No. 3 Seminoles score early, hang on to beat No. 2 Virginia, 1-0

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

A primary-minute objective proved to be the distinction on Thursday evening, as No. 2 Virginia dropped a 1-0 match to No. 3 Florida State at Klöckner Stadium.

GOALS
1’ – FSU: Jody Brown (unassisted)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Florida State (9-0-2, 5-0-0 ACC) struck within the opening minute when Jody Brown’s shot from a one-on-one likelihood deflected off the cross bar and in for the objective. The scoring alternative got here as a Seminole cross ahead on the assault was damaged up by a Virginia defender, however the deflected ball caromed to Brown in stride within the field for the end.

Virginia (10-2-1, 3-2-0) would press the assault within the second half, pelting Florida State with 15 photographs to solely three taken by the Seminoles within the second half, however the early objective would stand because the distinction within the outcome.

NOTES

• Virginia is now 21-11-8 all-time in opposition to Florida State and lead the sequence 10-3-1 at Klöckner Stadium.
• The Hoos out-shot FSU 21-to-6 for the evening and held a 7-to-3 edge in corners – together with six within the second half.
• The Cavaliers and Seminoles performed in entrance of a crowd of three,082 which is the fourth-largest crowd in UVA ladies’s soccer historical past for a recreation that was not a part of a doubleheader.

FROM HEAD COACH STEVE SWANSON

“It was a tricky loss. I believed we had an excellent effort. For essentially the most half our efficiency was good, however we have been inconsistent at occasions and in opposition to good groups it’s important to be constant throughout. We created sufficient possibilities to get targets and we didn’t end. The standard within the attacking third for a recreation like this wasn’t pretty much as good because it needed to be. We really feel prefer it’s a little bit of a misplaced alternative, however I used to be happy with the hassle. We got here again, labored laborious to get this wonderful crowd into the sport and we nearly had it there. Their goalkeeper made some actually good saves. The distinction within the recreation was little performs right here and there they usually clearly made another than we did.”

UP NEXT

Virginia will return to motion on Sunday when the Cavaliers host Syracuse in a 2 p.m. recreation at Klöckner Stadium.