For more than a month and a half, during a dazzling stretch from Sept. 13 to Oct. 29, the Virginia men’s soccer team did not lose a game. Friday night at Klöckner Stadium, North Carolina quietly silenced Virginia’s 11-game unbeaten streak with a 1-0 victory.
Football What: Virginia (2-6, 0-4 ACC) vs. No. 8 Clemson (7-1, 5-1 ACC) Where: Scott Stadium When: Saturday, 3:30 p.m. The Skinny: All of Clemson’s offense runs through one man — senior quarterback Tajh Boyd.
Six minutes into overtime Tuesday night at Klöckner Stadium with the score knotted at one, Virginia sophomore midfielder Todd Wharton lined a corner kick into the UNC-Greensboro penalty box, where the Cavaliers and Spartans jostled for position. As the ball arced through the air, freshman forward Riggs Lennon broke free from the throng, while Virginia’s ten-game unbeaten streak hung in the balance.
After a tumultuous start to the season, including losses in three of its first four games, No. 14 Virginia (7-3-4, 3-2-4 ACC) has rebounded and is riding a 10-game unbeaten streak after a 2-0 upset against No.
The No. 23 Virginia men’s soccer team traveled to South Bend, Ind. Saturday afternoon for its most daunting test of the year: a road game against unbeaten No. 2 Notre Dame. The Cavaliers decisively passed the examination, swashbuckling their way to a 2-0 defeat of the Fighting Irish in the first game between the teams as ACC rivals.
The Virginia defense, working below-decks, has been integral to the season-long voyage, allowing just 1.15 goals per game and holding opponents to one goal or fewer in seven of its last nine games.
Despite outshooting Virginia Tech, 37-2, Virginia walked off Thompson Field with a 1-1 draw, a result only made possible when junior midfielder Eric Bird scored a game-tying goal with 34 seconds remaining in regulation. The No. 19 Cavaliers (6-3-4, 2-2-4 ACC) extended their undefeated streak to nine games, but failed once more to earn a win against a moderately imposing ACC opponent.
Tuesday night in Durham, North Carolina, the No. 23 Virginia men’s soccer team played ACC-rival Duke to a scoreless draw. Graduate student goalkeeper Alex Long and the Blue Devil defense recorded the first shutout of Virginia since Sept. 6, ending the Cavaliers’ streak of games with two or more goals at seven.
In the five games leading up to the Virginia men’s soccer team’s match against Pittsburgh, the Cavaliers faced opponents with a combined 20-5-5 pre-match record.
The Cavaliers won their fourth game in a row and extended their unbeaten run to six games with a virtuoso performance. Virginia scored its most goals in a conference game since 2008 and held the Panthers without a shot on goal to win the first ACC matchup between the two teams.
Previews for all the Virginia teams in action this weekend.
At this point, the powers that be should just budget 110 minutes for future men’s soccer games between Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth. They might as well mark it a Cavalier victory, as well.
Virginia earned its first ACC win on Saturday in a 2-0 victory against new member Syracuse in the Cavaliers’ fourth conference match of the season.
The Virginia men’s soccer team prevailed at No. 24 Syracuse 2-0 Saturday for its first ACC win of the year. The victory nudged the Cavaliers’ record above .500 for the first time this season and ran their unbeaten streak to four games.
The Virginia men’s soccer team did not attempt many shots Tuesday night against Providence. However, when the Cavaliers did shoot, they did so with efficiency.
The Virginia men’s soccer team seeks to end a second opponent’s undefeated start as they take on Providence Tuesday.
With the announcer counting down from ten, the ball scooted by N.C. State senior goalkeeper Fabian Otte, careened off the right post to Virginia junior defender Matt Brown and found its way into an open net with six second remaining for a 3-3 tie.
Monday morning at the practice field next to Klöcker Stadium underneath an overcast sky, Virginia junior defender Kyler Sullivan shared one of the Cavaliers’ goals for the season: “make Klöckner a fortress.”
After two consecutive losses, the Virginia men’s soccer returns to Charlottesville Tuesday for a meeting with George Mason, who leave Fairfax for the first time this season.
Virginia’s three-goal deficit ultimately proved too much to overcome as its furious late-game rally came up short in a 3-2 loss.
