No. 6 Virginia Hosts No. 14 FSU At 1 PM Sunday
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –The No. 6 Virginia women’s soccer team (13-2-0, 6-2-0 ACC) continues its homestand on Sunday (Oct. 21), hosting No. 14 Florida State (11-3-2, 4-3-1 ACC) in a 1 p.m. contest at Klöckner Stadium.
It will be senior day for the Cavaliers who honor eight players prior to the start of the contest.
The match will be broadcast on television through the ACC Regional Sports Networks. Fans can also keep up with the action through live stats linked at VirginiaSports.com or by following the program’s official Twitter account @UVAWomenSoccer.
TICKETS AVAILABLE
Fans can purchase tickets at a discounted rate in advance by going online to VirginiaSports.com/Tickets.
For all regular season home games, available reserved single-game tickets can be purchased in advance for $8 online or via mobile devices. Tickets are $10 at the sport-specific ticket office on game day. General admission single-game tickets are $5 in advance and $8 at the sport-specific ticket office locations on game day.
PROMOTIONS TO WATCH FOR IN RETURN HOME VS. FSU AND NC STATE
• A face painter and balloon artist will be on hand for FSU and the first 1200 fans receive a UVA scarf
• Sunday’s match vs. Florida State will also be senior day with eight seniors being recognized pre-match
• UVA alum and USWNT member Morgan Brian will sign autographs for the hour prior to kick vs. FSU
• The first 1,000 fans against NC State receive a rally towel and students earn 5 Sabre Rewards points
CLEAR BAG POLICY/SECURITY MEASURES IN PLACE AT KLÖCKNER STADIUM
Virginia Athletics has a clear bag policy and entrance procedures in effect for Klöckner Stadium this season. Please review FAQs here: https://virginiasports.com/sports/2018/5/22/facilities-clear-bag-Disharoon-Klockner.aspx
QUICK KICKS
• The Cavaliers have posted four consecutive shutouts heading into Sunday’s match with FSU
• UVA is second nationally in scoring (2.93 gpg), total goals (44) and points per game (8.67)
• To date, 15 different players have scored goals for UVA and 15 different players have assists
• Eight different players have hit game-winning goals for the Cavaliers in the 13 season wins
• Freshmen Alexa Spaanstra leads the team in points (17) is one of three with six goals
• Junior Meghan McCool and freshman Rebecca Jarrett tie for team lead in goals (6)
• Three players for UVA have at least five goals and three have at least five assists this season
THE SERIES WITH FLORIDA STATE
• Virginia and FSU have played each other 31 times with Virginia leading the series 19-6-6
• The last two meetings were both ties, while the previous five were all decided 1-0
• The teams have played each other 11 times in Charlottesville with UVA leading 10-0-1
• Virginia has outscored the Seminoles 48-28 in the all-time series that began in 1995
A LOOK AT FLORIDA STATE
• FSU is 11-3-2 and 4-3-1 in the ACC entering the Sunday matchup with the Cavaliers
• Deyna Castellanos leads the Seminoles offense with 17 points (6 goals, 5 assists)
• Yujie Zhao also has six goals and three assist for 15 total points for FSU
• FSU has posted 10 shutouts this season with nine of them victories and one scoreless draw
• Brooke Bollinger has allowed seven goals and posted eight shutouts through 15 games in goal
• The Seminoles are outscoring opponents 34-to-7 this season
• Florida State is 3-1 on the road this season, having played 13 matches at home to date
SWANSON CLOSING IN ON MILESTONE, APPROACHING 400 CAREER COACHING WINS
• UVA head coach Steve Swanson is closing on in a rare achievement as he approaches 400 career wins
• As a head coach, Swanson holds a 399-152-55 record through stops at Dartmouth, Stanford and UVA
• Currently only 10 D1 coaches have hit the 400 win milestone with seven of them currently active
• Swanson is one of only nine coaches who would have all 400 wins at a D1 institution
UP NEXT FOR THE CAVALIERS
• UVA will close the regular season at home on Thursday with NC State – a series UVA leads 26-12-2
• The 6 p.m. match will be televised on ACC Regional Sports Networks
• It will be the fourth straight home match for UVA to close the season
• Virginia and NC State have played each other every season since the series began in 1985