No. 5 Virginia Hosts NC State in ACC Action on Friday
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – No. 5 Virginia (5-0, 1-0 ACC) resumes Atlantic Coast Conference play on Friday night (Sept. 20) when it hosts NC State (4-1-1, 1-0 ACC) at Klöckner Stadium. The match is scheduled for 7 p.m. and will air live on ACCNX.
Game Coverage: ACCNX streams via the ESPN App and is available through participating TV providers that carry ACC Network. Links for the live stream and in-game live stats will be available on VirginiaSports.com. Fans can also follow the Virginia men’s soccer official twitter account (@UVAMenSoccer) for in-game updates.
PROMOTIONS
• The first 1,000 fans will receive a Virginia soccer scarf. Gates to Klöckner Stadium open at 6 p.m.
• Friday’s match will serve as a Sabre Rewards night for students.
TICKET INFORMATION
For all regular season home games, reserved single-game tickets can be purchased for $8 online and in advance, and $10 at the box office on game day. General admission single-game tickets are $5 online and in advance, and $8 at the box office on game day.
Soccer season tickets are only available for delivery either as mobile or print-at-home, however upon request and in person only including at the game day ticket office an option for point-of-sale paper stock printing is available for $10 per account. Fans are encouraged to take advantage of discounted single game pricing by purchasing tickets in advance and using mobile ticketing options or printing their tickets at home.
The first 500 fans who purchased season tickets will receive confirmation by email and can pick up their free Virginia Soccer scarf at any of the first three home matches.
FOR STARTERS
• Virginia is one of 10 unbeaten teams remaining in college soccer and one of two in the ACC (Clemson).
• The Cavaliers have the second-lowest goals against average (0.20) in the country and are one of six teams to concede just one goal this season.
• Virginia is looking to start ACC play 2-0 for the first time since 2008 when it won its first four against NC State, Virginia Tech, North Carolina and Clemson.
STEEDMAN’S GAME-WINNERS
• For the second time in three games, sophomore Daniel Steedman recorded a game-winner when his fifth minute goal against Radford stood in a 1-0 victory at Klöckner Stadium on Tuesday night. Just 10 days prior, his goal against High Point was good enough in a 1-0 decision.
• The goal on Tuesday for Steedman was his second of the season and fourth of his career. He enters a three-way tie with Nathaniel Crofts and Irakoze Donasiyano for the team lead in goals scored in 2019.
• Steedman’s tally just 4:05 into the match was also the earliest of the nine Virginia goals in 2019.
• Along with Nathaniel Crofts, Steedman is tied for ninth in the nation with two game-winning goals.
CLEAN SHEETS
• For the second time in as many seasons, Virginia has yielded only one goal in its first five games.
• The four Cavalier shutouts in 2019 are the most in the ACC and their 0.20 goals against average is the lowest in the league and second-lowest in the country.
• Goalkeeper Colin Shutler has recorded 12 shutouts in 21 career starts in goal for the Cavaliers. One more clean sheet will tie him for 10th on Virginia’s all-time career shutouts list.
All-Time Career Shutouts at UVA
6. David Comfort (1999-02) 19
7. Tony Meola (1988-89) 17
8. Brock Yetso (1995-98) 15
9. Calle Brown (2013-14) 13
Spencer LaCivita (2011-14) 13
11. Colin Shutler (2017-19) 12
FAST START
• Virginia has won its first five games of the season 10 times in its history. The 5-0 start for the Cavaliers is the first since 2006.
UVA Consecutive Wins to Start the Season
14 1987, 1992
12 1985
11 1989, 1993
8 1969, 1982, 2006
6 1979
5 2019
SERIES HISTORY
• NC State comes to Charlottesville for the first time since 2016, a 1-0 UVA win.
• Virginia owns a 48-17-9 record in an all-time series that was first played in 1949.
• Under head coach George Gelnovatch, the Cavaliers are 18-4-3 and are unbeaten in the last five meetings (3-0-2) against the Wolfpack.
• Three of the last five matches between Virginia and NC State have gone to overtime, including a 0-0 draw on Oct. 13, 2017 in Raleigh.
NOTING NC STATE
• NC State erupted for a season-high, four goals (three in the first 36 minutes) on Tuesday night in a 4-1 home win over the College of Charleston. Four different Wolfpack players found the back of the net in the team’s second-straight win.
• Friday’s match against Virginia will be NC State’s second road game of the season. The only other contest away from home came against William & Mary on Sept. 10, a 1-1 draw in Williamsburg.
• The only blemish on the NC State ledger came against St. John’s on Sept. 1, a 1-0 loss in overtime. The Red Storm are now 6-0 on the season and ranked 9th in the country.
• NC State has been knocking on the door of the top-25 and received votes in the last United Soccer Coaches poll.