By Jerry Ratcliffe The week of Virginia’s first-round NCAA lacrosse tournament game with Georgetown, Lars Tiffany was explaining to his team how to handle the recent success, having knocked off No. 1 Notre Dame for the second time this season, then clobbering North Carolina in the ACC Tournament Championship game. To read the rest of this article and even more award-winning coverage on the UVA athletics department, including its nationally-ranked football and basketball programs, be sure to subscribe to “Cavalier Exclusive” to follow all of Virginia Sports Hall Of Famer Jerry “Hootie” Ratcliffe’s analysis and content. It’s the best in […]

By Jerry Ratcliffe Was Lars Tiffany the first domino to fall in the new direction of college athletics? With most athletic department budgets gobbled up by football and basketball, and little, if any funds left on the table for Olympic sports, might this be the beginning of the end? To read the rest of this article and even more award-winning coverage on the UVA athletics department, including its nationally-ranked football and basketball programs, be sure to subscribe to “Cavalier Exclusive” to follow all of Virginia Sports Hall Of Famer Jerry “Hootie” Ratcliffe’s analysis and content. It’s the best in the […]

By Jerry Ratcliffe The mystery shrouding the departure of Virginia lacrosse coach Lars Tiffany has unfolded with sources divulging what really went down behind the scenes this week between the veteran coach and UVA athletics director Carla Williams. To read the rest of this article and even more award-winning coverage on the UVA athletics department, including its nationally-ranked football and basketball programs, be sure to subscribe to “Cavalier Exclusive” to follow all of Virginia Sports Hall Of Famer Jerry “Hootie” Ratcliffe’s analysis and content. It’s the best in the business for Wahoo Fans!

By Jerry Ratcliffe With Virginia conducting a national search to replace Lars Tiffany as the school’s men’s lacrosse coach, where will AD Carla Williams turn? To read the rest of this article and even more award-winning coverage on the UVA athletics department, including its nationally-ranked football and basketball programs, be sure to subscribe to “Cavalier Exclusive” to follow all of Virginia Sports Hall Of Famer Jerry “Hootie” Ratcliffe’s analysis and content. It’s the best in the business for Wahoo Fans!

By Jerry Ratcliffe The clock is ticking for Virginia lacrosse after the school announced Monday morning that veteran head coach Lars Tiffany would not be back for an 11th season. To read the rest of this article and even more award-winning coverage on the UVA athletics department, including its nationally-ranked football and basketball programs, be sure to subscribe to “Cavalier Exclusive” to follow all of Virginia Sports Hall Of Famer Jerry “Hootie” Ratcliffe’s analysis and content. It’s the best in the business for Wahoo Fans!

By Jerry Ratcliffe There are plenty of theories on why Lars Tiffany is no longer Virginia’s men’s lacrosse coach after 10 years and two national championships. To read the rest of this article and even more award-winning coverage on the UVA athletics department, including its nationally-ranked football and basketball programs, be sure to subscribe to “Cavalier Exclusive” to follow all of Virginia Sports Hall Of Famer Jerry “Hootie” Ratcliffe’s analysis and content. It’s the best in the business for Wahoo Fans!

Virginia Athletics announced Monday Lars Tiffany will not return as head coach of the men’s lacrosse program.

By Jerry Ratcliffe Sunday night’s stinging first-round defeat hadn’t really settled in Virginia lacrosse coach Lars Tiffany’s mind when he met the media to sum up the evening. Still, Tiffany had already started to look ahead. To read the rest of this article and even more award-winning coverage on the UVA athletics department, including its nationally-ranked football and basketball programs, be sure to subscribe to “Cavalier Exclusive” to follow all of Virginia Sports Hall Of Famer Jerry “Hootie” Ratcliffe’s analysis and content. It’s the best in the business for Wahoo Fans!

By Jerry Ratcliffe When Virginia bolted out of the gates with two goals in the first two-and-a-half minutes in Sunday night’s NCAA Lacrosse Tournament’s opening round, it appeared the Cavaliers might roll against underdog Georgetown. To read the rest of this article and even more award-winning coverage on the UVA athletics department, including its nationally-ranked football and basketball programs, be sure to subscribe to “Cavalier Exclusive” to follow all of Virginia Sports Hall Of Famer Jerry “Hootie” Ratcliffe’s analysis and content. It’s the best in the business for Wahoo Fans!

Fifth-seeded Virginia could not find its footing in wet and dewy conditions, falling to Georgetown, 14-10, to close an up-and-down season.

No. 5 seed Virginia hosts Georgetown on Sunday evening in the eighth and final first-round matchup of the NCAA Tournament.

By Jerry Ratcliffe After Virginia’s first losing season in seven years, Lars Tiffany decided to tinker with the offensive philosophy of his Cavaliers program. Those changes have led to a dramatic turnaround that vaulted UVA to the ACC lacrosse championship last weekend and into Sunday night’s NCAA first round match with visiting Georgetown (7:30, ESPNU). To read the rest of this article and even more award-winning coverage on the UVA athletics department, including its nationally-ranked football and basketball programs, be sure to subscribe to “Cavalier Exclusive” to follow all of Virginia Sports Hall Of Famer Jerry “Hootie” Ratcliffe’s analysis and […]

By Jerry Ratcliffe Virginia lacrosse coach Lars Tiffany always goes through an upcoming opponent’s statistics, looking for a potential weakness, something that might give his team an edge. When Tiffany combed through Georgetown’s stat sheet, well, let’s just say he’s still looking. To read the rest of this article and even more award-winning coverage on the UVA athletics department, including its nationally-ranked football and basketball programs, be sure to subscribe to “Cavalier Exclusive” to follow all of Virginia Sports Hall Of Famer Jerry “Hootie” Ratcliffe’s analysis and content. It’s the best in the business for Wahoo Fans!

By Jerry Ratcliffe It’s not hard to find heroes during a championship season. Go up and down ACC lacrosse champion Virginia’s roster and take your pick: one of the Millon brothers, Sunderland, Terenzi, Schroter. There’s no question the Cavaliers, headed to the NCAA Tournament after spanking North Carolina 16-6 in Sunday’s ACC title game, wouldn’t be where they are today without goaltender Jake Marek. To read the rest of this article and even more award-winning coverage on the UVA athletics department, including its nationally-ranked football and basketball programs, be sure to subscribe to “Cavalier Exclusive” to follow all of Virginia […]

UVA scored 12 unanswered goals in the first half on the way to capturing the program’s 20th ACC championship in a 16-6 win over Carolina.

Virginia earned the No. 5 seed and will host Georgetown in the first round of the 2026 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Tournament on Sunday at 7:30 p.m.

One win away from its 20th ACC title and eighth ACC Tournament crown, Virginia clashes with North Carolina in the ACC Championship final.

Virginia took the lead for good in the second quarter and surrendered consecutive goals only once in a 15-10 win over top-seeded Notre Dame.

No. 4 seed Virginia returns to the postseason Friday, when the Cavaliers take on Notre Dame in the first semifinal of the ACC Championship.

In what could be his final game at Klöckner Stadium, Truitt Sunderland recorded a career-high 10 points to lead UVA to a win over Drexel.