The UVA men’s lacrosse team wrapped up an undefeated season and took home its fourth NCAA national championship last week, defeating the University of Massachusetts 15-7. The senior class earned their second national championship ring, having also won the ultimate collegiate honor in 2003. Their victory came in front of a record-setting crowd of 47,062 in Philadelphia and a national television audience on ESPN. “The thing that made this team special was how unselfishly they played,” says Notre Dame lacrosse coach Kevin Corrigan, a UVA alum. “Rarely do you see a team with that much talent play so hard and so well together.” Corrigan’s team lost to UVA in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Matt Ward (pictured above) and Matt Poskay led UVA’s charge, scoring a combined 10 goals during the match. They were both selected in the oft-overlooked Major League Lacrosse draft on Wednesday, along with fellow Cavaliers Kyle Dixon, Michael Culver and JJ Morrissey.
