Only five votes behind perennial stalwart and NCAA runner-up North Carolina, the Virginia women's soccer team was picked to finish second this season by ACC head coaches in a preseason poll.
The Cavaliers are coming off a second place finish in 2001, when they compiled an overall record of 17-4-2 and 4-2 in conference play.
Virginia, which lost to Santa Clara in the second round of the NCAA tournament last season, received 57 out of a possible 64 votes. Clemson followed North Carolina and Virginia with 41 points in the voting last week.
The Cavaliers will see a lot of returning players this year including All-Conference players Kelly Worden and Lindsay Gusick, who were pivotal stars in last year's NCAA tournament bid. Jessica Trainor, one of the league's brightest players as a freshman, also returns to round out the solid squad.
Virginia will kick off the season against St. Joseph's at Kl
Read More
Riley Smyth, the latest Virginia women’s golfer on the LPGA Tour, is embracing the grind
By Joby Jung | 2 days ago"Every step is worth it because there’s no feeling like reaching a lifetime goal," Smith said.
No. 24 Virginia rides hot start past Maryland Eastern Shore
By Thomas Baxter | 2 days agoNow 10 games into the season, the team is beginning to find its footing as one of the best offensive teams in the country.
Virginia football has not played with everything to lose, and it showed
By Ryan Weiner | 3 days ago“I feel like we missed and made mistakes that they capitalized on,” graduate linebacker James Jackson said. “It’s hard to win games when you make mistakes a lot.”
