No. 12 Virginia Continues Road Trip At Boston College Sunday
Oct. 21, 2017
| No. 12 Virginia (9-3-4, 4-1-3 ACC) at Boston College (9-7-1, 3-4-1 ACC) | |
| Date & Time | Oct. 22 – 1 p.m. |
| Location | Chestnut Hill, Mass. | Newton Soccer Complex |
| Match Notes | UVA Match Notes |
| Multimedia | Live Stats | ACC Network Extra |
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 12 Virginia (9-3-4, 4-1-3 ACC) continues its ACC road trip on Sunday in a 1 p.m. contest at Boston College (9-7-1, 3-4-1 ACC). The match is being played at the Newton Soccer Complex on the Newton Campus.
The contest will air on ACC Network Extra, which is available to authenticated subscribers of ESPN3 through WatchESPN and the ESPN app. Fans can also keep up with the action through live stats linked at VirginiaSports.com or by following the program’s official Twitter account @UVAWSoccer.
QUICK KICKS
– Veronica Latsko leads the team in points with 15 on six goals and three assists this season
– Latsko has hit the game-winning goal for the Hoos in the last three UVA victories
– Freshman Taryn Torres is second on the team with five goals and two game-winners
– Sophomore Taylor Ziemer is second on the squad with 12 points (4 goals, 4 assists)
– Eleven different players have scored for UVA this season, while 10 have added assists
THE SERIES WITH BOSTON COLLEGE
– Virginia and Boston College are deadlocked in the all-time series at 7-7-2
– BC and UVA met twice in the first 20 years of the series, but played every year since 2005
– The first meeting came in 1985 (a 3-0 UVA road loss) and the second in 1988 ( a 2-2 tie)
– Virginia got its first win in the series in 2008, a 2-1 home victory for the Cavaliers
– The 2010 match was a 3-2 win for UVA, the first in program history over a No. 1 ranked team
UP NEXT FOR THE HOOS
– Virginia returns home for the regular-season finale next Thursday night against No. 4 Duke
– The Cavaliers lead the all-time series with Duke 21-13-7 and lead 10-5-3 in home matches
– Virginia is 4-2-0 against the Blue Devils over the last five seasons
– Duke won the last meeting 1-0 in Durham in a hard-fought contest during the 2016 season
– It will be senior night for the Cavaliers with Virginia honoring the career of four players
SAUERBRUNN SET TO RETURN TO Klöckner STADIUM FOR REGULAR-SEASON FINALE
– Three-time All-American Becky Sauerbrunn is set to return to Klöckner Stadium in two weeks
– A four-time All-ACC selection, Sauerbrunn will sign autographs prior to kick vs. Duke (Oct. 26)
– She was named 2003 ACC Freshman of the Year and 2007 ACC Defensive Player of the Year
– She helped the USWNT to gold in the 2012 Olympics and the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup title