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The baseball field at Justice High School in Falls Church, Va. is special for a couple reasons. For one, it is a turf field, which is not common among high school baseball fields. Second, the “thwack,” of a baseball being hit rings out audibly across neighboring streets because the field sits high above adjacent roads. It is a lovely place for baseball.
No. 1 Virginia and No. 2 Texas have been the top programs in women’s swimming and diving for the past few years. In the 2024 NCAA Championships, the Cavaliers took home the national title with 527.5 points while the Longhorns came in second with 441. In the 2023 NCAA Championships, the same placement occurred — Virginia took the top spot with Texas right behind. It happened again in 2022. It would have happened in 2021 too, but the Longhorns finished third. Still, these teams are seemingly always facing off in must-watch meets.
No. 5 Virginia delivered a thrilling 4-3 win Saturday over No. 7 Duke after beating New Mexico Friday, capping the two-day ITA Kickoff Weekend and winning its region of the national qualifier. The Cavaliers (6-0, 0-0 ACC), with their victory at the Boar’s Head Sports Club in Charlottesville, punched their ticket to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships, which will take place Feb. 7-10 in Evanston, Ill.
Virginia Athletics celebrated National Girls & Women in Sports Day at the women’s basketball game Jan. 26 versus Louisville ahead of the official holiday which is celebrated Feb. 5. Since the team does not play at home again until Feb. 6, it was decided that the celebration would be held early. Several stars from the 2024 Paris Olympics such as senior swimmer Gretchen Walsh, Class of 2023 swimming alumna Kate Douglass and senior rower Sky Dahl signed autographs postgame as part of the celebration.
Growing up, if you told Shane Cohen he was going to sign with Nike as a professional runner, he probably would have looked at you funny. Then he would have gone back to shooting baskets. But now, after a remarkable 2024 outdoor season at Virginia where he claimed a national title in the 800-meter, earned All-American First Team honors and set a personal best in the 800-meter final at the Olympic Trials, the fantasy of becoming a professional athlete has become a reality.
No. 9 Virginia upset No. 6 North Carolina 4-3 Monday at the Boar's Head Sports Club in Charlottesville. The Cavaliers (4-0, 0-0 ACC) rallied in singles play, with senior Melodie Collard clinching the winning point, to overcome an early deficit after they dropped the doubles point against the Tar Heels (3-1, 0-0 ACC).
Obviously, Virginia women’s swimming and diving is the back-to-back-to-back-to-back national champion. Four straight times have the Cavaliers staked their claim as the nation’s very best, but the number four is also significant for another reason — Virginia signed four of the top 11 swimmers in the 2024 high school recruiting class.
Aly Khalifa planned it all out. The words, the phrasing. He had a script, written out on his phone, rehearsed with a close friend.
Last spring, Virginia women’s tennis achieved its second regular-season conference title ever, posting an overall record of 25-5, the program’s first season ever with 25 wins. With last spring’s successes as well as the program’s first ever NCAA doubles championship under their belts, the No. 9 Cavaliers embarked Wednesday on their 2025 spring season.
As the adage goes, nothing lasts forever. Decay is inevitable — at least in concept. Virginia women’s swimming and diving has continued to defy that old phrase at the Aquatic and Fitness Center. Saturday, the Cavalier women beat Virginia Tech 215 to 85 while Virginia’s men were bested 198-102 by the Hokies. Coach Todd DeSorbo’s bunch has won four straight national championships, and there is reason to believe they will continue to be a frontrunner for years to come.
2024 was, all things considered, a good year for Virginia Athletics. Women’s swimming and diving captured its fourth consecutive national title to go alongside the many records broken by senior Gretchen Walsh, graduate student Alex Walsh and Class of 2023 alumna Kate Douglass. Baseball returned to Omaha for the third time in four years, reestablishing itself as a perennial national powerhouse. Men’s lacrosse made it back to Championship Weekend for the second straight season.
After a two-week break following duals with Pennsylvania and VMI, Virginia wrestling returned to action Friday, traveling to Bethlehem, Pa., for the Sheridan Invitational, hosted by Lehigh. 14 Cavaliers wrestled at the tournament — two of them competing unattached — and eight placed.
Set after set would result in a Cavalier kill. Various outside hitters would thunderously slam the ball into opposition territory. But before the kill, a strong play was almost always attributed to the set-up, always done by one player — senior setter Ashley Le.
With the NIL era of college sports in full swing, there are a myriad of unknowns. Questions have arisen about how athletes will balance sponsorship deals with school responsibilities, how schools will manage compliance and fairness and how potential roster cuts will impact team dynamics. One thing is for sure, however — money matters, particularly in women’s basketball, where there is enormous revenue potential, as well as a long history of low investment.
In 2024, several Virginia women’s sports programs had high-quality seasons. To name a few examples, softball went 15-9 in ACC play — a significant improvement from a record of 8-16 the year prior. Volleyball also improved its overall record to 21-11 after an 11-17 season in 2023.
As expected, Virginia football has had an aggressive first week in the transfer portal, acquiring five transfers. With 16 of his players departing via the portal and several more graduating, Coach Tony Elliott faces considerable work in retooling the roster.
As the calendar prepares to turn, it is time to reflect on another year of Virginia sports. A few pieces of hardware and several momentous victories highlighted an eventful 2024 for the University’s athletic programs, which achieved national success and even represented the University on the world stage at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
I am disappointed by the athletics experience I got at Virginia.
If something, somewhere along the rollercoaster of this Virginia men’s soccer season, tickled your memory, there’s probably a good reason why. The season featured the same early-season struggles, early-October resurgence and high NCAA Tournament seed as the previous two. And the same conclusion, a loss at home to an unseeded team.
After battling through two intense sets, seniors Melodie Collard and Elaine Chervinsky found themselves just a 10-point tiebreaker away from an NCAA doubles title. Having already prevailed in four three-set matches during the tournament, they knew exactly what to do — trust their fundamentals and each other. Collard and Chervinsky did just that Nov. 24, securing the first NCAA doubles title in Virginia women’s tennis history.