Virginia Soccer | No. 16 Virginia Hosts Milwaukee Wednesday

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The No. 16 Virginia males’s soccer crew (5-1-2, 2-0-2 ACC) is ready to host Milwaukee (2-3-5, 1-0-2 SUMMIT) at Klöckner Stadium on Wednesday (Oct. 1). Kickoff is ready for 7 p.m.

For Openers: 

• The Cavaliers are set for his or her first assembly with Milwaukee within the historical past of this system.
• UVA comes off a 0-0 tie with North Carolina on Friday (Sept. 27). The end result marked the fifth Cavalier shutout of the season – only one in need of Virginia’s season complete from each the 2023 and 2024 seasons.
• Virginia head coach George Gelnovatch enters his thirtieth season on the helm. He has amassed a document of 386-164-75 and guided this system to a pair of NCAA titles and 4 ACC championships.

Kelderman Returns to Grounds

• Milwaukee head coach Kris Kelderman performed 4 seasons at Virginia from 1987-1990 the place he was a two-time All-ACC performer and helped the Cavaliers win the nationwide championship in 1989. He closed out his profession within the top-10 in each profession factors and assists within the UVA document books.
• Kelderman was chosen within the 1996 Inaugural MLS Draft because the eightieth general decide by DC United. During his 5 seasons in Major League Soccer, he frolicked with DC United, Miami Fusion and New England Revolution.

Clicking Up Front

• Virginia’s strike partnership of Nick Simmonds and Marco Dos Santos has been prodcutive combining for 11 purpose involvements between them.
• Dos Santos leads the ACC averaging practically an help per sport (.750). Simmonds ranks second within the convention with three objectives in league video games this season.

Results Against Top-10 Opposition

• Virginia was examined early with a run of three consecutive matches in opposition to opponents ranked within the nation’s top-10. The Cavaliers went 2-0-1 in opposition to 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 in opposition to 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 in opposition to 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.
• The Cavaliers maintain a document of 96-76-39 in opposition to top-10 opposition all-time
• Since the beginning of 2022, Virginia has recorded 13 optimistic outcomes (wins or attracts) in opposition to top-10 opponents with seven of these outcomes approaching the highway. That complete ranks first within the ACC:

*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 match 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.