No. 13 Virginia Closes Season at No. 11 SyracuseNo. 13 Virginia Closes Season at No. 11 Syracuse

No. 13 Virginia Closes Season at No. 11 Syracuse

Virginia plays at Syracuse on Friday at 4 p.m. and will be streamed on ACCNX

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 13 Virginia field hockey team (6-11, 3-7 ACC) plays its final game of the 2020-21 regular season at No. 11 Syracuse (8-6, 4-4 ACC) on Friday, Apr. 16 at 4 p.m.

BROADCAST INFORMATION

  • The game will stream online through ACCNX, via the ESPN app, available through participating TV providers that carry ACCN
  • Live stats be available for the game

NOTING THE CAVALIERS

  • Virginia dropped one spot in this week’s NFHCA rankings, coming in at No. 13
  • The Cavaliers are coming off a 3-2 overtime loss against No. 1 North Carolina. Syracuse is coming off a 2-1 double-overtime loss against Boston College
  • The setback against UNC was UVA’s second overtime loss in the spring, also being edged 3-2 in OT at Wake Forest
  • Three of UVA’s four losses in the spring were by one goal, two coming in overtime the third, a 2-1 setback at Louisville, was the result of a penalty stroke being awarded in the final two minutes of regulation
  • Sophomore striker Laura Janssen (Nijmegen, Netherlands) leads the team with nine goals and 18 points. She is seventh in the ACC in points per game (1.06) and fifth in goals-per-game (0.53)
  • Sophomore midfielder Adele Iacobucci (Malvern, Pa.) has eight goals, four coming in the last four games
  • Iacobucci is eighth in the ACC in both points per game (0.94) and goals per game (0.41)
  • Junior back Amber Ezechiels (Niew-Vennep-Netherlands) is sixth in the ACC in assists per game (0.41) and 10th in points per game (0.88)

NOTING SYRACUSE

  • This will be the third meeting of the season between the two teams
  • UVA won both meetings in the fall, 1-0 (Oct. 2) and a 3-2 overtime game (Oct. 4)
  • Both of Syracuse’s games in the ACC tournament went to overtime, a 3-2 win against Duke and a 4-3 loss to UNC in the semifinals
  • Syracuse has had five games go to overtime this season including last week’s double-overtime loss to Boston College
  • Syracuse has one game remaining on the schedule, hosting No. 1 North Carolina on Sunday
  • Syracuse has a well-balanced attack with nine players have scored goals this season and no one player contributing more than five
  • Virginia leads the all-time series, 9-3, and has won the last six match-ups
  • Four of the last seven matches between the two have been decided in overtime
  • This is the first home contest for the Orange since Oct. 30. Syracuse is 3-2 for the spring season, but all five of those matches were played on the road