No. 4 Virginia Plays Final Two Home Games Friday and Sunday
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 4 Virginia field hockey team (10-2, 4-1 ACC) plays its final two home games of the regular season, hosting No. 12 Syracuse (10-3, 4-2 ACC) on Friday, Oct. 18 at 3 p.m. and Miami University (7-6, 4-1 MAC) on Sunday, Oct. 20 at 12 p.m.
FOR FANS
- The matches will stream online on ACCNX through the ESPN app. It is available through participating TV providers that carry ACC Network
- Live stats are available
- Admission is free for all regular-season home games at Turf Field
- Sunday’s game is Senior Day with a post-match recognition for the Cavaliers’ eight fourth and fifth years
MATCH NOTES
- Virginia dropped one spot in the NFHCA Coaches poll, coming in at No. 4 this week. The Cavaliers had been at No. 3 in the NFHCA Poll since the preseason poll
- Virginia ranks second in the ACC with 2.83 goals per game
- Sophomore striker Emma Watchilla scored her fifth goal of the year against Saint Joseph’s, tying her for the team lead with midfielders Suze Leemans and Daniela Mendez-Trendler
- Virginia leads the all-time series against Syracuse 12-3 and has won the last 11 meetings
- 10 of the last 12 matches between the two teams have been decided by a one-goal differential including five that have gone into overtime
- The two teams played twice last season, with UVA winning 3-2 in double overtime in the regular season at Syracuse and 3-2 in regulation in the first round of the ACC tournament in Charlottesville
- Virginia is 15-0 all time against Miami
- Virginia will recognize eight players in the postgame senior ceremony on Sunday: grad students Lilly Hengerer, Meghen Hengerer and Kacy Hogarth and seniors Jans Croon, Noa Boterman, Emily Field, Taryn Tkachuk and Tyler Kennedy
ON THE HORIZON
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The Cavaliers close out the regular season on the road, playing at No. 1 North Carolina on Friday, Oct. 25 and at Wake Forest Nov. 1