Virginia Soccer Teams Set for Top 5 ACC Showdowns at Klockner

Within the subsequent 48 hours, two monumental soccer matches will happen underneath the lights at Klockner Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. Each the UVA girls’s and males’s soccer groups are internet hosting ACC rivals which are every nationally ranked within the prime 5. The Virginia girls’s soccer workforce, ranked No. 2 within the nation, will face No. 3 Florida State on Thursday at 8pm, whereas the No. 21 UVA males’s soccer workforce is ready to tackle No. 2 Duke on Friday at 7pm. 

Girls’s Soccer: No. 3 Florida State at No. 2 Virginia
Thursday at 8pm, Klockner Stadium, ACC Community

Thursday evening marks the newest huge time conflict between the Cavaliers and the Seminoles. And as at all times, this matchup has colossal implications within the Atlantic Coast Convention and within the nationwide girls’s school soccer panorama. 

Virginia leads the all-time collection with Florida State 21-10-8, however the Seminoles have had the benefit extra lately with a 4-2-4 edge within the final 10 matches. UVA is searching for its first victory over FSU since November 2019. The Hoos and Noles performed to a 1-1 draw within the common season finale final fall, a outcome that gave UVA the ACC common season title. However, Florida State got here again to beat Virginia 1-0 within the ACC Championship Sport and went on to win the 2021 NCAA Nationwide Championship as effectively. 

As soon as once more, UVA and FSU are among the many greatest soccer groups not simply within the ACC, however in the complete nation. Virginia (10-1-1, 3-1-0 ACC) held its spot at No. 2 within the United Soccer Coaches rankings this week, whereas Florida State (8-0-2, 4-0-0 ACC) ascended to No. 3 within the nation on this week’s rankings because the Seminoles stay unbeaten and tied for first place atop the ACC standings. 

This would be the fourth ranked opponent UVA has performed within the final 5 matches and the third in opposition to an opponent ranked within the prime 5 over that very same stretch. 

Again on September seventeenth, Virginia staged an unimaginable comeback on the highway at Chapel Hill and erased a 2-0 deficit to take down then-No. 2 North Carolina 3-2. The Cavaliers then suffered their first lack of the season 1-0 at Notre Dame, now ranked No. 17, however bounced again with a 2-0 victory in opposition to Louisville. Then, Virginia traveled to Durham for one more robust check in opposition to No. 4 Duke. UVA proved equal to the duty once more, defeating the Blue Devils 1-0. 

In an especially aggressive Atlantic Coast Convention stuffed with elite groups, this match will function a pivotal second within the race for the ACC title that’s certain to return right down to the ultimate weekend of the season as soon as once more. 

Hear what head coach Steve Swanson needed to say concerning the matchup in opposition to Florida State within the video beneath:

Males’s Soccer: No. 2 Duke at No. 21 Virginia
Friday at 7pm, Klockner Stadium, ACC Community Additional

One other undefeated opponent involves Klockner on Friday evening because the UVA males’s soccer workforce hosts Duke (8-0-2, 3-0-1 ACC), the No. 2-ranked workforce within the nation. The Blue Devils definitely have an argument as the highest workforce within the ACC at this second, as they knocked off Wake Forest, who was the No. 1 ranked workforce within the nation, 3-2 final weekend in Winston-Salem. 

In the meantime, the Virginia males’s soccer program seems to be on the rise after a few down seasons. The Cavaliers thrust themselves into the highest 25 for the primary time since 2020 this week after choosing up back-to-back highway wins in opposition to prime 10 ACC opponents. Virginia defeated then-No. 3 Syracuse 1-0 on September twenty fourth and then-No. 10 Pittsburgh 3-1 final Friday. UVA then stumbled in a 1-0 loss at residence to a different highly-ranked workforce in No. 10 Denver on Tuesday. 

Now, the Cavaliers get one other crack at including one more spectacular victory to their season resume because the Blue Devils come to Charlottesville on Friday. UVA holds a slim benefit within the all-time collection with Duke 42-40-10, together with a 17-14-3 document underneath George Gelnovatch, however the Blue Devils have taken 4 of the final 5 matches, together with a 3-2 determination in Durham within the 2021 common season finale. 

This match will decide first place within the ACC Coastal, as Duke at the moment leads the division with a 3-0-1 convention document, with UVA proper behind at 3-1 in ACC play. 

If you happen to occur to be within the Charlottesville space this weekend, there are a few main soccer matches occurring on Thursday and Friday evening and the Wahoos will want all of the assist they’ll get. 

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