7-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1989 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 2009 • 2014 13 COLLEGE CUP APPEARANCES 1983 • 1989 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 2019 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: 37-13-8 : Dec. 13 : Sahlen’s Stadium (WakeMed) Last Meeting: 11/13/19 - W, 1-0 | First Meeting: 9/21/80 - W, 3-1 Last UVA Win: 11/13/19 - W, 1-0 | Last WF Win: 10/23/18 - W, 2-3 : 8:30 p.m. : ESPNU Streak: W-1 : Cary, N.C. : virginiasports.com/coverage.aspx WAKE FOREST VIRGINIA Head Coach Bobby Muus George Gelnovatch LAST 10 VS. WAKE FOREST (3-5-2) 2019 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Career Record 163-71-34 337-130-58 Date H/A/N Result Date H/A/N Result Overall: 20-1-1 | ACC: 6-1-1 A Record at School 89-15-9 Same 11/8/2011 H W, 4-3 (2OT) 10/24/2014 H L, 1-2 Home: 15-1 | Away: 3-0-1 | Neutral: 2-0 Year at School Fifth Season 24th Season 10/12/2012 H L, 1-4 9/10/2016 A L, 0-1 (OT) Streak: W-9 A A ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/6/2012 A T, 2-2 (2OT) 11/12/2017 N46 T, 0-0 (OT) DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT 2019 Record 16-4-2 (6-2 ACC) 20-1-1 (6-1-1 ACC) 9/13/2013 A L, 2-3 10/23/2018 H L, 2-3 Fri. 8/30 PACIFIC ACCNX W, 2-0 2018 Record 18-3 (7-1 ACC) 10-4-3 (3-2-2 ACC) 11/12/2013 AA W, 1-0 (OT) 11/13/19 HA W, 1-0 Mon. 9/2 vs. #1 Maryland1 W, 2-0 AACC Tournament MATCH NOTES Sat. 9/7 HIGH POINT ACCNX W, 1-0 Fri. 9/13 at #2 Duke* ESPNU W, 3-1 FOR STARTERS Tue. 9/17 RADFORD ACCNX W, 1-0 • Virginia is making its 13th College Cup appearance and sixth under head coach George Gelnovatch. • The 13 College Cup appearances are the fifth most in men’s DI soccer history. Fri. 9/20 NC STATE* ACCNX W, 2-0 • Virginia and Wake Forest met exactly one month ago (Nov. 13) in the ACC Semifinal, a 1-0 Cavalier victory in Charlottesville. Mon. 9/23 W. MICHIGAN ACCN W, 1-0 (OT) • Virginia comes into the Friday’s semifinal winners of its last nine matches, the longest active win streak in the NCAA. It marks Sat. 9/28 at #21 Notre Dame* ACCNX W, 1-0 the second, nine-match win streak of the season and is only the second time program history (1993) the Cavaliers have put Tue. 10/1 GEORGE WASHINGTON ACCNX W, 3-0 together win streaks of nine or more games in the same year. • No. 9 Wake Forest will be the sixth-straight, ranked opponent for Virginia. The Cavaliers are 11-0 against teams from the United Fri. 10/4 #24 LOUISVILLE* ACCNX W, 2-0 Soccer Coaches Top-25 in 2019 and 5-0 against teams in the top-10. Fri. 10/11 at Boston College* ACCNX T, 1-1 (2OT) • Virginia has been part of each of the last 39 NCAA Tournaments, the longest streak in the history of college soccer. Tue. 10/15 #17 JAMES MADISON ACCN W, 1-0 • The Cavaliers are the NCAA Tournament’s No. 1 overall seed for the second time (1995) in school history and first time under Fri. 10/18 PITTSBURGH* ACCNX L, 0-2 Gelnovatch. Tue. 10/22 SAINT LOUIS ACCNX W, 3-0 AND WE MEET AGAIN Fri. 10/25 #25 at Virginia Tech* ACCNX W, 2-0 • In 58 all-time meetings, either Virginia or Wake Forest has been the No. 1 team in the nation 14 times. Including Friday night’s Fri. 11/1 NORTH CAROLINA* ACCNX W, 2-1 (OT) match, one or both teams have been ranked in the top five in 33 of the 58 all-time matchups. ACC TOURNAMENT • Virginia limited Wake Forest to just five shot attempts, including only one on frame in a 1-0 victory in the 2019 ACC Champi- onship Semifinals on Nov. 13. Nathaniel Crofts’ goal in the 25th minute stood as the Cavaliers snapped a four-match winless Sun. 11/10 SYRACUSE ACCN W, 2-1 streak against the Demon Deacons. Wed. 11/13 #7 WAKE FOREST ACCN W, 1-0 • The Cavaliers are unbeaten (14-0-5) against Wake Forest in ACC Tournament games and NCAA Tournament games (2-0). Sun. 11/17 vs. #1 Clemson2 ESPNU W, 3-1 • The last time the two programs saw each other was in the NCAA Tournament came in the 2009 College Cup semifinals in Cary, NCAA TOURNAMENT a 2-1 overtime victory for the Cavaliers that eventually led to the Virginia’s sixth National Championship. Sun. 11/24 #24 CAMPBELL ACCNX W, 2-0 • The two teams engaged in a wild, back and forth match that saw Wake Forest score two unanswered, second-half goals just 1:37 apart to come away with a 3-2 victory in front of 2,791 fans at Klöckner Stadium last season. Virginia held its only lead Sat. 11/30 #14 ST. JOHN’S ACCNX W, 3-0 after a Daniel Steedman bicycle kick goal in the 73rd minute. Three of the game’s four second half goals came in a 4:52 span. Fri. 12/6 #5 SMU ACCNX W, 3-2 (OT) • Virginia has encountered Wake Forest twice in the ACC Championship game, most recently in 2017 that ended in a scoreless Fri. 12/13 #9 Wake Forest2 ESPNU 8:30 p.m. draw. The Demon Deacons claimed the tournament title after defeating the Cavaliers in penalty kicks, 4-3. Sun. 12/15 College Cup Final2 ESPNU CARY IS FOR VIRGINIA • Virginia has won two National Championships (2009 & 2014) and four ACC Titles (2002, 2003 & 2009, 2019) at Sahlens’s Home matches in BOLD CAPS Stadium. *denotes ACC matches | 1Washington, D.C. (Audi Field) • Last month in Cary, the Cavaliers hoisted the ACC Tournament Championship trophy after a 3-1, come-from-behind victory over 2Cary, N.C. (WakeMed Soccer Park) top-seeded Clemson. • In its last NCAA appearance in Cary, Virginia outlasted UCLA in penalty kicks to win the 2014 National Championship, the program’s seventh national title. 2019 RECORD WHEN 2019 RECORD VS. • The Cavaliers have been in Cary for 11 ACC Tournaments (2002-05; 2007-11; 2019) and two College Cups (2009 & 2014). Overtime: 3-0-1 Virginia owns a 17-5-3 all-time record at Sahlen’s Stadium. Ranked Teams 11-0 Leading at half: 15-0 Top-10 Teams 5-0 NATIONAL RANKINGS Trailing at half: 1-1 Non-conf. opponents 11-0 • The Cavaliers come into Friday with the lowest goals against average (0.40), the highest save percentage (.859) and the most Tied at half: 4-0-1 Virginia Teams 3-0 shutouts (15) in the country. Scoring First: 18-0-1 • Virginia’s 20 wins and .932 win percentage are tops in college soccer. • Virginia is one of three programs (Missouri State & Georgetown) with one loss this season. 2019 VIRGINIA LEADERS • The Cavaliers have conceded just nine goals this season, the fewest in the country and tied for the second fewest in program GOALS POINTS history. Only the 2009 National Championship team (2009) was more stingy defensively with only eight goals conceded. Daryl Dike 7 Daryl Dike 22 Nathaniel Crofts 6 Nathaniel Crofts 15 TRENDING Joe Bell 6 Irakoze Donasiyano 12 • The goal first goal allowed against SMU (Dec. 6) snapped a 320-minute opponent scoreless streak and was the first surren- dered in 11 matches against non-ACC schools. Irakoze Donasiyano 4 Joe Bell 12 • A Virginia opponent has scored multiple goals five times in the last 48 matches and only twice this season. Spencer Patton 4 Daniel Steedman 10 • Virginia has trailed three times this season for a total of 177:59 of 2,018 minutes played this season. Andreas Ueland 3 Spencer Patton 9 • Including its three NCAA Tournament wins, Virginia is 15-0 when leading at halftime and 18-0-1 when scoring first. Four tied 2 Three tied 6 • Virginia has held opponents to five or less shots eight times this season, including two of the three games of the NCAA Tourna- ment. ASSISTS SAVES Daryl Dike 8 Colin Shutler 53 MORE THAN JUST GOALS Daniel Steedman 6 • Sophomore Daryl Dike leads the Cavaliers in goals (7), assists (8) and points (22). • His eight assists are the most by a Cavalier since Scott Thomsen’s eight in 2009. A Cavalier hasn’t reached nine assists since Irakoze Donasiyano 5 MINUTES PLAYED Nico Colaluca in 2006 Joe Bell 4 Henry Kessler 2018 • Dike drew two fouls in the box in the NCAA Quarterfinal against SMU that directly led to Cavalier goals. It marked the sixth and Axel Gunnarsson 4 Andreas Ueland 2018 seventh time this season he’s drawn fouls that have directly led to scores, making him a part of 22 of the Cavaliers 41 tallies Nathaniel Crofts 3 Robin Afamefuna 2014 (54%) this season. Irakoze Donasiyano 1944 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.