Virginia Girls’s Soccer | Hoos Set For Top 10 Matchup With No. 9 Penn State

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 8 Virginia ladies’s soccer crew (4-0-1) is about for one more nationally-ranked matchup at Klöckner Stadium because the Hoos host No. 9 Penn State (3-1-1) in a 6 p.m. contest on Thursday evening (Sept. 4). Kick is about for six p.m.

Admission to all Virginia soccer dwelling matches is free this season.

ORANGE OUT KLÖCKNER
The recreation with the Nittany Lions will probably be an Orange Out recreation and followers are inspired to put on their orange as they arrive cheer on the Hoos.

HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION
Thursday evening’s contest will probably be broadcast on ACC Network and likewise obtainable for stream via the ESPN app and at ESPN.com. Links to reside stats and the stream can be found at VirginiaSports activities.com. Fans can even get updates by following this system’s official account on X (@UVAWomenSoccer).

NOTING THE HOOS

• Virginia moved up in each polls this week, coming in at No. 8 within the United Soccer Coaches ballot and moved as much as No. 13 within the rankings launched by Top Drawer Soccer
• The Cavaliers opened the season with 4 straight shutouts earlier than enjoying No. 16 Georgetown to a 1-1 draw within the final outing on Sunday afternoon
• The Thursday contest with No. 9 Penn State is the third recreation in a five-game homestand and second straight recreation towards a nationally ranked opponent with No. 3 Duke on deck subsequent week
• It’s the second straight season that the Cavaliers have performed a schedule that options three straight contests towards groups ranked within the prime 16 and two of these ranked within the prime 10
• Victoria Safradin posted 623:54 consecutive shutout minutes earlier than the Georgetown objective courting again to final season’s win over Princeton within the opening spherical of the NCAA Tournament
• The shutout stretch by Safradin was the fifth longest in program historical past by a keeper
• Lia Godfrey hit her third objective of the season towards the Hoyas and it was her third strike this season from a free kick as she has been lethal in that scenario this season
• Three Cavaliers scored their first targets of the season final week towards Charlotte with Kiki Maki, Maggie Cagle and Sophia Bradley all discovering the again of the web – it was Maki’s first recreation winner
• Godfrey and Cagle proceed to be a dynamic duo for the Hoos as they each rank within the prime 10 in lively D1 gamers for assists per recreation – Cagle is sixth (0.38) and Godfrey is eighth (0.34 apg)
• The duo even have been prolific with a mixed 40 targets and 55 assists between them – that whole consists of 16 game-winning targets and 23 game-winning assists from the pair

THE SERIES WITH PENN STATE

• Virginia and Penn State meet for the nineteenth time when the groups face off on Thursday evening on ACC Network
• The Cavaliers lead the collection 9-8-1 after a 2-1 victory on the highway at then No. 3 Penn State final season
• Maggie Cagle scored each targets in that 2-1 victory because the Cavaliers rallied within the second half towards the Nittany Lions
• It is the primary assembly in Charlottesville because the 2021 season, a match that Penn State claimed 4-2
• The highway crew has had the benefit within the collection with UVA main 6-4-1 at PSU and the Nittany Lions main 4-2-0 in Klöckner