Hokie ClubCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia, the No. 1 team in the nation, used two second-half goals, one each by the league's top scorers, to knock No. 16 Virginia Tech out of the ranks of the last few teams left perfect in the country. The Cavaliers handed the Hokies a 2-0 defeat in ACC action at Klöckner Stadium on Thursday night.
In the contest, Tech (9-1-0, 1-1-0 ACC) was looking to equal its best start ever in program history, win for just the second time ever at Virginia and register its first-ever two-match winning streak against the Cavaliers. It was not to be, though, as Virginia took the game and improved to 9-1-0, 1-0-1 in conference play.
Level through the first 70 minutes, UVa's Meghan McCool scored her eighth goal of the year to give the home team a 1-0 lead and with just over six minutes remaining, Diana Ordonez tallied her 10th of the season to put the game away.
Tech's Mandy McGlynn made three saves in the contest and set a couple personal marks in the effort. First, her overall consecutive scoreless streak reached a career best 398:33 before the first goal, while that tally also ended another consecutive scoreless streak. Tech and McGlynn had held Virginia scoreless for 175:43 minutes (dating back to a 2016 meeting), besting the previous mark by just over five minutes (2007-08).
Quick Notes:
- This was the 21st meeting between the two schools, and Virginia improved to 10-1 all-time in home matches (16-4-1 overall).
- Tech is now 11-53-4 against teams ranked in the top 10, including a 2-5-1 mark against No. 1-ranked programs.
- As a ranked team, Tech drops to 73-27-7 under head coach Chugger Adair, and 11-23-3 versus other ranked opponents.
- Coming into the match, Tech had trailed just 32:24 all season – the Hokies were down for the last 29:50 against Virginia.
- Jaylyn Thompson has now started 60 straight matches, McGlynn 51 straight and Jordan Hemmen 48. Former Tech player Candace Cephers is the last player to start more than 55 straight when she started 60 in a row (2013-15).
- McGlynn has played 4,406:43 straight minutes since the last time she was substituted (Aug. 25, 2017 – 47 straight matches).
Coach Adair:
"It was a difficult match from the start. We fought hard, played well and we were pretty committed to the game plan and did a good job as far as making adjustments within the game. It's disappointing. We made a couple of mistakes and they punished us. I think we played well, created some chances going forward and really tried to stick to our game plan against a very good Virginia team. I'm very proud of the effort from the team and I'm looking forward to getting back at it and going to Clemson on Sunday."
Up Next:
Tech returns to competition thus upcoming Sunday, heading to No. 9 Clemson for another top-20 showdown. The Hokies and Tigers square off at Riggs Field with kickoff slated for 1 p.m.
Thursday's match between the Hokies and the Cavaliers was presented by Virginia529, the official college savings plan of Virginia Tech Athletics and the University of Virginia Athletics. To learn more about Virginia529 and the competition go to the following link (www.thecommonwealthclash.com). Building on a tradition started in 1895, the Commonwealth Clash is a head-to-head points-based competition within the 22 varsity sports in which Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia compete against each other. At the end of the season, the institution with the most points is crowned the champion of the Commonwealth Clash. This was the first competition of the 2019-20 season.