Topic: Sports
DeSorbo to coach Team USA in Paris
In March, DeSorbo coached the UVA women’s team, which has become a veritable dynasty, to its third straight NCAA championship.
Winter 2023
Alternating Coasts Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference, founded in 1953 in North Carolina, is going bicoastal. Cal, Stanford and SMU will join next fall.
Winter 2023
Bennettball
We offer this look at how Tony Bennett has gone about his business and arrived at iconic status, in a uniquely Bennett way.
Winter 2023
Distant Replay
The debate centered on issues that still resonate: the role of athletics at a university, the growing commercialization of college sports, and the balancing act involved in competing at the highest level without compromising academic standards
Winter 2023
Getting Inside Cavman’s Head
Beneath that macho exterior beat some very big hearts, surrounded in buckets of sweat
Fall 2023
Championship Season
UVA’s national championship total now stands at 33, with 17 coming since 2010.
Fall 2023
UVA athletics vaults to fourth in the country
Virginia came in behind Stanford, University of Texas, and Ohio State in this year’s Learfield Directors’ Cup.
July 5, 2023
UVA men’s tennis wins second-straight national championship
The Cavaliers swept Ohio State to take home another NCAA National Championship title.
May 25, 2023
Making it reign: Women’s swimming gets third national championship in a row
UVA cements its status as a women’s swimming dynasty.
Summer 2023
Holland showed us—and the world—what UVA could be
Terry Holland, who coached UVA basketball for 16 years and later served as athletics director, was known for being fiercely competitive and demanding—but also flexible and adaptive.
Summer 2023
UVA traditions in the making
From Black Alumni Weekend to the Lighting of the Lawn, these events and activities have become community traditions in recent decades.
Spring 2023
The Father of UVA Athletics You’ve Never Heard Of
Despite his influence on the UVA athletic department in the late 1800s, Richard Dabney Anderson is rarely mentioned in the annals of Virginia athletics.
Winter 2022
Shock, grief and a coming together: UVA reacts to the tragic shootings on Grounds
The deaths of football players Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry and the wounding of two other students traumatized the UVA community.
November 18, 2022
All the wins in ’Hooville
The UVA athletics department is going to need a bigger trophy case
Summer/Fall 2022
Remembering the infamous 2008 ban on signs at UVA sporting events
And the student protest that led to its repeal
Summer/Fall 2022
Virginia swimmer Alex Walsh wins gold at world championship
See which other UVA athletes made a splash in Budapest.
July 6, 2022
UVA men’s tennis wins first NCAA title since 2017
The team recovered from early-season losses to finish on a 23-match winning streak.
June 2, 2022
Lambeth’s Dream Team: Our picks for the best UVA major leaguers of all time
’Hoo would you put on an all-star UVA MLB team? Here are our picks for our top major leaguers of all time.
April 25, 2022
Tennis, men’s lacrosse coaches stay put; women’s basketball bets on new leader
Catch up with the comings and goings in UVA’s sports programs.
April 20, 2022
’Hoonami: UVA women swim to second consecutive national title
Led by Olympians Kate Douglass (Col ’23) and Alex Walsh (Col ’24), the team broke seven American records in its decisive win.
March 22, 2022
After Mendenhall’s sudden departure, the Tony Elliott era dawns
The former Clemson assistant takes the reins.
Spring 2022
’Hoos in Tokyo
Here’s a look at our most recent Olympians: current and former UVA athletes and coaches who competed in the delayed 2020 Olympic Games.
Fall 2021
UVA Sports Comes Back a Winner in Year of COVID
After a season shortened by COVID-19, UVA sports came back to claim multiple national championships and extend the post-season to Tokyo.
Fall 2021
Olympic spots, NCAA titles cap eventful spring season
Swimming, tennis, soccer, lacrosse and baseball had no shortage of electric moments.
June 30, 2021