No. 1 Virginia Hosts No. 10 Duke In Sunday Showdown
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 1 Virginia women’s soccer team (9-0-1, 1-0-1 ACC) continues to play at home on Sunday (Sept. 29), hosting No. 10 Duke (6-1-2, 1-0-1 ACC) in a 2 p.m. match at Klöckner Stadium. It’s the second straight top 16 opponent for Virginia this week.
The match will be carried on the ACC Network and streamed live on the ESPN app to viewers who subscribe to a cable system that carries the ACC Network. Fans can also follow the action through live stats linked at VirginiaSports.com or by following the program’s official Twitter account (@UVAWomenSoccer).
PARKING INFORMATION
Fans in attendance should plan accordingly for changes to parking for Sunday’s match due to an event later that evening at JPJ Arena. Fans who park in the JPJ West Lot, the JPJ East Lot and JPJ Garage will be required to vacate the parking lot by 4 p.m. Fans who park in the JPJ South Lot (the old UHall lot) will be required to vacate the parking lot by 5 p.m. Parking at the Emmet/Ivy Garage is free on a first-come, first-served basis and has no vacate time.
QUICK KICKS
• UVA remained at the top of the United Soccer Coaches poll for the second straight week
• It is the first time UVA has topped the polls since the Cavaliers took the top spot in the 2015 season
• UVA boasts two of the top goal scorers in the ACC in Diana Ordonez (1st – 10) and Meghan McCool
(T2nd – 8) heading into the match with Duke. They are first and 15th nationally in goals, respectively
• Ordonez hit her 10th goal of the season on her only shot of the match in her return to action vs.
Virginia Tech. McCool hit the game-winning goal, her third of the season
• Alexa Spaanstra is one of the nation’s top distributors at seventh nationally in total assists (7)
• Ordonez (5th – 22), McCool (39th – 16) and Spaanstra (128th – 11) are among NCAA leaders in points
• UVA’s 10-game unbeaten streak to start 2019 is tied for 9th longest unbeaten streak in program history
• The Cavaliers are coming off the team’s sixth shutout of the season with the 2-0 win over Virginia Tech
• Virginia enters the weekend ranked top 5 nationally in total goals (1st – 38), points (2nd – 103), scoring
offense (3rd – 3.8 gpg) and points per game (3rd – 10.30)
• The Hoos spread the ball around with two of the top 100 players in the NCAA in assists in Spaanstra
(7th – 7) and Anna Sumpter (67th – 4). Rebecca Jarrett and Taryn Torres each have three assists.
• Sunday’s match is the second straight against a top 20 team and fifth through the first 11 matches
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. 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.
A LOOK AT THE DUKE BLUE DEVILS
• The Blue Devils enter the match with a record of 6-1-2 and 1-0-1 in the ACC
• The Blue Devils are coming off a 3-2 come-from-behind win at Wake Forest
• Ella Stevens leads the Duke offense with 16 points (6 goals, 4 assists)
• Marykate McGuire has matched Stevens with six goals this season
• Brooke Hiensohn has posted two shutouts and allowed only seven goals
• The Blue Devils have posted 24 goals and been shutout only twice in 2019
THE SERIES WITH THE BLUE DEVILS
• Virginia leads the all-time series with the Blue Devils 22-15-7
• UVA leads 10-6-3 at home and are 8-5-3 in matches at Klöckner Stadium
• Virginia has posted a 5-4-1 record in the last 10 meetings with Duke
• The win by UVA last season snapped a three-match losing streak to Duke
• The two teams have met every year since the 1987season
LAST TIME OUT AGAINST DUKE
• Virginia went on the road and picked up a 2-1 victory over the Blue Devils
• Rebecca Jarrett hit what proved to be the game winner in the 77th minute
• Alexa Spaanstra and Alissa Gorzak assisted on the Jarrett goal
• The first goal of the match was an own goal by Duke in the 26th minute
• A free kick in the 90th minute led to a Kayla McCoy goal for the Blue Devils
UP NEXT FOR THE CAVALIERS
• Virginia will head out on the road to take on Miami next Friday
• The match is set for an 8 p.m. kick and streamed on ACC Network Extra
• It will be the first meeting between the teams since the 2017 season
• Virginia is 11-2-1 vs. the Hurricanes with the two losses coming on the road