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: 41-4-5 : Oct. 14 : Thompson Field Last Meeting: 10/25/19, W, 2-0 | First Meeting: 11/19/60, W, 2-1 Last UVA Win: 10/25/19, W, 2-0 | Last VT Win: 10/29/05, W, 2-1 (OT) : 8 p.m. : ACC Network Streak: W-1 : Blacksburg, Va. : hokiesports.com/sidearmstats/msoc/summary VIRGINIA TECH VIRGINIA Head Coach Mike Brizendine George Gelnovatch LAST 10 VS. VIRGINIA TECH (6-0-4) 2020 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Career Record 108-126-28 339-131-58 Date H/A/N Result Date H/A/N Result Overall: 1-0-0 | ACC: 1-0-0 Record at School 81-102-28 Same 10/21/2011 A T, 0-0 (2OT) 10/23/2015 A W, 1-0 Home: 1-0-0 | Away: 0-0-0 | Neutral: 0-0-0 Year at School 12th Season 25th Season 10/19/2012 H W, 3-2 (OT) 9/30/2016 H T, 0-0 (2OT) Streak: W-1- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/18/2013 A T, 1-1 (2OT) 9/15/2017 A W, 2-1 DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT 2020 Record 0-1-0 (0-1-0 ACC) 1-0-0 (1-0-0 ACC) 9/12/2014 H W, 1-0 9/7/2018 H T, 1-1 (2OT) Fri. 10/9 LOUISVILLE* ACCNX W. 2-1 (2OT) 2019 Record 10-6-3 (2-4-2 ACC) 21-2-1 (6-1-1 ACC) 11/5/2014 H # W, 1-0 10/25/2019 A W, 2-0 Wed. 10/14 at Virginia Tech* ACCN 8 p.m. # ACC Tournament MATCH NOTES Sun. 10/18 PITT* ACCNX 7:30 p.m. Sat. 10/24 at Notre Dame* ACCNX 1 p.m. FOR STARTERS Fri. 10/30 SYRACUSE* RSN 8 p.m. • The Cavaliers come into Wednesday with a seven-game win streak against ACC opponents dating back to last season. The streak, that includes the 2019 postseason, began with a 2-0 win over then-No. 25 Virginia Tech on Oct. 25, 2019. Fri. 11/6 VIRGINIA TECH* RSN 4 p.m. • Head Coach George Gelnovatch is seeking his 90th career ACC regular season victory and looking to become only the third ACC TOURNAMENT coach in ACC history with 90 league wins. Sun. 11/15 ACC Quarterfinals1 ACCN TBA • Wednesday is one of two road games this season (Notre Dame – Oct. 24) for Virginia. The Cavaliers went 3-0-1 in true road Wed. 11/18 ACC Semifinals1 ACCN TBA games in 2019. 2 • Virginia and Virginia Tech will play two times in 2020, the second meeting occurring on Nov. 6 at Klöckner Stadium. The two Sun. 11/12 ACC Championship ESPNU TBA programs have played twice in one season on two occasions, 1961 and 2014. Home matches in BOLD CAPS • Both Virginia and Virginia Tech played their first matches of the season this past weekend. Every other ACC team has played *denotes ACC matches two or more games at this junction of the season. 1NC Campus Sites | 2Cary, N.C. (WakeMed Soccer Park) • Virginia is ranked fifth for the third-straight week and has been ranked in the top 5 in all but one week since Sept. 17, 2019. ELITE COMPANY NOTABLE SPRING DATES • George Gelnovatch seeking 90th career ACC win and would be the fastest coach in ACC history to 90 ACC regular season wins. Wed. 2/3/20 First Day of spring competition • Only three coaches in ACC history have reached the 90-win mark. Sun. 4/18/20 NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday • Gelnovatch has one other milestone victory at Virginia Tech, he won his 300th game at Thompson Field on Sept. 15, 2017. Thurs-Mon. 5/13-17/20 NCAA College Cup John Rennie (Duke) 95 wins in 29 seasons I.M. Ibrahim (Clemson) 90 wins in 28 seasons 2020 RECORD WHEN 2020 RECORD VS. George Gelnovatch (Virginia) 89 wins in 25 seasons Overtime: 1-0-0 Ranked Teams 0-0-0 Leading at half: 0-0-0 Top-10 Teams 0-0-0 QUARTER CENTURY AT THE HELM Trailing at half: 0-0-0 Non-conf. opponents 0-0-0 • George Gelnovatch enters his 25th season as head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers, a tenure that is marked by two National Tied at half: 1-0-0 Virginia Teams 0-0-0 Championships, five ACC Championships, six College Cup appearances and 24 consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tourna- Scoring First: 1-0-0 ment. • Gelnovatch is one of nine active coaches that have 24 or more years at only one school and his 339 career wins are the most 2020 VIRGINIA LEADERS among the group. GOALS MINUTES PLAYED • He currently stands as the ACC’s longest tenured coach and ranks third all-time amongst the league’s coaches in career Nathaniel Crofts 1 Reed Kessler 109 victories. • Gelnovatch is the first coach in NCAA Division I soccer to lead 20-straight teams to the NCAA Tournament. Philip Horton 1 Oliver Gerbig 109 • Gelnovatch has won 10 or more games in all 24 seasons as head coach. Only Maryland’s Sasho Cirovski has more consecu- Bret Halsey 109 tive 10+ win seasons (25) among active NCAA head coaches. ASSISTS Irakoze Donasiyano 109 Joan Gibert 1 Andreas Ueland 109 SERIES HISTORY Isaiah Byrd 1 Joan Gibert 109 • Since 2004, Virginia and Virginia Tech have met every year with the exception of the 2015 season. • The Cavaliers own a 41-4-5 overall record against the Hokies in an all-time series that dates back to 1960. POINTS • Virginia is unbeaten in its last 15 matches against Virginia Tech, a stretch that includes five draws. • George Gelnovatch is 14-2-5 against Virginia in his tenure as head coach. Nathaniel Crofts 2 • Since Thompson Field opened in 2003, the Cavaliers are 6-1-2 Philip Horton 1 Joan Gibert 1 LAST MEETING Isaiah Byrd 1 • Virginia rolled to its 12th shutout in 15 games thanks to a 2-0 win over 25th-ranked Virginia Tech on Oct. 25, 2019. • Nathaniel Crofts landed himself on SportsCenter’s Top 10 with his game-winning goal in the 33rd minute and later assisted on SAVES a Daryl Dike second half tally. Colin Shutler 8 https://twitter.com/UVAMenSoccer/status/1188134311997755392?s=20 • Colin Shutler posted five saves, matching a season-high at the time, as Virginia Tech went on to out-shoot Virginia 11-10 in the contest. VIRGINIA IN THE POLLS HISTORIC OPENING NIGHT US TDS CSN SA RPI • Virginia won its seventh-straight season opener with a 2-1, double-overtime victory over Louisville. Preseason n/a 1 7 n/a n/a • The 300th all-time victory at Klöckner Stadium was clinched by a Philip Horton PK in the 109th minute. Week 1 (9/21) 3 1 7 3 n/a • Louisville tied the match in the 90th minute and out-shot the Cavaliers 18-9. Week 2 (9/28) 5 2 n/a 5 n/a • The last time Virginia opened its season in October was 1974 (Oct. 1) and the latest a Virginia soccer season has started was Week 3 (10/5) 5 4 n/a 5 n/a in 1946 on Oct. 19, a 3-0 loss in the first of 86 meetings against North Carolina. Week 4 (10/12) 5 n/a 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. 5-11 155 Boynton Beach, Fla. Olympic Heights Inter Miami 17 Andreas Ueland D So. 6-4 185 Byrne, Norway Bryne Vidaregåande Bryne FK 18 Axel Gunnarsson F So. 6-0 190 Gothenburg, Sweden Aspero Idrottsgymnasium Utsiktens BK 19 Nick Berghold F/M R-Fr.