Virginia Faces Pepperdine In NCAA Second Round Friday

Nov. 16, 2017

LOS ANGELES – The No. 12 Virginia (12-5-4) women’s soccer team, one of four No. 3 seeds in the NCAA Tournament, faces Pepperdine (15-2-3) in the second-round of the NCAA Tournament at 8 p.m. ET. The match is being played at Drake Stadium and hosted by No. 2 seed UCLA.

Fans can follow the action live through live stats and a live video stream linked at VirginiaSports.com or by following the action through the program’s official Twitter account @UVAWSoccer.

QUICK KICKS
– Veronica Latsko is tied for the team lead in points with 17 on seven goals and three assists
– Taryn Torres is team-leader with eight goals – 2 game winners – and an assist for 17 points
– Taylor Ziemer is third on the squad with 13 points (4 goals, 5 assists) this season
– Twelve different players have scored for UVA this season, while 10 have added assists
– Ziemer and Megan Reid are the team leaders in assists with five and four, respectively

THE SERIES WITH PEPPERDINE
– Virginia holds the lead in the all-time series with the Pepperdine Waves 1-0-1
– The teams have met twice during a home-and-home series played in 2015 and 2016
– Virginia and Pepperdine played to a 2-2 draw in the first meeting in Malibu in 2015
– The Hoos won the second meeting 2-0 in Charlottesville in 2016 over the then No. 25 Waves

UVA IN THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
– Virginia is making its 30th appearance all-time in the NCAA Tournament
– The Hoos have played in 24 consecutive NCAA Tournaments – the third longest active streak
– Virginia advanced to the College Cup three times, in 1991, 2013 and 2014
– The Cavaliers advanced to the NCAA Championship match in 2014, finishing as runners-up
– Virginia has advanced to at least the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament the past 12 seasons
– Virginia holds a 41-6-25 record all-time in the NCAA Tournament

A DEEPER LOOK AT VIRGINIA IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
– Virginia has made 30 total appearances in the NCAA Tournament, including 24 consecutive
– The 24 consecutive berths is the third longest active streak behind UNC and Notre Dame
– Virginia holds a 41-25-6 record in matches played in the NCAA Tournament all-time
– That record is impressive in the Swanson era with a 38-14-5 mark under his leadership
– The Cavaliers have out-scored foes 155-to-81 in NCAA Tournament matches
– That score margin is more pronounced under Swanson coming in at 142-to-56 all-time

LAST TIME VS. PEPPERDINE
– The Cavaliers and Waves met in Charlottesville during the 2016 season, a 2-0 victory for UVA
– UVA was ranked No. 3 at the time of the match, while Pepperdine was ranked No. 25
– It was the sixth shutout of the season as Morgan Stearns posted the clean sheet in the victory
– Morgan Reuther scored in the 37th minute off passes from Meghan McCool and Meghan Cox
– Then freshman Alissa Gorzak scored in the 54th minute off a pass from Megan Reid

LAST TIME OUT FOR VIRGINIA
– UVA advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a 2-0 win over Saint Francis
– Virginia out-shot the Red Flash by a 33-to-3 margin for the match
– Veronica Latsko hit the first goal in the 23rd minute of play off a pass from Taylor Ziemer
– UVA extended the lead in the 56th minute when Torres hit her team-leading eighth goal
– UVA posted a shutout for the ninth time on the year, the eighth solo shutout for Laurel Ivory