Hokie ClubBLACKSBURG – Making the NCAA Tournament for the fourth consecutive season, the Virginia Tech men's soccer team once again contributed points to the IMG College Director's Cup Scoring total.
After scoring 73 points in 2016, 50 points in 2017 and 64 points in 2018, the Hokies added another 64 points after earning the highest national seeding in program history and advancing to the third round of the NCAA Tournament where they eventually fell 2-1 to the Stanford Cardinal.
Over the dominant four-year stretch by head coach Mike Brizendine and the men's soccer team, the Hokies average of 63 points ranks fourth among the conference. Trailing only behind Wake Forest (78 points), Virginia (67 points) and Louisville (65 points).
Alongside the men's soccer team, the Hokies' women's soccer team and men's and women's cross country teams contributed to Tech's Directors' Cup point total. Women's soccer head coach Chugger Addair led his team to their second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, while cross country head coach Eric Johannigmeier saw the men's group finish 17th and the women 32nd at the NCAA Cross Country Championships.
Johannigmeier led the men to their second NCAA Championship in only his second year at the helm. The men's team, led by ACC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Year Peter Suefer, saw Seufer (4th) and Fitsum Seyoum (58th) place in the top 100. Sara Friex represented the women's team after earning an at-large bid, finishing 91st.
The women's soccer team made their 11th NCAA appearance as a program and the seventh under head coach Chugger Adair. Their season ended after a first-round loss to Xavier. Mandy McGlynn was awarded First Team ACC honors and Second Team All-America honors as Kelsey Irwin earned Third Team league honors.
The four-year average of 63 points by the men's soccer team is the highest of all sports that compete in the fall and overall only trails behind men's wrestling, which has an average of 73 points over the last four years.