ACC Play Resumes for No. 10 Virginia on Friday Night

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – For the second time in four days, No. 10 Virginia (6-0-2, 2-0-1 ACC) will host a top-25 opponent when No. 23 Duke (5-2-1, 1-1 ACC) comes to Klockner Stadium on Friday (Oct. 5). The match is scheduled to air live on ACC Network Extra.
 
Game Coverage: ACC Network Extra is available to authenticated subscribers of ESPN3 through WatchESPN and the ESPN app. will be available on VirginiaSports.com. Fans can also get in-game updates on the match’s live stats feed on VirginiaSports.com and on the men’s soccer official twitter page (@UVAMenSoccer).
 
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
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
 
FOR STARTERS
• Virginia will play its fourth ranked opponent of the season and second in as many games. The Cavaliers are 2-0-1 against ranked foes this season.
• The Cavaliers come into the match riding a five-game win streak, the longest winning stretch since 2009.
• Virginia is one of seven teams in the country that remain unbeaten. Of the seven, Denver (Oct. 7) and Wake Forest (Oct. 20) will come to Charlottesville this season.
• The Cavaliers are unbeaten through their first eight games for the first time since 2006.
• Through five games at Klöckner Stadium this season, Virginia is 4-0-1.
• Virginia has scored multiple goals in four-straight games for the first time since 2013.
• Every regular season match against Duke since 2004 has been either been tied or decided by one goal.
• Virginia holds a 41-37-10 advantage in the all-time series and are 16-11-3 against Duke under George Gelnovatch.
 
WRIGHT STATE REVIEW
• Virginia won in come-from-behind fashion to defeat previously unbeaten Wright State, 2-1 at Klockner Stadium on Tuesday (Oct. 2).
• The Raiders scored the first goal on the Virginia defense in 484 minutes and broke a four-game shutout streak.
• Wright State came into the contest ranked as the second-highest scoring team in the nation and were held to a goal or less for only the second time in 10 games.
• Freshman Daryl Dike scored the game-winner in the 58th minute. The tally was the first of his collegiate career.
• Virginia trailed in the contest for only the second time this season. Previously, the Cavaliers trailed for a total of 39 seconds after responding to a first minute goal by Virginia Tech on Sept. 7
 
STOUT DEFENSE
• Virginia’s goals against average (0.24) is the second lowest in the country (Stanford – 0.21). The two goals surrendered by the Cardinal and the Cavaliers are the least in all of college soccer.
• Dating back to last season, Virginia has blanked five of its last seven ACC opponents (including postseason). Virginia has produced consecutive clean sheets with 2-0 road wins at Syracuse and Pitt.
• The Cavaliers have a total of six shutouts on the season, tied for North Carolina for the most in the ACC.
 
FRESHMAN SCORING SPREE
• First year Cabrel Happi Kamseu leveled the Wright State game in the 40th minute with his team-best, fourth goal of the season. He has now found the back of the net in four of his last five games.
• With Dike’s game-winner on Tuesday night, three of the six Cavalier goal scorers are freshmen. Of the Virginia goal scorers, five have scored the first goals of their UVA careers in 2018.
 
SERVICE BELL
• Virginia sophomore Joe Bell assisted on Happi Kamseu’s equalizer on Tuesday night. He has now recorded an assist in four-straight games and is tied for sixth in the ACC with four total assists.
• Including his corner kick service that was headed in for a Virginia own goal against FIU on Sept. 18, Bell has had a part in five of the Cavaliers last eight goals.
 
GELNOVATCH vs. KERR
• Coaching their alma maters, Virginia’s George Gelnovatch (23rd season) and Duke’s John Kerr (11th season) will be opposite of each other on the sidelines for the 12th time. Gelnovatch has the head-to-head edge on the sidelines, 5-3-3.
• Gelnovatch and Kerr also squared off in their playing days, both playing collegiately from 1983-86. The duo played a total four times on the field, each claiming two victories.
• The Blue Devils won the 1986 National Championship and Kerr was named the National Player of the Year. The Cavaliers won the 1986 ACC Championship and defeated Duke 4-0 in regular season action. Gelnovatch earned First Team All-America honors for the only time in his career the same year.
 
LAST MEETING
• Duke used a goal in the 77th minute by then-freshman Daniel Wright to come away with a 1-0 win last season at Koskinen Stadium.
• The Cavaliers held the majority of the possession in the contest and held a 13-6 advantage in shots.
• The Virginia loss against Duke was the first since 2009 and snapped an eight-game unbeaten streak against the Blue Devils.

NOTING DUKE
• The Blue Devils are looking to gain ground in the ACC standings with conference losses to Louisville (0-3) and Wake Forest (2-4).
• Behind four different goal scorers, Duke scored four goals for the second time this year with a 4-2 win over Wofford on Tuesday night.
• Junior forward Daniele Proch is tied for the second-most goals in the ACC, finding the back of the net eight times. Including a hat trick in the opening weekend of the season he scored eight goals in his first nine games.
• Duke has scored at least three goals in five of the nine games this season and has four twice. The five games with three-plus tallies are the most since 2011 when they did so six times, the most under head coach John Kerr.