2019 Cavalier Men's Soccer
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7-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1989 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 2009 • 2014 12 COLLEGE CUP APPEARANCES 1983 • 1989 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 2019 CAVALIER MEN’S SOCCER 1995 • 1997 • 2006 • 2009 • 2013 • 2014 Contact: Scott Fitzgerald | E-mail: [email protected] | O: (434) 924-9878 | C: (908) 246-6818 | www.VirginiaSports.com SERIES AT A GLANCE MATCH DETAILS All-time Series: 2-0 : Nov. 24 : Klöckner Stadium Last Meeting: 11/2/10 - W, 4-1 | First Meeting: 9/19/07 - W, 2-1 Last UVA Win: 11/2/10 - W, 4-1 Last CU Win: n/a : 1 p.m. : ACCNX Streak: W-2 : Charlottesville, Va. : virginiasports.com/coverage.aspx CAMPBELL VIRGINIA Head Coach Dustin Fonder George Gelnovatch LAST 10 VS. CAMPBELL (2-0) 2019 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Career Record 128-100-26 334-130-58 Date H/A/N Result Date H/A/N Result Overall: 17-1-1 | ACC: 6-1-1 Record at School 50-37-8 Same 9/19/07 H W, 2-1 Home: 12-1 | Away: 3-0-1 | Neutral: 2-0 Year at School Fifth Season 24th Season 11/2/10 H W, 4-1 Streak: W-6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT 2019 Record 17-2-2 (8-0 Big South) 17-1-1 (6-1-1 ACC) Fri. 8/30 PACIFIC ACCNX W, 2-0 2018 Record 9-8-3 (4-3-1 Big South) 10-4-3 (3-2-2 ACC) Mon. 9/2 vs. #1 Maryland1 W, 2-0 Sat. 9/7 HIGH POINT ACCNX W, 1-0 MATCH NOTES Fri. 9/13 at #2 Duke* ESPNU W, 3-1 Tue. 9/17 RADFORD ACCNX W, 1-0 FOR STARTERS • Virginia is making its 39th-straight NCAA Tournament appearance, the longest streak in the history of college soccer. Fri. 9/20 NC STATE* ACCNX W, 2-0 • The Cavaliers are the NCAA Tournament’s No. 1 overall seed for the second time (1995) in school history and first time under Mon. 9/23 W. MICHIGAN ACCN W, 1-0 (OT) head coach George Gelnovatch. Sat. 9/28 at #21 Notre Dame* ACCNX W, 1-0 • Virginia comes into the match winners of its last six matches, the second six-match win streak of the season. Tue. 10/1 GEORGE WASHINGTON ACCNX W, 3-0 • The victor of Sunday’s game will advance to the third round to face either Syracuse or 16th-seed Saint John’s next weekend. Fri. 10/4 #24 LOUISVILLE* ACCNX W, 2-0 • No. 24 Campbell will be the fourth, ranked opponent for Virginia in the last five games The Cavaliers are 8-0 against teams Fri. 10/11 at Boston College* ACCNX T, 1-1 (2OT) from the United Soccer Coaches Top-25 in 2019. Tue. 10/15 #17 JAMES MADISON ACCN W, 1-0 Fri. 10/18 PITTSBURGH* ACCNX L, 0-2 VS CAMPBELL, NON-CONFERENCE & BIG SOUTH FOES Tue. 10/22 SAINT LOUIS ACCNX W, 3-0 • Virginia went a perfect 8-0 in non-conference action this season and in those eight games did not surrender a goal for the first Fri. 10/25 #25 at Virginia Tech* ACCNX W, 2-0 time in school history. Virginia outscored its non-conference opponents, 14-0. Fri. 11/1 NORTH CAROLINA* ACCNX W, 2-1 (OT) • Virginia is unbeaten in its last 15 matches against non-ACC opponents 14-0-1. ACC TOURNAMENT • Campbell will be the third Big South team to come to Klöckner Stadium this season. The Cavaliers registered 1-0 wins over Sun. 11/10 SYRACUSE ACCN W, 2-1 High Point (9/7) and Radford (9/17). Virginia is 16-4-2 all-time and 6-1-1 under George Gelnovatch against current members of Wed. 11/13 #7 WAKE FOREST ACCN W, 1-0 the Big South. Sun. 11/17 vs. #1 Clemson3 ESPNU W, 3-1 NCAA TOURNAMENT ACC TOURNAMENT RECAP • Virginia captured its 16 ACC Championship and 11th ACC Tournament title with a 3-1 come-from-behind victory over top-seeded Sun. 11/24 #24 CAMPBELL ACCNX 1 p.m. Sat. 11/30 NCAA 3rd Round4 Clemson. The Cavaliers scored three unanswered goals in the second half including two in the final 8:52 of the match. 4 • Head Coach George Gelnovatch has won his fifth ACC Tournament Championship in his tenure – 1997, 2003, 2004, 2009 & Fri. 12/6 NCAA Quarterfinal 2019. His teams have now been to the ACC Final 13 times in 24 seasons Fri. 12/13 College Cup Semifinal3 • Clemson was Virginia’s third first-time opponent in the ACC Tournament. The Cavaliers did not face Syracuse (quarterfinal) or Sun. 12/15 College Cup Final3 Wake Forest (semifinal) during the 2019 regular season. Home matches in BOLD CAPS THE KLÖCKNER ADVANTAGE *denotes ACC matches | 1Washington, D.C. (Audi Field) • Klöckner Stadium has hosted an NCAA Tournament match in each of the last 39 years. 2at campus sites (top remaining seeds) • The Cavaliers are 37-12-2 (.740) at Klöckner in the NCAA postseason. 3Cary, N.C. (WakeMed Soccer Park) • Virginia is 12-1 at Klöckner Stadium this season, the most home wins of any team in the country. Only Clemson (11) and 4Sites TBA Campbell (10) have reached double digit home wins in 2019. • Virginia has won 81 percent (296-59-27) of its matches at Klöckner Stadium since its opening in 1992. • Against NC State on Sept. 20, 2019 Virginia drew 3,858 fans, the largest crowd since Sept. 22, 2017 when 4,205 turned out for a match against North Carolina. 2019 RECORD WHEN 2019 RECORD VS. Overtime: 2-0-1 Ranked Teams 8-0 NATIONAL RANKINGS Leading at half: 12-0 Top-10 Teams 4-0 • The Cavaliers come into Sunday with the second-lowest goals against average (0.36), the highest save percentage (.877) and Trailing at half: 1-1 Non-conf. opponents 8-0 are tied for the most shutouts (13) in the country. Tied at half: 4-0-1 • Virginia’s 17 wins are tied with Campbell for the second-most in collegiate soccer. Only Missouri State (18) has more. Virginia Teams 3-0 • Virginia owns a .921 winning percentage, the third highest percentage in DI men’s soccer behind Missouri State (.974) and St. Scoring First: 15-0-1 Mary’s (.941) 2019 VIRGINIA LEADERS • Virginia is one of six programs nationally with one or no losses this season. GOALS POINTS • The Cavaliers have conceded just seven goals this season, tied with New Hampshire the fewest in the country. Virginia, New Daryl Dike 7 Daryl Dike 21 Hampshire and Georgetown are the only programs that have allowed less than 10 goals this season. • The program record for fewest goals allowed in a season stands at eight, set in 2009. Only one other time (1988) has Virginia Nathaniel Crofts 5 Nathaniel Crofts 12 allowed less than 10 goals in a season. Irakoze Donasiyano 4 Irakoze Donasiyano 12 • With Campbell entering Sunday with 59 goals, Virginia will face the top-two scoring offenses in the country in back-to-back Spencer Patton 3 Joe Bell 10 games. The Cavaliers held Clemson (65 goals) to one goal for only the second time this season. Campbell has scored two or Joe Bell 3 Daniel Steedman 8 more goals in all but five matches this season. Daniel Steedman 2 Spencer Patton 7 Five tied 1 Robin Afamefuna 6 PLAYER NOTES • Nathaniel Crofts scored twice in the ACC Tournament. Four of his nine career goals have come in either the ACC or NCAA ASSISTS SAVES Tournament. He’s the only Cavalier on the current roster with a goal in NCAA Tournament play, both came in last year’s 2-0 win Daryl Dike 7 Colin Shutler 45 over Furman. Joe Bell 4 • Cavalier captain Robin Afamefuna converted his first career penalty kick, the third goal of the 3-1 win over Clemson. Two of his Irakoze Donasiyano 4 MINUTES PLAYED four career goals have come in ACC Tournament action. The senior defender has started 42-straight games, the longest active Daniel Steedman 4 Henry Kessler 1743 streak on the team. Four tied 2 Andreas Ueland 1743 • Defenders Henry Kessler and Andreas Ueland are the only two Cavaliers that have played every minute of every game this Robin Afamefuna 1739 season. Kessler was named the ACC Tournament Most Valuable Player Irakoze Donasiyano 1687 2019 ROSTER / BREAKDOWN No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown Previous School Club 00 Tyler Willen GK So. 5-10 175 West Newton, Mass. American School of Dubai – 0 Chris Shutler GK R-Sr. 6-0 175 Middleburg, Va. Binghamton University Loudoun FC 1 Colin Shutler GK R-Jr. 6-1 185 Middleburg, Va. Briar Woods Loudoun FC 2 Eben Noverr D Fr. 6-3 185 Highlands Ranch, Colo. Highlands Ranch Colorado Rapids 3 Max Diamond D/M R-Jr. 6-4 190 Hopedale, Mass. Advanced Math and Science Acad. NE Revolution Academy 4 Reed Kessler D Fr. 6-3 185 New York, N.Y. Brooklyn Technical High School BW Gottschee 5 Henry Kessler D Jr. 6-4 185 New York, N.Y. Bard High School Early College Beachside 6 Jeremy Verley M Fr. 5-10 165 Kingston, Jamaica Milton Academy (Mass.) Boston Bolts 7 Daniel Steedman F So. 5-10 155 Glasgow, Scotland Hough Charlotte Independence 8 Joe Bell M Jr. 6-0 180 Wanaka, New Zealand Scot’s College (New Zealand) Wellington Phoenix 9 Daryl Dike F So. 6-2 220 Edmond Okla. Edmond North Edmond Soccer Club 10 Nathaniel Crofts F Jr. 5-7 135 Sheffield, England Chaucer School Sheffield United FC 11 Irakoze Donasiyano F Jr.