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Media Contact: Bill Bunting Mailing Address: Email: [email protected] John Paul Jones Arena Office: 434-982-5535 295 Massie Road, Roomm 154 Cell: 434-962-7644 P.O. Box 400853 www.VirginiaSports.com 2020 CAVALIER WOMEN’S SOCCER Charlottesville, VA 22904 2020 Schedule/Results @UVAWomenSoccer Facebook.com/UVAWomenSoccer Instagram.com/UVAWomenSoccer Sept. VIRGINIA TECH W, 3-1 Game #11 • Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020 12 Klöckner Stadium #10 Virginia vs. Louisville Sept. at DUKE* Series History: UVA leads the series 8-0-0 Koskinen Stadium T, 1-1 Last Meeting: Virginia won 2-0 at Klöckner on Oct. 15 17 2OT Of Note: Second-ever meeting in ACC quarterfinals 7-2-1, 5-2-1 ACC 4-4-0, 4-4-0 ACC Sept. at Clemson* Historic Riggs Field L, 0-3 QUICK KICKS 20 • UVA enters the ACC Tournament as the three seed, marking the 13th top-3 finish under head coach Sept. at Virginia Tech Steve Swanson. Two of those finishes outside the top three (2004, 2012) UVA won the ACC title. Thompson Field W, 1-0 • Alexa Spaanstra has notched at least a point in four straight matches since returning to action 25 OT against Louisville (10/15) with four goals and an assist in that time Oct. #14 PITTSBURGH* • Rebecca Jarrett is the only player to start all 10 games for the Cavaliers this season and has Klöckner Stadium W, 2-1 scored in each of the last two matches, hitting the game-winning goal at Syracuse OT 1 • The Cavaliers started 10 different lineups throughout the 10 matches played so far this season Oct. MIAMI* W, 3-0 • Diana Ordoñez has vaulted to the team lead in points (12) after tallying at least one point in four of 4 Klöckner Stadium the last five matches with the three goals and four assists in that span Oct. • Freshman Lia Godfrey is 3rd in the ACC in assists (5), tied for 7th in points (11) and ninth in points at North Carolina CANCELED per game this season (1.10) Dorrance Field 8 • The Cavaliers have gotten goals from eight different players while 10 different players have tallied assists this season as the Virginia offense has spread the ball around for production Oct. #13 LOUISVILLE* Klöckner Stadium W, 2-0 15 THE SERIES WITH LOUISVILLE • The Cavaliers lead the all-time series 8-0-0 after a 2-0 win over the Cardinals at home in October Oct. #2 FLORIDA STATE* Klöckner Stadium L, 3-4 • Five of the eight wins in the series have been shutouts by UVA - including back-to-back wins 18 • The Cavaliers lead the series 6-0-0 in games at Klöckner Stadium and 2-0-0 in games at Louisville Oct. at BOSTON COLLEGE* • This will be the first meeting at a neutral site venue though the second in an ACC Tournament game Newton Soccer Complex W, 2-1 • Virginia and Louisville played in the ACC quarterfinals in 2018 in a 2-1 win for UVA at Klöckner 29 VIRGINIA PROBABLE STARTERS Nov. at Syracuse* W, 5-3 STARTING XI SU Soccer Stadium No. Name Pos. GP-GS Min. G A Pts Of Note: 1 5 Lizzy Sieracki D 10-6 472 0 1 1 Assisted on Ordoñez goal vs. #2 FSU ACC Championships Nov. 10-15 6 Anna Sumpter M 8-7 561 2 0 4 Hit first career game winner vs. Miami WakeMed Park 7 Alexa Spaanstra F 7-7 501 5 1 11 Has at least one point in 4 straight games 9 Diana Ordonez F 9-8 641 4 4 12 Tallied four points with 1G, 2A at Syracuse MEDIA COVERAGE FOR UVA AT LOUISVILLE 12 Claire Constant D 9-9 792 2 0 4 Both goals this season are game winners Broadcast: ACC Network 13 Rebecca Jarrett F 10-10 673 3 3 9 Has goals in back-to-back games for UVA Play-by-Play: Jenn Hildreth 14 Emma Dawson M 10-7 458 1 0 2 Hit game-winner in OT against Pittsburgh Analyst: Julie Foudy 8:00 PM 19 Samar Guidry D 8-8 624 0 1 1 Assisted on opening goal in win over VT 20 Talia Staude D 7-6 615 0 0 0 Named TDS Best XI Freshman team in ‘19 22 Lia Godfrey M 10-9 776 3 5 11 Career-high four points in win at Syracuse GOALKEEPER No. Name Pos. GP-GS Min. Sv GAA ShO Of Note: 0 Laurel Ivory GK 6-6 562 12 1.76 0 Needs one win to tie for third all-time at UVA KEY RESERVES No. Name Pos. GP-GS Min. G A Pts Of Note: 3 Ashlynn Serepca D 8-0 322 0 1 1 Her 7 goals last year was third on the team 4 Cam Lexow F 6-0 113 0 1 1 Had goal and assist in 22 games last year 8 Sarah Clark D 10-8 652 0 2 2 Assisted on both goals in win over Pitt 10 Taryn Torres M 1-1 60 0 0 0 Made first appearance of 2020 vs. #2 FSU 11 Lacey McCormack M/D 8-2 386 1 0 2 First career goal in first start vs. Miami 16 Laney Rouse D 5-2 319 0 0 0 Has started back-to-back matches for UVA 25 Alissa Gorzak F 9-5 475 0 1 1 Fifth-year has five career goals, 13 assists 2020 CAVALIER WOMEN'S SOCCER VIRGINIA IN THE RANKINGS Pre 9/22 9/29 10/6 10/13 10/19 10/27 11/3 United Soccer Coaches - 11 10 10 11 10 10 10 Soccer America - - - - - - - - Top Drawer Soccer - - - - - - - - RPI - - - - - - - - THE CAVALIERS’ LAST MATCH AGAINST LOUISVILLE ALL-TIME VS. LOUISVILLE • The Cavaliers picked up a 2-0 victory over then No. 13 Louisville in a match at Klöckner Stadium back on October 15 Overall: 8-0-0 • Virginia got both goals from Alexa Spaanstra as the junior forward returned to action after an injury suffered at Clemson Home: 6-0-0 (6-0-0 Klöckner) • The first goal came off an assist from Alissa Gorzak in the 24th minute while the second was a PK in the 34th minute Road: 2-0-0 (2-0-0 Lynn) • Redshirt freshman Cayla White got her third win and her second shutout in her start against the Cardinals 10-19-14 W 2-1 A • The Virginia defense limited Louisville to only two shots - both on goals - which were both saved by White in the match 10-22-15 W 1-0 H 10-27-16 W 2-1 A 10-8-17 W 1-0(ot) H THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS AT A GLANCE 10-4-18 W 1-0 A 10-28-18 ACC W 2-1 H • The Cardinals enter the match as the sixth seed in the ACC Tournament with a 4-4-0 mark overall and in conference play 10-24-19 W 3-0 H • Louisville tallied 10 goals on the season with nine of those goals coming in their four wins on the season 10-15-20 W 2-0 H • Emina Ekic has scored six of the goals for the Cardinals and added three assists for a team-leading 15 points in 2020 • Defensively, the Cardinals have allowed seven goals on 114 shots with keeper Gabby Kouzelos making 38 saves • Louisville allowed all seven goals in the losses, but did not allow a goal in any of the four wins this season SPAANSTRA NAMED ACC CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOLLOWING LOUISVILLE, FSU MATCHES • Junior forward Alexa Spaanstra was named ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week following matches with Louisville and FSU • Spaanstra returned to action against No. 13 Louisville after missing three matches with injury and scored both UVA goals FASTEST ANSWERING GOAL BY UVA Time Opponent (Date) Opp Goal/UVa Goal • The forward hit a PK against FSU to spark a rally as the Hoos would come back to tie the match at 3-3 after the early deficit 0:19 vs. Duke (11/8/01) Sarah Pickens Lori Lindsey CONSTANT COLLECTS WEEKLY HONORS FROM THE ACC AND TOP DRAWER SOCCER 0:26 at Penn State (9/15/19) Ally Schlegel • Junior defender Claire Constant was named ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week following the UVA win at Virginia Tech Sydney Zandi • Constant hit her first career game-winner with a golden goal in the 94th minute off a corner kick from Lia Godfrey 0:26 Wake Forest (11/1/06) Amanda Lebo • In addition to the ACC honor, Constant was also named to the Top Drawer Soccer team of the week for her performance Jen Redmond 0:27 at Duke (9/18/91) Dena Paris GODFREY NAMED TO TOP DRAWER SOCCER TEAM OF THE WEEK FOLLOWING SEASON OPENER Kim Smith • Freshman midfielder Lia Godfrey was named to the Top Drawer Soccer team of the week following the season opener 0:38 at Duke (9/18/91) Meegan McMullen • Godfrey assisted on what proved to be the game-winning goal, connecting with Alex Spaanstra on a corner kick Amanda Cromwell • She then added her own goal minutes later when she scored on a Cam Lexow pass from Ashlynn Serepca for the 3-0 lead 0:49 Stanford (9/24/99) Ronnie Fair Jill Maxwell WHO’S BACK FOR THE HOOS? FASTEST GOALS SCORED BY UVA • UVA returns 17 letterwinners and seven starters from last year’s squad that advanced to a 26th straight NCAA Tournament Time Opponent (Date) Player • Back are four players who earned post-season honors from the ACC - forward Diana Ordoñez, and midfielders Alexa 0:20 at Arkansas (9/20/92) Kim Smith Spaanstra and Taryn Torres were all second-team selections.