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No. 24 Virginia Closes Home Slate With Clemson Friday

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 24 Virginia women’s soccer team (10-5-0, 3-5-0 ACC) closes out the home portion of its regular-season schedule on Friday (Oct. 25) with a 7 p.m. contest against Clemson (6-7-2, 2-6-0 ACC).

PROMOTIONS ON TAP

  • It is the team’s Breast Cancer Awareness game as the team seeks to raise awareness of breast cancer screening and treatment.
  • Sabre Rewards Game with five Sabre Rewards points available for students.
  • Virginia Women’s Soccer bucket hat giveaway to first 500 fans in attendance.

HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION
Friday’s match will be streamed on ACCNX which is available 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).

TICKETS AVAILABLE
Tickets are available for purchase at UVATix.com. General admission tickets are $8 and reserved seats are $12 if available.

QUICK KICKS

  • The Cavaliers close out the home portion of the regular-season schedule on Friday night when Virginia hosts the Clemson Tigers.
  • The Cavaliers moved up a spot in the RPI this week, going to No. 13 after last weekend’s trip to Florida State thanks to a challenging schedule that is rated the 12th toughest in the nation.
  • The Hoos have played six teams currently among the top 12 in the RPI and four of them ranking in the top five and three of those on the road: at No. 1 UNC, at No. 3 Duke and at No. 5 FSU.
  • The two games left on the schedule for Virginia are against top 50 RPI teams with Clemson (46) and at Virginia Tech (26) closing out the 2024 regular season.
  • 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.
  • Cagle’s 24 career assists have her just outside the top 10 at UVA in career assists, while Lia Godfrey sits tied for 10th all-time with 26 career assists entering the week.
  • 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.
  • Cagle is the team’s active leader in career points (60) with her 18 goals and 24 assists to date.

THE SERIES WITH CLEMSON

  • Virginia and Clemson have faced off 31 times with the Cavaliers holding a 16-12-3 lead in the all-time series.
  • The teams played to a 1-1 draw at Clemson last season with Jill Flammia scoring in the ninth minute.
  • The last Cavalier win in the series came in the 2021 ACC semifinal with a Diana Ordoñez goal lifting UVA to the 1-0 victory.
  • Virginia leads the series 7-3-2 in games played at Klöckner Stadium with the last home meeting coming in the 2017 season.

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