Virginia Soccer | Top Seeded Virginia Takes on Cal in ACC Semifinal

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The top-seeded No. 4-ranked Virginia males’s soccer staff (11-1-4) is ready to face off with Twelfth-seeded California (8-7-2) in an ACC Semifinal matchup at Klöckner Stadium on Sunday (Nov. 9). Kickoff is ready for 7 p.m. ET on ACC Network.

Admission
Single-game tickets for the semifinal matches are $10 prematurely and $15 on gameday, whereas championship recreation tickets are $15 prematurely and $20 on gameday. Tickets solely can be found on-line and no walk-up gross sales shall be obtainable. Fans should buy tickets on-line utilizing this link.

Exclusive group pricing can be obtainable for teams of 10 or extra, together with distinctive on-field alternatives. For particulars, go to theACC.com/groups or contact [email protected].

How to Follow:
Thursday’s match towards California will air on ACC Network which is offered by means of the ESPN app and at WatchESPN.com for purchasers who’ve the ACC Network as a part of their TV subscription. Links to each the published and reside stats can be found at VirginiaSports activities.com. Fans also can get updates by following this system’s official Twitter account (@UVAMenSoccer).

For Openers: 

• The Cavaliers are set for simply their fifth matchup with California all-time. UVA leads the sequence with a 2-1-1 file. The final assembly between the groups occurred in Berkeley, a 1-1 draw.
• UVA enters the sport using a 13-game unbeaten streak and are one among simply seven groups in NCAA Division I with an lively unbeaten streak of 10+ video games.
• The Cavaliers went undefeated in ACC play with a file of 5-0-3. It marks the primary time Virginia went unbeaten in ACC play was in 2001 when the staff went 6-0-0.
• The 2001 season was additionally the final time Virginia gained the ACC common season title outright at earned the highest seed within the ACC Men’s Soccer Championship

Hoos within the ACC Tournament

• Virginia holds an all-time file of 49-21-14 within the ACC Men’s Soccer Championship and has gained the ACC event 11 instances.
• Virginia has gained the ACC title a complete of 16 instances, profitable the league 5 instances earlier than the ACC event’s inception
• Virginia is ready to make its third look within the ACC Semifinal within the final 4 seasons
• UVA’s final ACC Championship got here in 2019 when the Cavaliers defeated Clemson by a rating of 3-1 at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C.

Simmonds Fires Cavaliers into ACC Semifinal

• Top-seeded Virginia fell behind 1-0 within the ACC Quarterfinal towards North Carolina within the twenty seventh minute
• Virginia responded earlier than halftime as Triton Beauvois discovered the again of the web on a Nick Simmonds help
• Simmonds would later rating the sport profitable objective within the 78th minute, his second of the season

Simmonds Historic Hat Trick

• Nick Simmonds was concerned in every of Virginia’s 4 objectives (3g, 1a) in a shutout win over Clemson (10/25)
• Simmonds grew to become the primary Cavalier to file a hat trick since 2012 and the primary freshman to take action since 2009.
• Will Bates (’12) was the final to attain each of these feats – Bates additionally coached Simmonds on the U15 degree

NCAA Selection Committee Ranking

• The Cavaliers had been ranked No. 3 within the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Selection Committee’s top-16 rankings introduced Friday night (Oct. 17)
• Based on outcomes by means of video games of October 14, Princeton, Stanford, Virginia and Portland obtained the highest 4 seeds. The high 4 seeds are essential, as if the seeds maintain these 4 groups would have the chance to host quarterfinal matches with a bid to the Men’s College Cup on the road.
• The rating relies on the factors used to pick out and seed the 48 groups for the Division I Men’s Soccer Championship and in no specific order consists of power of schedule, Rating Percentage Index, head-to-head competitors, outcomes versus widespread opponents, power and outcomes towards non-conference opponents, late season efficiency within the final eight video games and power and outcomes towards convention opponents.

Results Against Top-10 Opposition

• Virginia was examined early with a run of three consecutive matches towards opponents ranked within the nation’s top-10. The Cavaliers went 2-0-1 towards No. 8 Virginia Tech (T, 2-2), No. 6 Louisville (W, 1-0) and No. 1 Wake Forest (W, 6-3).
• The stretch marked the primary time UVA matched up with three-straight top-10 opponents since 2022 when Virginia went 2-1-1 towards No. 3 Syracuse, No. 10 Pitt, No. 10 Denver and No. 2 Duke.
• The final time UVA opened ACC play with back-to-back highway matches towards top-10 foes was in 2000, when No. 11 Virginia posted a 2-0 win at No. 5 Wake Forest earlier than defeating No. 10 North Carolina 3-1 in Chapel Hill.
• UVA then went on to topple No. 2 NC State (W, 1-0) on the highway.
• The Cavaliers maintain a file of 97-76-39 towards top-10 opposition all-time
• Since the beginning of 2022, Virginia has recorded 14 constructive outcomes (wins or attracts) towards top-10 opponents with eight of these outcomes approaching the highway:

*Opponent superior on penalties in postseason play

The Virginia Standard

• As an 11-seed in 2024, the Cavaliers earned a primary spherical bye within the NCAA event for the third consecutive season.
• UVA is one among simply 5 packages to earn first-round byes in every of the final three seasons and is the one program that earned a number of top-eight seeds in that span.
• The Cavaliers are coming off their second ACC Semifinal look in three seasons.