Cavaliers Fall to UNCG at Home

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Following a late Spartan goal, the Virginia men’s soccer team (2-4-3) fell to UNCG (4-1-3) by a score of 2-1 on Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 1) at Klöckner Stadium.  

Goals (Assist)
13’ UNCG – Okawa (Dovlo)
67’ Virginia – Burns (Mikula, Mangarov)
86’ UNCG – Longo  

How it Happened:  

• The Cavaliers started on the front foot generating a handful of chances quickly as Cesar Cordova, Triton Beauvois and Victor Akoum all worked their way into threatening positions and managed attempts at goal. 

• UNCG broke the deadlock against the run of play when in the 13th minute as Yoshiya Okawa scored from inside the penalty area to give the Spartans a 1-0 advantage. 

• Trailing by a goal, Virginia responded quickly as Beauvois registered another attempt that was lifted over the bar just seconds after the opening goal. Virginia would outshoot their opponents by a margin of 7-1 in the first half but went into the locker room chasing the game at 1-0.  

• UVA was once again on the attack at the start of the second half registering a pair of goal-scoring chances inside the first 15 minutes following the kickoff.  

• Seven minutes past the hour mark, Virginia had its breakthrough. Off a free kick 15 yards outside the penalty area, Danny Mangarov arched his attempt to the far post where Luc Mikula headed it back across the face of goal for a sliding Luke Burns to tap in for 1-1.  

• Virginia pressed on looking for the winning goal and created one of its best scoring chances of the day when Burns played a ball in for Hayes Wood who steered his attempt wide of the far post.  

• In the 86th minute of play, the Cavaliers were hit on the counter attack as Daniel Longo took advantage of a loose ball in the penalty area and finished his chance for 2-1. 

Additional Notes:  

• David Okorie made his first career start playing 71 minutes in the midfield 

• Luke Burns scored the first goal of his collegiate career 

• Luc Mikula registered his first assist as a Cavalier, and the first of his four-season collegiate career 

• Danny Mangarov notched his second assist of the season 

• Virginia falls to 2-4-3 on the season and is winless in its last six 

• The loss marks the first time that Virginia has conceded more than one goal in a single match this season 

• The Cavaliers had 55-percent of the ball and outshot their opponents by a margin of 17-7 

 Up Next:
The Cavaliers will be back in action on Friday (Oct. 4) when they host Virginia Tech in the Smithfield Commonwealth Clash. Kickoff at Klöckner Stadium is set for 7 p.m. on ACCNX.