The No. 6 Virginia field hockey team lost in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament Friday to No. 7 Maryland, 5-1.
The Cavaliers (15-5, 4-1 ACC) were stymied on offense throughout the game, firing off just six shots in the entire contest. By the time Virginia scored its first goal midway through the second half, Maryland (16-4, 3-2 ACC) had already built a comfortable 4-0 lead.
The Terrapins scored two first-half goals on four shots, with both tallies coming on shots that rebounded off of the cage or Cavalier sophomore goalkeeper Jenny Johnstone. Virginia, meanwhile, was held to just two shots and failed to score in the half.
Maryland did not take long to put the game out of reach in the second half. Terrapin freshman defender Sarah Sprink scored twice off of penalty corners in the first 10 minutes of the half before Cavalier redshirt senior forward Paige Selenski stopped the bleeding with the Cavaliers’ lone goal. Sprink added her third goal of the half to complete the hat trick with two minutes remaining in the game to stretch the lead to 5-1.
Selenski’s goal was the 99th of her career, moving her into a tie for second place in ACC history. She needs just three goals to pass Meredith Thorpe for the lead in both ACC and Cavalier history.
The Cavaliers will find out their postseason fate Tuesday when the field of 16 is announced for the NCAA Tournament.
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