Cavaliers Return to Klöckner Stadium to Host American Tuesday

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The Virginia’ mens soccer team (5-4-3, 1-2-2 ACC) is set to host American (3-4-5, 2-2-1 Patriot League) on Tuesday night (Oct. 15) at the Klöckner Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. on ACCNX.

How to Follow
Tuesday’s match against American will be streamed on ACC Network Extra (ACCNX) which is available on WatchESPN.com and the ESPN app for customers who have the ACC Network as part of their TV subscription. Links to both the broadcast and live stats are available at VirginiaSports.com. Fans can also get updates by following the program’s official Twitter account (@UVAMenSoccer).

The Series with the Eagles

• The matchup with Boston College will mark the 23rd meeting between the two programs all-time.
• Virginia owns a 18-4 advantage in the series and are 13-3 against the Eagles under head coach George Gelnovatch.
• The teams have split their last two meetings as Virginia came away with a 2-0 victory in 2022 while the Eagles edged the Cavaliers in a 1-0 result in 2015.

Three on the Bounce

• The Cavaliers enter the game on its longest winning streak of the season with three consecutive victories including a pair of ranked opponents (No. 19 Virginia Tech/No. 8 JMU).
• In addition to defeating a pair of ranked opponents at home, UVA also took three points from Boston College away — a notoriously difficult fixture in the ACC. Virginia recorded its first win away to BC since the 2005 season thanks to a late goal from Nick Dang.
• Following the win at BC, UVA is now 1-0-3 on the road with just one away fixture remaining on the schedule (at Pitt, 10/25)

Defensive Class

• The Cavaliers also enter the game on a run of two consecutive clean sheets with 1-0 wins over JMU and Boston College
• Virginia ranks second in the ACC and 15th in NCAA Division I with a team goals against average of just .750.
• Goalkeeper Joey Batrouni ranks second in the ACC with a save percentage of .775

Wiese Approaching History

• Virginia captain Paul Wiese is approaching the record books with his career assist tally
• Currently at 21, Wiese needs just one more assist to make it to No. 10 all-time at Virginia
• The last Virginia player to crack a top-10 list for a career total in an offensive stat category was Will Bates (2009-12) who ranks in Virginia’s top 10 in points (102), Goals (46), Shots (230), and game-winning goals (15).

Early Autumn Streaks

• Both of the previous two seasons featured lengthy unbeaten runs that were kickstarted in late September and early October.
• In 2022, Virginia started the season with a 4-3-0 record through its first seven games.
• The Cavalier season would later feature an eight-game unbeaten run (3-0-5) that started on Oct. 7—Virginia played six top-25 teams over that stretch.
• Virginia went on to earn the No. 4 overall seed in the 2022 NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship.
• In 2023, the Cavaliers started 4-3-1 in their first eight games.
• Virginia tore off a 10-game unbeaten run (7-0-3) that started on Sept. 26.
• The Cavaliers would earn the No. 7 overall seed in the NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship.

The Virginia Standard

• Virginia recorded back-to-back five-win seasons (2022-2023) for the first time since 2005-2006
• The Cavaliers are the only team in the conference coming off back-to-back five-win seasons in ACC play
• In 2022, Virginia went unbeaten on the road in ACC play with a 3-0-1 record
• This season, the ACC features 15 teams with the addition of California, SMU and Stanford. 10 of those 15 have been ranked in the preseason top-25
• Virginia is the only team in NCAA DI coming off back-to-back top-eight seeds in the NCAA tournament
• UVA was the No. 4 seed in 2022, and the No. 7 seed in 2023
• The Cavaliers earned back-to-back top-eight seeds for the first time in the program’s history since a six-year run from 1997-2002—a run that started in George Gelnovatch’s second season as head coach