2019 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team

2019 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer
2019 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 9
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 9
Record	17–2–3 (6–0–3 ACC)
Head coach	Steve Swanson (19th season);
Assistant coaches	Ron Raab (14th season); Jaime Frias (1st season);
Home stadium	Klöckner Stadium
	Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

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]

2019 ACC women's soccer standings
v t e	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 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 edit

Roster edit

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	USA	Laurel Ivory
1	GK	USA	Michaela Moran
2	MF	USA	Sydney Zandi
3	FW	USA	Ashlynn Serepca
4	FW	USA	Cam Lexow
5	DF	USA	Lizzy Sieracki
6	MF	USA	Anna Sumpter
7	FW	USA	Alexa Spaanstra
8	DF	USA	Courtney Petersen
9	FW	MEX	Diana Ordóñez
10	MF	USA	Taryn Torres
11	DF	USA	Zoe Morse
12	DF	HAI	Claire Constant


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	FW	USA	Rebecca Jarrett
14	MF	USA	Emma Dawson
16	DF	USA	Phoebe McClernon
17	FW	USA	Jansen Eichenlaub
20	DF	USA	Talia Staude
21	MF	USA	Lauren Hinton
22	FW	USA	Meghan McCool
23	DF	USA	McKenna Angotti
24	DF	USA	Kira Maguire
25	FW	USA	Alissa Gorzak
26	MF	USA	Lacey McCormack
28	GK	USA	Siena Sandridge
29	GK	USA	Cayla White

Team management edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Source:^[6]

Rankings edit

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	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 edit

^ "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.
^ "2019 Women's Soccer Roster". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia. September 30, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
^ "2019 Women's Soccer Coaching Staff". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia. April 13, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
^ "2019 Women's Soccer Schedule". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
^ "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.
^ "Three Virginia Players Taken In NWSL Draft". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. January 16, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
^ "College Soccer National Rankings". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.

[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. September 30, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2019.

[3] "2019 Women's Soccer Coaching Staff". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia. April 13, 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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