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Nov. 10, 2000
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The University of Virginia men’s soccer team will play the Duke Blue Devils in the semifinals of the 2000 Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Soccer Championship. The second round contest is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. and will be played at Spry Soccer Stadium on the campus of Wake Forest University.
Virginia, the number two seed in the tournament, advanced to the semifinals after pulling out a 1-0 victory over N.C. State on Thursday in the quarterfinals. Duke, seeded third in the tournament, came away with a 2-1 overtime victory over Maryland on Friday in the first round.
The Cavaliers and Blue Devils met once in the regular season on October 21st in Charlottesville, Va. Duke defeated Virginia in that contest by the score of 3-2. Duke also leads the all-time series history between the two schools, 30-29-7.
#1 seeded North Carolina will face #5 Wake Forest in the other semifinal match. The winners of both semifinal matches will meet on Sunday, November 12th in the championship match at 3:30 p.m.