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The 2026 college baseball regular season is in the books and conference tournament action looms ahead. For the second season, the ACC will hold a 16-team single elimination bracket, with teams earning as many as two byes depending on regular season seeding. The ACC baseball regular season standings finished as follows: The top four earn […]
Longtime leader of UVA’s lacrosse-program Lars Tiffany will officially not return next season, per a statement from the school: “Virginia Athletics announced today (May 18) Lars Tiffany will not return as head coach of the men’s lacrosse program. Tiffany posted a 108-51 record, including back-to-back national championships in 2019 and 2021, in 10 seasons at Virginia. A […]
The Virginia Cavaliers are national champions once again. Fourth-seeded Virginia men’s tennis defeated second-seeded Texas 4-3 on Sunday afternoon in Athens, Georgia, winning the 2026 NCAA Men’s Tennis Championship and securing the seventh national title in program history. For a program that has spent the last decade and a half establishing itself as one of […]
Virginia’s offseason roster picture is one spot away from being complete. After adding UC Irvine transfer Jurian Dixon, Arkansas State transfer Christian Harmon, and 2026 four-star center Favour Ibe earlier in the cycle, the Cavaliers have now landed a commitment from Saint Louis transfer forward Kalu Anya. The 6-foot-8, 225-pound senior becomes Virginia’s third transfer […]
For the third consecutive season, the Virginia Cavaliers have qualified for the NCAA Softball Tournament. Just like 2024, Joanna Hardin’s group will be sent out to the Volunteer State, where Tennessee, the national No. 7 seed, will host. The ‘Hoos slot into the second seed of the Knoxville Regional, followed by No. 3 Indiana, and […]
After what has felt like two separate seasons combined into one for the Virginia Cavaliers men’s lacrosse team, the ‘Hoos find themselves firmly in this year’s NCAA tournament as the fifth seed, earning a home game inside Klockner Stadium. UVA enters the dance at 10-6 overall, fresh off a strong showing in the ACC Tournament, […]
Virginia’s offseason roster picture is starting to come into focus. After adding UC Irvine transfer Jurian Dixon and Arkansas State transfer Christian Harmon earlier in the portal cycle, the Cavaliers have now landed a commitment from 2026 four-star center Favour Ibe. The 7-foot-1, 235-pound big man out of Mt. Zion Prep in Maryland visited Charlottesville earlier […]
Virginia baseball has undergone a much-needed light stretch following their 0-3 showing at Pitt on NFL Draft weekend. The Cavaliers played just three total games in the ensuing 11 days, which consisted of a 5-1 win against George Mason, and two blowout victories over Radford. In the year one of the Chris Pollard era in […]
The Virginia Cavaliers’ men’s lacrosse team won its first ACC Championship in seven years on Sunday, dismantling the North Carolina Tar Heels 16-6 in Charlotte. It’s the program’s eighth ACC Tournament title and head coach Lars Tiffany’s seconds. The ‘Hoos had an explosive weekend, taking down No. 1 Notre Dame, 15-10, on Friday night before […]
Fresh off a visit to Charlottesville, former Arkansas State guard Christian Harmon has announced his commitment to Ryan Odom and the Virginia Cavaliers. The junior from Rochester, New York, has one year of eligibility remaining, but, as a true senior, could get a second year if the NCAA’s new five-in-five eligibility concept is approved. Harmon […]
It’s been a busy week for new Virginia women’s basketball head coach Aaron Roussell, who officially earned a pair of commitments from Emilie Brzonova and Lyla Coogen on Wednesday. Brzonova, a 5-foot-11 guard from the Czech Republic, joins the ’Hoos after flipping her original commitment to Florida. The addition of Brzonova continues a recent trend […]
No. 2 Virginia men’s golf defeated Stanford 3-1 in the ACC match play final at Shark’s Tooth Golf Course in Panama City Beach, Fla., on Monday, securing a second consecutive ACC title for the Cavaliers. A trio of impressive performances from seniors Ben James and Bryan Lee and graduate student Paul Chang clinched the three […]
Virginia has finally added a player from the transfer portal. UVA spent the first weeks of the offseason defined more by retention than acquisition. However, that changed on Monday when the Cavaliers landed UC Irvine transfer guard Jurian Dixon, a 6-foot-4, 195-pound guard from San Diego who gives Ryan Odom and company their first outside […]
While Virginia Cavaliers running back J’Mari Taylor was certainly hoping to have his name called in the 2026 NFL Draft, the former ’Hoo will still get his chance to earn an NFL roster spot this summer. Taylor, who earned First Team All-ACC honors in 2025, agreed to an undrafted free agent deal with the Jacksonville […]
The 2026 NFL Draft is now complete. And while, surprisingly, not a single Virginia Cavalier had his name called throughout the 257 picks this year in Pittsburgh, we’ll still see plenty of former ’Hoos at NFL training camps this summer. Five members of last season’s defense signed undrafted free agent deals not long after the […]
Two weeks after taking over as head coach of the Virginia women’s basketball program, Aaron Roussell has made his most significant hire yet, officially naming former Florida head coach Kelly Rae Finley as associate head coach on Monday. Finley took over Florida’s program as interim coach in 2021 before being hired permanently in February of […]
Following yet another mid-major midweek loss, the Virginia Cavaliers won their fifth ACC series against Clemson over the weekend. The Wahoos improved to 12-9 in conference play and 28-13 overall in the process. UVA pieced together rallies in the second and sixth innings en route to a fiery 6-4 victory in the series opener. The […]
New Virginia women’s basketball head coach Aaron Roussell had a clear first order of business upon arriving in Charlottesville — convince Kymora Johnson to return to Grounds. Less than two weeks into his regime, Roussell has gotten the job done, as Johnson, one of the most coveted players in the transfer portal, announced on Friday […]
UVA men’s basketball’s offseason momentum kept rolling Sunday, when Jon Rothstein reported that Sam Lewis has agreed to return to Virginia for the 2026-27 season for what is expected to be his senior season. For Ryan Odom and the Cavaliers, it is hard to overstate how important that news is. The 6-foot-7 wing played a major role in Virginia’s […]
Virginia head football coach Tony Elliott signed an extension on April 8th, 2026 to lead the Virginia Cavaliers football team through 2030. This extension comes off the heels of a record-setting 2025 season when Elliott led the ‘Hoos to 11 wins and the first bowl and Commonwealth Clash victory of his tenure at Virginia. Elliott […]
Just days after parting ways with Amaka Agugua-Hamilton, the Virginia Cavaliers women’s basketball program announced the hiring of former Richmond Spiders head coach Aaron Roussell on Tuesday evening. Roussell, who arrives in Charlottesville after leading the Spiders to appearances in each of the last three NCAA Tournaments, has amassed a career record of 460-194 in […]
The Virginia Cavaliers men’s basketball program announced three major roster wins on Monday: point guard Chance Mallory, forward Thijs De Ridder, and forward Johann Grünloh will be returning for the 2026-27 season. The three players will join head coach Ryan Odom in his second season in Charlottesville, showcasing Odom’s ability to not only recruit talent, […]
Charlottesville native and Virginia Cavaliers women’s basketball star Kymora Johnson will reportedly forgo her final season with the ‘Hoos and enter the transfer portal, according to Talia Goodman. The news comes following the announcement that UVA parted ways with Coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton and the conclusion of UVA’s best season since 2000. Johnson averaged 19.7 points […]
For the second consecutive weekend, the Virginia Cavaliers have fallen victim in two out of a three game set, this time at the hands of No. 7 Florida State. The Wahoos opened the series on a high note, posting a crooked number on Seminoles ace Wes Mendes in the fourth inning and hanging on for […]
Despite leading the ’Hoos to their first Sweet 16 appearance since the year 2000, Virginia Athletics announced Saturday afternoon that Amaka “Mox” Agugua-Hamilton will not be returning as the women’s basketball head coach. In a rather short official statement, Virginia noted that Coach Mox “finished her four-year tenure at UVA with a 70-58 record, including […]