Virginia Cavaliers, known as Wahoos or Hoos, are the athletic teams representing the University of Virginia, located in Charlottesville.
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16 Facts About Virginia Cavaliers
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The Virginia Cavaliers have regularly placed among the nation's Top 5 athletics programs.
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Virginia Cavaliers leads the ACC with 22 NCAA Championships in men's sports.
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Virginia Cavaliers came to the University of Virginia after previously serving as a trainer at Cornell University for 14 years.
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When boxing was a major collegiate sport, Virginia Cavaliers's teams boxed in Memorial Gymnasium and after Lannigan's sudden death managed to go undefeated for a six-year run between 1932 and 1937, winning the NCAA Championship in 1938.
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The Virginia Cavaliers have been ranked in the Top 5 of the AP Poll a total of 96 times in the past four decades, ranking the program 9th since 1980.
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Since ACC Tournament play began in 1987, Virginia Cavaliers has played in 21 out of 33 ACC Tournament championship matches, winning eleven ACC titles, to go with their seven NCAA Tournament championships .
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Virginia Cavaliers broke the record for the most goals in the NCAA tournament with 16 goals .
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Eight Virginia Cavaliers were named All-Americans—three on the First Team, three on the Second Team, and two on the Third Team.
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Five Virginia Cavaliers were selected in the 2006 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft.
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In doing so, the Virginia Cavaliers became the first Power Five program to sponsor men's squash, and only the second Power Five women's team .
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The Virginia Cavaliers won three consecutive NCAA championships from 2015 to 2017, defeating Oklahoma for the first two and North Carolina for the third.
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Virginia Cavaliers competes in the annual Atlantic Coast Invitational tournament, which Virginia Cavaliers won in 2008.
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Virginia Cavaliers participates in an annual rivalry match against Virginia Cavaliers Tech for the Commonwealth Shield.
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