Hokie ClubVirginia Tech (6-8-3, 0-6-1 ACC) vs. Clemson (5-8-4, 2-2-3 ACC)
Nov. 1 • 7:00 p.m.
Historic Riggs Field • Clemson, S.C.
Live Stats: http://www.clemsontigers.com
Live Video: ESPN3
SCOUTING CLEMSON
• Clemson is coming off of a 2-2 draw at No. 1 Maryland. The Terps scored goals within the first two minutes of each half to give them a 2-0 lead through the first 47 minutes of play. The Tigers were able to tally goals 53rd and 59th minutes to tie up the match.
• The Tigers offense is led by Austin Savage who has seven goals and two assists on the year. Ara Amirkhannian is second on the team in goals with four. Manolo Sanchez leads the team in assists with five to go along with three goals.
• Cody Mizell has spent the majority of the time in goal this season for the Tigers, holding a 1.26 goals against average in 13 games to go with his 47 saves and three shutouts.
• Clemson has played six ranked teams this season, earning draws against Maryland and Wake Forest.
• The Tigers are 3-3-1 this season at Historic Riggs Field.
SERIES HISTORY
• Clemson leads the all-time series with Tech by one game, 4-3-3.
• The last time the two sides played one another at Riggs Field was in 2009 when the Hokies left Clemson, S.C., with a 4-2 victory. Later that season, the Tigers defeated Tech 2-0 in the ACC Tournament.
• Last season, the Tigers topped the Hokies 2-1 in Blacksburg. Clemson took a 1-0 lead less than seven minutes into the game. They doubled in the 85th minute before Tech got one back just over two minutes later. Renfro tallied eight saves in the game.
HOKIES IN YOUR HOME
For fans looking to catch a game live, but can’t attend, 10 Hokie matches will broadcast live either online or on TV throughout the 2012 season.
• Hokies All-Access (http://www.hokiesports.com/allaccess)
• Aug. 26 vs. Richmond, 2:30 p.m.
• Sept. 14 vs. Boston College, 7:00 p.m.
• Sept. 28 vs. Wake Forest, 7:00 p.m.
• Oct. 23 vs. Radford, 7:00 p.m.
• Oct. 27 vs. Duke, 7:00 p.m.
• ESPN3
• Sept. 8 at North Carolina, 7:00 p.m.
• Nov. 1 at Clemson, 7:00 p.m.
• ACCDN on YouTube
• Sept. 21 at Maryland, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 12 vs. NC State, 7:00 p.m.
• RSN
• Oct. 19 at Virginia, 6:30 p.m.
JUST GIVE THEM THE LEAD
• In all six Hokies wins this season, they’ve scored first.
• Four of the six games resulted in shutouts.
• The earliest that the Hokies have scored this season is the 14:46 mark when Hunter Jecius connected on a header from a Ben Strong corner kick against NJIT.
HOKIE WALL
• Goalkeeper Kyle Renfro is right where he left off last year. After leading the ACC with 100 saves in 2011, the junior currently leads the conference in saves (80) and saves per game (4.71).
• His nine saves in a 1-1 draw versus Boston College on Sept. 14 tied his career high which was set on Sept. 10, 2011 in a 1-0 double-overtime win over No. 1 North Carolina.
• He again tied his career high of nine saves in a 1-0 victory over Radford on Oct. 23.
• The nine saves is a game-high amongst ACC keepers this season.
• At No. 1 Maryland on Sept. 21, Renfro was one save shy of his high, recording eight stops against a relentless Terrapin attack.
• His nine career shutouts is one away from cracking the school’s top five.
GOAL SCORING FRESHMEN
• Freshmen have accounted for eight of the team’s 17 goals with Daniel Lauretano, Kai Marshall and Connor Pompilio each recording two goals.
•Pompilio found the back of the net on his first two shots of the season. His second goal was a game-winner against NJIT.
• Hunter Jecius recorded his first goal as a Hokie on his second shot attempt.
• Kai Marshall recorded the first goal of his career in his first career start in his hometown of Charlottesville against Virginia.
OFFENSIVE HOKIES
• Eight Hokies have combined to score the teams 17 goals.
• David Clemens leads the team with seven goals which is tied for fifth in the ACC, while his 15 points sixth most in the league.
• Freshmen Daniel Lauretano, Kai Marshall and Connor Pompilio have each tallied a pair of goals with each recording a game-winner.
• Lauretano tallied his first collegiate goal in the season opener against SIU-Edwardsville.
• Jed Prater notched his first goal of the season, and third of his career, after converting a penalty kick in a 1-0 game versus Temple.
• Drew Hartell and Connor Pompilio tallied their first goals of the season and first of their careers on Sept. 2 versus St. Bonaventure as Clemens and Lauretano scored their second goals of the year in the 4-0 victory.
• The last time Tech defeated a team by four goals or more was nearly two years ago in a 7-2 win over Howard on Sept. 14, 2010.
• After coming in as a substitute in the first game, Lauretano recorded his first goal as a Hokie against SIU-Edwardsville. Three starts later, the freshmen tallied his second goal on the year, the game-winner against St. Bonaventure.
• Six games into his final season, midfielder David Fiorello tallied the first goal of his career in dramatic fashion with a 35-yard high-arching shot that looped over the BC keeper Justin Luthy for a game-tying goal in the 83rd minute while playing his team was playing a man down.
• On Sept. 25 against VMI, Clemens had a breakout game, notching his first-career hat trick in a 3-1 win. He is only the third ACC player to record a hat trick this season.
• His seven shots versus VMI and St. Bonaventure tied his career high for a single game. It is the third time in his career that he has recorded seven shots and it the most shots in a game for any ACC player this season.
• Marshall recorded his first two career goals in the first two starts of his Hokie career. The first goal was in his hometown of Charlottesville, Va., against Virginia.
HOLDING OPPONENTS IN CHECK
• Opponents have tallied 10 or more shots against Tech in 13 of the team’s 17 matches. The Hokies defense has seen a total 210 shots this season.
• Tech has held nine opponents to a goal or less.
• Against one of the country’s most potent attacks, the Hokies held No. 1 Maryland to two goals on Sept. 21. To that point, it marked only the second time that Maryland had been held to less than three goals.
MULTIPLE #1’s
• For the second-straight season, Tech faced multiple top-ranked opponents.
• Last year, the Hokies upset North Carolina 1-0 in double overtime before falling to Maryland two weeks later, 2-0. Both matches were played at Thompson Field.
• This season, Tech hit the road for both matches as the squad fell 2-0 to North Carolina and Maryland.
WHO NEEDS TO PLAY AT FULL STRENGTH
• The Hokies had a gutsy performance in a 1-1 draw against Boston College on Sept. 14. After going down a goal in the 46th minute, Tech was forced to play down a man after a red card was issued to DeVante DuBose. The Hokies fought back to tie the game on an 83rd minute goal by captain David Fiorello.
• After going down a man, Tech equaled its first half shot total of three during the final 40 minutes of regulation before adding another three during the 20 minutes of extra time.
• During the final 60 minutes of play, Boston College took 10 shots, two less than the first 50 minutes.
MINUTE MEN
• David Fiorello, Jed Prater, Kyle Renfro and Ben Strong have each eclipsed the 1,500-minute mark this season for the Hokies through 15 games. David Clemens is four minutes shy of the 1500-minute mark.
• Renfro currently leads the team with 1,587 minutes played.
• Prater, Ranahan, Renfro and Strong led Tech in minutes logged a season ago. The four amassed 6,969 minutes in 19 games.
LEARNING ON THE FLY
• Tech has 16 players this season who have been in the program for less than two years. With David Fiorello being the lone senior on the 2012 squad, and only seven upperclassmen in all.
• Six underclassmen have logged more than 700 minutes this season with Drew Ranahan and Ben Strong each totaling more than 1,400 minutes while Daniel Lauretano has eclipsed the 1,000-minute mark.
• Sophomore Ben Strong leads all underclassmen with 1,466 minutes played while Daniel Lauretano leads all freshmen with 990 minutes.
ACC TEST
• The Hokies finished off a grueling conference test from Sept. 8-28 in which the team took on four of the top teams in the ACC according to the NSCAA rankings.
• Tech opened the ACC season with 2-0 defeat at No. 1 North Carolina on Sept. 8. The Hokies followed that up with a 1-1 double overtime draw against Boston College at Thompson Field on Sept. 14. The Eagles were receiving votes at the time after opening the season ranked No. 14.
• On Sept. 21, the Hokies fell 2-0 to No. 1 Maryland. A week later, Tech was defeated 4-0 at home by No. 16 Wake Forest.
AMONG THE BEST
• The Atlantic Coast Conference has traditionally been one of the nation’s top conferences in men’s soccer and this year is no different. Currently three schools (North Carolina, Maryland and Wake Forest) are ranked in the NSCAA’s top 20, which is the second-most of any conference behind the BIG EAST.
• The league began the season with three teams ranked in the NSCAA’s top 25 preseason poll which was second behind the BIG EAST’s four.
CAPTAINS
• Senior David Fiorello will finish out his Tech career as a three-time team captain for the Hokies, while junior Jed Prater will join him for his first time in the role.
DON’T I KNOW YOU
• The center back pairing of DeVante DuBose and Drew Ranahan played high school soccer at Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland, Calif.
• Redshirt freshmen Hunter Byrnes and Drew Hartell were high school teammates at F.W. Cox High School in Virginia Beach. They also both played club soccer for Beach FC.
• Freshmen Kai Marshall and Shane Rose played for Albemarle High School in Charlottesville, Va., while also playing club soccer for SOCA Lightning.
• Despite going to high schools more than 300 miles apart, freshmen Hunter Jecius and Deven Mason played club soccer together for New Mexico Rush Nike Argonauts ‘94 which is located in Albuquerque, N.M.
• Freshmen Daniel Lauretano and Carter Brown played club soccer together for Richmond Kickers Academy.