Virginia Opens Spring ACC Play Sunday vs. Notre Dame

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia (4-4-1) will play its first ACC match of the spring when it hosts Notre Dame (6-4) at Klöckner Stadium on Sunday (March 7). The game will be broadcast live on ACCNX and is set for a 1 p.m. start.

Game Coverage: ACCNX streams via the ESPN App and is available to authenticated subscribers of ACC Network. Direct links for the live stream and in-game live stats are available on VirginiaSports.com. Fans can also follow the Virginia men’s soccer official twitter account (@UVAMenSoccer) for in-game updates.

FOR STARTERS

• Sunday will be the first of six ACC games this spring, the Cavaliers will play each Coastal Division team and one inter-divisional match against Louisville over the next month.
• Notre Dame and Virginia will meet for the second time in the 2020-21 season. The Irish won 2-1 in double overtime in South Bend on Oct. 24, 2020.
• The Cavaliers are one win shy of their 200^th ACC win and would be the first ACC school to reach the 200-win plateau.

AGAINST NOTRE DAME

• The Cavaliers own an 8-5-4 record all-time against the Irish and a 6-5-4 mark under head coach George Gelnovatch.
• Virginia has played at Notre Dame every year since 2013 and met twice in the same season six of the eight seasons the Irish have been in the ACC.
• Notre Dame will visit Klöckner Stadium for the first time since 2018 and is winless in six all-time matches (0-4-2) in Charlottesville.
• Notre Dame was the beneficiary of an own goal in a 2-1 double overtime win on Oct. 24, 2020. The Cavaliers led 1-0 at the half until a Jack Lynn equalizer in the 54^th minute.

SPRING OPENER

• The Cavaliers spring slate opened with a bang, three first half goals in a 3-0 victory against George Mason.
• Axel Gunnarsson started the scoring spree with his team-leading, third goal of the 2020-21 season and fifth of his career. He’s scored in consecutive games dating back to his equalizer in in the 85^thminute of the ACC semifinal match against Clemson on Nov. 18, 2020.
• Kevin Ogudugu who assisted on the opening goal, put UVA up 2-0 just under three minutes later. The three points (1g, 1a) were the first of his Virginia career.
• Nick Berghold put the game out of reach with a header goal in the 34^th minute, his second in seven games played this season.

TRENDING

• Nine different Cavaliers have scored a goal for Virginia in 2020-21 and a total of 14 have registered a point. A tribute to the youth on the Cavalier squad, eight of the 14 have registered their first collegiate point this season.
• Virginia scored its two quickest goals of the season against George Mason. Both came just 10:48 into the contest, in eight fall games, the Cavaliers did not score in the first 15 minutes of any match.
• Irakoze Donasiyano played all 90 minutes of Tuesday’s match, his 50^th consecutive start as a Cavalier. He has played the last 1,158 minutes of action for Virginia.
• Defender Oliver Gerbig had an assist on Tuesday against George Mason, his first collegiate point. He has played every minute of every match since transferring this fall from Coastal Carolina.
• Jeremy Verley served the ball to the back post on a corner kick for the third UVA goal against George Mason, the point was the first of his career. He logged 71 minutes on Tuesday and made his third career start.
• Goalkeeper Alex Rando was credited with his second career shutout after making three saves on Tuesday. The Cavaliers are 2-2 in his starts in goal.