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No. 23 Virginia Travels To No. 22 FSU For Thursday Showdown

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 23 Virginia women’s soccer team (10-4-0, 3-4-0 ACC) heads back out on the road this week for a showdown at No. 22 Florida State (8-2-2, 3-2-1 ACC). Kick is set for 7 p.m. on Thursday night (Oct. 17) at the Seminole Soccer Stadium.

HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION
Thursday’s match will be broadcast on ESPNU and will be streamed at ESPN.com and through the ESPN app. Live stats will also be available and links are at VirginiaSports.com. Fans can also get updates by following the program’s official account on X (@UVAWomenSoccer).

QUICK KICKS

  • The Cavaliers are coming off a pair of wins last week after shutting out NC State 3-0 and rallying in the second half for a 2-1 win over ACC newcomer SMU on Sunday.
  • The shutout of the Wolfpack was the seventh shutout of the season by the Virginia defense.
  • The Cavaliers moved up a spot in the RPI after the weekend to No. 14 following the wins and have played a schedule ranked No. 25 nationally for toughest schedule after facing NC State and SMU.
  • The three remaining opponents on the schedule are ranked in the top 35 in the RPI – FSU (11), Virginia Tech (28) and Clemson (35). Two of those are on the road: at FSU and at Virginia Tech.
  • Meredith McDermott struck quickly vs. NC State with a goal one minute into play. It was the 10th fastest goal scored in program history and she has two career goals scored in the opening minute.
  • McDermott and Maggie Cagle have three of the top 10 earliest goals scored in UVA history as Cagle hit a goal at the 0:50 mark last season against Radford (8/20/23).
  • Cagle tallied two assists vs. NC State to tie her career high and matched it with two assists against SMU. She found McDermott for both game winners and has 11 career game-winning assists.
  • Lia Godfrey broke through against SMU with her first goal of the season. After missing the 2023 season due to injury, it was her first goal since the Sweet 16 win at Penn State in 2022.
  • McDermott also added an assist in the win over the Wolfpack, connecting with Allie Ross.
  • The goal was the fifth of the season for Ross and it was the 11th goal of her career with the Hoos.
  • Fourteen different Hoos have found the net this season as the Virginia offense has been spreading the ball around in 2024 and 10 different players have assisted on those Cavalier goals.

THE SERIES WITH FSU

  • Virginia and Florida State have met 40 times in program history with the Hoos holding a 21-11-8 series lead.
  • The last meeting came in the 2022 season with a 1-0 victory by the Seminoles in Charlottesville.
  • The series has been tightly contested with 10 of the last 16 games decided by one goal and four draws dating back to 2013.
  • Virginia leads the series 7-3-4 in games played in Tallahassee, but the last win there came in the 2019 regular season meeting.

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