[caption id="attachment_31510" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sophomore forward Lauren Alwine scored the second goal against Miami.
Virginia completed its North Carolina road trip this weekend, topping Duke 1-0 in a Saturday match at Durham and drawing Wake Forest 0-0 in a Sunday match at Winston-Salem. The win against Duke allowed the Cavaliers to break their bad luck on the road; it was Virginia's first win of the season away from home. "There were some bits and pieces in the second half that we can learn from, but the biggest thing for us tonight was to come down here and get three points and that's what we did," said coach Steve Swanson according to a University press release, referring to the ACC's standings point system in which a win is worth three points and a tie is worth one.
Facing Duke on the road last night, Virginia ended a four-game losing streak with a 1-0 victory against the Blue Devils.
North Carolina is the Brazil of women's soccer. The team has won 19 national championships in the past 27 years and is the only team in the ACC to have earned a national title. The Cavaliers, reeling from a series of disappointing games, will face the Tar Heels this weekend in what has become a conference grudge match between the two schools.
It is not easy for the Virginia women's soccer team to maintain a positive attitude when the season is not going as well as it had hoped. The Cavaliers (6-4-3, 1-3-1 ACC) have experienced a frustrating start to ACC conference play this season, including two overtime matches against conference rivals No.
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[caption id="attachment_30831" align="alignleft" width="213" caption="Senior forward Jess Rostedt scored a goal off an assist from freshman forward Caroline Miller to send last night's game into overtime.
After losing 2-1 to Virginia Tech last week, the Virginia women's soccer team dropped to 6-3-2 overall and 1-2 in the ACC.
[caption id="attachment_30723" align="alignleft" width="230" caption="Freshman defender Emily Carrollo played for 77 minutes against Virginia Tech and took two shots against the Hokies.
[caption id="attachment_30678" align="alignleft" width="286" caption="Senior forward Caitlin Miskel scored her first goal of the season against Clemson in Sunday's home game.
[caption id="attachment_30600" align="alignleft" width="298" caption="Senior midfielder Jess Rostedt scored the Cavaliers' backbreaking second goal against Clemson in Sunday's victory at home, Virginia's first ACC win.
[caption id="attachment_30504" align="alignleft" width="211" caption="Sophomore Chantel Jones is fourth in the ACC in both goals against average and save percentage.
With this past week free of matchups and its ACC schedule just around the corner, the Virginia women's soccer team was hoping to use the extra rest time to build momentum against American in its third straight home game.
After playing a solid game Sunday against Seton Hall, Virginia will enjoy the longest break from competition it has had since the season's first game. "I think this week has been very good so far and will be good in terms of trying to get better as a team and having the opportunity to do that," Virginia coach Steve Swanson said.
[caption id="attachment_30159" align="alignleft" width="228" caption="Junior midfielder Sinead Farrelly scored on a header in the 65th minute of No.
Virginia returned from a tournament in Arizona this week 3-1-1 after accruing a win and a tie against Arizona and Arizona State, respectively.
[caption id="attachment_30029" align="alignleft" width="231" caption="Junior midfielder Sinead Farrelly, who frequently played at the forward position last year, will lead the midfield in 2009.
[caption id="attachment_29849" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Freshman forward Caroline Miller scored one of Virginia's five goals against Liberty, contributing to the Cavaliers' impressive offensive attack over the weekend.
[caption id="attachment_29801" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Sophomore forward Lauren Alwine led Virginia in 2008 with 14 assists.
