LOS ANGELES – The No. 3 seed Virginia women’s soccer team (16-3-3) takes the pitch on Saturday night (Nov. 26) in a quarterfinal match of the NCAA Tournament at No. 1 seed UCLA. Kick is set for 9 p.m. ET at Wallis Annenberg Stadium.
HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION
Saturday night’s match will be streamed on ESPN+ and is available through WatchESPN.com and the ESPN app. Live stats for the game are also available and links to both the live stats and stream are at VirginiaSports.com. Fans can also get updates by following the program’s official Twitter account (@UVAWomenSoccer).
QUICK KICKS
• UVA’s 29 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances is the second-longest active streak while the Hoos’ 35 total appearances is the second most total appearances by a program in NCAA history.
• UVA is making its ninth appearance in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals after making its 17th Sweet 16 appearance in the last 18 years last weekend at Penn State.
• Virginia is coming off a 3-2 overtime victory against the second-seeded Nittany Lions behind a second-half rally that saw the Hoos twice tie the game to force overtime.
• Spaanstra is tied for third in total assists among active NCAA D1 players (34) for a career.
• Cayla White has nine solo shutouts this year – tied for ninth all-time at UVA in season shutouts. Her 11 career shutouts is tied for seventh all-time and one shy of seventh at UVA.
• White’s 11 shutouts is second in the ACC this season and is 26th nationally in the category.
• Hopkins leads UVA with 13 goals this season and is third among active NCAA D1 players in career goals scored (55) and 135 points to date. She is 14th nationally in goals (13) this season.
• Cagle leads UVA with 12 assists, is 11th nationally in assists/game (0.55) and sixth in total assists.
• Lia Godfrey turned in her first career multiple-goal game against Xavier in the second round.
• As a team, Virginia in the top 10 nationally in scoring offense (10th – 2.50 gpg), total goals (8th – 55) and total points (9th – 154). UVA is top four in the ACC in all three categories.
THE SERIES WITH UCLA
• Virginia and UCLA have faced each other 11 times with the Bruins leading the all-time series 6-3-2.
• Seven of the 11 matches have come on the road for UVA with two more played at neutral sites.
• The teams first met in 1995, playing to a 1-1 draw in a match played in Livermore, California.
• The last game came in the 2017 NCAA Tournament, a 2-1 victory…