Virginia Hosts Miami (Ohio) on Sunday

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 18 Virginia field hockey team (4-7, 1-4 ACC) hosts Miami (Ohio) on Sunday, Oct. 7 at 1 p.m. at Turf Field in Charlottesville, Va.
 
The game will stream 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.
 
The contest will be the Cavaliers’ Think Pink game with fans encouraged to wear pink in support of breast cancer awareness. Admission is free for all of Virginia’s regular-season home field hockey games.
 
Virginia is coming off a 1-0 loss on Friday night at No. 4 Duke. Senior goalkeeper Carrera Lucas (Brooklandville, Md.) matched her season high with nine saves in the contest.
 
The Redhawks had an 8-4, 3-0 MAC record coming into the weekend, but will play at conference rival Longwood on Saturday before heading to Charlottesville on Sunday Mariona Heras is the reigning Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Week. For the third consecutive week, she led a defense that toped the league in fewest shots allowed, shots on goal allowed, and corners allowed. One week after limiting opponents to four total shots and four total corners in two games, the RedHawks held MAC-rival Central Michigan to three total shots, none of which were on goal.
 
UVA is 11-0 all-time against Miami (Ohio) including a 4-0 victory last season in Oxford, Ohio.
 
Virginia will be back on the road next week, playing on Friday, Oct. 12 at No. 20 Delaware. Virginia closes out the home portion of its schedule the weekend of Oct. 19, hosting No. 16 Wake Forest (Oct. 19) on Friday evening and No. 2 Maryland on Sunday (Oct. 21).