The Northern Virginia Community College women’s basketball team captured their first Virginia Community College System championship at the tournament in Chesapeake over the weekend of March 3.

The Northern Virginia Community College men’s basketball team continued its strong recent performances, winning eight of its last 10 games, including all seven of its Virginia Community College System games. The VCCS wins included beating its top two VCCS competitors a total of three times.

The Northern Virginia Community College men’s lacrosse team begins its 2012 season on March 4 with a new coach.

The Northern Virginia Community College women’s basketball team played two consecutive especially exciting and close games on Dec. 16 and Dec. 20 at the Annandale campus. Both scores were remarkably similar, with NOVA winning the first but losing the second.

The Jan. 14 game for the Northern Virginia Community College men’s basketball team turned out to be the game that most players dream of as NOVA scored 124 points — 70 points in the second half — whooping Lord Fairfax Community College 124-84.

I’ll make it easy for you.

After having suffered some lopsided defeats early in the season, NOVA ice hockey coach, Barrett Haga, finally found some time to smile after the second period of the Nov. 20 Sunday morning game against the University of Maryland at the Prince William Ice Center.

The defending Virginia Community College champion men’s basketball team began its season in early November. Duplicating last season’s success, however, is not a given as most of last year’s team is gone. The only holdover players are forward Jonathan Ball and the injured Andre Allen. Jamal Fair returns from the 2009-10 team.

The Northern Virginia Community College women’s volleyball team, with the help of early-season successes, ended its 2011 season with a winning record at 13-12.

The Northern Virginia Community College women’s basketball team led almost the entire game on Dec. 7 at Annandale, easily defeating the Howard Community College Dragons of Columbia, Md., and more than doubling their score.