’Andre Hunter were drafted to play in the NBA. The big three are moving on to the next level, but they will not be forgotten in Charlottesville. Collectively and individually, they had an indelible impact on Virginia basketball.
A testament to success in multiple sports this year, Virginia currently holds an the lead in the men’s Capital One Cup standings.
The Virginia track and field team competed at the 2019 Division I Outdoor NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas, from June 5-8. With nine Cavaliers competing — six men and three women — the Virginia men placed 18th, marking their fourth top-20 finish in five years, while the women finished 30th overall and clinched their best team finish since 2011.
The NBA Draft — June 20 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. — is rapidly approaching, and three Virginia players have opted to remain in the draft after forward Mamadi Diakite withdrew his name from consideration the day of the May 29 deadline. Guards De’Andre Hunter, Ty Jerome and Kyle Guy all decided to void their remaining years of eligibility — Hunter had two remaining years left, and Jerome and Guy had one — to give themselves a chance at achieving their NBA dream. Hunter, Jerome and Guy were all named to the Final Four All-Tournament Team after leading Virginia to the first men’s basketball national championship in school history. Now, after months of training and preparation, the Cavaliers’ “big three” will soon hear where they will land. In anticipation of the NBA Draft, the CD Sports Staff makes their own projections.
Twenty-nine Virginia men’s and women’s track and field athletes traveled south to Hodges Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla., to compete at the NCAA East Preliminary Round beginning May 23.
Kyle Guy will join the Sacramento Kings after being selected by the New York Knicks with the 55th pick in the 2019 NBA Draft Thursday night. Guy is one of three former Virginia basketball players to be selected in the 2019 NBA Draft, joining Ty Jerome and De’Andre Hunter.
Former Marquette junior forward Sam Hauser has decided to transfer to Virginia after weeks of speculation. Hauser was on the All-Big East Second Team in the 2018-19 season.
The Virginia men’s lacrosse team finished on top, capping off a miraculous season with a national championship, the sixth in program history. Two years after finishing 8-7, with 0 wins in conference play — Coach Lars Tiffany’s first year at Virginia — the Cavaliers are national champions.
The third-seeded Virginia men’s lacrosse team defeated fifth-seeded Yale Monday afternoon 13-9 in the final of the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship.