A few years ago, Virginia AD Craig Littlepage set an ambitious goal of winning 70 ACC championships and 10 NCAA championships over the next decade. At the time, the big question was: Where are those national titles gonna come from?

The answer, apparently: Lacrosse.

Last Sunday the Cavalier women's team beat Princeton in the NCAA final, matching the men's accomplishment of the previous year. That's two championships in two years, putting the athletic department on pace to meet its lofty objectives. Will that continue? Who knows. Both lacrosse teams figure to be title contenders every year, assuming this dreadful season was an aberration for Dom Starsia's guys. Other sports also may be moving in that direction. The men's tennis team should be among the nation's elite in coming years. Same, perhaps, goes for both men's and women's soccer and swimming teams. Maybe baseball, too. Women's crew, always one of the best, has a shot at a championship this weekend. And dare we say football might get to that level in the near future?

Of course, it's unlikely that the Cavaliers will reach Littlepage's goal, given the difficulty of winning even one NCAA title. But there's nothing wrong with aiming high. Virginia, National Championship U.? Has a nice ring to it, huh? Make that 10 rings.

Basketball recruiting...

UVa has offered Gerald "J.R." Inman, a 6-7, 200-pound small forward prospect out of St. Joseph's High School in Montvale, N.J. Inman, who is a 2005 recruit, averaged 18.3 points and 10.4 rebounds per game last season as a junior. He has also been offered by Virginia Tech, St. Joseph's, West Virginia, Rutgers, N.C. State, and Boston College.

Other forwards UVa has offered for 2005 thus far include 6-8, 240-pound PF Laurynas Mikalauskas (UVa commit); 6-8, 215-pound PF Brandon Costner out of Seton Hall Prep (West Orange, NJ); and 6-9, 240-pound Tilton School (NH) PF Alfred Aboya. Inman has the potential to play small or power forward on the next level, according to his coach, Michael Doherty.

Football recruiting...

Plainfield (NJ) offensive tackle prospect Eugene Monroe acknowledged that UVA and Maryland are his top two schools at this point in the recruiting process. One of the top offensive line targets in the country, the 6-7, 330-pound Monroe said he will visit UVa on June 12th for Blue Chip Day. Other prospects from New Jersey said to be coming at this time include Bergen Catholic LB Brian Cushing and Holy Cross OL Dennis Landolt. I will provide a list of players I know to be in attendance before the weekend of the 12th.

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UVa coach Julie Myers

The Virginia women's lacrosse team had gone 0-4 in national championship games over the previous eight years. The Cavaliers had lost to Princeton in last year's final, then again during the regular season. The Tigers had won two straight titles and 28 consecutive games overall.

And yet, going into their matchup at Princeton last Sunday in the NCAA final, "everyone was so comfortable and so confident," said UVa coach Julie Myers. "I think we knew it was our time to win."

The Cavaliers did just that, prevailing over mighty Princeton by a 10-4 count to secure the program's first national championship since 1993. After a shaky start, Virginia scored five straight goals to close the first half and avenged last year's overtime loss in the same event. Amy Appelt scored four goals, giving her 90 for the season, but the MVP was senior goalie Andrea Pfeiffer, who played the game of her life with 19 saves.

For Myers, it was her first NCAA title in nine years as Virginia's head coach (she won one as a player and another as an assistant), but she said she was more thrilled for her players.

"It's a feeling of peace," she said. "We did it and we did it with great style."

Now the question is, can they do it again? The Cavs lose just three senior starters. Appelt, the nation's scoring leader, will be back along with two starters (Cary Chasney and Meredith Lazarus) who redshirted this season with knee injuries.

"This year was our no-pressure year and we won it," Myers said. "Next year will be our pressure year. We just have to make sure we're mentally ready."

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