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Sept. 15, 1999
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The University of Virginia men’s soccer teamlooked to rebound from its 1-0 loss to the Maryland Terrapins on Sundayevening with a contest against the Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers atKl?ckner Stadium. The Cavaliers did just that, as Virginia pulled out toan early 3-0 lead in the first half of play and buckled down on defense enroute to a 3-0 victory in a game that was played through a steady rain infront of 463 spectators.
UVa forward Sheldon Barnes (Miramir, Fla/St. Thomas Aquinas) putthe Cavaliers on the scoreboard first at 9:44 when he collected a crossfrom the left side of the field set-up by teammates Ryan Gibbs (WestChester, Pa./East) and Marshall Leonard (Midland, Ga./Shaw) and scored theeventual game -winning goal, giving Virginia an early 1-0 lead. UVaextended its lead to 2-0 when Ryan Trout (Media, Pa./Strath Haven) dished apass to Gibbs up field for a breakaway shot at the goal which found theback of the net to make it a 2-0 Virginia lead at 28:12. Nearly fourminutes later, Trout found Gibbs once again, this time on a cross from theright side of the field at 32:07 which resulted in the Cavaliers thirdunanswered goal of the contest, putting UVa ahead 3-0.
Virginia took its 3-0 lead into the lockerroom and held theMountaineers in check during the second half to preserve their firstshutout of the the season. The UVa defense allowed only three shot on goalthe entire evening, two of which were collected as saves by Virginiagoalkeeper Kyle Singer (Plymouth, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong).
UVa improves to 3-0-0 all-time against Mount St. Mary’s. TheCavaliers have posted three consecutive shutouts over the Mountaineers inthe series meetings between the two schools. Virginia also defeated MSM6-0 (10/30/91) and 3-0 (10/29/97) prior to its 3-0 victory this evening.
With the victory, UVa improves to 3-2 overall (0-1 ACC), while theloss drops Mount St. Mary’s record to 1-4-1 on the year. The Cavalierswill return to home action on Sunday, September 19 when Virginia hosts theWake Forest Demon Deacons in an ACC contest. The game is scheduled tobegin at 2:00 p.m. and will be played at Kl?ckner Stadium.
Scoring 1 2 FMount St. Mary's 0 0 0Virginia 3 0 3
Goals: UVa 3 – Barnes @ 9:44 (Gibbs/Leonard), Gibbs @ 28:12 (Trout), Gibbs
@ 32:07 (Trout).
Shots: UVa 26, MSM 3.
Saves: MSM 9, UVa 2.
Corner Kicks: UVa 11, MSM 3.
Fouls: MSM 12, UVa 10.
Offsides: MSM 3, UVa 2.
Cautions: MSM 1 – Lepper, UVa 0.
Attendance: 463.