7-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1989•1991•1992•1993•1994•2009•2014 13 COLLEGE CUP APPEARANCES 1983•1989•1991•1992•1993•1994•1995 2020 CAVALIER MEN’S SOCCER 1997•2006•2009•2013•2014•2019 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: 3-1-1 : Oct. 30 : Klöckner Stadium Last Meeting: 11/1/19, W, 2-1 | First Meeting: 9/28/13, W, 2-0 Last UVA Win: 11/1/19, W, 2-1 | Last SYR Win: 9/27/14, 1-0 : 8 p.m. : RSN Streak: W-2 : Charlottesville, Va. : www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?gid=va SYRACUSE VIRGINIA Head Coach Ian McIntyre George Gelnovatch LAST 10 VS. SYRACUSE (3-1-1) 2020 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Career Record 201-136-64 339-133-59 Date H/A/N Result Date H/A/N Result Overall: 1-2-1 | ACC: 1-2-1 Record at School 94-72-32 Same 9/28/2013 A W, 2-0 Home: 1-1-0 | Away: 0-1-1 | Neutral: 0-0-0 Year at School 11th Season 25th Season 9/27/2014 A L, 0-1 9/8/2017 H T, 2-2 (2OT) Streak: L-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9/21/2018 A W, 2-0 DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT 2020 Record 0-2-2 (0-2-2 ACC) 1-2-1 (1-2-1 ACC) 11/1/2019 H # W, 2-1 Fri. 10/9 LOUISVILLE* ACCNX W, 2-1 (2OT) 2019 Record 8-7-5 (2-4-2 ACC) 21-2-1 (6-1-1 ACC) # ACC Tournament | $ NCAA Tournament Wed. 10/14 at Virginia Tech* ACCN T, 1-1 (2OT) MATCH NOTES Sun. 10/18 PITT* ACCNX L, 2-3 (OT) Sat. 10/24 at Notre Dame* ACCNX L, 1-2 (2OT) FOR STARTERS Fri. 10/30 SYRACUSE* RSN 8 p.m. • Friday night will be a rematch of last year’s ACC Quarterfinal match that saw Virginia advance in a 2-1 victory en route to the program’s 13th ACC Title. Fri. 11/6 VIRGINIA TECH* RSN 4 p.m. • The Cavaliers have opened up the 2020 season with four-straight overtime matches for the first time in program history. ACC TOURNAMENT • The match is the sixth meeting between the two schools since Syracuse joined the ACC in 2013. Virginia owns a 3-1-1 edge in Sun. 11/15 ACC Quarterfinals1 ACCN TBA the all-time series. Wed. 11/18 ACC Semifinals1 ACCN TBA • The two programs were originally scheduled to play an exhibition on Sept. 19 in Charlottesville before the two programs mutual- 2 ly agreed to flip the locations of their two scheduled meetings in 2020. The exhibition eventually was canceled due to COVID Sun. 11/12 ACC Championship ESPNU TBA related precautions by the Orange and the home regular season game remained for Virginia. Home matches in BOLD CAPS • Virginia has dropped back-to-back games for the first time since 2015 and is looking to avoid its first three-game losing streak *denotes ACC matches since 2003. 1NC Campus Sites | 2Cary, N.C. (WakeMed Soccer Park) • Prior to the match Virginia will honor four seniors – Beau Bradley, Nathaniel Crofts, Irakoze Donasiyano and Spencer Patton. FIRST TIMERS NOTABLE SPRING DATES • Redshirt freshman Alex Rando made his collegiate debut at goalkeeper last week against Notre Dame, making four saves Wed. 2/3/20 First Day of spring competition including a few highlight worthy stops in the back third of the match. Rando is only the third goalkeeper since Aug. 24, 2018 to Sun. 4/18/20 NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday start for the Cavaliers. • Including Rando, 10 players have made their debuts in Virginia uniforms this season - Leo Afonso, Nick Berghold, Isaiah Byrd, Thurs-Mon. 5/13-17/20 NCAA College Cup Rafael Caipo, Kaya Ignacio, Oliver Gerbig (transfer), Joan Gibert-Fuertes, Reed Kessler and Kevin Ogudugu (Transfer). • Of the six Virginia goals in 2020, three were the first of the collegiate careers of Ignacio, Fuertes and Berghold. 2020 RECORD WHEN 2020 RECORD VS. Overtime: 1-2-1 Ranked Teams 0-1-0 ROAD TRIP RECAP Leading at half: 0-1-0 Top-10 Teams 0-1-0 • The Cavaliers suffered their first regular season road loss since the 2018 NCAA Tournament last weekend at Notre Dame, 2-1 Trailing at half: 0-1-0 Non-conf. opponents 0-0-0 in double overtime. Coincidently the last regular season home loss for the Cavaliers also came in South Bend, a 1-0 extra time Tied at half: 1-0-1 Virginia Teams 0-0-1 setback. Scoring First: 1-1-0 • Axel Gunnarsson gave Virginia its first, first-half lead of the season with a goal in the 22nd minute. The lead would last until the 54th minute on a goal by Notre Dame’s Jack Lynn. 2020 VIRGINIA LEADERS • The Irish were the beneficiaries of an own goal in the 103rd minute, the second golden goal victory for Notre Dame against GOALS POINTS Virginia in the last three matchups. Nathaniel Crofts 1 Joan Gibert Fuertes 3 • Freshman Rafael Caipo was credited with his first collegiate point, assisting on Gunnarsson’s go-ahead goal. Philip Horton 1 Philip Horton 3 EXTRA TIME Joan Gibert Fuertes 1 Four tied (4) 2 • The Cavaliers last played four-straight overtimes in 2012 and eventually set a school record by playing five-straight OT matches Kaya Ignacio 1 (Oct. 19 – Nov. 9). Nick Berghold 1 SAVES • Of the 15 overtime matches played in college soccer this fall, Virginia (4) and Syracuse (3) have been part of seven of them. Axel Gunnarsson 1 Colin Shutler 14 Central Arkansas is the only other school to play extra time in three matches this season. Alex Rando 4 • Virginia went 3-1-1 in overtime last season is 8-6-15 in extra time since 2016. ASSISTS TRENDING Isaiah Byrd 2 MINUTES PLAYED • Virginia has six different goal scorers through four games this season Joan Gibert Fuertes 1 Irakoze Donasiyano 413 • The Cavaliers have allowed seven goals through the first four games, the most since 2013 Kaya Ignacio 1 Oliver Gerbig 413 • Senior Irakoze Donasiyano is expected to start his 46th-straight game, the longest active streak on the team. He also is tied Philip Horton 1 Andreas Ueland 413 for the team lead in minutes played with 413 Rafael Caipo 1 Bret Halsey 413 • With the top-four teams from the North Region qualifying for the ACC Tournament, The Cavaliers are tied for third place with Joan Gibert Fuertes 358 four points. • Virginia has out-possessed its opponent in all four matches this season. Against Notre Dame, the Cavaliers held the ball for 56 percent of the time, just shy of a season-high 57 percent against Virginia Tech on Oct. 14 • Of the 10 teams ranked in TopDrawerSoccer.com's weekly Power Rankings, Virginia is ranked ninth and has been as high as No. 1 (Sept. 21) this fall. VIRGINIA IN THE POLLS US TDS SA CSN RPI RUN FOR 90 Preseason n/a 1 n/a 7 n/a • George Gelnovatch seeking 90th career ACC win and would be the fastest coach in ACC history to 90 ACC regular season wins. Week 1 (9/21) 3 1 n/a 7 n/a • Only two other coaches in ACC history have reached the 90-win mark. Week 2 (9/28) 5 2 n/a n/a n/a Week 3 (10/5) 5 4 n/a n/a n/a John Rennie (Duke) 95 wins in 29 seasons Week 4 (10/12) 5 4 n/a n/a n/a I.M. Ibrahim (Clemson) 90 wins in 28 seasons George Gelnovatch (Virginia) 89 wins in 25 seasons Week 5 (10/19) NR 6 n/a n/a n/a Week 6 (10/26 NR 9 n/a n/a n/a US - United Soccer Coaches | TDS - TopDrawerSoccer.com | CSN - College Soccer News | SA - Soccer America 2020 ROSTER / BREAKDOWN No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown Previous School Club 0 Alex Rando GK R-Fr. 6-4 180 New York, N.Y. The Beacon School NYCFC 1 Colin Shutler GK Gr. 6-1 185 Middleburg, Va. Briar Woods Loudoun FC 2 Eben Noverr D R-Fr. 6-3 185 Highlands Ranch, Colo. Highlands Ranch Colorado Rapids 3 Isaiah Byrd M R-Fr. 6-0 170 Gainesville, Va. Patriot BRYC Elite 4 Reed Kessler D R-Fr. 6-3 185 New York, N.Y. Brooklyn Technical High School BW Gottschee 5 Oliver Gerbig D Jr. 6-2 195 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei American School/Coastal Carolina 6 Jeremy Verley M Fr. 5-10 165 Kingston, Jamaica Milton Academy (Mass.) Boston Bolts 7 Spencer Patton D Sr. 5-11 165 Morrisville, Pa. La Salle College High School Match Fit Academy 8 Bret Halsey M Jr. 5-9 150 Sterling, Va. Potomac Falls Loudoun 99 Boys Red 9 Philip Horton F So. 6-0 185 New Albany, Ohio New Albany Columbus Crew SC Acad. 10 Nathaniel Crofts F Sr. 5-7 135 Sheffield, England Chaucer School Sheffield United FC 11 Irakoze Donasiyano F Sr. 5-9 155 Roanoke, Va. Patrick Henry Roanoke Star SC 12 Kevin Ogudugu F/M So. 5-8 163 Oslo, Norway Wang Oslo Valerenga IF 13 Kaya Ignacio F/M Fr. 5-8 160 Georgetown, Texas UT Austin High School Houston Dynamo Academy 15 Julian Anderson M Fr. 5-9 155 Ocean, N.J. YSC Academy Rangers FC 16 Leo Afonso F Fr.