No. 1 Virginia Hosts No. 4 Duke in ACC Home Opener

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – No. 1 Virginia (7-1, 1-0 ACC) hosts No. 4 Duke (9-1, 2-0 ACC) in its first residence ACC contest of the season on Friday (March 31). Opening faceoff from Klöckner Stadium is ready for five p.m. Anish Shroff (play-by-play) and Quint Kessenich (analyst) could have the decision on ESPNU.

MORGAN’S MESSAGE GAME

• Friday’s contest is devoted to the life and legacy of Morgan Rogers, a former Duke ladies’s lacrosse student-athlete who tragically handed away in 2019 after struggles with psychological well being.
• Morgan’s Message is a non-profit group that strives to amplify tales, assets and experience to strengthen student-athlete psychological well being, builds a neighborhood by and for athletes by way of peer-to-peer conversations and supplies a platform for advocacy.
• UVA gamers will put on a particular warmup shirt to honor Morgan’s Message and Rogers’ legacy.

LAST TIME OUT

• After struggling their first lack of the season in additional time to Maryland, the Cavaliers rebounded with a 15-10 win over then-No. 1 Notre Dame at Arlotta Stadium final Saturday (March 25).
• UVA attackmen Xander Dickson (6g, 1a), Connor Shellenberger (2g, 5a) and Payton Cormier (2g, 2a) mixed for 18 factors.
• Virginia’s win snapped the Preventing Irish’s 12-game win streak, which led the nation. Their earlier loss was to UVA at Klöckner Stadium final season. The Cavaliers’ 15 targets scored are third most by Virginia within the sequence and most since 1994.

SERIES HISTORY

• Virginia leads the all-time sequence over the Blue Devils, 50-36, together with a 27-12 document in Charlottesville, nevertheless Duke has gained 10 of the final 11 conferences.
• The final time the 2 groups met at Klöckner Stadium was in 2021, when the Blue Devils gained 13-12 in additional time.
• Earlier than falling within the lone matchup in 2021, UVA defeated the Blue Devils in double-overtime on an Ian Laviano game-winning purpose within the 2019 NCAA Event semifinals at Lincoln Monetary Area.
• The Cavaliers have dropped their final 15 regular-season conferences in opposition to Duke. UVA’s final regular-season win over the Blue Devils was a 13-4 victory on April 17, 2004.
• Virginia has misplaced its final eight contests in Charlottesville to the Blue Devils.
• UVA and Duke have completely different all-time sequence information because of the fluidity of when a program was a “varsity” sport up till the conclusion of WWII. UVA lists its “varsity solely” document in opposition to Duke above.

VIRGINIA IN THE POLLS

• At No. 1 on this week’s USILA Coaches ballot, Virginia has been ranked within the high 5 of the ballot in 321 weeks all-time.
• UVA has been ranked No. 1 within the nation in 70 all-time polls.
• The USILA Ballot started in 1973 and there have been 533 polls all-time.

CAVALIERS AMONG THE NATION’S STATISTICAL LEADERS

• Virginia presently leads the nation in assists (12.38/gm), floor balls (40.88/gm), factors (31.00/gm), scoring offense (18.62/gm) and shot proportion (.382). The Cavaliers are second within the nation in clearing proportion (.932), and third in man-up offense (.611) and scoring margin (6.50).
• Connor Shellenberger leads the nation in assists (3.88/gm) and is third in factors (5.62/gm). Xander Dickson is third in targets (4.00/gm), tenth in factors (5.00/gm) and fourth in shot proportion (.553). Payton Cormier is fifth in targets (3.83/gm), eighth in factors (5.17/gm) and fifth in shot proportion (.523). Cade Saustad is sixth in induced turnovers (2.12/gm).

THE CAVALIERS AT KLÖCKNER STADIUM

• Virginia noticed its 13-game residence win streak at Klöckner Stadium come to an finish after falling to then-No. 3 Maryland, 14-13, in additional time on March 25, 2023.
• Virginia owns a 170-44 (.794) all-time document at Klöckner Stadium, together with a 4-1 document in 2023, and has gained 21 of its final 25 video games performed on the historic edifice.
• The Cavaliers’ common margin of victory of their final 25 video games at Klöckner Stadium is 5.88 targets.
• Virginia is 44-12 (.786) all-time at Klöckner Stadium beneath head coach Lars Tiffany.
• UVA can be 13-3 all-time at Klöckner Stadium within the NCAA Event.
• Lacrosse debuted in Klöckner Stadium in 1993.

DICKSON NAMED TEWAARATON AWARD WATCH LIST SECOND ROUND ADDITION

• Xander Dickson grew to become Virginia’s fifth Tewaaraton Award Watch Listing choice, becoming a member of teammates Connor Shellenberger, Cole Kastner, Petey LaSalla and Payton Cormier, the Tewaaraton Basis introduced March 30.
• One of many nation’s high purpose scorers, Dickson presently leads UVA in targets (32) and is second in factors (40).
• Dickson has scored six targets in three completely different video games this season, together with UVA’s 15-10 triumph at then-No. 1 Notre Dame (March 25).

GOING STREAKING

• Newcomer Thomas McConvey, a switch within the midfield from the College of Vermont, is presently driving a 60-game level streak, which started on Feb. 1, 2019.
• McConvey has registered a minimum of one level in each recreation of his profession.
• His 60-game level streak leads the nation amongst all energetic gamers.
• Throughout his streak, McConvey has amassed 144 targets and 61 assists.
• Additionally driving a considerable level streak is UVA attackman Payton Cormier, who has recorded a minimum of one level in his final 35 video games.
• Cormier’s 35-game level streak is presently the eighth longest within the nation. Throughout his streak, which started on March 6, 2021, Cormier has registered 104 targets and 22 assists.

ON THE HORIZON

• The Cavaliers journey to North Carolina (7-3, 1-1 ACC) on Friday (April 7).
• Opening faceoff from Dorrance Area is ready for six p.m. on ACC Community.