No. 5 Virginia Hosts NC State Friday Night

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Posted on Thursday, Sep. 19, 2019, 10:10 pm

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Courtesy UVA Media Relations

No. 5 Virginia (5-0, 1-0 ACC) resumes Atlantic Coast Conference play on Friday night when it hosts NC State (4-1-1, 1-0 ACC) at Klöckner Stadium. The match is scheduled for 7 p.m. and will air live on ACCNX.

Game Coverage: ACCNX streams via the ESPN App and is available through participating TV providers that carry ACC Network. Links for the live stream and in-game live stats will be available on VirginiaSports.com. Fans can also follow the Virginia men’s soccer official twitter account (@UVAMenSoccer) for in-game updates.

PROMOTIONS

  • The first 1,000 fans will receive a Virginia soccer scarf. Gates to Klöckner Stadium open at 6 p.m.
  • Friday’s match will serve as a Sabre Rewards night for students.

FOR STARTERS

  • Virginia is one of 10 unbeaten teams remaining in college soccer and one of two in the ACC (Clemson).
  • The Cavaliers have the second-lowest goals against average (0.20) in the country and are one of six teams nationally to concede just one goal this season.
  • Virginia is looking to start ACC play 2-0 for the first time since 2008 when it won its first four against NC State, Virginia Tech, North Carolina and Clemson.

STEEDMAN’S GAME-WINNERS

  • For the second time in three games, sophomore Daniel Steedman recorded a game-winner when his fifth minute goal against Radford stood in a 1-0 victory at Klöckner Stadium on Tuesday night. Just 10 days prior, his goal against High Point was good enough in a 1-0 decision.
  • The goal on Tuesday for Steedman was his second of the season and fourth of his career. He enters a three-way tie with Nathaniel Crofts and Irakoze Donasiyano for the team lead in goals scored in 2019.
  • Steedman’s tally just 4:05 into the match was also the earliest of the nine Virginia goals in 2019.
  • Along with Nathaniel Crofts, Steedman is tied for ninth in the nation with two game-winning goals.

CLEAN SHEETS

  • For the second time in as many seasons, Virginia has yielded only one goal in its first five games.
  • The four Cavalier shutouts in 2019 are the most in the ACC and their 0.20 goals against average is the lowest in the league and second-lowest in the country.
  • Goalkeeper Colin Shutler has recorded 12 shutouts in 21 career starts in goal for the Cavaliers. One more clean sheet will tie him for 9th on Virginia’s all-time career shutouts list.

All-Time Career Shutouts at UVA

  1. David Comfort (1999-02) — 19
  2. Tony Meola (1988-89) — 17
  3. Brock Yetso (1995-98) — 15
  4. Calle Brown (2013-14) — 13

         Spencer LaCivita (2011-14) — 13

  1. Colin Shutler (2017-19) — 12

FAST START

  • Virginia has won its first five games of the season 10 times in its history. The 5-0 start for the Cavaliers is the first since 2006.

UVA Consecutive Wins to Start the Season

14 — 1987, 1992

12 — 1985

11 — 1989, 1993

8 — 1969, 1982, 2006

6 — 1979

5 — 2019

SERIES HISTORY

  • NC State comes to Charlottesville for the first time since 2016, a 1-0 UVA win.
  • Virginia owns a 48-17-9 record in an all-time series that was first played in 1949.
  • Under head coach George Gelnovatch, the Cavaliers are 18-4-3 and are unbeaten in the last five meetings (3-0-2) against the Wolfpack.
  • Three of the last five matches between Virginia and NC State have gone to overtime, including a 0-0 draw on Oct. 13, 2017 in Raleigh.

NOTING NC STATE

  • NC State erupted for a season-high, four goals (three in the first 36 minutes) on Tuesday night in a 4-1 home win over the College of Charleston. Four different Wolfpack players found the back of the net in the team’s second-straight win.
  • Friday’s match against Virginia will be NC State’s second road game of the season. The only other contest away from home came against William & Mary on Sept. 10, a 1-1 draw in Williamsburg.
  • The only blemish on the NC State ledger came against St. John’s on Sept. 1, a 1-0 loss in overtime. The Red Storm are now 6-0 on the season and ranked 9th in the country.
  • NC State has been knocking on the door of the top-25 and received votes in the last United Soccer Coaches poll.