Along with a National Championship for the Virginia women's swimming and diving team, softball has shown signs of progress.

ROUNDTABLE: CD Sports Staff on Virginia women’s sports making a leap forward

By CD Sports Staff | April 17, 2022

In the midst of the spring season, there are plenty of reasons for optimism about various women’s sports.

Virginia has now finished in the top ten in each of the last three years.

Men’s Swimming and Diving breaks records in tenth place finish at the NCAA Championships

By Jacob Tisdale | March 28, 2022

The Cavaliers combined for 551.5 total points, the most at the Championships since 2018.

Virginia Women’s Swimming and Diving takes home its second consecutive NCAA Championship

By Jacob Tisdale | March 21, 2022

The Cavaliers will look to build on an impressive showing in the ACC Championships.

Previewing Virginia Swimming and Diving at the NCAA Championships

By Jacob Tisdale | March 17, 2022

Coach Todd DeSorbo celebrates with the women's team as they take home their third straight ACC Championship trophy.

Virginia women’s swimming and diving wins their third straight ACC Championship

By Jacob Tisdale | February 21, 2022

Men’s and women’s swim and dive teams both finish third at Tennessee Invite

By Tobias Abramenko | November 24, 2021

No. 1 women’s swimming brings historic performance to highly competitive dual meet against Texas

By Tobias Abramenko | November 9, 2021

The Virginia women’s team is already setting the stage for a historic season, breaking nine pool records over the weekend.

The Cavalier women have a chance to add another marquee victory in their title defense effort.

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Virginia swim and dive set to host Texas in dual meet

By Corbin Lathrop | November 3, 2021

The Virginia men’s and women’s swim and dive teams host a pair of highly ranked Texas squads for an important two-day dual meet Friday and Saturday at the Aquatic and Fitness Center in Charlottesville.

The Cavalier women had yet another outstanding performance, garnering 12 first-place finishes.

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Men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams win in dual meet against Army

By Tobias Abramenko | November 3, 2021

The women's team improved to 2-0 on the dual season with a 181-89 win, while the men's team got its first win of the season, finishing with a score of 186-94.

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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Previewing Virginia swim and dive’s weekend clash against Georgetown

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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Four Virginia swimmers claim medals for the United States at the Olympic Games

By Akhil Rekulapelli | August 1, 2021

For four Cavaliers, a national championship was simply not enough, as they traveled to Tokyo to compete on swimming's biggest stage and brought home hardware for the United States.

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

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National Champions: No. 1 women’s swimming and diving wins first ever NCAA Championship

By Joseph Ascoli | March 21, 2021

The Cavaliers led from start to finish in a stalwart showing, never looking back from the jump.

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Charting a path through the student-athlete injury treatment and recovery process

By Akhil Rekulapelli | March 12, 2021

Senior swimmer Paige Madden has suffered her fair share of injuries during her journey to the top of the ACC and has experienced both the physical and mental toll it can place on a student-athlete.

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

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

By Joseph Ascoli | March 2, 2021

The Cavaliers finished behind No. 7 Louisville — who won the meet with 1181 points) — No. 5 NC State and No. 13 Virginia Tech in a meet loaded with top 25 teams,

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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No. 2 Virginia women’s swimming and diving goes back-to-back, winning 17th ACC title

By Joseph Ascoli | February 23, 2021

The No. 2 Cavaliers finished with a score of 1486, just six and a half points short of the meet record set by Virginia at last year’s ACC Championships.

Douglass has continued her streak of successful competition into her sophomore season.

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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.

The Olympics will be held almost year after its original start date.

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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.

Swimming & Diving

ROUNDTABLE: CD Sports Staff on Virginia women’s sports making a leap forward

Men’s Swimming and Diving breaks records in tenth place finish at the NCAA Championships

Virginia Women’s Swimming and Diving takes home its second consecutive NCAA Championship

Previewing Virginia Swimming and Diving at the NCAA Championships

Virginia women’s swimming and diving wins their third straight ACC Championship

Men’s and women’s swim and dive teams both finish third at Tennessee Invite

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No. 1 women’s swimming brings historic performance to highly competitive dual meet against Texas

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Men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams win in dual meet against Army

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National Champions: No. 1 women’s swimming and diving wins first ever NCAA Championship

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No. 2 Virginia women’s swimming and diving goes back-to-back, winning 17th ACC title

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

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

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

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

Freshman Kate Douglass shines in her first collegiate season

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