2019 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team

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 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
2019 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
No. 2 North Carolina  y 901 .950  2412 .926
No. 7 Florida State  y 820 .800  1860 .750
No. 9 Virginia  y 603 .833  1723 .841
No. 25 Louisville  y 532 .600  1352 .700
No. 17 NC State  y 424 .600  1274 .609
No. 18 Duke  y 316 .600  947 .625
Clemson  y 550 .500  1172 .600
Notre Dame  y 442 .500  1182 .571
Virginia Tech  y 442 .500  1252 .684
Pittsburgh   262 .300  5103 .361
Miami   271 .250  592 .375
Wake Forest   163 .250  684 .444
Syracuse   171 .167  3112 .250
Boston College   181 .150  882 .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

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  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  USA Diana Ordonez
10 MF  USA Taryn Torres
11 DF  USA Zoe Morse
12 DF  USA 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

PositionStaff
Athletic DirectorCarla Williams
Head CoachSteve Swanson
Associate Head CoachRon Raab
Assistant CoachJamie Frias
Director of OperationsEilidh 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

PlayerTeamRoundPick #Position
Courtney PetersenOrlando Pride17DF
Phoebe McClernonOrlando Pride214DF
Zoe MorseChicago Red Stars319MF

Source:[6]

Rankings

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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 Fact Book, pp. 32–34
  2. "2019 Women's Soccer Roster". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  3. "2019 Women's Soccer Coaching Staff". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia. 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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