No. 4 Virginia Hosts Loyola Maryland Sunday
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 4 Virginia women’s soccer team (1-0-0) continues to play at home on Sunday (Aug. 21) when the Cavaliers host Loyola Maryland (0-1-0) in a 6 p.m. contest at Klöckner Stadium.
HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION
Thursday’s match against Loyola Maryland will be streamed on ACCNX which is available through the ESPN app and at WatchESPN.com for customers who have the ACC Network as part of their television subscription. Live stats are also available and links to both the live stream and broadcast are available at VirginiaSports.com. Fans can also get updates by following the program’s official Twitter account (@UVAWomenSoccer).
TICKETS AVAILABLE
Fans can purchase single-game tickets in advance online at UVATix.com. Reserved seats purchased in advance are $12 and general admission tickets are $8. UVA athletics strongly encourages fans to avoid lines on game day and purchase their tickets online in advance. Single game tickets will be $15 at the gate on game day for reserved seats if available and $10 for general admission seats. Group packages for parties of 20 or more are $6 and are available for purchase over the phone in advance only.
General admission season tickets are also on sale for $45.
QUICK KICKS
• Virginia is coming off a 3-1 victory over George Mason on Thursday night to open the 2022 campaign.
• Rebecca Jarrett returned to the pitch Thursday, scoring what was the game-winning goal vs. GMU.
• A pair of freshmen got into the offense with Maggie Cagle assisting on the Jarrett goal and Maya Carter scoring a goal of her own in the win over the Patriots.
• Transfer Chloe Japic also got involved offensively with an assist on Alexa Spaanstra’s opening goal.
• Junior Sarah Brunner made her first start for the Cavaliers, appearing on the back line in the last outing.
• Spaanstra made her 85th career start in the season opener which is one shy of breaking into the top 10 in career starts at UVA. She has started every game played in her career with the Hoos.
• The game against Loyola Maryland is the second straight at home for the Hoos before UVA will head on the road next week to take on No. 19 Georgetown.
• The Hoos play seven-of-eight non-conference games at home this season as part of an 18 game schedule that features six matches against teams in the preseason top 25.
THE SERIES WITH LOYOLA MARYLAND
• Virginia and Loyola Maryland have met three times with the Cavaliers holding a 3-0-0 lead in the all-time series.
• Every meeting between the teams has come at Klöckner Stadium with the last coming in the 2008 season.
• The teams first met in the 1997 season and then played back-to-back years in 2007 and 2008.
• The 2007 meeting between the teams was an NCAA Tournament matchup the Hoos won 4-1.
• Virginia has outscored the Greyhounds 10-2 in the three meetings between the teams.