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: 6-1 : Nov. 30 : Klöckner Stadium Last Meeting: 11/24/13 - W, 3-1 | First Meeting: 9/4/94 - W, 2-0 Last UVA Win: 11/24/13 - W, 3-1 | Last STJ Win: 8/29/08 - L, 0-1 : 7 p.m. : ACCNX Streak: W-3 : Charlottesville, Va. : virginiasports.com/coverage.aspx ST. JOHN’S VIRGINIA Head Coach Dave Masur George Gelnovatch LAST 10 VS. ST JOHN’S (6-1) 2019 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Career Record 422-177-96 335-130-58 Date H/A/N Result Date H/A/N Result Overall: 18-1-1 | ACC: 6-1-1 Record at School 369-156-90 Same 9/4/94 H W, 2-0 9/2/13 H W, 2-0 Home: 13-1 | Away: 3-0-1 | Neutral: 2-0 Year at School 29th Season 24th Season 11/26/00 H1 W, 2-1 11/24/13 H1 W, 2-0 Streak: W-7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9/16/07 H W, 1-0 (OT) DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT 2019 Record 14-4-1 (6-2-1 Big East) 18-1-1 (6-1-1 ACC) 8/29/08 H L, 0-1 1NCAA Tournament Fri. 8/30 PACIFIC ACCNX W, 2-0 2018 Record 7-8-3 (3-3-3 Big East) 10-4-3 (3-2-2 ACC) 9/5/10 H W, 5-0 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 FOR STARTERS Tue. 9/17 RADFORD ACCNX W, 1-0 • The Cavaliers are in the round of 16 for the second-straight season and the 28th time in program history. Head coach George Fri. 9/20 NC STATE* ACCNX W, 2-0 Gelnovatch has led Virginia to the third round 14 of his 24 seasons. Mon. 9/23 W. MICHIGAN ACCN W, 1-0 (OT) • Virginia is seeking is 20th NCAA Quarterfinal appearance and first since winning the 2014 National Championship. Sat. 9/28 at #21 Notre Dame* ACCNX W, 1-0 • Virginia is making its 39th-straight NCAA Tournament appearance, the longest streak in the history of college soccer. Tue. 10/1 GEORGE WASHINGTON ACCNX W, 3-0 • The Cavaliers are the NCAA Tournament’s No. 1 overall seed for the second time (1995) in school history and first time under Fri. 10/4 #24 LOUISVILLE* ACCNX W, 2-0 head coach George Gelnovatch. • Virginia comes into the match winners of its last seven matches, the second seven-match win streak of the season. It marks Fri. 10/11 at Boston College* ACCNX T, 1-1 (2OT) the third time in program history (1993 & 1995) the Cavaliers have put together win streaks of seven or more games in the Tue. 10/15 #17 JAMES MADISON ACCN W, 1-0 same year Fri. 10/18 PITTSBURGH* ACCNX L, 0-2 • St. John’s/Virginia is one two matches on the NCAA Tournament slate for Saturday. The advancing team on Saturday will face Tue. 10/22 SAINT LOUIS ACCNX W, 3-0 either UCF or SMU in the quarterfinal. UCF/SMU is scheduled for an 8:30 in Dallas on Saturday night. Fri. 10/25 #25 at Virginia Tech* ACCNX W, 2-0 • No. 14 St. John’s will be the fourth-straight, ranked opponent for Virginia. The Cavaliers are 9-0 against teams from the United Fri. 11/1 NORTH CAROLINA* ACCNX W, 2-1 (OT) Soccer Coaches Top-25 in 2019. ACC TOURNAMENT Sun. 11/10 SYRACUSE ACCN W, 2-1 SECOND ROUND STAND Wed. 11/13 #7 WAKE FOREST ACCN W, 1-0 • Virginia held Campbell, the country’s third-highest scoring offense, to just two shot attempts in a 2-0 shuout victory. 3 • Junior Spencer Patton was credited with the game-winning goal in the 38th minute. Nathaniel Crofts had the assist and later Sun. 11/17 vs. #1 Clemson ESPNU W, 3-1 made the score 2-0 with his sixth goal of the season. NCAA TOURNAMENT • The shutout was Virginia’s NCAA-best 14th of the season. Sun. 11/24 #24 CAMPBELL ACCNX W, 2-0 • The Cavaliers had a 19-2 shot advantage in the match and held 59 percent of the game’s possession. Sat. 11/30 #14 ST. JOHN’S ACCNX 7 p.m. Fri. 12/6 NCAA Quarterfinal4 AGAINST ST. JOHN’S Fri. 12/13 College Cup Semifinal3 • Saturday will be the third time St. John’s and Virginia will meet in the NCAA Tournament. The Cavaliers have been victorious in Sun. 12/15 College Cup Final3 both previous matchups in the second round. • The Cavaliers have outscored the Red Storm, 9-0 in its last three matchups including a 2-0 victory in the second round of the Home matches in BOLD CAPS 2013 NCAA Tournament. *denotes ACC matches | 1Washington, D.C. (Audi Field) •Gelnovatch is 11-5-3 against current members of the Big East. The Cavaliers are unbeaten in their last seven matches against 2 current Big East opponents (4-0-3) including wins over Villanova (3-2 OT) and Marquette (2-0) in 2017. at campus sites (top remaining seeds) 3Cary, N.C. (WakeMed Soccer Park) TRENDING 4Sites TBA •Virginia has trailed three times this season for a total of 177:59 of 1,833 minutes played this season. •The Cavaliers are 9-0 against non-ACC foes this season and have outscored the nine other programs, 15-0. 2019 RECORD WHEN 2019 RECORD VS. •Including Sunday’s win over Campbell, Virginia is 13-0 when leading at halftime and 16-0-1 when scoring first. Overtime: 2-0-1 • The Cavaliers have evenly distributed its goal scoring this season, tallying 16 first half goals, 17 second half tallies and two Ranked Teams 9-0 overtime scores. Leading at half: 13-0 Top-10 Teams 4-0 Trailing at half: 1-1 Non-conf. opponents 9-0 THE KLÖCKNER ADVANTAGE Tied at half: 4-0-1 Virginia Teams 3-0 • Klöckner Stadium has hosted an NCAA Tournament match in each of the last 39 years. Scoring First: 16-0-1 • The Cavaliers are 38-12-2 (.750) at Klöckner in the NCAA postseason. 2019 VIRGINIA LEADERS • Virginia is 13-1 at Klöckner Stadium this season, the most home wins of any team in the country. Only Clemson (12), Campbell (10), Indiana (10) and Georgetown (10) have reached double digit home wins in 2019. GOALS POINTS • Virginia has won 81 percent (297-59-27) of its matches at Klöckner Stadium since its opening in 1992. Daryl Dike 7 Daryl Dike 21 • Against NC State on Sept. 20, 2019 Virginia drew 3,858 fans, the largest crowd since Sept. 22, 2017 when 4,205 turned out Nathaniel Crofts 6 Nathaniel Crofts 15 for a match against North Carolina. Irakoze Donasiyano 4 Irakoze Donasiyano 12 Spencer Patton 4 Joe Bell 10 NATIONAL RANKINGS Joe Bell 3 Spencer Patton 9 • The Cavaliers come into Sunday with the lowest goals against average (0.34), the highest save percentage (.879) and are tied Daniel Steedman 2 Daniel Steedman 8 for the most shutouts (14) in the country. Five tied 1 Robin Afamefuna 6 • Virginia’s 18 wins are tied with Missouri State for the most in collegiate soccer. • Virginia owns a .921 winning percentage, also tied with Missouri State for the highest in the country. ASSISTS SAVES • Virginia is one of four programs nationally with one or no losses this season. Daryl Dike 7 Colin Shutler 49 • The Cavaliers have conceded just seven goals this season, the fewest of any team in the nation. Virginia and Georgetown are Joe Bell 4 the only programs that have allowed less than 10 goals this season. Irakoze Donasiyano 4 MINUTES PLAYED • The program record for fewest goals allowed in a season stands at eight, set in 2009. Only one other time (9 in 1988) has Daniel Steedman 4 Henry Kessler 1833 Virginia allowed less than 10 goals in a season. Axel Gunnarsson 3 Andreas Ueland 1833 Nathaniel Crofts 3 Robin Afamefuna 1829 Irakoze Donasiyano 1777 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.