BLACKSBURG – Just 23 seconds before halftime, Virginia Tech's Karlie Johnson gave the Hokies a 1-0 lead with her fifth goal of the season and Kristina Diana added her first of the year in the second half to help Tech to a 2-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Panthers in ACC action at Thompson Field on Sunday afternoon.
With the win, the Hokies registered their third straight conference victory – all by shutout – and improve to 3-1-0 on the season in the ACC, which is currently tied for second in the league. It's the fourth 3-1 start or better for Tech in ACC play (2009, 4-0; 2013 and 2015, 3-1) while it's just the second time in school history the Hokies have recorded three straight shutouts against ACC opponents (2013, Sept. 15-22, vs. Syracuse, at #21 Maryland, at Boston College).
Tech (7-2-3, 3-1-0 ACC) also saw goalkeeper Mandy McGlynn need just one save to post her seventh shutout of the year, which is tied for the second most ever in a single season at the school (Dayle Colpitts, 11, 2013). She also recorded her 19th career shutout and 25th career win for the Hokies.
Pittsburgh fell to 4-6-1 on the season and 0-4-0 in league play.
FROM COACH ADAIR
Tech's @CoachChugger after the match. pic.twitter.com/xp9fs8OQGC
— Virginia Tech Women's Soccer (@HokiesWSoccer) September 30, 2018
OF NOTE
- Tech is now 4-0-1 all-time against Pittsburgh, including a 2-0 record at home, and it's the third time Tech has shut out the Panthers.
- The Hokies are 3-3-0 all-time on Sept. 30, including winners of three in a row and 2-0 at home.
- Tech last won three straight ACC matches in 2015, when the team won four straight from Sept. 24-Oct. 8.
- The Hokies are unbeaten at home this season (5-0-2) and have won five straight and are also unbeaten on Sundays (3-0-2).
- Johnson leads the team with five goals, 10 points and two game winners.
- Diana tallied a career-high three points today, adding an assist (the sixth of her career) on Johnson's game winner. The goal was the fourth of her career (first since Oct. 6, 2016 at Syracuse). She is tied for the team lead with three assists (Emily Gray) and second in points with five (Gray and Kelsey Irwin).
- McGlynn has not been scored on in 295:58 – the third longest streak ever for a goalkeeper at Tech against ACC opponents. However, it's not her longest, which is 309:16 set last year. The leader is Dayle Colpitts, who went 359:34 during the 2013 season.
- Jaylyn Thompson started her 40th straight match for Tech, the longest consecutive streak on the team, while McGlynn has the second longest at 31.
- Two Hokies have played all 1,140 minutes of the season: McGlynn and Irwin.
- Five Hokies have started all 12 matches this year: the two above, Gray, Jordan Hemmen and Thompson.
(9/30/2018) 2018 WOMEN'S SOCCER vs. PITT
UP NEXT
Tech goes on the road for its next two matches – first heading to Massachusetts to take on Boston College, who was ranked No. 11 entering last week, on Thursday at 7 p.m. Then, next Sunday, the team will be in North Carolina to face Duke (No. 15 to start the week), with a 2 p.m. kickoff.