No. 6 UVA Women Host No. 12 Wake Forest Friday

CHARLOTTESVILLE – The No. 6 Virginia women’s soccer team returns to action on Friday as it hosts No. 12 Wake Forest at Klöckner Stadium. Game time is 7 p.m., and the game will be broadcast online on the ACC Digital Network, available on YouTube.

Tickets are $7 for adult general admission and $5 for youth, senior and faculty/staff general admission. Group tickets (20 or more) are $4.

Virginia Athletics is celebrating SOCA Day at Klöckner Stadium this Friday. All members of the Soccer Organization of Charlottesville-Albemarle have the opportunity to purchase tickets to the game at the group ticket price of $4. SOCA members can wear their soccer apparel to the game to receive the discount at the ticket windows.

The Cavaliers (10-2-1) enter the week in third place in the ACC with a 3-1-1 record. Virginia bounced back from a 3-1 loss at No. 10 Maryland last Thursday with a 1-0 win over No. 5 Duke on Sunday at Klöckner Stadium.  

Wake Forest (9-3-1) is in fourth place in the ACC with a 3-2-0 conference mark. The Demon Deacons downed Clemson 4-0 on Sunday in Winston-Salem in their only game last week.  

The Cavaliers lead the all-time series 13-6-2, including a 5-2-1 record in Charlottesville. Wake Forest won last year’s matchup 2-0 in Winston-Salem. In the last meeting at Klöckner Stadium in 2010, Virginia posted a 2-1 win despite playing the final 77 minutes with 10 players after an early red card.

Following Friday’s game, Virginia will play its next three games on the road. That trip begins Thursday as the Cavaliers visit Miami. Game time in Coral Gables is 7 p.m. 

No. 9 Virginia Tech women win sixth straight shutout

Virginia Tech Junior Goalkeeper Dayle Colpitts (Courtesy VT.edu)

BLACKSBURG, Va. – The No. 9 Virginia Tech women’s soccer team notched its sixth consecutive shutout, blanking NC State, 3-0, Sunday afternoon at Thompson Field to remain undefeated. The six shutouts set a new record for Tech, as it recorded five-straight in its second year of existence back in 1994.

Tech has outscored its opponents 20-2 so far this season. The only team to score on the Hokies was Nebraska over three weeks ago.

Shannon Mayrose and Nicolette Young connected on the goals to help the Hokies improve to 9-0-0 on the season and 1-0-0 in the ACC. The Wolfpack fell to 5-5-0 overall and 0-2-0 in conference play.

Tech controlled the tempo from start to finish, outshooting NC State in both periods. Even though the first was scoreless, the Hokies were attacking from all angles but just couldn’t connect. The Hokies found eight opportunities with four shots on goal, but the Wolfpack keeper Victoria Hopkins was there to keep the game tied at zero heading into the break.  



It wasn’t until the 56th minute that the game opened up for Tech. Off a corner kick taken by Kelsey Loupee, Katie Yensen headed the ball close to the goal and Mayrose flew in from about five yards out and found the far upper corner of the net to put the Hokies up 1-0.

Seven minutes later, Hopkins received a yellow card after fouling Jazmine Reeves in the box and Mayrose took the penalty kick about 10 yards out. The redshirt junior found the upper corner easily to give Tech a two-point lead with her sixth goal of the season.

The final goal came in the 78th minute, when Reeves dribbled down the right sideline to the right side of the box and caused Hopkins to come forward. Reeves made a move right past the goalie and found Young inside the box. The freshman fired a hard shot in the upper corner, as her first career goal ended the ball game. 

Virginia Tech women's soccer team (Courtesy of VT.edu)

Tech out shot NC State 23-7 and took eight corner kicks. Mayrose led both teams with five shots and three on goal, while Yensen followed with four shots and two on frame.  

Dayle Colpitts (4-0-0) charted the win for the Hokies, as the junior goalkeeper played all 90 minutes and recorded four saves to remain undefeated. Today’s shutout brings Colpitts career total to 15, which makes her five shutouts away from tying Mallory Soldner (2003-06) on Tech’s all-time list.

Despite allowing three goals, Hopkins (5-5-0) tallied 11 saves as she played all 90 minutes and took the loss.

The Hokies return to action Thursday as they travel to Chapel Hill, N.C., to battle the North Carolina at 7 p.m. The game will be aired on ESPN3, which is the first time Tech has been on an ESPN network during the regular season.

UVA Women Host NC State Thursday on FOX Soccer Channel

Women’s Soccer Hosts NC State Thursday in ACC Opener

Cavaliers host the Wolfpack in a nationally televised matchup

CHARLOTTESVILLE – The No. 5 Virginia women’s soccer team opens ACC play on Thursday when it hosts NC State. Game time at Klöckner Stadium is 7 p.m., and the contest will be televised nationally on FOX Soccer Channel.

Tickets are $7 for adult general admission and $5 for youth, senior and faculty/staff general admission. Group tickets (20 or more) are $4.

The Cavaliers (7-1) enter conference play on a seven-match win streak, their longest since a nine-game win streak in 2004. Last week Virginia posted home wins over George Mason and James Madison to win the Virginia Nike Soccer Classic.   

NC State (5-3) travels to Charlottesville after suffering a 3-2 loss at Kansas on Sunday. The loss snapped the Wolfpack’s five-game winning streak.

Virginia leads the all-time series 21-12-1, including a 10-4-0 record in Charlottesville. The Cavaliers have dominated the series recently, having won 16 of the last 17 meetings between the teams. The last three years have seen the matchup decided by one goal, including Virginia’s 1-0 overtime win in Raleigh last year.

The Cavaliers are 16-8-1 in ACC openers, but have won their league opener in eight of the last nine seasons. The only loss in that span was a 2-1 loss at NC State to begin conference play in 2009. Last season Virginia opened ACC play with a 4-1 victory over Maryland.   

Virginia concludes its four-game homestand on Sunday as it hosts No. 6 North Carolina.

Virginia Freshman Morgan Brian Named ACC Freshman of the Year

Add another award the the list of accolades Morgan Brian's bio. The Virginia freshman and former Gatorade Player of the Year award winner has now been named ACC Freshman of the Year.






GREENSBORO, N.C. – Virginia women’s soccer first-year midfielder Morgan Brian (St. Simons Island, Ga.) was named ACC Freshman of the Year as conference officials announced the all-conference awards on Thursday. In addition, she was named first-team All-ACC, as was junior forward Caroline Miller (Rockville, Md.). Brian also was one of three Cavaliers named to the ACC All-Freshman Team. 

Brian becomes the third Cavalier to be named ACC Freshman of the Year, along with Becky Sauerbrunn in 2003 and Jess Rostedt in 2005. She is the fourth Virginia first-year to be named first-team All-ACC, joining Megan Boehm and Angela Hucles in 1996, and Sinead Farrelly in 2007. Brian ranks second on the team in scoring this season, with eight goals and six assists for 22 points. Five of her goals and four of her assists came in ACC play, as did all three of her game-winning goals. 

Miller earned All-ACC honors for the first time in her career. She is tied for the conference lead with 14 goals and 32 points. Her 14 goals rank fifth on Virginia’s single-season goal scoring list, and she set a school record with seven goals in conference play. Miller leads the team with four game-winning goals, including two overtime golden goals. 

Brian was joined on the ACC All-Freshman Team by defender Olivia Brannon (Troy, Mich.) and midfielder Danielle Colaprico (Freehold, N.J.). Brannon has started all 19 games of her rookie season, ranking second among UVa field players with 1,733 minutes. Offensively, she has added two goals and one assist. Colaprico has appeared in all 19 games, starting three. She has three goals and two assists on the season.

The second-seeded Cavaliers will play sixth-seeded Florida State in the ACC semifinals on Friday night in Cary, N.C. Game time at WakeMed Soccer Park is 7:30 p.m., and the game will be broadcast online by ESPN3.