How the 'Hoos Got Back on Top
March 25, 2005
 It's only March and the lacrosse season is barely half over, but already Virginia has won more games than it did in all of 2004. So how does a team go from 5-8 one season to 6-0 (and counting) the next? Well, lots of reasons. A few key newcomers. Better health. Some emerging stars. Most importantly, perhaps, more confidence and chemistry, plus a better attitude.
The result, says senior attackman John Christmas, is “it's starting to feel a little reminiscent of two years ago.” In 2003, of course, the Cavaliers were national champs.
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Amy Appelt: Scoring Machine
May 12, 2004
 She is first in the nation in goals. She has led a young and injury-plagued Virginia women’s lacrosse team to a 15-3 record and the No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament. She is a good bet to win the Tewaaraton Trophy as national player of the year. And she has an outside shot at breaking the NCAA record for goals in a season.
But nothing Amy Appelt does surprises her coach anymore.
“For Amy, the sky’s the limit,” says Julie Myers. “She could really be the best player ever to play the game.”
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UVa Lacrosse Tries to Shake Off Bad Opening Weekend
March 5, 2004
Virginia men’s lacrosse coach Dom Starsia had plenty of questions about his team coming into the 2004 season, and only a few of them concerned personnel. Sure, he was wondering how his young midfielders and defensemen would handle their expanded roles. More importantly, though, he was curious about the team’s collective mindset after winning last year’s national championship.
After all, as Starsia well knows, talent was only one factor in the 2003 title run. Motivation, drive and determination mattered just as much. Same with intensity, work ethic and resilience.
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They Are Champions
May 30, 2003
When the 2003 men’s lacrosse season began, few people were picking Virginia to win the national championship. The Cavaliers were ranked fourth in the initial poll, behind Syracuse, Princeton and Johns Hopkins. That was understandable. After all, the Orangemen and Tigers had met in the previous three NCAA title games, and the Blue Jays appeared stacked. UVa seemed a bit too young at attack and with too many other question marks (faceoffs, close defense, depth at midfield) to warrant the status of favorite.
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Lacrosse Final Four Preview
May 23, 2003
The NCAA men’s lacrosse final four contains no great surprises. There are three of the usual participants (Syracuse, Johns Hopkins and Virginia) as well as one worthy gate-crasher (Maryland). Most of those teams played each other during the regular season – the Cavaliers and Blue Jays, in fact, played all three of the other semifinalists – so there is plenty of familiarity. These teams aren’t strangers to each other or to the spotlight of the sport’s biggest stage.
But don’t confuse a lack of novelty for a lack of drama. The only surprise at M&T Bank Stadium (formerly Ravens Stadium) in Baltimore this weekend would be if the games are neither close nor compelling.
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John Christmas: The Natural
May 23, 2003
Virginia coach Dom Starsia first heard of John Christmas a decade ago. That was before Christmas became one of the most productive and exciting players in college lacrosse and leapt to the forefront of a new generation of African-Americans in a sport that remains largely lily-white. A decade ago, John Christmas hadn’t even reached puberty.
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Virginia Men's Lacrosse Ready for NCAA Tournament
May 9, 2003
According to Virginia men’s lacrosse coach Dom Starsia, the Cavaliers always list three goals before the start of every season: win the ACC, make it to the Final Four, and win the national championship. The Wahoos reached the first of their goals April 20, beating Duke 12-6 to win their first ACC title in three years. They begin their pursuit of the other two goals this Saturday, hosting Mt. St. Mary’s in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
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For Virginia men's lacrosse, the goal never changes
March 3, 2003
The Virginia men’s lacrosse team and its senior class come into the 2003 season with much to prove. The team has reached the Final Four in two of the past three seasons, but that has not been enough for the current players, who watched on TV as the Cavaliers took home the national championship back in 1999. For the first time in three years, not a single player on the Virginia roster sports an NCAA championship ring. In fact, the only member of the Virginia team or coaching staff with that sort of hardware is head coach Dom Starsia.
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