7-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1989•1991•1992•1993•1994•2009•2014 13 COLLEGE CUP APPEARANCES 1983•1989•1991•1992•1993•1994•1995 2020-21 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: n/a : March 23 : Klöckner Stadium Last Meeting: n/a| First Meeting: n/a Last UVA Win: 10/25/19, W, 2-0 | Last CA Win: n/a : 5 p.m. : ACCNX Streak: -- : Charlottesville, Va. : http://statb.us/b/335802 CENTRAL ARKANSAS VIRGINIA Head Coach Ross Duncan George Gelnovatch LAST 10 VS. CENTRAL ARKANSAS 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Career Record 57-86-16 344-136-59 Date H/A/N Result Date H/A/N Result Overall: 6-5-1 | Fall ACC: 2-3-1 | Spring ACC: 2-1-0 Record at School Same Same Home: 5-2-0 | Away: 1-2-1 | Neutral: 0-1-0 Year at School Ninth Season 25th Season Streak: W-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT 2020-21 Record 6-7-2 (3-3 Sun Belt) 6-5-1 (2-1 ACC Sp.) Fri. 10/9 LOUISVILLE* ACCNX W, 2-1 (2OT) 2019 Record 10-7-1 (4-1 Sun Belt) 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 #2 PITT* ACCNX L, 2-3 (OT) Sat. 10/24 at Notre Dame* ACCNX L, 1-2 (2OT) LEADING OFF Fri. 10/30 SYRACUSE* RSN W, 1-0 • Virginia will play the final non-conference match of the spring before ending the regular season with three ACC games. • Tuesday marks the first ever meeting between Central Arkansas and Virginia. Fri. 11/6 VIRGINIA TECH* RSN L, 0-1 • The last Sun Belt Conference opponent for Virginia was Coastal Carolina on opening night in 2016. • The Cavaliers boast a 5-2 record at Klöckner Stadium this season and have won all three matches this spring at home. FALL ACC TOURNAMENT • Central Arkansas and George Mason are the only two non-conference opponents Virginia will play in 2020-21. Sun. 11/15 at #2 Wake Forest ACCN W, 2-0 Wed. 11/18 vs. #2 Clemson1 ACCN L, 1-2 WEEKLY STANDOUTS • Goalkeeper Alex Rando was named ACC co-Defensive Player of the Week on Monday after helping the Cavaliers to a clean sheet against Virginia Tech last Friday. SPRING SCHEDULE • The sophomore netminder made four saves against the Hokies and was credited with his fourth career shutout. Tues. 3/1 GEORGE MASON ACCNX W, 3-0 • Rando ranks second in the ACC in both goals against average (0.70) and save percentage (.815). His four clean sheets in Sun. 3/7 NOTRE DAME* ACCNX W, 1-0 (OT) 2020-21 are tied for the second most in the league. Sat. 3/13 at North Carolina ACCNX L, 0-2 • Rando is the third Cavalier to take home an ACC weekly defensive honor and the second this spring (Oliver Gerbig – March 8). Fri. 3/19 VIRGINIA TECH* ACCNX W, 2-0 Colin Shutler was recognized as the ACC Defensive player of the week on Oct. 12, 2020. Tue. 3/23 CENTRAL ARKANSAS ACCNX 5 p.m. LAST TIME OUT Sun. 3/28 DUKE* ACCNX 1 p.m. • Virginia was clinical in 2-0 victory over Virginia Tech on Friday and improved to 2-1 in ACC play this spring. Fri. 4/2 at Louisville* 7 p.m. • The Cavaliers scored two second half goals the first came off the foot of Kaya Ignacio in the 47th minute and the second on a Thurs. 4/8 at Pitt* ACCNX 7 p.m. thunderous strike by Kevin Ogudugu in the 58th minute. Tue. 4/13 ACC Divisional Playoff TBA • It marked the third meeting between Virginia and Virginia Tech, the first time the two schools played three times in one season. Sat. 4/17 ACC Championship (at Clemson) TBA • Including draws in 2016 and 2018 along with a loss in the fall, the win was the first over Virginia Tech at Klöckner Stadium Fri. 5/14 NCAA College Cup Semifinal2 TBA since 2014. Virginia owns a 42-5-6 advantage in the all-time series with its commonwealth foe. Sun. 5/16 NCAA College Cup Final2 TBA NOTES AND TRENDS • Virginia has won three-straight matches at Klöckner Stadium and have not been scored upon on their home pitch this spring. Home matches in BOLD CAPS • The Cavaliers moved up two spots in the College Soccer News National rankings to No. 22. The United Soccer Coaches poll is *denotes ACC matches scheduled to come out Tuesday afternoon. 1Chapel Hill, N.C. | 2Cary, N.C. (WakeMed Soccer Park) • Including Friday’s win, the Cavaliers are 4-0-1 when tied at the half in 2020-21 • Redshirt freshman Nick Berghold was credited with the assist on the game-winning goal against Virginia Tech, the first assist of his career. He has five points (2g, 1a) in 10 games played in 2020-21. • Virginia is two wins shy of No. 800 all-time. The Cavaliers entered 2020 with the fifth most wins of any Division I College soc- cer program and the most among any ACC School 2020-21 RECORD WHEN 2020-21 RECORD VS. • Oliver Gerbig and Irakoze Donasiyano are the only two Cavaliers to have played every minute of action this season. Donasiyano Overtime: 2-2-1 Ranked Teams 1-2-0 made his 53rd consecutive start in Friday’s match against Virginia Tech. Leading at half: 2-1-0 Top-10 Teams 1-1-0 • The goalkeeping combination of Colin Shutler and Alex Rando have combined for 44 saves in 2020-21, the most in the ACC. Trailing at half: 0-4-0 Non-conf. opponents 1-0-0 Tied at half: 4-0-1 Virginia Teams 2-1-1 NOTING THE BEARS Scoring First: 6-1-0 • The Bears began their spring season on Feb. 3 and has one match remaining on their schedule after their visit to Charlottes- ville. VIRGINIA IN THE POLLS • In six games this spring, Central Arkansas is 3-2-1 and in its last match lost at Lipscomb, 2-1 on March 16. US TDS SA CSN RPI • Central Arkansas went 3-3 in Sun Belt play this past fall and played to a 1-1 draw in the conference semifinals before Georgia Preseason n/a 1 n/a 7 n/a State advanced on PKs. Week 1 (9/21) 3 1 n/a 7 n/a • Head coach Ross Duncan led Central Arkansas to its first ever NCAA Tournament in 2017 and returned again in 2018 after Week 2 (9/28) 5 2 n/a n/a n/a winning back-to-back Missouri Valley Conference Championships. Week 3 (10/5) 5 4 n/a n/a n/a Week 4 (10/12) 5 4 n/a n/a n/a 2020-21 VIRGINIA LEADERS Week 5 (10/19) NR 6 n/a n/a n/a GOALS ASSISTS POINTS SAVES Week 6 (10/26) NR 9 n/a n/a n/a Axel Gunnarsson 3 Isaiah Byrd 2 Axel Gunnarsson 6 Colin Shutler 22 Week 7 (11/2) NR 8 n/a n/a n/a Cabrel Happi Kamseu 2 Joan Gibert Fuertes 2 Nick Berghold 5 Alex Rando 22 Week 8 (11/9) NR 10 n/a n/a n/a Kaya Ignacio 2 Jeremy Verley 2 Kevin Ogudugu 5 Week 16 (3/1) n/a NR n/a 29 n/a Nick Berghold 2 Seven tied (1) 1 Kaya Ignacio 5 MINUTES PLAYED Week 17 (3/9) 24 NR n/a 23 n/a Kevin Ogudugu 2 Cabrel Happi Kamseu 4 Irakoze Donasiyano 1137 Week 18 (3/15) NR NR n/a 24 n/a Nathaniel Crofts 1 Joan Gibert Fuertes 4 Oliver Gerbig 1137 Week 19 (3/22) n/a NR n/a 22 n/a Philip Horton 1 Jeremy Verley 4 Andreas Ueland 1041 US - United Soccer Coaches | TDS - TopDrawerSoccer.com | CSN - College Soccer News | Joan Gibert Fuertes 1 Philip Horton 3 Axel Gunnarsson 904 SA - Soccer America Andreas Ueland 1 Andreas Ueland 3 Isaiah Byrd 859 Jeremy Verley 1 2020-21 ROSTER / BREAKDOWN No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown Previous School Club 0 Alex Rando GK Fr. 6-4 180 New York, N.Y. The Beacon School/Stanford NYCFC 00 Scott Williams GK Fr. 6-3 195 Cincinnati, Ohio The Seven Hills School Columbus Crew SC Academy 2 William Citron D So. 6-0 180 Eastchester, N.Y. Iona Prep/Cornell NYCFC 3 Isaiah Byrd M R-Fr. 6-0 170 Gainesville, Va. Patriot BRYC Elite 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 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.