No. 2 Virginia Closes ACC Road Swing At Syracuse Sunday
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 2 Virginia women’s soccer team (11-1-1, 4-0-1 ACC) closes out a four-game road swing in ACC play on Sunday (Oct. 10) when the Cavaliers take on Syracuse (4-7-1, 0-5-0 ACC) in a noon match.
HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION
The match will be streamed on ACCNX and is available through the ESPN app and ESPN.com. Live stats will also be available. Links to the stream and the live stats are available at VirginiaSports.com. Fans can also get updates by following the program’s official Twitter account (@UVAWomenSoccer).
QUICK KICKS
• Virginia is coming off a 3-0 win at Boston College – the fourth shutout through five ACC games this season
• On the year, the Cavaliers have posted nine total shutouts through 13 games
• Alexa Spaanstra tallied a brace on Thursday night, her first multiple-goal game of the year and sixth of her career
• Diana Ordoñez hit the game-winning goal at BC – her 10th goal of the year and 12th game winner of her career
• Laurel Ivory improved to 61-16-12 with the shutout and now has 40 solo shutouts in her career
• Ivory is 9-1-1 on the season with seven solo shutouts in the 2021 season
• Lia Godfrey added two more assists at BC bringing her season total to eight – one shy of her freshman total
• The Cavaliers have scored 31 goals this season while allowing only seven
THE SERIES WITH SYRACUSE
• Virginia and Syracuse meet for the seventh time when the teams face off on Sunday afternoon
• The Cavaliers lead the all-time series 6-0-0 and are 2-0-0 in games played at Syracuse
• Last season, Virginia picked up a 5-3 victory over the Orange in only the second meeting at Syracuse
• After playing the first three games in the series at UVA, this will be the third meeting in the last four played at SU
• The 2019 meeting between the teams was canceled due to inclement weather and field conditions at Syracuse
A LOOK AT THE ORANGE
• Syracuse is 4-7-1 on the season and 0-5-0 in ACC play after suffering a 5-0 loss at No. 1 Florida State Thursday
• Telly Vunipola leads the Orange with six points on two goals and two assists – three players have two goals each
• Vunipola has hit the game-winning goal in two of the four victories this season for the Orange
• In goal, Lysianne Proulx has made 56 saves while allowing 23 goals and posting four shutouts this season
• As a team, Syracuse has surrendered the 23 goals while scoring only 10 goals through 12 games this year