Cavalier Corner

In the NCAA Championships the third-seeded Wahoos (29-3) cruised past St. John's, Minnesota, No. 17 Columbia, No. 6 Texas A&M, No. 2 Baylor and No. 1 Oklahoma to become just the sixth men's tennis program in the country to capture multiple championships. The Cavaliers finished the year with four singles players and three doubles teams in the final individual rankings. UVa led all schools with four players rated in the top 50 of the singles rankings, headlined by NCAA singles champion Ryan Shane at No. 2. Like the men's soccer squad, the baseball team took an unconventional route to national prominence. At the start of May, UVa was in danger of missing the ACC Tournament, let alone the NCAA Tournament. However, the Cavaliers (44-24) won 16 of their final 21 games — including a 10-2 mark in NCAA play — en route to their fourth College World Series appearance in seven years and its first-ever crown. In a rematch of last year's thrilling CWS championship series versus Vanderbilt, Virginia gained a measure of revenge by becoming just the third team to win the title after losing game one of the best-of-three finals. Virginia, which had the fewest victories for an NCAA baseball champion in nearly 50 years, became only the second ACC team — Wake Forest was the first, in 1955 — to win a national championship. Also notable, the men's basketball team claimed its second consecutive ACC regular-season title and matched a school record with 30 victories; the wrestling squad captured the ACC championship, winning its first league crown since 2010 and the fifth in program history; the men's lacrosse team reached the NCAA Tournament for the 37th time in program history and the 21st time under head coach Dom Starsia; the men's golf squad finished 18th at the NCAA Champion- ships; men's outdoor track and field finished a school-record 17th at the NCAA Championships; and men's track & field and cross country finished a school-record fifth in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Program of the Year Rankings. The UVa men's soccer team used a stifling defense that permitted only two goals in five NCAA Tournament matches en route to the seventh national championship in program history. PHOTO BY JIM DAVES/COURTESY UVA

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