No. 4 Women’s soccer rebounds following first loss
By Jacob Hochberger | October 6, 2014After being knocked from the top of the ACC standings last weekend, the Cavaliers hit the road to take on 14th-ranked Notre Dame Sunday.
After being knocked from the top of the ACC standings last weekend, the Cavaliers hit the road to take on 14th-ranked Notre Dame Sunday.
After a challenging road trip in which the fourth-ranked Virginia women’s soccer team lost its first game of the season, the Cavaliers hit the road once again this weekend to take on yet another difficult opponent, the No. 14 Notre Dame Fighting Irish.Virginia (10-1-0, 2-1-0 ACC) experienced a long period of success to begin the year, starting 10-0-0 and outlasting all other teams to remain as the final unbeaten/untied team in the nation.
The second-ranked Virginia women’s soccer team traveled to fifth-ranked Florida State Sunday, ultimately losing a hard-fought match, 1-0.
On a day when unfavorable weather shrouded Charlottesville in dark skies and misty rain, Virginia and Wake Forest battled under the lights at Klöckner Stadium.
The Cavaliers received a well-deserved break, with four days between ACC matchups heading into Thursday’s game against Wake Forest (3-4-1, 1-0 ACC). Virginia has the opportunity to extend its 16-game ACC regular season winning streak — the fourth longest in conference history and goes back to Oct. 2012.
The No. 2 Virginia women’s soccer team opened ACC play Saturday night against a reeling Miami team desperate for its first conference road win since 2012. The Cavaliers, meanwhile, were looking to extend a program record 24-game home winning streak and notch their 39th straight win against a non-ranked opponent.
After eight games, the second-ranked Virginia women’s soccer team has performed above and beyond expectations as it has dominated early season play. The Cavaliers had outscored opponents 23-3 entering Wednesday’s matchup, and they didn’t look at all slowed by their rough schedule — three games in six days — in their final out-of-conference game.
In the Virginia women’s soccer team’s first road trip of the year, the No. 3 Cavaliers handily defeated Alabama and Samford, remaining undefeated and returning home with 5-0 record.
The No. 3 Virginia women’s soccer team will make a trip south this weekend — starting with a matchup against SEC opponent Alabama Friday, the Cavaliers (3-0, 0-0) will finish off the trip Sunday with a game against Samford in Birmingham, Alabama.
The third-ranked Virginia women’s soccer team is a team seemingly on a mission, easily dispensing of opponents and controlling play as they remained undefeated over the weekend with a 4-0 win Friday night against in-state rival Richmond and a 5-0 romp Sunday afternoon against Villanova.
Third-ranked Virginia women’s soccer hit the ground running this season, picking up right where the team left off last year. This weekend, the Cavaliers look to continue their strong play when they play host to Richmond in the second game of the team’s season-opening, three-game home stand.
The No. 1 and top-seeded Virginia women’s soccer team will travel to Cary, N.C. on Friday to make its first College Cup appearance since 1991.
The No. 1 and top-seeded Virginia women’s soccer team defeated Michigan Friday to earn a trip to the College Cup for the first time since 1991.
On a frigid evening in Charlottesville Sunday, the No. 1 Virginia women’s soccer team shut out Wake Forest, 2-0, in the NCAA Tournament’s third round after beating Georgetown 1-0 two days ago to advance.
The No. 1 Virginia women’s soccer team was able to grind out a 1-0 victory against a tough, defensive-minded Georgetown team in the second round of the NCAA tournament Friday at Klöckner Stadium.
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The No. 1 seeded Virginia women’s soccer team returns to NCAA Tournament action Friday against Georgetown. Both squads are coming off shutout victories in their first-round matches against Saint Francis and La Salle, respectively.
The 2013 regular season was a demonstration in dominance for the Virginia women’s soccer team. The season opener against VCU saw them ranked seventh, but by their Sept. 11 ACC opener, the Cavaliers had shot up to second in the nation. A week later they were on top, and for good reason. The Cavaliers eventually notched 19 wins — a school record and perfect season.
After dropping its first game of the season one week ago against in-state rival Virginia Tech, the top-seeded Virginia women’s soccer team got back to its winning ways Friday, trouncing Saint Francis in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, 5-0.
Thanks to its stellar play throughout the regular season, the Virginia women’s soccer team earned the University’s first ever No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament and will host St. Francis Friday night at Klöckner Stadium.