No. 4 Virginia Downs Howard 4-0 To Close Non-Conference Play

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 4 Virginia women’s soccer team (7-0-0) completed the non-conference portion of its season with a 4-0 win over Howard (1-3-3) at Klöckner Stadium on Sunday (Sept. 8)

GOALS
21’ – UVA: Samar Guidry (Allie Ross)
56’ – UVA: Ella Carter (Sophia Bradley, Alexis Theoret)
74’ – UVA: Kiki Maki (Linda Mittermair)
86’ – UVA: Allie Ross (penalty kick)

HOW IT HAPPENED
Virginia first scored in the 21st minute when Samar Guidry cleaned up a deflected ball off a shot from Allie Ross. After an attack, the Hoos reset the offense with a ball out wide to the right for Laney Rouse. Rouse cut in and played the ball in to Ross between the top of the six and the penalty mark. The shot was saved by the keeper, but the deflection bounced out to the left where Guidry was making her run and the defender slotted it back across goal and in past the right post.

The Hoos doubled the lead in the 56th minute on an Ella Carter goal. Alexis Theoret played the ball out wide on the right side to Sophia Bradley who pulled up and served the ball toward the back post. Carter pulled up on her run and volleyed the ball between two defenders for the score and the 2-0 lead.

The third goal came in the 74th minute off a corner kick for the Hoos. Linda Mittermair sent the ball in toward the near post where the ball got caught up between Maki and the keeper and dropped for the strike from Maki and the 3-0 Virginia lead.

Virginia’s fourth and final goal came in the 86th minute on a penalty kick from Ross.

NOTES ON THE GAME

• UVA improved to 2-0-0 against Howard in the first meeting since the 2015 NCAA Tournament.
• Samar Guidry’s goal was her first of the season and the second goal of her career. Guidry’s last goal came in the 2021 season opener against Richmond (8/19/21).
• Ella Carter’s goal was her second of the season after scoring her first goal at JMU last Sunday (9/1/24).
• Kiki Maki also scored her second goal in as many Sundays as she also scored last week at JMU (9/1/24).
• Camryn Miller posted her first solo shutout in her first collegiate start in goal.

FROM HEAD COACH STEVE SWANSON
“It was really good to be back at home. What a crowd and what a beautiful day for soccer. We’re happy to get the win, but we didn’t perform as well as we would have liked. We weren’t as sharp as we’re going to need to be in the ACC. There are things we can get better in, but there is a lot of positive to take away from the non-conference portion of the season and some momentum going into the first ACC game on the road at Miami.”

UP NEXT FOR THE HOOS
Virginia jumps into ACC play this week and kicks things off on the road at Miami on Thursday (Sept. 12). Kick against the Hurricanes is set for 7 p.m. on ACCNX.