No. 6 Virginia Hosts NC State Thursday To Close Regular Season
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –The No. 11 Virginia women’s soccer team (13-3-0, 6-3-0 ACC) closes out its regular-season schedule on Thursday night when the Cavaliers host NC State (10-5-3, 3-4-2 ACC) in a 6 p.m. contest at Klöckner Stadium.
The match will be broadcast by the ACC’s regional sports networks. In the Virginia and Mid-Atlantic Region, the game will air on NBC Sports Washington.
The match will also 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 @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.
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 Hoos moved to No. 11 in the national rankings following a split week at home last week
• UVA is fourth nationally in scoring (2.75 gpg) and fifth nationally in points per game (8.13)
• 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 Spaanstraleads the team in points (17) is one of three with six goals
•Junior Meghan McCooland freshman Rebecca Jarretttie for team lead in goals (6)
• Three players for UVA have at least five goals and three have at least five assists this season
A LOOK AT NC STATE
• NC State is 10-5-3 overall and 3-4-2 in ACC play entering the finale
• Tziarra King leads the Wolfpack with 22 points (8 goals, 6 assists)
• NC State has scored 31 goals and allowed 19 goals this season
• Sydney Wooten has all decisions in goal for the Pack this season
• Wooten has made 79 saves and averages a goal allowed per contest
• The Pack is coming off a 2-1 loss to Louisville on Sunday afternoon
• NC State is fighting for a berth in the ACC Championships, sitting just outside the field entering Thursday night with 11 points
LAST TIME OUT AGAINST NC STATE
• UVA and NC State met in Raleigh last season with the teams playing to a 0-0 draw
• The Hoos peppered the Wolfpack with 20 shots, but couldn’t get one past GK Sydney Wooten
• The UVA defense only allowed five shots overall, three in regulation by the Wolfpack
• UVA had six shots on goal in the match, while Laurel Ivorysaved both on goal by NC State
THE SERIES WITH NC STATE
• Virginia and NC State have faced off 40 times with Virginia leading the series 26-12-2
• The squads first met in the 1985 season and have played every season since that first meeting
• UVA has gone 22-2-1 against the Wolfpack in the last 25 meetings between the squads
• Virginia has outscored the Wolfpack 8-7to-41 all-time, despite last season’s scoreless draw
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 399-153-55 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 400 wins at a D1 institution
• In his coaching career, he has taken all three teams to league titles and the NCAA Tournament
UP NEXT FOR THE CAVALIERS
• UVA will continue its season in the ACC quarterfinals on Sunday with sites to be determined
• The site for the match is TBA with the result vs. NC State set to play a role in determining seeding for the Cavaliers
• The top four seeds host the quarterfinal matches at campus sites, currently UVA is third overall
• Only North Carolina and Duke have locked up home field for the quarterfinal rounds
• Sunday’s quarterfinal matches will all be played at 1 p.m.