2011 HOKIE GAME NOTES • GAME 19 VIRGINIA TECH WOMEN’S SOCCER Kelly Shuman, Athletics Communications Intern 460 Jamerson Athletic Center, Blacksburg, VA 24061 • Office: 540-231-1494 • Cell: 434-981-3977 • Email: [email protected] 2011 Schedule / Results GAME 19 - #17 Florida State SEMINOLES (12-5-1, 4-4-1 ACC) VIRGINIA TECH vs. #17 FLORIDA STATE Thursday, October 27, 2011 • 7 p.m. Date Opponent Time/Result Thompson Field (2,028) • Blacksburg, Va. 8/ 12 EAST CAROLINA (Ex.) W, 4-1 Live Stats - www.hokiesports.com/wsoccer/live 19 at UNC Greensboro W, 4-0 Live Broadcast - www.hokiesports.com/allaccess 21 at James Madison W, 3-1 26 HIGH POINT W, 3-0 • Coming off a 1-0 victory over then-No. 8 North Carolina on Sunday, the Virginia Tech 28 ELON W, 5-0 women’s soccer team will honor its seniors as it closes the regular season against No. 17 Florida State at Thompson Field. WAKE FOREST TOURNAMENT 9/ 2 vs. Campbell W, 3-2 SCOUTING THE SEMINOLES • The No. 17 Florida State Seminoles have an overall record of 11-6-0, and are 4-5-0 in the 4 vs. Connecticut W, 1-0 ACC. The Seminoles are coming off a 4-2 win over Miami Sunday afternoon. Florida State scored three unanswered goals in the final 18 minutes of the second half to complete its HILTON GARDEN HOKIE INVITATIONAL first come-from-behind victory of the season. 9 VT vs. NEBRASKA L, 3-4 # • Florida State averages 2.29 goals per game and has outscored its opponents 39-22. 11 VT vs. LOYOLA (Md.) W, 3-0 The Seminoles are known to attack the goal averaging 15.0 shots per game, while sitting second in the conference in points with 122. 15 APPALACHIAN STATE W, 4-0 • Redshirt-junior Tiffany McCarty leads Florida State with 13 goals and has recorded three 18 at Maryland * L, 1-2 assists on the season. Tori Huster follows McCarty with five goals, while Jessica Price leads the squad in assists with six. 25 BOSTON COLLEGE * L, 1-2 # • In goal, Kelsey Wys has played in 14 games for the Seminoles, recording 39 saves and 29 at Wake Forest * T, 0-0 # has allowed 16 goals this season. The redshirt-sophomore keeper holds a 9-5-0 record on the year. 10/ 2 at Duke * L, 0-1 7 MIAMI * W, 2-1 SERIES INFO 13 CLEMSON * W, 3-0 • This will be the 11th overall meeting against the Hokies and Seminoles. Tech has never 16 at NC State * W, 1-0 defeated Florida State, as the Seminoles hold a 9-0-1 all-time record. The series dates 20 at # 11 Virginia * L, 0-4 back to 2002 and the two teams have met every year since the Hokies joined the ACC in 23 #8 NORTH CAROLINA * W, 1-0 2004, including twice in the 2008 and 2009 seasons. In 2008, Tech saw Florida State in 27 #17 FLORIDA STATE * 7 p.m. the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament and advanced to the semifinals with a double- overtime tie that resulted in a 4-2 penalty kick shoot out that the Hokies won. All Times Eastern • The Seminoles have been ranked in the top-10 during seven of the 10 meetings, * Denotes ACC Opponent including 2006 and 2009 where they were No. 3 in the country. Home Games ALL CAPS • Tech holds a 17-64-9 all-time record against ranked opponents. Dates and Times Subject to Change # Denotes (2OT) Player Spotlight ACC CHAMPIONSHIP Junior Kelly Conheeney has had an impressive 2011 season, recording 10 goals, six assists and 26 Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011 - Campus Sites points. In addition, five of her goals were game- #8 seed at #1 seed, 1 p.m. winners, including most recently against then-No. 8 #7 seed at #2 seed, 1 p.m. #6 seed at #3 seed, 1 p.m. North Carolina. The Ridgewood, N.J., native is the #5 seed at #4 seed, 1 p.m. first female soccer player to notch over 20 career Friday, Nov. 4, 2011 - WakeMed Soccer Park goals and assists at Tech. Conheeney overflows Semifinals, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. on ESPN3 Tech’s all-time record books, as she sits third or Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011 - WakeMed Soccer Park better in every category except two. She leads Tech Finals, 1:00 p.m. on ESPNU in game-winning goals (12), multi-goal games (5) and points (69). Kelly Conheeney 2011 HOKIE GAME NOTES • GAME 19 Pg. 2 2011-12 VIRGINIA TECH LAST TIME OUT QUICK FACTS Hokies stun No. 8 North Carolina, 1-0 Kelly Conheeney connects on her 12th career game-winning goal GENERAL INFORMATION Name of School ..............................Virginia Tech BLACKSBURG, Va. – Junior Kelly Conheeney lifts the Virginia Tech women’s soccer Location ..................................... Blacksburg, Va. team over the No. 8 North Carolina Tar Heels, 1-0, in the 49th minute with the game- Founded .....................................................1872 Enrollment ...............................................31,000 winning goal. The victory marks the second defeat over the Tar Heels in Tech’s program Colors .......... Chicago maroon and burnt orange history. Oct. 4, 2009 was the first time the Hokies defeated North Carolina by the same Nickname ................................................Hokies score in Blacksburg. Conference ...................................Atlantic Coast Conheeney’s game-winner was the first time this year she scored on an ACC opponent Facility ...................................... Thompson Field as well as her 12th career game-winning goal. As a junior, she sits first in Tech’s all-time Capacity.....................................................2,028 record books in game-winning goals, three higher than the runner-up, former-teammate Surface .........................................Natural Grass Marika Gray, who was the first Hokie to score in a win over the Tar Heels two years ago. President ..............................Charles W. Steger North Carolina (11-3-1, 6-2-1 ACC) came out taking the first shot of the game by Court- Director of Athletics.......................... Jim Weaver Website ............................ www.hokiesports.com ney Jones but it went wide, while Tech (12-5-1, 4-4-1 ACC) responded with three back-to- Twitter ............................................VT_WSoccer back shots and a corner kick. The Hokies had numerous chances to find the back of the net but all went shy of the goal. Tech’s keeper Dayle Colpitts made the only save of the WOMEN’S SOCCER History half six minutes in when the Tar Heels fired a low shot from 15 yards out. First Year ....................................................1993 Tech took the shot advantage in the first half, shooting eight to the Tar Heel’s five. Overall All-Time Record ....................164-175-16 Sophomore Jazmine Reeves led both teams going into the break, taking four shots but it All-Time ACC Record ...........................27-40-22 was not enough to put a point on the board. The two teams would go into the break still ACC Tournament Appearances ........................4 scoreless. NCAA Tournament Appearances ......................4 The two teams came out in the second right where they left off, North Carolina record- Last NCAA Appearance ..............................2010 Last NCAA Opponent ................. Dayton (L, 0-3) ed two corner kicks early at the start of play but Tech’s defense was there to flush the ball out. North Carolina’s Meg Morris took the first shot of the half in the 48th minute, before WOMEN’S SOCCER INFORMATION Conheeney was set up by a Reeves cross and fired one low in the far corner past theTar 2010 Record ...........................................10-10-1 Heels’ new keeper, Anna Sieloff, to put the only point on the board at the 49:13 mark. Home Record .............................................6-2-1 North Carolina turned the intensity up finishing the half with eight more shots and five Road Record ..............................................3-4-0 on goal, but was not enough to tie the score. Tech had a chance to make the score 2-0 Neutral Record ...........................................1-4-0 late in the game in the 84th minute when Reeves dribbled the ball down the field, juking Starters Returning/Lost..................................7/3 the keeper and firing a hard shot that hit the post and Anne Lumpkin tried to rebound the Letterwinners Returning/Lost ......................13/5 ball, but shot went just wide of the goal. Newcomers.......................................................9 As a team, the Hokies outshot the Tarheels 15-14, while North Carolina out cornered COACHING STAFF Tech 9-3. Reeves led both teams with six shots, while Conheeney and freshman Kelsey Head Coach ................ Charles “Chugger” Adair Loupee each recorded two. The Hokies’15 shots marks the first time in six years that Alma Mater .............................. San Diego, 1993 Tech has recorded double-figure shots against North Carolina. Years at VT .......... 1st as head coach/6th overall Colpitts finished the day recording her 10th career shutout, including six on the season Career Record ..........................................12-5-1 for the Hokies. The sophomore keeper charted six saves this afternoon, while improving Office Phone .............................. (540) 231-6660 to 7-4-1 on the year. Adelaide Gay and Anna Sieloff split time in the goal, while Sieloff tal- Office Fax .................................. (540) 231-3613 lied two saves and was charted for the loss bringing her to 3-3-1 on the season. Assistant Coach..............Erin Lycan, 1st season Alma Mater ................................... Virginia, 2005 Assistant Coach..........Pete Pososki, 1st season HOKIES SET NEW SCHOOL RECORD Alma Mater ................... Eastern Michigan, 2003 • After defeating then-No. 8 North Carolina, 1-0, the Hokies notched a new school record with 10 shutouts during a single season. 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