No. 12 Virginia Hosts Monmouth Friday In NCAA First-Round
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –The No. 12 Virginia women’s soccer team (15-4-0), one of four No. 3 seeds in the field, opens NCAA Tournament play on Friday (Nov. 9) in a 7 p.m. contest against Monmouth (16-3-1) at Klöckner Stadium.
The match will 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. Advanced sales and online purchases are $8 for reserved seats (if available) and $5 for general admission. Tickets are also available at the gate beginning one hour prior to the start of play. Tickets purchased at the gate are $10 for reserved seats, $8 for general admission and $5 for students of participating schools with valid student ID.
PARKING INFORMATION
Due to multiple events on Grounds at the same time, free parking will be available on a first come, first served basis in the UHall and McCue parking lots. Parking at the JPJ surface lot and garage is reserved for women’s basketball permit holders only. Free parking is also available in the Emmet/Ivy Garage.
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
• UVA enters the tournament ranked No. 12 nationally in the latest United Soccer Coaches poll
• UVA is top five nationally in scoring (2.58 gpg), assists/game (2.53) and points/game (7.68)
• To date, 16 different players have scored goals for UVA and 16 different players have assists
• Eight different players have hit game-winning goals for the Cavaliers in the 15 season wins
• Freshmen Alexa Spaanstra leads the team in points (20) with six goals, five assists
• Junior Meghan McCool leads the team with eight goals – five of them game winners
• Four players have at least five goals this season and six have at least four assists this year
UVA IN THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
• Virginia is making its 31st appearance all-time in the NCAA Tournament
• The Hoos have played in 25 straight NCAA Tournaments – the second 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 13 seasons
• Virginia holds a 42-26-6 record all-time in the NCAA Tournament
THE SERIES WITH MONMOUTH
• Virginia and Monmouth have faced once previously in the NCAA first round match in 2016
• The Cavaliers won that first-ever meeting by a score of 4-1 at Klöckner Stadium
A LOOK AT MONMOUTH
• Monmouth enters the match with a 16-3-1 record and as Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champs
• The Hawks won the MAAC Tournament for the third consecutive season – defeating Siena 7-1
• Monmouth is on an 11-match winning streak entering the NCAA Tournament
• MU took all three MAAC Player of the Year awards – Madie Gibson (Player), Jessica Johnson (Defender)
and Jill Conklin (Rookie) – including seven All-MAAC first team selections
• Madie Gibson (9 goals, 6 assists) and Alli DeLuca (8 goals, 8 assists) lead the team with 24 points each
• Four players have at least six goals and six assists this season for the Monmouth Hawks
• Amanda Knaub has all the decisions in goal with 10 shutouts, 57 saves and only seven goals allowed
LAST TIME OUT AGAINST MONMOUTH
• UVA and Monmouth met in first round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament at Klöckner Stadium
• The Hoos picked up a 4-1 win over the Hawks on a run to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament
• Kristen McNabb, Alexis Shaffer and Morgan Reuther scored the four goals for the Cavaliers in the win
• Schaffer scored two goals, including the game-winning goal, to lift Virginia to the first-round victory
• Current Monmouth keeper Amanda Knaub posted three saves in that match against the Cavaliers
• 10 current members of the UVA squad played in the last meeting with the Monmouth Hawks
UP NEXT FOR THE CAVALIERS
• Should UVA win Friday, the Hoos would face the winner of a match between Princeton and Texas Tech
• The Cavaliers are 2-0 against Princeton and have never faced the Red Raiders of Texas Tech
• Should the bracket play out as drawn up, the second-round match would occur at No. 2 seed Baylor
• The four teams playing for a second-round berth within the region’s portion of the bracket are No. 2
seed Baylor against Abilene Christian and Vanderbilt against Murray State