No. 5 Virginia Hosts Virginia Tech on Senior Night

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April 16, 2015

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 5 Virginia women’s lacrosse team (10-5, 3-3 ACC) hosts Virginia Tech (6-9, 0-6 ACC) on Friday, April 17 at 6 p.m. at Klöckner Stadium in a Commonwealth Clash game.

Live streaming video of the game will be available online on VirginiaSports.com as part of the Cavaliers Live subscription package. Live statistics (GameTracker) will also be available. The video and live stats also can be accessed through the Virginia Sports app, which is available through iTunes.

Parking Note: Because of multiple events on Friday night, please consult this Parking Map if you are planning on attending the game.

The Commonwealth Clash presented by Virginia529 is a head-to-head, points-based competition between the athletic teams at Virginia and Virginia Tech. The Commonwealth Clash encourages a friendly, statewide rivalry between the two schools across all school-sponsored sports with 21 individual event points on the line. Fans are also encouraged to support their team through a fan-based point. The school that accumulates 11.5 points or more will be crowned the winner and take home the Virginia529 Commonwealth Clash trophy. Visit www.TheCommonwealthClash.com for more information. One point will be awarded to the winner of this game with Virginia currently holding a 9-7 lead.

Friday night is also Senior Night, with Virginia’s seven Cavalier seniors being recognized in a brief pregame ceremony.

The Cavaliers moved back into the top-five of the IWLCA rankings after defeating No. 11 Louisville, 17-9, last Sunday (April 12) at Klöckner Stadium. Senior Casey Bocklet (South Salem, N.Y.) won her third ACC Offensive Player of the Week award on Monday, the third time in the last four weeks she has earned the honor, after scoring four goals with three assists against the Cardinals. Bocklet ranks fifth in the ACC, averaging 3.80 points per game. Bocklet, with 185 career points, needs eight more points to tie for ninth place on the Virginia career points list.

Senior Courtney Swan (Vero Beach, Fla.) scored a pair of goals with three assists against Louisville, her fifth game this year contributing at least five points. Swan continues to pace the conference, averaging 1.87 assists per game. Swan currently ranks 10th on the Virginia career assists list with 68 and needs two more to move into a tie for ninth place.

Redshirt senior Liza Blue (Butler, Md.) scored two goals with an assist against Louisville, her 14th-consecutive game contributing two or more points. Blue is averaging 2.47 goals per game, ranking ninth in the ACC. Blue has scored 129 goals in her Cavaliers career and needs one more goal to move into a tie for ninth place on the Virginia career goals list.

Virginia Tech is the only unranked ACC team and is 0-6 in the ACC, but lost a close 13-11 game last week against Boston College. Megan Will leads the team with 56 points on 45 goals and 11 assists. Goalkeeper Meagh Graham is fifth in the ACC with 2.27 ground balls per game.

The Cavaliers are 19-1 all-time against the Hokies, with the lone loss coming in 2012 when Virginia Tech held on for a 10-9 upset victory in Blacksburg, one of just four losses by UVa to an unranked team since 2007.

Single-game reserved seats are available for all women’s home games for $7. Single-game general admission adult tickets for women’s home games are $5, while youth (18 and under), seniors (60 and over), and UVa faculty and staff tickets are $4 each.

The Cavaliers will also be hosting the ACC Tournament at Klöckner Stadium April 23-26. All-session tickets are $14 for reserved seats, $10 for general admission adult tickets and $8 for students and seniors. Single-session tickets are $7 for reserved seats, $5 for general admission adult tickets and $4 for students and seniors.