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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The Virginia’ mens soccer team (7-4-3, 3-2-2 ACC) is set to wrap its ACC regular season when it travels to No. 5 Pitt (11-3-0, 5-1-0 ACC) on Friday night (Oct. 25) at the Ambrose Urbanic Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. on ACCNX.

How to Follow
Friday match against Syracuse 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 Panthers

  • The matchup with Pitt will mark the 17th meeting between the two programs all-time. Virginia owns a 10-4-2 advantage in the series and are 3-1-1 against the Panthers at home.
  • The Cavaliers have won the last three meetings between the two and are unbeaten in their last four against Pitt.
  • Virginia’s last trip to Pittsburgh featured a 3-1 win for the Cavaliers over then-No. 10 Pitt. Phil Horton scored a pair of goals and added an assist in the contest earning national player of the week honors (USC, CSN, TDS). The win was Virginia’s second over top-10 opposition in six days and kickstarted an impressive run to the No. 4 seed in the NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship.
  • Virginia is 50-44-22 all-time against teams ranked in the top-five
  • The Cavaliers are 2-1 against ranked opponents this season.

Finding Form at the Right Time

  • After a six-game winless streak in which the team conceded just seven goals, the Cavaliers have turned the tides and have ripped off five consecutive wins for the first time since the 2019 season when the team won 10 straight.
  • The Cavaliers run of five wins ranks as the third longest active streak in NCAA Division I
  • Over the past three seasons, Virginia has lost just one game in the month of October when the Cavaliers fell to then-No. 10 Denver by a score of 1-0 (10/4/22). With two more wins, UVA can go unbeaten in October for the second consecutive season.
  • The Cavaliers are unbeaten in their last 11 games played in the final month of the regular season.

Defensive Class

  • Virginia ranks second in the ACC and 16th in NCAA Division I with a team goals against average of just .786.
  • Goalkeeper Joey Batrouni leads the ACC and ranks 24th in NCAA Divsision I with a save percentage of .800

Wiese Makes History

  • Virginia captain Paul Wiese joined the Virginia elite in a 4-2 win over American.
  • Currently at 23 career assists, Wiese is now tied for 9th all time in the category at UVA.
  • He becomes the first player to crack a top-10 list for a career total in an offensive stat category since 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

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