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After a breakout season with the Virginia Cavaliers, Ugonna Onyenso is headed to the NBA. The shot-swatting center had his name called with the 53rd overall pick in the second round of the 2026 NBA Draft on Wednesday evening. Though Onyenso briefly donned a Houston Rockets cap after being selected, his final landing spot is […]
The 126th U.S. Open wrapped up on Sunday evening at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York, where the Virginia Cavaliers were well represented as four former ’Hoos — Ben James, Bryan Lee, Ben Kohles, and Jimmy Stanger — each earned their chance to compete for golf’s third major of the year. While Wyndham […]
Earlier this month, Silver Waves Media named the University of Virginia’s Carla Williams as one of its 70 top athletic directors in the country who are “leading the way through exceptional leadership, vision and a dedication to elevating the student-athlete experience.” Williams, who joined Virginia athletics in the fall of 2017, has led a transformative […]
Virginia’s 2026-27 roster continues to take shape as Ryan Odom looks out west once again for talent. Loyola Marymount transfer Jan Vide announced his commitment to the ‘Hoos earlier this week, becoming the 11th scholarship player in the program. Vide, a native of Slovenia, averaged 12.1 points, 4.0 assists, and 3.0 rebounds for a Lions […]
Ryan Odom has secured the Virginia Cavaliers’ first commitment in the class of 2027, tapping back into his international pipeline to land Malian big man Mahamadou Landoure on Tuesday evening. A 6-foot-10, 260-pound center, Landoure is an intriguing interior force with a near-mythical background. The 17-year-old Mali native most recently appeared in games for Dar […]
For much of this spring, Virginia women’s rowing team looked poised for yet another solid year (the Cavaliers finished 10th in 2023, 13th in 2024, and 10th in 2025). They looked like a very good team, but one that was a step below the true contenders. By Sunday morning at Lake Lanier, it was apparent that the Cavaliers […]
We’ve been given a late-May gift ahead of the 2026 football season — more game times. On Wednesday, three additional games on Virginia’s football schedule were given their kickoff times and TV designations, bringing the total to four, with the NC State game in Brazil already set to begin the ’26 campaign. With the official […]
The ACC conference opponents are signed, sealed, and delivered for the Virginia Cavaliers 2026-2027 season after an announcement was posted online by the official Virginia Men’s Basketball account. Times and dates are yet to be announced, but getting a glimpse at who the opponents will be will suffice for now. Some story lines relvoving the […]
The Virginia Cavaliers men’s basketball program will renew an in-state rivalry next season that had been dormant since 2012. The ’Hoos will take on the Old Dominion Monarchs on Tuesday, November 17th, as part of their 2026-27 nonconference schedule, college basketball analyst Rocco Miller reported on Wednesday morning. The Cavaliers are 9-5 all-time against the […]
The Virginia Cavalier football family received unfortunate news on Tuesday afternoon: former Virginia football player, Donovan Johnson Sr., passed away after a nine-month battle with Leukemia. The official Virginia Football social media accounts broke the news shortly after 6 P.M. on Tuesday, and his coaches, teammates, and other athletes within the Virginia family reacted soon […]
The Virginia baseball season lives on as Chris Pollard will be taking his squad down to Hattiesburg in his first season at the helm. The Cavaliers will compete as the No. 2 seed alongside No. 1 Southern Miss, No. 3 Jacksonville State, and No. 4 Little Rock. As a reminder, these regionals follow a standard […]
Virginia baseball is headed to Hattiesburg. The Cavaliers were selected as the No. 2 seed in the Hattiesburg Regional, hosted by No. 9 overall seed Southern Miss. UVA will open NCAA Tournament play on Friday, May 29 at 7 p.m. ET against No. 3 seed Jacksonville State on ESPN+, while Southern Miss will face No. […]
Both Virginia golf teams have advanced to the NCAA Championships, the women doing so for the fifth consecutive season and the men for the fourth straight year. The women advanced to the match-play portion and lost in the quarterfinals a year ago, while the men were national runners-up to Oklahoma State. Earlier this month, the […]
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 […]