UVA SPORTS: Tiffany & His Men's Lax Wins The 2nd Straight National Championship

When Dom Starsia was pushed out of Virginia's Men Lacrosse's program following the sharp decline in the aftermath of a murder scandal involving one former player with George Huguely who was found guilty of second degree murder with the death of Virginia women's lacrosse player, Yeardley Love, I was not sure if the program will be able to recover in the face of ACC teams whom also excelled with the sport. 

Right after the murder scandal, Virginia went 4-18 in the ACC in 5 years, it ultimately costs Dom the job as Virginia pushed him out.

When Lars Tiffany was hired as the Head Coach of the program 5 years ago, I was not even sure if he's for real. But he is. Under his guide, the program has recovered quickly enough to win 2nd straight national championship, beating the undefeated Maryland Terrapins 17-16 in a thrilling game in East Hartford, Connecticut.  

It is safe enough for me to say that the program is here to stay and it will remain as one of the nation's perennial heavyweights. Lars Tiffany mentioned that the program exists only to win the champions.

Of course, Lars is right on the target.  

VIRGINIA BASEBALL:  After winning the national championship in 2015, Virginia Baseball seems to hit some type of lull for the next 5 years, going 152-91. Then this year, Virginia opened the season 11-14, 4-12 (ACC) which baffled me and many fans. Thankfully, the team recovered to finish the season at 27-22, 18-18 (ACC). With a strong finish in the ACC Tournament (2-1), Virginia returned to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2017. They were assigned to the Columbia Regional where the team opened with a 4-3 loss to South Carolina to fall into the loser's bracket and beat Jacksonville 13-8 and South Carolina 3-2 to face Old Dominion in the finals of Columbia Regionals. If Virginia wins, there will be another game between Virginia (31-24) and Old Dominion (44-14) tomorrow night - whoever wins this game gets to advance to the Super Regionals.

UPDATE:  Virginia Baseball has beaten Old Dominion 8-3 and because of that, it triggered one more match between Virginia and Old Dominion tomorrow night.  Virginia is now 32-24 while ODU fell to 44-15.

Cheers,

R-