No. 3 Virginia Plays Friday at No. 5 Maryland
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 3 Virginia field hockey team plays two matches this weekend at Maryland Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex in College Park, Md. On Friday (Sept. 13), No. 3 Virginia (3-0) faces No. 5 Maryland (3-1) at 7 p.m. The Cavaliers play American (1-3) in a neutral-site match on Sunday (Nov. 15) at 11 a.m.
HOW TO WATCH
- Friday’s match will stream online on Big Ten Plus (subscription required)
- Live streaming will not be available for Sunday’s game
- Live stats are available for both matches
MATCH NOTES
- Virginia remained at No. 3 in the NFHCA Coaches Poll. Maryland dipped one spot to No. 5 after suffering a 1-0 loss against then No. 5 Duke last weekend
- Friday’s game is a rematch of the 2023 NCAA Quarterfinal where UVA defeated Maryland 4-0 in College Park. Maryland won the 2023 regular-season meeting 2-1 in Charlottesville
- Virginia leads the ACC with 3.67 goals per game, ranking 10th in the nation
- UVA is second in the ACC and eighth in the nation with a 0.67 goals against average
- Maryland is the third ranked team UVA has faced this year and its first top-five opponent
- Grad student Suze Leemans, the reigning ACC Offensive Player of the Week, leads the ACC in goals per game at 1.00
- Senior Tyler Kennedy, the reigning ACC Defensive Player of the Week, has an .846 save percentage this year, ranking second in the ACC and eighth in the nation
- UVA is second in the ACC and eighth in the nation with a 0.67 goals against average
- Virginia is 1-1 against American
- This is the first regular-season meeting between the two teams since 2005 when the Eagles stunned No. 5 Virginia 2-1 in overtime
- UVA and American have faced one another in preseason scrimmages several times since that game, including three-straight years from 2021-23, but have not met in the regular-season since 2005
ON THE HORIZON
- The Cavaliers return home for their ACC opener against California on Friday, Sept. 20 at 6 p.m. The game will air on the ACC Network
- UVA closes out the weekend hosting Stanford on Sunday, Sept. 22 at 1 p.m.
- Virginia will face both Cal and Stanford that weekend for the first time as conference opponents