2019 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team

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2019 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 9
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 9
2019 record17–2–3 (6–0–3 ACC)
Head coach
  • Steve Swanson (19th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Ron Raab (14th season)
  • Jaime Frias (1st season)
Home stadiumKlöckner Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 North Carolina  ‍y 9 0 1   .950 24 1 2   .926
No. 7 Florida State  ‍‍‍y 8 2 0   .800 18 6 0   .750
No. 9 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 6 0 3   .833 17 2 3   .841
No. 25 Louisville  ‍‍‍y 5 3 2   .600 13 5 2   .700
No. 17 NC State  ‍‍‍y 4 2 4   .600 12 7 4   .609
No. 18 Duke  ‍‍‍y 3 1 6   .600 9 4 7   .625
Clemson  ‍‍‍y 5 5 0   .500 11 7 2   .600
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 4 4 2   .500 11 8 2   .571
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍y 4 4 2   .500 12 5 2   .684
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 2 6 2   .300 5 10 3   .361
Miami  ‍‍‍ 2 7 1   .250 5 9 2   .375
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 1 6 3   .250 6 8 4   .444
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 1 7 1   .167 3 11 2   .250
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 1 8 1   .150 8 8 2   .500
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2019 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 10, 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC

The 2019 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team represented University of Virginia during the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach Steve Swanson, in his nineteenth season. They played home games at Klöckner Stadium. This was the team's 34th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 32nd playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference[1]

The Cavaliers finished the season 17–2–3, 6–0–3 in ACC play to finish in third place. As the third seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Duke in the quarterfinals and Florida State in the semifinals. In the final, they ended up losing to North Carolina. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Radford before losing to Washington State in the Second Round.

Squad[]

Roster[]

Updated June 26, 2020[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK United States USA Laurel Ivory
1 GK United States USA Michaela Moran
2 MF United States USA Sydney Zandi
3 FW United States USA Ashlynn Serepca
4 FW United States USA Cam Lexow
5 DF United States USA Lizzy Sieracki
6 MF United States USA Anna Sumpter
7 FW United States USA Alexa Spaanstra
8 DF United States USA Courtney Petersen
9 FW United States USA Diana Ordonez
10 MF United States USA Taryn Torres
11 DF United States USA Zoe Morse
12 DF United States USA Claire Constant
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 FW United States USA Rebecca Jarrett
14 MF United States USA Emma Dawson
16 DF United States USA Phoebe McClernon
17 FW United States USA Jansen Eichenlaub
20 DF United States USA Talia Staude
21 MF United States USA Lauren Hinton
22 FW United States USA Meghan McCool
23 DF United States USA McKenna Angotti
24 DF United States USA Kira Maguire
25 FW United States USA Alissa Gorzak
26 MF United States USA Lacey McCormack
28 GK United States USA Siena Sandridge
29 GK United States USA Cayla White


Team management[]

Position Staff
Athletic Director Carla Williams
Head Coach Steve Swanson
Associate Head Coach Ron Raab
Assistant Coach Jamie Frias
Director of Operations Eilidh Thomson

Source:[3]

Schedule[]

Source:[4]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 15, 2019*
1:00 p.m.
No. 9 Illinois W 2–0 
Keystone Soccer Complex
Maple City, MI
August 18, 2019*
5:00 p.m.
No. 9 Richmond United U14 Boys W 3–0 
Klöckner Stadium
Charlottesville, VA
Non-Conference Regular Season
August 23, 2019*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 9 UC Irvine W 7–0  1–0–0
Klöckner Stadium
Charlottesville, VA
August 25, 2019*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 9 Liberty W 6–0  2–0–0
Klöckner Stadium (1,326)
Charlottesville, VA
August 30, 2019*
5:30 p.m., ACCNX
No. 6 East Carolina W 4–0  3–0–0
Klöckner Stadium
Charlottesville, VA
September 1, 2019*
2:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 6 No. 12 West Virginia W 4–1  4–0–0
Klöckner Stadium (1,854)
Charlottesville, VA
September 5, 2019*
7:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 5 No. 15 Georgetown W 2–0  5–0–0
Klöckner Stadium
Charlottesville, VA
September 8, 2019*
12:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 5 Minnesota W 2–0  6–0–0
Klöckner Stadium (1,510)
Charlottesville, VA
September 12, 2019*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 4 William & Mary W 8–1  7–0–0
Klöckner Stadium (1,234)
Charlottesville, VA
September 15, 2019*
1:00 p.m., BTN Plus
No. 4 at No. 8 Penn State W 2–1  8–0–0
Jeffrey Field (1,039)
State College, PA
ACC Regular Season
September 20, 2019
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 1 at Wake Forest T 1–1 2OT 8–0–1
(0–0–1)
Spry Stadium (1,011)
Winston-Salem, NC
September 26, 2019
5:00 p.m., RSN
No. 1 No. 16 Virginia Tech W 2–0  9–0–1
(1–0–1)
Klöckner Stadium (2,415)
Charlottesville, VA
September 29, 2019
2:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 1 No. 10 Duke T 0–0 2OT 9–0–2
(1–0–2)
Klöckner Stadium (2,048)
Charlottesville, VA
October 4, 2019
8:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 1 at Miami (FL) W 3–0  10–0–2
(2–0–2)
Cobb Stadium (700)
Coral Gables, FL
October 10, 2019
7:00 p.m., RSN
No. 1 at NC State T 0–0 2OT 10–0–3
(2–0–3)
Dail Soccer Field (674)
Raleigh, NC
October 13, 2019
1:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 1 at No. 5 Florida State W 1–0 2OT 11–0–3
(3–0–3)
Seminole Soccer Complex
Tallahassee, FL
October 20, 2019
2:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 1 Notre Dame W 3–0  12–0–3
(4–0–3)
Klöckner Stadium (1,500)
Charlottesville, VA
October 24, 2019
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 1 No. 12 Louisville W 3–0  13–0–3
(5–0–3)
Klöckner Stadium (1,968)
Charlottesville, VA
October 27, 2019
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 1 Boston College W 6–1  14–0–3
(6–0–3)
Klöckner Stadium (1,804)
Charlottesville, VA
October 31, 2019
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 1 at Syracuse  Canceled[5]  14–0–3
(6–0–3)
SU Soccer Stadium
Syracuse, NY
ACC Tournament
November 3, 2019
5:00 p.m., ACCN
(3) No. 1 (6) No. 9 Duke
Quarterfinals
W 1–0  15–0–3
Klöckner Stadium
Charlottesville, VA
November 8, 2019
2:30 p.m., ACCN
(3) No. 1 (2) No. 5 Florida State
Semifinals
W 2–1 OT 16–0–3
Sahlen's Stadium (1,875)
Cary, NC
November 10, 2019
12:00 p.m., ESPNU
(3) No. 1 (1) No. 3 North Carolina
Final
L 1–2 2OT 16–1–3
Sahlen's Stadium (2,492)
Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 16, 2019
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
(1) No. 3 Radford
First Round
W 3–0  17–1–3
Klöckner Stadium (894)
Charlottesville, VA
November , 2019
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
(1) No. 3 Washington State
Second Round
L 2–3  17–2–3
Klöckner Stadium (960)
Charlottesville, VA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

2020 NWSL College Draft[]

Player Team Round Pick # Position
Courtney Petersen Orlando Pride 1 7 DF
Phoebe McClernon Orlando Pride 2 14 DF
Zoe Morse Chicago Red Stars 3 19 MF

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Final
United Soccer[7] 9 6 5 4 1 (21) 1 (28) 1 (22) 1 (22) 1 (19) 1 (24) 1 (26) 1 (27) 3 None Released 9
TopDrawer Soccer [8] 5 5 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 9 9 9

References[]

  1. ^ "2018 Women's Soccer Fact Book" (PDF). virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. pp. 32–34. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 10, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "2019 Women's Soccer Roster". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia. 30 September 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  3. ^ "2019 Women's Soccer Coaching Staff". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia. 13 April 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  4. ^ "2019 Women's Soccer Schedule". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  5. ^ "No. 1 Virginia's Match At Syracuse Cancelled Due To Inclement Weather". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. October 31, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  6. ^ "Three Virginia Players Taken In NWSL Draft". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. January 16, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  7. ^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  8. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
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