Editing University of Virginia (section)

==Athletics==
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Virginia has ranked near the top of collegiate athletics programs in recent years. In 2015 and 2019, UVA won the nationwide [[Capital One Cup (college sports)#Champions|Capital One Cup]] for overall men's sports excellence.<ref name="19Cup">[https://www.dailyprogress.com/sports/cavalierinsider/uva-men-win-capital-one-cup/article_21c8f878-8f78-5b1e-9bec-b92ffb4d8256.html Virginia Men Win Capital One Cup] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711185736/https://www.dailyprogress.com/sports/cavalierinsider/uva-men-win-capital-one-cup/article_21c8f878-8f78-5b1e-9bec-b92ffb4d8256.html|date=July 11, 2019}}, accessed July 11, 2019</ref> The teams and athletes representing Virginia in [[college athletics]] have been dubbed the ''Cavaliers'' [[Virginia Cavaliers#Fight song|since 1923]], predating the NBA's [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] by nearly half a century.

In 2019, [[Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball|Virginia men's basketball]] won the NCAA Championship in [[March Madness]], the single-elimination national [[college basketball]] tournament considered by ''[[YouGov]]'' polled American viewers (as of the same year) to be the most exciting collegiate sporting event.<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/final-four-ncaa-march-madness-super-bowl-nba-finals-1385983 March Madness 2019: Where Does the NCAA Final Four Rank in America's Favorite Sporting Events?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428132855/https://www.newsweek.com/final-four-ncaa-march-madness-super-bowl-nba-finals-1385983 |date=April 28, 2019 }}, accessed April 28, 2019</ref><ref>[https://today.yougov.com/topics/sports/articles-reports/2019/04/01/march-madness-final-four-exciting-event Americans say March Madness Final Four is one of top three most exciting sports events of the year] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428133707/https://today.yougov.com/topics/sports/articles-reports/2019/04/01/march-madness-final-four-exciting-event |date=April 28, 2019 }}, accessed April 28, 2019</ref> In 2015, when Virginia first won its first Capital One Cup its teams won the [[2014 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship|2014 College Cup]], the [[2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#Bracket|2015 College World Series]], and the [[2015 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships|2015 NCAA Tennis Championships]]. When it repeated the feat in 2019, the program won both the March Madness tournament and the [[2019 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|2019 Men's Lacrosse Championship]].

Virginia's athletics director is Carla Williams, the first African American woman to hold the position at any [[power conference]] university. The previous athletics director was [[Craig Littlepage]], the first African American to have that title in the ACC. He held the position for sixteen years and, under his leadership, UVA added many significant hires who have demonstrated success near the top of their respective sports, including recent NCAA Champions [[Tony Bennett (basketball)|Tony Bennett]], [[Lars Tiffany]], [[Brian O'Connor (baseball coach)|Brian O'Connor]], and Todd DeSorbo, as well as former football coach [[Bronco Mendenhall]]. Among coaches who have longer tenures, [[George Gelnovatch]] has won two NCAA men's soccer national titles since 2009. Steve Swanson has led women's soccer teams to six ACC titles and 24 consecutive winning seasons. Kevin Sauer has led UVA women's rowing to two NCAA titles since 2010.

[[File:Virginia-UVA-Johns-Hopkins-lacrosse.jpg|thumb|right|UVA lacrosse has won 11 national championships, including nine national titles since NCAA oversight began.]]

===Championships===
In the 21st century alone, UVA teams have won 18 NCAA championships. The men's teams have won NCAA titles in basketball (2019); lacrosse (2003, 2006, 2011, 2019, and 2021); baseball (2015); soccer (2009 and 2014); and tennis (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022, and 2023). UVA women have won recent NCAA titles in rowing (2010 and 2012) and swimming & diving (2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024). The Cavaliers rank [[Atlantic Coast Conference#NCAA team championships|first in the ACC]] (a [[power conference]]) with 23 men's NCAA Championships, and rank second in the conference with 11 women's NCAA Championships.

Under [[Tony Bennett (basketball)|Tony Bennett]] the [[Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball|Cavaliers]] have experienced a basketball renaissance, winning the [[2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament#Final Four|2019 NCAA Championship]], winning the [[ACC men's basketball tournament|ACC tournaments]] of 2014 (over Duke) and 2018 (over North Carolina), and winning regular-season championships in 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2019. UVA became the third program in ACC history to win 30 or more games in consecutive seasons and [[John Paul Jones Arena]] is considered one of the more intimidating trips for opposing teams to make. The women's basketball program fell just short of its own NCAA Championship in 1990, losing the Championship Game in overtime.

The [[Virginia Cavaliers men's lacrosse|Virginia men's]] and [[Virginia Cavaliers women's lacrosse|women's lacrosse]] programs are two of the most dominant in the history of the sport, winning ten of UVA's twenty-nine NCAA Championships between them and two more (for a total of 11 recognized national championships) before NCAA oversight began. 2019 and 2021 NCAA champion men's head coach [[Lars Tiffany]] has brought UVA back to prominence after [[Dom Starsia]] retired as the all-time ACC leader in men's lacrosse wins. All three UVA head coaches in the position prior to Tiffany still rank (as of 2019) in [[List of college men's lacrosse coaches with 250 wins|the top 20]] of career wins. Three-time NCAA champion head coach Julie Myers leads women's lacrosse and under her guidance, Virginia is the only program to qualify for 24 straight NCAA tournament berths as of 2019.<ref>[https://virginiasports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=2564&path=wlax Julie Myers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017041618/https://virginiasports.com/coach/julie-myers/ |date=October 17, 2022 }}, accessed May 15, 2019</ref>

The [[Virginia Cavaliers baseball|Cavalier baseball]] team under [[Brian O'Connor (baseball coach)|Brian O'Connor]] has also experienced tremendous success. UVA finished as national runners-up in the [[2014 College World Series]] and came back to win the [[2015 College World Series]]. Virginia has hosted five NCAA Super Regional tournament events at [[Davenport Field at Disharoon Park|Davenport Field]].

The [[Virginia Cavaliers men's tennis|UVA men's tennis]] program won "three-peat" NCAA Championships in 2015–2017 after winning the Cavaliers' first in 2013. The team won back-to-back championships in 2022 and 2023. The program has regularly featured international talent combined with locally grown high school tennis talent from Virginia (often [[Northern Virginia]]).<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-state-of-nova/post/nova-tennis-stars-may-be-americas-future-hope/2011/05/09/AFBmXSeG_blog.html NoVA Tennis Stars May Be America's Future Hope] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820114155/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-state-of-nova/post/nova-tennis-stars-may-be-americas-future-hope/2011/05/09/AFBmXSeG_blog.html |date=August 20, 2020 }}, accessed May 15, 2019</ref>

The University of Virginia women's cross country team won the 1981 and 1982 [[NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship]] as well as the DI Indoor Championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mi.milesplit.com/meets/179715-ncaa-di-indoor-championships/results/312967/raw|title=NCAA DI Indoor Championships – Results (Raw)|website=MileSplit Michigan|access-date=July 26, 2020|archive-date=July 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727075846/https://mi.milesplit.com/meets/179715-ncaa-di-indoor-championships/results/312967/raw|url-status=live}}</ref>

The women's [[Virginia Cavaliers swimming and diving|swimming and diving]] team won its first NCAA Championship in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 20, 2021|title=Virginia Wins 2021 NCAA Women's Swimming & Diving Championship|url=https://virginiasports.com/news/2021/03/20/virginia-wins-2021-ncaa-womens-swimming-diving-championship/|access-date=March 23, 2021|website=Virginia Sports|archive-date=March 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323100114/https://virginiasports.com/news/2021/03/20/virginia-wins-2021-ncaa-womens-swimming-diving-championship/|url-status=live}}</ref> The women repeated the feat in both 2022<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 19, 2022|title=Virginia Wins Second Consecutive NCAA Women's Swimming & Diving Championship|url=https://virginiasports.com/news/2022/03/19/virginia-wins-second-consecutive-ncaa-womens-swimming-diving-championship/|access-date=May 22, 2023|archive-date=May 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522154425/https://virginiasports.com/news/2022/03/19/virginia-wins-second-consecutive-ncaa-womens-swimming-diving-championship/|url-status=live}}</ref> and 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 19, 2023|title=Virginia Wins Third Straight NCAA Women's Swimming & Diving Championship|url=https://virginiasports.com/news/2023/03/19/virginia-wins-third-straight-ncaa-womens-swimming-diving-championship/|access-date=May 22, 2023|archive-date=May 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522154424/https://virginiasports.com/news/2023/03/19/virginia-wins-third-straight-ncaa-womens-swimming-diving-championship/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Rivalries===
Official ACC designated rivalry games include the [[Virginia–Virginia Tech rivalry]] and the Virginia–[[Louisville Cardinals|Louisville]] series. These two rivalries are guaranteed an annual game in all sports, and a home-and-away series in men's and women's basketball. The Cavaliers competed against the Hokies in the ''[[Virginia-Virginia Tech rivalry#Commonwealth Challenge & Clash|Commonwealth Challenge]]'' and more recently competed in the ''Commonwealth Clash'', under new rules, for many sports in which they compete head-to-head. The Cavaliers went 2–0 against the Hokies in the ''Challenge'' and 3–2 in the ''Clash'' (5–2 overall). Perhaps the two most significant rivalry games played between the Cavaliers and Hokies were both in men's basketball, on March 1, 2007, and January 15, 2019. In the former, the two teams met with identical 10–4 ACC records and the winner would clinch a share of the regular-season conference championship. UVA won the game 69–56 and took their fifth [[List of Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball regular season champions#By school|of ten]] ACC titles. In the latter, No. 4 UVA beat No. 9 Virginia Tech 81–59 in the only meeting between two AP Top 10 teams in the rivalry's history.

[[File:VT_-_UVA_2012_-_Akil_Mitchell_provides_defense.jpg|right|upright|thumb|UVA's [[Akil Mitchell]] defends Virginia Tech's [[Cadarian Raines]] in 2012 at Blacksburg]]

The ACC is often regarded as the best college basketball conference,<ref>[https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2017-01-26/college-basketball-numbers-look-why-acc-toughest-conference Why the ACC Is the Toughest Conference in Basketball] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015003042/https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2017-01-26/college-basketball-numbers-look-why-acc-toughest-conference |date=October 15, 2018 }}, accessed October 14, 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/sports/ncaabasketball/acc-basketball-ncaa-tournament.html This A.C.C. Might Be the Best Basketball League Ever] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015003045/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/sports/ncaabasketball/acc-basketball-ncaa-tournament.html |date=October 15, 2018 }}, accessed October 14, 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.espn.com/espn/dickvitale/story/_/id/11790975/dick-vitale-rates-acc-best-conference-college-basketball Dick Vitale: ACC is the best basketball conference] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925022929/https://www.espn.com/espn/dickvitale/story/_/id/11790975/dick-vitale-rates-acc-best-conference-college-basketball |date=September 25, 2024 }}, accessed February 22, 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2015/01/27/college-basketball-caucus-which-is-the-best-conference/22402311/ College Basketball Caucus: Which is the Best Conference?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323234030/http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2015/01/27/college-basketball-caucus-which-is-the-best-conference/22402311/ |date=March 23, 2016 }}, accessed February 22, 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25118100/observations-acc-makes-its-case-as-college-hoops-best-conference ACC Makes Its Case as Best Conference] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024426/http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25118100/observations-acc-makes-its-case-as-college-hoops-best-conference |date=March 4, 2016 }}, accessed February 22, 2016</ref> and UVA leads the series in its official yearly home-and-away ACC basketball rivalries: [[Virginia–Virginia Tech men's basketball rivalry|against Virginia Tech]] 99–61, and against Louisville 23–7, {{as of|2025|lc=y}}. Other [[Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball#Rivalries|basketball rivalries]] include those against North Carolina and Maryland. Notably the [[1982 ACC men's basketball tournament|1982 ACC tournament]] championship game where [[Dean Smith]] had his team of future NBA stars (such as [[Michael Jordan]] and [[James Worthy]]) hold the ball for seven minutes, against a Virginia team featuring [[Ralph Sampson]], led to the advent of the [[shot clock]] and the [[three-point field goal|three-point line]]. The Maryland rivalry is now mostly dormant, but was reignited for the 2014 and 2018 editions of the [[ACC–Big Ten Challenge]], with both Challenges won by the Cavaliers on the road in College Park.

[[Virginia Cavaliers men's lacrosse|Virginia men's lacrosse]], as one of the all-time great NCAA programs, has a championship rivalry with fellow ACC program Syracuse (the Cavaliers and Orange holding 18 NCAA Championships between them) as well as rivalries against Big Ten programs Johns Hopkins and Maryland. The Syracuse and Johns Hopkins rivalries are played out at least once each season (Syracuse played ''twice'' in 2021<ref>[https://virginiasports.com/sports/mlax/schedule/ 2021 Virginia men's lacrosse schedule] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211025622/https://virginiasports.com/sports/mlax/schedule/ |date=February 11, 2021 }}. University of Virginia, January 2021. Accessed February 15, 2021.</ref>) with the teams often finding themselves facing off a second or third time in the ACC and NCAA tournaments. [[Virginia Cavaliers women's lacrosse|Virginia women's lacrosse]], also a multi-NCAA Championship program, maintains several of those same rivalries.

The Virginia football team competes against North Carolina in the [[South's Oldest Rivalry]], a historic football rivalry game which a sitting President of the United States, [[Calvin Coolidge]], made time to attend in Charlottesville in 1924. The 1960s and 1970s were particularly dark decades for the football program, which later experienced a resurgence in the 1980s and 1990s under [[George Welsh (American football)|George Welsh]]. Coach Welsh led the program to its first bowl bids starting with the [[1984 Peach Bowl]]. Welsh, who even reached AP No. 1 rankings for Virginia in October 1990, is a member of the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] after compiling the second-most wins in ACC history after [[Bobby Bowden]].<ref>[https://www.fromtherumbleseat.com/2010/7/22/1578527/acc-history-in-numbers-coaching ACC History in Numbers: Coaching] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204222943/https://www.fromtherumbleseat.com/2010/7/22/1578527/acc-history-in-numbers-coaching |date=December 4, 2017 }}, accessed December 3, 2017</ref> In a historic rivalry between two legendary coaches, Welsh finished two games up in the head-to-head series against Virginia Tech coach [[Frank Beamer]], 8–6. He was also dominant against UNC in the South's Oldest Rivalry, finishing 13–5–1, including a perfect 10–0 record against North Carolina at [[Scott Stadium]].

===Sponsorship===
In 2015, The Cavaliers negotiated a 10-year sponsorship deal with [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]], from which the program receives $3.5&nbsp;million per year.<ref>[http://www.dailyprogress.com/cavalierinsider/virginia-signs-lucrative-extension-with-nike/article_2e35d66a-41e7-11e5-8778-d7c82ebaabd0.html UVA signs lucrative extension with Nike] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522171023/http://www.dailyprogress.com/cavalierinsider/virginia-signs-lucrative-extension-with-nike/article_2e35d66a-41e7-11e5-8778-d7c82ebaabd0.html |date=May 22, 2017 }}, accessed August 13, 2015</ref>