The Cavaliers will face a formidable opponent in Georgetown, a squad that didn't compete in the 2021 season but placed second in the 2020 Big East Championships.

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By Aidan Baller | October 6, 2021

The Cavaliers are coming off an incredible season, with the women's swim and dive team winning an ACC Championship in February and an NCAA Championship in March and the men's team placing ninth in the NCAA Championship.

Rising sophomore Alex Walsh (left) and rising junior Kate Douglass (right) won the silver and bronze, respectively, in the 200-meter individual medley.

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By Akhil Rekulapelli | August 1, 2021

The Cavaliers were the first-ever ACC team to win the NCAA women's swimming and diving championship.

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By Joseph Ascoli | March 21, 2021

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The Cavaliers started the ACC Championships in 10th but slowly built themselves up to a fourth place finish.

No. 10 men’s swimming and diving finishes fourth at the 2021 ACC Championships

By Joseph Ascoli | March 2, 2021

The Cavaliers won 13 total events at the ACC Championships en route to winning the title and defeating ranked opponents in No. 11 NC State, No. 12 Louisville, No. 13 North Carolina, No. 14 Notre Dame, No. 15 Virginia Tech and No. 24 Duke

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Virginia swimmer Kate Douglass named to U.S. Senior National Team

By Joseph Ascoli | January 19, 2021

In her second season as a Cavalier, Kate Douglass continues to prove herself — recently being named to the 2020-21 U.S. Senior National Team.

After an outstanding weekend that included two ACC records and two Virginia records, Douglass was named the ACC Female Swimmer of the Week Tuesday.

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Men’s and women’s swimming and diving defeat both Tennessee and Alabama in double dual meet over the weekend

By Vignesh Mulay | November 27, 2020

The meet was held at the Jones Aquatic Center in Knoxville, Tenn. and marked the Cavaliers’ last intercollegiate competition of the fall.

The Virginia women are the top-ranked team in the country while the men are ranked 13th nationally.

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Highly ranked Virginia swimming and diving sweep Navy in first meet of the fall season

By Vignesh Mulay | November 4, 2020

On the women's side, the Cavaliers prevailed with a score of 188-104 while also setting a pair of facility records, and on the men's side, Virginia won 181-117 with six different men winning events.

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Virginia’s Olympic hopefuls adapt to the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games and an uncertain swim season

By Eva Surovell | August 26, 2020

Thanks to the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, senior swimmer Paige Madden and sophomore swimmer Kate Douglass have an extra year to train.

Douglass currently holds three all-time individual school records — the 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter butterfly and 200-meter medley — as well as the 200-meter medley relay record with her teammates.

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Freshman Kate Douglass shines in her first collegiate season

By Eva Surovell | March 4, 2020

Freshman Kate Douglass’ impressive resume touts a laundry list of achievements.

Senior Ted Schubert took home two ACC titles in the 200-yard and the 400-yard individual medley.

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No. 15 men’s swimming and diving finish second at ACC Championships

By Joe von Storch | March 4, 2020

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.

The Cavaliers emerged victorious in nine events on their way to securing an ACC record-tying 16th ACC championship.

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Women’s swimming and diving crowned ACC champions

By Joe von Storch | February 25, 2020

The Cavaliers were led by the championship’s Most Valuable Swimmer in junior Paige Madden, along with a record setting performance by freshman Kate Douglass.

No. 17 men's swim and dive couldn't complete the upset against No. 7 NC State.

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Virginia swimming and diving close the regular season with strong weekend against ACC foes

By Joe von Storch | January 27, 2020

While the men could not get past NC State, the Cavaliers had an otherwise dominant weekend, including a dominating women's win over NC State and a sweep of North Carolina.

Sophomore Alexis Wenger captured wins in the 100-yard breaststroke at 1:01.72 and the 200-yard breaststroke at 2:16.55.

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Virginia swimming and diving split dual meet against Virginia Tech

By Joe von Storch | January 20, 2020

While the No. 15 men's team lost to Virginia Tech 158-141, the No. 3 women defeated the Hokies 186-111.

The men's and women's swimming teams both defeated their ranked Auburn counterparts, as they enter a grueling ACC schedule.

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Swimming sweeps Auburn, diving competes at Tennessee

By Joe von Storch | January 12, 2020

Freshman swimmer Kate Douglass starred once again — winning three individual events as well as two relay events.

The Cavalier men's and women's swimming teams finished fourth and third, respectively, at the Tennessee Invitational, despite the absence of the diving team.

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No. 18 swimming and No. 4 diving attend Tennessee and Georgia Tech Invitationals

By Joe von Storch | November 26, 2019

The star of the weekend for Virginia was freshman swimmer Kate Douglass, who set school records in four events while setting an ACC record in the 200-yard individual medley.

Both the men and women prevailed after coming off of a pair of losses against Tennessee last weekend.

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Virginia swimming and diving dominates in dual meet victories against Wisconsin

By Joe von Storch | October 28, 2019

Virginia prevailed in its first home meet against Wisconsin, dominating the Badgers 193-124 at the Aquatic and Fitness Center.

Senior Brendan Casey finished in fourth place in the 400-yard individual medley.

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Men’s swimming and diving claims a 10th place finish at 2019 NCAA Championships

By Alex Maniatis | April 1, 2019

Virginia men's swimming and diving earned a combined 106 points to place 10th overall at the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas.

Sophomore Paige Madden finished second in the 500-yard freestyle at the NCAA Championships.

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Women’s swim and dive finishes sixth at NCAA Championships

By Alex Maniatis | March 24, 2019

Virginia women’s swimming and diving placed sixth as a team this past weekend at the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas.

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