Virginia Cavaliers men's lacrosse
Virginia Cavaliers men's lacrosse | |
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Founded | 1904; 1925 |
University | University of Virginia |
Head coach | Lars Tiffany (5th season) |
Stadium | Klöckner Stadium (capacity: 8,000) |
Location | Charlottesville, Virginia |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Nickname | Cavaliers |
Colors | Orange and blue[1] |
Pre-NCAA era championships | |
1952, 1970 | |
NCAA Tournament championships | |
1972, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2019, 2021 | |
NCAA Tournament Runner-Up | |
1980, 1986, 1994, 1996 | |
NCAA Tournament Final Fours | |
1972, 1973, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2019, 2021, 2023 | |
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals | |
1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 | |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | |
Conference Tournament championships | |
1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2019 | |
Conference regular season championships | |
1962, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2019, 2022 |
The Virginia Cavaliers men's lacrosse team represents the
Winning seven NCAA Championships and nine national titles overall, Virginia is one of the all-time great collegiate lacrosse programs. Virginia's 2006 team was one of the greatest in the history of the sport,
Virginia's
History
University records show that Virginia fielded lacrosse teams from 1904 to 1907, although no further information from that period is available.[3] After a hiatus, lacrosse returned to Charlottesville in 1925 though the team struggled in the ensuing years. Through 1932, the Cavaliers won only one game, while they lost 30 and tied four. Virginia along with Duke, UNC, and Washington & Lee played in the Dixie Lacrosse League from 1938 to 1942 with the Cavaliers winning the championship in the inaugural season. The team was disbanded after the 1932 season and would play sporadically until lacrosse returned for good in 1947. Two years later, Virginia won more games than it lost for the first time in school history when it posted a 7–4 record. The Cavaliers then posted an 8–3 mark in 1950 and 7–2 in 1951. The following season, they recorded an identical tally and the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) named Virginia the 1952 co-national champions.[3]
In 1970, Virginia finished the season with an 8–2 record and the USILA again awarded them as co-champions with Navy and Johns Hopkins.
Virginia's 2006 season was remarkable as the Cavaliers became the first team in NCAA history to finish the season with a 17–0 record en route to the program's third national championship in eight years. The team won its games by an average of more than eight goals per game and drew comparisons to some of the best lacrosse teams of all time.
In 2011, the Cavaliers posted a 9–5 regular-season record before entering the
Rivalries
Virginia–Syracuse has been an extremely evenly matched series between two lacrosse titans. Virginia has gained the upper hand in the Johns Hopkins and Maryland rivalries since the 1980s and 1990s, but trails in those all-time series (especially to Johns Hopkins) as a "late blooming" national power.
- Virginia–Syracuse lacrosse rivalry, Syracuse leads 20–18, but Virginia has a 7–3 edge in NCAA Tournaments.
- Virginia–Johns Hopkins lacrosse rivalry, Virginia leads 20–13 since 1994 but trails the overall series 61–32–1.
- Virginia–Maryland lacrosse rivalry, Virginia leads 38–18 since 1980 but trails the overall series 47–46.
Season results
The following is a list of Virginia's results by season as an NCAA Division I program:
Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Glenn Thiel (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1970–1977) | |||||||||
1971 | Glenn Thiel | 10–2 | 2–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
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1972 | Glenn Thiel | 11–4 | 2–1 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Champion
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1973 | Glenn Thiel | 10–4 | 2–1 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Final Four
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1974 | Glenn Thiel | 5–4 | 2–1 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
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1975 | Glenn Thiel | 7–4 | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
1976 | Glenn Thiel | 5–5 | 1–2 | T–3rd | |||||
1977 | Glenn Thiel | 7–5 | 1–1 | T–2nd | |||||
Glenn Thiel: | 63–30 (.677) | 15–6 (.714) | |||||||
Jim Adams (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1978–1992) | |||||||||
1978 | Jim Adams | 6–5 | 2–2 | 3rd | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
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1979 | Jim Adams | 9–4 | 3–1 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Final Four
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1980 | Jim Adams | 12–2 | 3–1 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Runner–Up
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1981 | Jim Adams | 9–4 | 3–1 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Final Four
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1982 | Jim Adams | 10–3 | 3–1 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Final Four
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1983 | Jim Adams | 10–2 | 3–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
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1984 | Jim Adams | 10–3 | 3–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
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1985 | Jim Adams | 11–3 | 2–1 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Final Four
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1986 | Jim Adams | 12–3 | 3–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Runner–Up
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1987 | Jim Adams | 6–7 | 0–3 | 4th | |||||
1988 | Jim Adams | 9–5 | 2–1 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Final Four
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1989 | Jim Adams | 7–5 | 1–2 | 3rd | |||||
1990 | Jim Adams | 9–5 | 3–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I First Round
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1991 | Jim Adams | 10–4 | 2–1 | 2nd | NCAA Division I First Round
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1992 | Jim Adams | 7–5 | 0–3 | 4th | |||||
Jim Adams: | 137–60 (.695) | 33–17 (.660) | |||||||
Dom Starsia (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1993–2016) | |||||||||
1993 | Dom Starsia | 10–5 | 3–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
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1994 | Dom Starsia | 13–4 | 2–1 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Runner–Up
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1995 | Dom Starsia | 12–3 | 3–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Final Four
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1996 | Dom Starsia | 12–4 | 1–2 | T–3rd | NCAA Division I Runner–Up
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1997 | Dom Starsia | 11–3 | 3–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
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1998 | Dom Starsia | 8–5 | 2–1 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
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1999 | Dom Starsia | 13–3 | 2–1 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Champion
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2000 | Dom Starsia | 13–2 | 3–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Final Four
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2001 | Dom Starsia | 7–7 | 1–2 | T–3rd | NCAA Division I First Round
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2002 | Dom Starsia | 11–4 | 3–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Final Four
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2003 | Dom Starsia | 15–2 | 2–1 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Champion
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2004 | Dom Starsia | 5–8 | 1–2 | 3rd | |||||
2005 | Dom Starsia | 11–4 | 2–1 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Final Four
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2006 | Dom Starsia | 17–0 | 2–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Champion
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2007 | Dom Starsia | 12–4 | 2–1 | 2nd | NCAA Division I First Round
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2008 | Dom Starsia | 14–4 | 1–2 | 3rd | NCAA Division I Final Four
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2009 | Dom Starsia | 15–3 | 2–1 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Final Four
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2010 | Dom Starsia | 16–2 | 2–1 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Final Four
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2011 | Dom Starsia | 13–5 | 1–2 | T–2nd | NCAA Division I Champion
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2012 | Dom Starsia | 12–4 | 2–1 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
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2013 | Dom Starsia | 7–8 | 0–3 | 4th | |||||
2014 | Dom Starsia | 10–6 | 1–4 | 6th | NCAA Division I First Round
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2015 | Dom Starsia | 10–5 | 0–4 | 5th | NCAA Division I First Round
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2016 | Dom Starsia | 7–8 | 0–4 | 5th | |||||
Dom Starsia: | 274–103 (.727) | 41–34 (.547) | |||||||
Lars Tiffany (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2017–Present) | |||||||||
2017 | Lars Tiffany | 8–7 | 0–4 | 5th | |||||
2018 | Lars Tiffany | 12–6 | 1–3 | T–4th | NCAA Division I First Round
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2019 | Lars Tiffany | 17–3 | 3–1 | 1st | NCAA Division I Champion
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2020 | Lars Tiffany | 4–2 | 0–0 | † | † | ||||
2021 | Lars Tiffany | 14–4 | 2–4 | T–4th | NCAA Division I Champion
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2022 | Lars Tiffany | 12–4 | 5–1 | 1st | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
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2023 | Lars Tiffany | 13–4 | 4–2 | T–2nd | NCAA Division I Final Four
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2024 | Lars Tiffany | 10–5 | 1–3 | T–3rd | NCAA Division I | ||||
Lars Tiffany: | 90–35 (.720) | 16–18 (.471) | |||||||
Total: | 710–389–6 (.645) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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†NCAA canceled spring 2020 collegiate sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alumni in the Premier Lacrosse League (10)
Year Drafted | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Drafted By | Draft Pick | Current Team | All Star | Accolades |
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2011 | Adam Ghitelman | Goalie | 5'9 | 180 | Denver Outlaws (MLL) | 8th round (45th overall) | Archers LC
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None | None |
2011 | Thomas Kelly | Faceoff | 6'0 | 215 | Undrafted | Undrafted | Chaos LC
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None | None |
2017 | Zed Williams | Attack | 6'2 | 230 | Georgia Storm (NLL) | 1st round (4th overall) | Whipsnakes LC
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2x All Star ('20,'21) | 1x MVP ('20), 1x McEneaney ('20) |
2018 | Scott Hooper | Defense | 6'1 | 180 | Charlotte Hounds (MLL) | 4th round (28th overall) | Cannons LC
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None | None |
2019 | Ryan Conrad | Midfield | 6'0 | 190 | Atlas LC | 1st round (2nd overall) | Waterdogs LC
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None | None |
2021 | Jared Conners | LSM | 6'5 | 215 | Archers LC
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1st round (5th overall) | Archers LC
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None | None |
2021 | Dox Aitken | Midfield | 6'2 | 210 | Atlas LC
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1st round (8th overall) | Atlas LC
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None | None |
2021 | Charlie Bertrand | Midfield | 6'3 | 220 | Redwoods LC
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3rd round (24th overall) | Redwoods LC
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None | None |
2022 | Matt Moore | Attack | 6'2 | 195 | Archers LC
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1st round (4th overall) | Archers LC
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None | None |
2022 | Chris Merle | D Midfield | 6'1 | 200 | Undrafted | Undrafted | Archers LC
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None | None |
References
- ^ "Athletics Color Palette". University of Virginia Consumer Product Brand Standards (PDF). Retrieved January 16, 2023.
- ^ Virginia 2005-06 Men's Lacrosse Team Statistics, accessed June 15, 2021.
- ^ a b c Virginia Men's Lacrosse Media Guide Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine, University of Virginia.
- NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship (1971– ) and Wingate Memorial Trophy(1934–1970).
- ^ In Final, Virginia Lacrosse Team Has Eye on Victory and Legacy Archived 2017-07-01 at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, May 29, 2006.
- ^ While Virginia Celebrates Another Title, Relief Combines With Elation Archived 2012-08-31 at the Wayback Machine, New York Times, May 30, 2011.
- ^ Starsia Breaks Wins Record as Virginia is Baltimore Bound, VirginiaSports.com, May 21, 2011.
- ^ Stanwick Headlines UVa's Five USILA All-American Selections, VirginiaSports.com, May 26, 2011.
- ^ Stanwick Takes Home College Lacrosse's Top Honor – The Tewaaraton Trophy Archived 2011-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, VirginiaSports.com, June 2, 2011.
- ^ Reid, Whitelaw (21 June 2016). "Virginia hires Brown's Lars Tiffany to lead men's lacrosse program". The Daily Progress.