UVA Men Travel to No. 1 Maryland, Friday on FOX Soccer Channel

Virginia Heads to No. 1 Maryland for Friday Clash

Game starts at 7 p.m., will be televised by FOX Soccer Channel

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – After a week off, the Virginia men’s soccer team returns to action at 7 p.m. Friday when it travels to top-ranked Maryland for a 7 p.m. televised match at Ludwig Field. The unbeaten Terrapins are the eighth UVa opponent that has been ranked at some point this season.

Live Coverage 

FOX Soccer Channel will have live television coverage of the NSCAA National Game of the Week, with Dean Linke, Keith Tabatznik and Charlie Slagle on the call.

Live statistics also will be available at VirginiaSports.com.

Records and Rankings

Virginia: 5-4-1 (1-2-0 ACC)

Maryland: 8-0-1 (3-0-0 ACC); No. 1 (NSCAA, Soccer America)

Virginia-Maryland Series

Maryland owns a 37-29-8 edge in the programs’ all-time series, which dates to 1941. The teams met six times in the last three seasons. Virginia upset the then-No. 2-ranked Terps, 2-1, last year, with Will Bates (Sr., Chester, Va.) scoring the go-ahead goal in the waning minutes to break the 1-all tie.

The Cavaliers are 5-5-1 in their last 11 matches against Maryland. UVa is making its first trip to College Park since the 2009 season when the teams played to a scoreless draw.

Virginia-Clemson Recap

UVa lost 2-0 to Clemson last Friday on a rainy evening at Klöckner Stadium. Playing its seventh match in 22 days, UVa struggled through a sluggish first half, and Clemson scored first in the 27th minute when Manolo Sanchez took a pass near the goal line and fired a low cross across the box to a wide open Ara Amirkhanian, who buried the shot from short distance.

UVa’s offense peppered Clemson with eight shots in the first 21 minutes of the second half, but to no avail. The Tigers added an insurance goal in the 74th minute when Sanchez served the ball into the center of the box, and an open Austin Savage knocked it past UVa keeper Spencer LaCivita (So., Raleigh, N.C.).

Virginia finished with an 11-9 shots advantage. UVa out-shot Clemson, 10-4, in the second half after recording only one shot in the first half. UVa put two shots on goal, while CU recorded three shots on goal.

Virginia Tidbits

•  Virginia’s opponents have combined for a 65-26-16 record (.682) this year.

•  Eight of Virginia’s 10 matches have been decided by one goal or a tie.

•  UVa’s roster features one player from the state of Maryland, freshman Marcus Salandy-Defour, who hails from Kensington (Georgetown Prep).

•  Maryland marks the fourth side that UVa has played this year that ranks among the current Top 10 teams (Georgetown, UCLA, North Carolina).

•  UVa is 1-2-1 this year vs. ranked teams; the Cavaliers also opened against then-unranked Georgetown, which is now ranked as high as No. 3 nationally. 

• UVa is 23-1-1 since 2009 when Will Bates scores a goal (only loss was last year at Wake Forest, 4-3, when Bates scored hat trick).

Noting Maryland

Coming off a 3-2 win at College of Charleston last Saturday, the Terrapins are unbeaten at 8-0-1 and ranked No. 1 in all of the major soccer polls. Maryland leads the nation in scoring, averaging 3.33 goals per game and outscoring its foes 30-7 this year.

Patrick Mullins leads the potent offense with five goals and six assists, while three others have four goals each this year. 

Up Next

Virginia plays its next four matches at home. The tough schedule continues at 7 p.m. Tuesday when the Cavaliers return home to take on undefeated and 23rd-ranked High Point at Klöckner Stadium.

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No. 5 UVA Women Shutout NC State 4-0

CHARLOTTESVILLE – The No. 5 Virginia women’s soccer team posted its eighth straight win by blanking NC State 4-0 on Thursday night in front of 885 fans at Klöckner Stadium and a nationwide television audience on FOX Soccer Channel. The Cavaliers (8-1, 1-0 ACC) won their conference opener for the ninth time in the past 10 years, while the Wolfpack fell to 5-4 overall, 0-1 in the conference. 

Senior forward Caroline Miller (Rockville, Md.) scored twice in an 86-second span of the second half to break open the game. It was her seventh career multi-goal game as she became the 13th player in Virginia history to reach the 30-career goal mark.

“We saw a lot of good things in this performance,” said head coach Steve Swanson. “In the first half, we created a lot of chances, but weren’t as sharp as we could be in the final third. We were able to do a better job in the second half taking advantage of those chances and were able to get three goals.”

Virginia led for most of the first half after scoring in the ninth minute of play. Erica Hollenberg’s (Fairfax Station, Va.) corner kick was headed in front of the goal by Danielle Colaprico (Freehold, N.J.). The ball came to Olivia Brannon (Troy, Mich.), who redirected the ball into the net for her first goal of the season. The Cavaliers took that 1-0 lead into halftime.

Early in the second half, NC State nearly tied the game as Cheyenne Spade got behind the Cavalier defense for a breakaway. Virginia goalkeeper Danielle DeLisle (Baltimore, Md.) made a sliding save on the play to keep the Cavaliers in the lead. Three minutes later Miller would begin her goal barrage to extend the advantage to 3-0.

In the 56th minute, Colaprico threaded a ball to Miller, who was at the penalty spot but was kept onside by a Wolfpack defender. With only the keeper to beat, she dribbled around the goalie and slotted home her fourth goal of the season. She struck again 86 seconds later as she received a ball from Julia Roberts (Frederick, Md.) in the midfield, dribbled to the top of the box before firing in a blast that snuck inside the post for her fifth goal of the year.

“Those few minutes changed the game,” said Swanson. “Danielle came up with a huge save to keep us in the lead. If NC State gets one there, it changes the whole complexion of the game. Then Caroline, who has scored some big goals for us over her career, stepped up and got two quick ones that gave us control of the game.”

Virginia added a final goal in the 73rd minute. Makenzy Doniak’s (Chino Hills, Calif.) line-drive cross hit Kate Norbo (Roanoke, Va.) in the head near the top of the box. The ball floated off Norbo towards goal, hitting the bottom of the crossbar and down over the line for her third goal of the season.

“We know every team in the ACC is good, so we have to be ready every night,” said Miller. “It is always good to start conference play with a win. We have been working hard, building up to this part of the season, so it was good performance in our first ACC game.”

Virginia outshot NC State 22-6 in the contest and had an 8-1 corner kick edge. DeLisle played all 90 minutes in goal for Virginia, recording four saves to post her first career shutout. Victoria Hopkins made six saves at the other end for the Wolfpack.

The Cavaliers conclude a four-game homestand on Sunday as they host No. 6 North Carolina. Game time at Klöckner Stadium is 2 p.m., and the first 1,500 fans in attendance will receive a Virginia Soccer scarf. The second portion of Virginia women’s soccer trading cards will go to the first 500 fans in attendance on Sunday.

 

#5 Virginia 4, NC State 0

NC State (5-4, 0-1)                                    0            0     -            0
#5 Virginia (8-1, 1-0)                                    1            3     -            4

Scoring Summary

1. UVa. Olivia Brannon 1 (Danielle Colaprico 2, Erica Hollenberg 3) 9’
2. UVa. Caroline Miller 4 (Danielle Colaprico 3) 57’
3. UVa. Caroline Miller 5 (Julia Roberts 3) 58’
4. UVa. Kate Norbo 3 (Makenzy Doniak 4) 73’

Shots: UVa 22, NCSU 6

Corners: UVa 8, NCSU 1

Saves: UVa 4 (Danielle DeLisle 4), NCSU 6 (Victoria Hopkins 6)

Fouls: UVa 9, NCSU 11

Attendance: 885