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NORFOLK, Va.Virginia won more than 61 percent of its intercollegiate athletic contests during the 2007-08 athletics year to win the 30th annual Virginia Sports Information Director’s Association Division I All-Sport championship. It marks the 10th time the Cavaliers have won the competition.
Virginia’s 25 men’s and women’s intercollegiate athletics teams compiled an overall record of 262-160-8 (.619 winning percentage) in 2007-08. Old Dominion was second in the overall competition (177-116-5, .602) and James Madison was third (210-139-4, .601) among 14 Division I programs.
Virginia also won the men’s competition as the Cavaliers’ 12 men’s intercollegiate athletics teams compiled an overall record of 148-65-2 (.693) and James Madison won the women’s competition with a record of 133-79-1 (.627). UVa’s 13 women’s intercollegiate athletics teams finished sixth in the women’s competition with a record of 114-95-6 (.544).
Individuals or teams from 21 of Virginia’s 25 sports represented UVa in postseason competition in 2007-08. Among the highlights for the Cavaliers were the men’s tennis and men’s lacrosse teams each reaching the semifinals of their NCAA Tournaments, women’s rowing finishing fifth at the NCAA Championships and Somdev Devvarman winning the NCAA men’s tennis singles championship for the second consecutive year.