Virginia To Face Milwaukee In NCAA Second-Round Action Thursday
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 1 seeded Virginia women’s soccer team (17-2-2) continues NCAA Tournament play on Thursday night (Nov. 18) with a second-round matchup against Milwaukee (19-1-0) at Klöckner Stadium. Kick is set for 7 p.m.
The matchup will be the second of the day as Alabama (11-9-1) will take on fourth-seeded BYU (14-4-1) at 4 p.m.
HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION
The match between the Cavaliers and the Panthers will be streamed on ACCNX and is available through the ESPN app and at ESPN.com. Live stats are also available for the match. Links to both the stream and live stats are at VirginiaSports.com. Fans can also get updates by following the program’s official Twitter account (@UVAWomenSoccer).
PARKING INFORMATION
Parking for Thursday and Saturday’s NCAA Tournament matches will be on a cash basis for $5 in the JPJ South lot and JPJ surface lot.
TICKET INFORMATION
General admission tickets are $5 in advance and $10 at the gate on game day. Students are required to purchase tickets at a cost of $5 in advance or at the gate. Children two and under are admitted free.
QUICK KICKS
• Virginia is coming off a 6-0 victory over High Point in the opening round of play last weekend.
• The Hoos are one of four number one seeds, assuring UVA of home field advantage until the College Cup.
• Diana Ordoñez hit her 16th goal of the season in the last outing – tied for seventh most in a season at UVA.
• Ordoñez also has 43 career goals, tying for fourth most in a career with Lindsay Gusick (2001-2004).
• Two players scored their first collegiate goals in the NCAA-opening win – Sarah Brunner and Kira Maguire.
• Virginia has now scored 56 goals this season – tied for ninth most nationally in the 2021 season.
• The Cavaliers have 16 different goal scorers this season, while 14 different players have contributed an assist.
• Lia Godfrey leads the team with 12 assists, tied for eighth most in a single season by a UVA player.
• Laurel Ivory has 67 career wins – two shy of tying the school record of 69 set by Morgan Stearns (2013-16).
THE SERIES WITH MILWAUKEE
• Virginia and Milwaukee have faced one time, a 1995 meeting in the UVA Invitational at Klöckner Stadium.
• The Hoos picked up a 5-2 victory in that meeting against the Panthers, building a 4-0 lead on Milwaukee.
• Kristen DeMillio had a brace in that game with both of her goals coming off Diana Padula assists.
• Carryn Weigand and Annemarie Murphy also had goals in that game for the Cavaliers.
A LOOK AT THE PANTHERS
• Milwaukee enters the matchup after posting a 1-0 victory over No. 14 Xavier in the opening round.
• The Panthers are 19-1 and claimed the Horizon League Championship to lock up the automatic berth.
• Milwaukee’s lone loss came in a 2-1 double overtime defeat at the hands of the Wisconsin Badgers.
• The Panthers are second nationally in scoring offense (3.15 goals per game) and second in total goals (63).
• Mackenzie Schill leads the Panthers with 12 goals, while Gaby Schwartz has a team-leading 19 assists.
• Defensively, Milwaukee leads the nation in shutout percentage with 16 shutouts in 20 games (.800).
• Keeper Elaina LaMacchia has made 57 saves, allowed six goals and has nine solo shutouts on the season.
CAVALIERS PLAYING IN A STOUT POD FOR SECOND AND THIRD ROUND ACTION
• The Hoos are playing in a stout pod statistically with BYU and Milwaukee as the nation’s top two offenses.
• The Cavaliers make it three of the top 10 goal scoring teams in the nation in action on Thursday at Klöckner.
• Defensively, the Panthers and Hoos are two of the top 10 nations in shutouts with 19 and 12, respectively.
• Virginia has conceded only 12 goals this season – four in one game – while Milwaukee has allowed only six.
• Alabama advanced by knocking off Clemson in the first round, picking up the program’s first NCAA victory.