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Nov. 22, 2006
Game #21
NCAA TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINALS
Nov. 24, 2006
#4 Virginia (16-3-1) vs. #12 Notre Dame (15-5-2)
Klockner Stadium
Charlottesville, Va.
6 p.m.
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No. 4 seed Virginia welcomes No. 12 seed Notre Dame to Klöckner Stadium for an NCAA Quarterfinal match at 6 p.m. Friday. The winner will advance to the NCAA College Cup in St. Louis, Mo. to face the winner of the game between No. 1 seed Duke and No. 8 seed UCLA, Dec. 1 in the national semifinals. The NCAA College Cup final will be played on Dec. 3. Virginia defeated Cal, 2-1, in third round action while Notre Dame knocked off defending national champion Maryland, 1-0, in double overtime. Virginia looks to set the NCAA single-season attendance record. In 14 home dates this season, 37,333 Cavalier fans have watched UVa post a 13-1 home record.
ABOUT THE VIRGINIA CAVALIERS
Virginia (16-3-1) advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament after rallying to defeat No. 13 seed Cal, 2-1, at home last Saturday night. Sophomore forward Yannick Reyering scored two second-half goals including the game-winner in the 74th minute to help No. 4 seed Virginia overcome the halftime deficit. Virginia earned the No. 4 seed in the 2006 NCAA Tournament after finishing 14-3-1 and 5-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference during the regular season and ACC Tournament. The Cavaliers posted one of the top RPIs in the country. UVa earned a first round bye before defeating Bucknell, 4-0, in the second round. Reyering leads the team with 30 points which includes 11 goals and eight assists. It is the second straight season that Reyering has scored at least 10 goals and put up 30 points. Nico Colaluca is second with 22 points including a season-high seven goals and eight assists. Adam Cristman is third on the team with eight goals, five assists and 21 points. UVa has outscored opponents, 37-15, and out-shot them, 313-211. The Cavs are averaging 15.6 shots per game. Senior goalkeeper Ryan Burke has a 0.76 goals against average with 67 saves. He’s posted eight shutouts.
ABOUT THE NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH
No. 12 seed Notre Dame knocked off defending national champion Maryland, 1-0, in double overtime to advance to the NCAA quarterfinals. Joseph Lapira scored with 3:04 remaining in the second overtime to knock off the Terrapins. Lapira leads the nation with 22 goals and 49 points. He is the reigning BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year and a semifinalist for the M.A.C. Hermann Trophy, given to the nation’s top player. His teammate Greg Dalby, who was chosen the BIG EAST Midfielder of the Year, also is up for the Hermann Trophy. Forward Justin McGeeney has five goals, one assist and 11 points while Nate Norman leads the team with seven assists. Notre Dame has outscored opponents, 43-16, in 22 games. Goalkeeper Chris Cahill has 11 shutouts in 19 games with a 0.68 GAA and 65 saves.
THE VIRGINIA-NOTRE DAME SERIES
Virginia leads the all-time series with the Fighting Irish, 2-0-0. The teams last met in 1989 in the adidas/Met Life Classic in Bloomington, Ind. Virginia won that game, 3-0. The teams played in the 1985 regular season opener in Charlottesville, which also resulted in a 3-0 Virginia win.
CAVALIERS CLOSE TO SETTING NCAA ATTENDANCE RECORD
Virginia is close to setting a NCAA single-season attendance record heading into its final home game of the 2006 campaign. In 14 home dates this season, 37,333 Cavalier fans have watched UVa post a 13-1 home record. Maryland set a new single season record for total attendance after playing its last home game in the NCAA Third Round. The new record is 40,907 leaving Virginia just 3,575 fans from breaking that record. The Cavaliers are averaging 2,667 fans per home date. Virginia already owns the 2006 NCAA single-game record after 7,428 fans watched the Cavaliers defeat Clemson, 1-0.
LAST TIME OUT AGAINST CAL
Yannick Reyering scored two second-half goals including the game-winner in the 74th minute to help No. 4 seed Virginia overcome a halftime deficit to send the Cavaliers to the NCAA Quarterfinals with a 2-1 victory over No. 13 seed California last Saturday night in front of 3,644 fans at Klöckner Stadium in NCAA Third Round action. Reyering finished the game with six shots as he scored his 10th and 11th goals of the season. It is the second straight season that he has scored at least 10 goals. Ryan Burke finished the game with six saves, which gives him the career record with 250 saves surpassing Jeff Causey.Reyering took advantage of a mistake by Cal goalkeeper Justin Myers in the 74th minute. Myers attempted to start a Cal attack, but his pass to one of the Cal defenders ended up being intercepted by Reyering. Reyering sideswiped a diving Myers and slid a shot into the left side of the goal from the right wing to put the Cavaliers ahead, 2-1, at the 73:43 mark.Burke made two saves over the last eight minutes including one on a header by Andrew Jacobson in the final minute to preserve the win. Cal struck first in the 29th minute when Jeff Sarafini collected a rebound off a Burke save on a shot from Steve Purdy. Sarafini blasted home a shot from 22 yards out in the upper left corner giving the Bears a 1-0 lead. Cal held on to the 1-0 lead at halftime before the Cavaliers had a chance 35 seconds into the second half. Nico Colaluca slid a ball into the box that just missed a streaking Adam Cristman. The Cavaliers broke through the Bears’ defense in the 65th minute. After a Jonathan Villanueva corner kick, Virginia gained possession inside the 18. Colaluca hit Reyering on a bang-bang play from four yards out to tie the game, 1-1. Virginia outshot the Bears, 19-15 and held a 7-5 advantage on corner kicks. Myers finished the game with six saves for Cal.
THE COMMON OPPONENT
Virginia and Notre Dame have two common opponents in 2006 as both teams faced No. 5 seed Maryland and No. 6 seed West Virginia. UVa defeated West Virginia, 2-1, in overtime in Charlottesville on Sept. 19 and Maryland, 3-0, in Charlottesville on Oct. 11. Notre Dame fell during the regular season to WVU, 2-1, but knocked off Maryland, 1-0, in double overtime in the NCAA Third Round in College Park, Md.
VIRGINIA IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
Virginia is 45-22-4 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. The Cavaliers won national championships in 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994. This is the Cavaliers’ sixth trip to the quarterfinals of the NCAA’s under George Gelnovatch and 15th overall trip in the program’s history.
REYERING NAMED SEMIFINALIST FOR HERMANN TROPHY
Sophomore forward Yannick Reyering has been selected as one of 15 semifinalists for the 2006 Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy, presented annually to the top men’s and women’s player in collegiate soccer. Reyering was named second team All-ACC after leading the Cavaliers with nine goals, seven assists and 25 points.
BURKE BREAKS RECORDS
Senior goalkeeper Ryan Burke has put together one of the best careers in Cavalier history. The senior from Cumberland Foreside, Maine tallied his 28th career shutout against Bucknell in the second round of the 2006 NCAA Tournament to set a new school record in career shutouts. Burke has also set the school record for career minutes played in goal (7,176), games played (78) and career saves (250).
HEY-HEY ACC
Of the eight NCAA quarterfinalists remaining, four hail from the Atlantic Coast Conference. No. 1 seed Duke, No. 3 seed Wake Forest and No. 4 seed Virginia will all host quarterfinal matches with a trip to next week’s College Cup on the line. Four of the top 10 seeds came from the ACC while six of the seven ACC teams in the field of 48 earned a top 16 seed.
DEFENSE KEY FOR CAVS IN 2006
The addition of red-shirt freshman Bakary Soumare and junior Matt Williams has made an immediate impact for the Cavaliers to go along with returning starters Matt Poole, Zola Short and Ryan Burke. Virginia has nine shutouts in 20 games. The Cavaliers have allowed 15 goals this season. Burke has played 1659 minutes in goal and tallied 67 saves while sporting a 0.76 goals allowed average. Michael Giallombardo has played 182 minutes in goal and registered two wins for the Cavaliers.
HOME SWEET HOME
Virginia is 13-1-0 on the season at Klöckner Stadium in 2006. The Cavaliers’ lone loss came against Wake Forest, 2-1, in the regular season finale. UVa is 33-15-2 in home NCAA Tournament games. The Cavaliers are 8-7-0 in quarterfinal games at home.