In what amounted to a win or go on the road game for the 13th-ranked Cavaliers, the resilient men’s soccer team battled under the lights on senior night against one the top two ACC teams, and one of the best in the country.
The toughest game of the season could not have come at a more dramatic time as Virginia faces North Carolina at home in its final regular season game Friday night.
After a 3-1 win over Pittsburgh last week, the Cavaliers (9-3-2, 4-2-1 ACC) traveled to Blacksburg to take on their in-state rival Virginia Tech (5-7-3, 0-4-3 ACC) and continued their strong play with a 1-0 win.
A rivalry game is still a rivalry game no matter what the series history says. When the Virginia Cavaliers take on the Virginia Tech Hokies Friday night, neither team will be worrying about who’s supposed to win.
If No.19 ranked Virginia Cavaliers men’s soccer team were looking to respond following their two losses last week, Friday night’s matchup against Pittsburgh was the perfect arena.
“One thing I've learned from my time here is that there are going to be ups and downs no matter how good or bad the team is,” senior captain Todd Wharton said.
In what was slotted to be a manageable midweek matchup against a weaker out-of-conference foe, the No. 12 Virginia men’s soccer team struggled to implement its game plan.
In Newton, Massachusetts Friday, common logic abandoned the 10th-ranked Virginia men’s soccer team. The Cavaliers struggled with the artificial turf at Newton Campus Field and ceded the game’s first score just 34 minutes in.
The Cavaliers (7-1-2, 2-1-1 ACC) will take on the Eagles (7-3-1, 2-2-0 ACC) after narrowly fending off Louisville and Portland earlier this month.
Resilience and breakout. These are the two words that best encompass the 11th-ranked Virginia men’s soccer team’s two weekend victories over fall reading days.
Louisville is led by freshman forward Tate Schmitt, who has burst on to the collegiate scene and currently leads the ACC in goals, with six.
When playing a top-15 team in the country in a hostile road environment with just three days of rest, it is very tough to muster the effort and motivation to play your best game.
The Skinny on weekend action for Virginia’s field hockey, men’s soccer, volleyball, men’s golf, cross country and women’s tennis teams
Beating Virginia Commonwealth in Richmond is never an easy task, and Monday night’s commonwealth clash with the Rams was no different.
The sixth-ranked Cavaliers men’s soccer team battled one of its toughest opponents thus far in the team’s ACC home opener in front of a packed crowd at Klöckner stadium on Friday night.
Friday night’s clash will be the 72nd meeting of the two teams since 1949, with the Cavaliers owning a 46-17-8 series record. However, beating this year’s NC State team will not be an easy task.
When James Madison arrived in Charlottesville Tuesday, the frustration over last season’s nail-biting 2-1 defeat was palpable.
After just three days off following Friday’s game, the Cavaliers (2-0-2, 0-0-1 ACC) host in-state rival James Madison (0-3-1, 0-0 CAA) – a team that was leading at Klöckner stadium last season until an 89th minute Virginia equalizer sent the game to overtime.
In their first ACC matchup of the 2015 season, the fifth-ranked Virginia Cavaliers men’s soccer team battled for 110 minutes in Durham, NC to draw a stingy Duke Blue Devils team in two overtimes and remain unbeaten.
If there were any questions remaining about the talent of the Cavaliers’ attack, Tuesday night’s offensive outburst put those to rest.
