HOOS GAMEDAY: Virginia vs. Duke
Virginia (7-5-1, 2-1-0 ACC Spring) will take on Duke (3-9-2, 1-2-0 ACC Spring) in its final regular season home match of the spring season on Sunday (March 28). The match is scheduled for a 1 p.m. start at Klöckner Stadium and will be broadcast live on ACCNX.
TEAM INFORMATION
Virginia
STORYLINES
- A victory on Sunday would secure program win No. 800. The Cavaliers are looking to become the fifth program in Division I college soccer history to reach the 800-win plateau.
- Going into the weekend, Virginia currently sits tied for second place in the Coastal Division, one point behind division leading North Carolina.
- The Cavaliers are 4-0 this spring and 6-2 overall in 2020-21 at home. An opponent has yet to score on Virginia this spring in four matches, a span of 365 minutes.
- Virginia has won back-to-back games going into Sunday against Duke and is seeking its first three-game win streak of the 2020-21 season.
- Sunday will mark the final regular season home game of the 2020-21 season for the Cavaliers. Virginia will play Louisville (April 2) and Pitt (April 8) on the road to close out the regular season.
- Sunday will be the 91st meeting between Duke and Virginia in an all-time series that was first played in 1946. Duke is Virginia’s most played opponent over the 76 years of Cavalier soccer.
- The Cavaliers hold 42-38-10 advantage in the all-time series.
- Virginia took down a then-No. 2 Duke team, 3-1 in Durham in the last meeting between the two schools. The victory was fresh off a win over then-No. 1 Maryland 11 days prior.
- Under head coach George Gelnovatch, Virginia is 17-12-3 against the Blue Devils.