[caption id="attachment_37685" align="alignleft" width="193" caption="Junior midfielder Brian Ownby leads the Cavaliers in goals scored with seven and has started all 14 games this season.
A walk-on who had to claw his way onto the starting squad, Ari Dimas has become an unlikely yet pivotal piece of the men's soccer team's starting 11. Dimas, a sophomore midfielder, has scored only two goals on the year, yet both have been game-winners.
The third-ranked Virginia men's soccer squad took home its second draw in three games from Chestnut Hill, Mass.
[caption id="attachment_37288" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Alecko Eskandarian was a former No.
[caption id="attachment_37059" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Junior forward Brian Ownby injected energy into the Virginia attack despite battling a sore throat.
After a hard-fought match against in-state foe James Madison, Virginia heads back into conference play tonight to face ACC rival Virginia Tech. The Cavaliers (8-2-2, 1-2-1 ACC) endured an arduous, scoreless 110 minutes against JMU (7-2-2, 2-1-1 CAA) Tuesday night.
[caption id="attachment_36932" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sophomore forward Will Bates scored two goals against Alabama A&M but left Tuesday's match against JMU after the 29th minute with a bruised knee.
[caption id="attachment_36741" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Junior midfielder Brian Ownby scored his third goal of the season for the Cavaliers off an Ari Dimas corner in the fifth minute of the game.
[caption id="attachment_36678" align="alignleft" width="205" caption="Junior defender Greg Monaco was a key part of a defense that helped guide Virginia to a 13-0-1 run after last year's 1-1 tie against Liberty.
It was a game whose outcome came down to "a matter of inches," as coach George Gelnovatch said. By the end of it, No.
[caption id="attachment_36511" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior goalkeeper Diego Restrepo has posted five shutouts on the season and ranks third in the ACC with a 0.55 goals against average.
[caption id="attachment_36387" align="alignleft" width="222" caption="Freshman forward Brian Span scored the second goal of the game for the Cavaliers Tuesday night against Longwood.
[caption id="attachment_36334" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Junior forward Brian Ownby notched his second goal on the season during the Cavaliers' 2-0 victory against American last Tuesday.
[caption id="attachment_36280" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sophomore midfielder Ari Dimas scored in the 88th minute Saturday to secure Virginia's victory against Clemson.
The Cavaliers head to Clemson tomorrow night looking to avenge one of their three losses in 2009 as they search for their first ACC victory this season. Nearly a year ago, the then-unranked Tigers traveled to a rainy Kl
[caption id="attachment_35946" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Redshirt junior midfielder Jimmy Simpson was called for one of the eight yellow cards handed out Saturday.
[caption id="attachment_35870" align="alignleft" width="259" caption="Junior defender Mike Volk forms part of a defense that has surrendered just one goal at home so far this season.
The Cavaliers return to Kl
[caption id="attachment_35632" align="alignleft" width="218" caption="Sophomore midfielder Sean Hiller scored his second career goal Saturday.
