No. 11 Virginia Faces No. 7 Florida State In ACC Semifinals
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –The No. 11 Virginia women’s soccer team (15-3-0) will face No. 7 Florida State (13-4-2) in the semifinals of the ACC Women’s Soccer Championship on Friday evening. Kick is set for 8 p.m. at WakeMed Stadium in Cary, N.C. Virginia is the No. 3 seed in the field, while Florida State is the No. 7 seed in the tournament.
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.
QUICK KICKS
• UVA enters the week ranked No. 11 nationally in the latest United Soccer Coaches poll
• UVA is third nationally in scoring (2.69 gpg), second in goals (48) and fourth in assists (47)
• To date, 15 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 the game winners
• Four players have at least five goals this season and six have at least four assists this year
LAST TIME OUT FOR THE CAVALIERS
• UVA defeated Louisville 2-1 on Sunday continuing a series of one-goal wins over the Cards
• Meghan McCool hit the game-winner in the 73rd minute, her second game-winner vs. UL
• Alexa Spaanstra hit the equalizer in the 14th minute of play and assisted on the winner
• It marked the first time this season that UVA has rallied to pick up the victory
THE SERIES WITH FLORIDA STATE
• Virginia and Florida State have faced off 32 times with UVA leading 19-7-6 all-time
• Prior to 2018, the previous two meetings had been ties and the five before that 1-0 results
• This will be the eighth meeting in the ACC Tournament and ninth at a neutral site
• Virginia has outscored the Seminoles 48-30 since 1995 when the series kicked off
A LOOK AT FLORIDA STATE
• FSU enters the match at 13-4-2 overall and the No. 7 seed overall
• The Seminoles defeated No. 2 seed Duke 1-0 in the quarterfinals
• Deyna Castellanos leads offensively with 20 points (7 goals, 6 ast)
• Brooke Bollinger is 12-4-2 in goal with 10 shutouts this season
• Bollinger has posted 34 saves with only eight goals allowed
• Yujie Zhao is second on the squad with six goals, three assists
UVA VS. FSU IN THE ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS
• The Hoos and Seminoles have played seven times before in the ACC Championships
• In those matches, the Cavaliers hold a 3-2-2 lead over Florida State
• The last time the two teams met in the Championships was the 2015 ACC Finals
• In that match, the teams played to a 2-2 draw with FSU taking the title 7-6 in a shootout
• UVA won meetings in 1998, 2005 and 2012 – with 1998 and 2012 being semifinal matches
CAVALIERS IN THE RPI
• The Cavaliers are ranked No. 12 in the latest RPI released by the NCAA on Monday afternoon
• Virginia has played nine of its 18 matches to date against teams ranked in the top 50 of the RPI
• When the Cavaliers play FSU on Friday night, more than half of its games will be vs. the top 50
• Entering the ACC semifinals, the Cavaliers have a 6-3 record against teams in the top 50 of the RPI
• That schedule includes wins at Duke (11), over NC State (21), and at Penn State (25)
HOOS SET SCORING STANDARD NATIONALLY SINCE 2011
• Virginia has had a high-powered offense under head coach Steve Swanson, but especially since 2011
• Over the last eight seasons, UVA leads the nation as the only team with at least 500 goals in that span
• Virginia led the nation in goals scored in 2014 with 88 goals on the way to an NCAA runner-up finish
• UVA also led the nation in goals scored with 78 goals scored throughout the 2013 campaign
• UVA is third nationally in scoring offense (2.67 gpg) and is second nationally in goals scored (48)