No. 1 UVA Continues Road Swing At NC State Wednesday

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 1 Virginia women’s soccer team (10-0-2, 2-0-2 ACC) continues a three-match road swing at NC State (6-4-2, 1-1-2 ACC) on Wednesday night. Kick is set for 7 p.m. at Dail Stadium.

The match will be broadcast on ACC Regional Sports Networks. A complete listing of affiliates carrying the match can be found here. The game will also be streamed on FoxSportsGo.com and the ESPN app and ESPN.com, but may be subject to blackout in some areas. Fans can also follow the action through live stats linked at VirginiaSports.com or get updates on the program’s official Twitter account (@UVAWomenSoccer).
 
QUICK KICKS
• Virginia remained at the top of the United Soccer Coaches poll for the fourth consecutive week
• The Virginia women’s team and men’s team both sit atop the coaches poll for the second straight week
• At 10-0-2, UVA is one of only two unbeaten teams nationally (BYU: 10-0-1) entering the week
• UVA boasts two of the top goal scorers in the ACC in Diana Ordonez (1st – 12) and Meghan McCool 
  (T3rd – 8) heading into the match with NC State
• Ordonez (9th – 26) and McCool (76th – 16) are among the NCAA leaders in points tallied this season
• Ordonez has 12 goals through nine matches played, putting her first nationally in goals/game (1.33)
• Despite two powerhouse scorers, the Hoos have 10 different goal scorers this season and 12 different 
   players have tallied an assist in one of the nation’s top offenses
• UVA’s 12-game unbeaten streak to start 2019 is the seventh longest unbeaten streak in program history
• The Cavaliers are coming off the team’s eighth shutout of the season with the 3-0 victory at Miami
• UVA enters the weekend ranked top five nationally in scoring offense (2nd – 3.42 gpg), total goals 
  (3rd – 41), points (3rd – 112) and points per game (3rd – 9.25) 
• Rebecca Jarrett tallied two assists in the win at Miami for her second multiple-assist match this year
• UVA has faced five top 25 teams this season with a 4-0-1 record against nationally-ranked opponents

A LOOK AT THE NC STATE WOLFPACK
• The Wolfpack enters the midweek contest 6-4-2 overall and 1-1-2 in ACC play
• NC State has scored 20 goals this season while allowing 11 goals by opponents
• Tziarra King has scored 10 goals for the Pack and tallied four assists this season
• Ricarda Walkling is the top ball distributor with five assists this season for NC State
• Jessica Berlin has two shutouts in goal and has allowed only 10 goals with 28 saves
• The teams have five common opponents to date with NC State going 2-1-2 against 
  Georgetown, Minnesota, Duke, Wake Forest and East Carolina
• Both teams beat the Hoyas and Pirates and played Duke and Wake to a draw. The 
   Pack dropped a road contest with the Gophers following UVA’s win over Minnesota
 
THE SERIES WITH THE WOLFPACK
• Virginia leads the all-time series with the NC State Wolfpack 27-12-2
• UVA leads the series 11-5-2 in games played at NC State and 3-1-1 at Dail Stadium
• The Hoos are 23-2-1 in the last 26 meetings vs. NC State over the last 25 years
• UVA leads the series 8-1-1 in the last 10 meetings with the Wolfpack
• Virginia won 2-1 at home last season, but played a scoreless draw at Dail in 2017
 
LAST TIME OUT AGAINST NC STATE
• Virginia picked up a 2-1 win over NC State at home in the 2018 regular-season finale 
• Lizzy Sieracki (47′) and Meghan McCool (72′) hit the two goals for Virginia
• Tziarra King (78′) hit the goal for NC State off a pass from Ricarda Walkling
• UVA held a 20-to-4 edge in shots for the match and an 8-to-0 edge in corners
• Three of the four shots for NC State came in the second half of play, all three by King
 
LAST TIME FACING THE WOLFPACK ON THE ROAD
• Virginia and NC State played to a scoreless draw at Dail Stadium in the 2017 season
• The Hoos pressured the Pack throughout with a 20-to-5 difference in shots
• NC State keeper Sydney Wootten made six saves, including two in the second OT
• Virginia’s Laurel Ivory saved both shots on goal by the Wolfpack for the match
• Courtney Petersen and Veronica Latsko led the Hoos with five and four shots each
• Six different Hoos put shots on frame in that match with the Wolfpack
 
ORDONEZ AND MCCOOL EFFICIENT IN DRIVING CAVALIER OFFENSE
• Ordonez has been a model of efficiency with 19-of-31 shots coming on goal so far this season
• Of those 19 shots on frame, 12 have resulted in a goal for the freshman as she is fourth nationally in goals scored
• McCool has also been efficient with 18-of-40 shots on frame resulting in eight goals for the Hoos
 
ORDONEZ CLOSING IN ON FRESHMAN GOAL SCORING MARK
• With 12 goals scored, Ordonez is closing in on the freshman goal scoring record at UVA 
• The freshman record of 17 goals was set by Angela Hucles in 1996 and matched by Lindsay Gusick in 2001 
 
UP NEXT FOR THE CAVALIERS
• Virginia will continue ACC play on the road at Florida State on Sunday afternoon
• The match with the Seminoles will be at 1 p.m. on ACC Network