Hokie ClubBLACKSBURG - The Virginia Tech women's soccer team is set to open its 2020 campaign with a non-conference regular season matchup at in-state rival Virginia. This game will mark the first of two scheduled meetings between the two programs this year (a home-and-home series) as the Cavaliers will make a return trip to Blacksburg on Sept. 25.
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Saturday, September 12 - 6 PM
Klöckner Stadium, Charlottesville, Virginia
at Virginia Cavaliers (0-0-0, 0-0-0 ACC)
Head Coach: Steve Swanson (21st season, 31st overall)
Record at school: 315-94-48; career: 419-157-59
Series: Virginia leads 16-4-1; Last: Sept. 26, 2019 (L, 2-0)
Live Stats: CLICK HERE
Broadcast: None
Fan Information: Due to health and safety considerations in addition to the current guidelines established for sports venues by the Commonwealth of Virginia, attendance at UVA home competitions is limited to family of student-athletes and each team's coaching staff until further notice. There is no public admission to these events and all tailgating in University parking lots is prohibited.
For the most up-to-date information on the match, follow the live stats link or the official twitter account of Tech women's soccer @HokiesWSoccer.
Top Notes for the Hokies (link to Game Notes pdf packet)
Tech versus Virginia - Round 1
- The Hokies and the Cavaliers each open their 2020 campaign Saturday with the first non-conference regular season matchup between the two teams since 1996, a 1-0 victory by Virginia in Charlottesville (Sept. 24).
- In all, before Tech joined the ACC, the two teams played three non-conference matches with Virginia winning all three (1994 and 1995).
- Saturday's match marks the first of two scheduled meetings between the two schools this year (a home-and-home series). Only four times in the series history have the two squads squared off twice during the season with mixed results.
Year: 1st Game; 2nd Game Tourney
2004: L, 3-0 A; L, 8-0 ACC
2008: W, 1-0 H; T, 1-1 ACC
2011: L, 4-0 A; L, 2-0 NCAA
2013: L, 2-0 A; W, 4-2 ACC
For more on the all-time series, see page 2 of game notes
September start, nothing new
- For the first time since the 2002 season, the Hokies will kickoff the year with its first match of the season in the month of September.
- Tech opened that campaign as a member of the BIG EAST on Sept. 1, under head coach Jerry Cheynet, with a 5-0 loss at No. 7 Notre Dame.
- In all, the Hokies have started the year eight times with their first match in September including their first seven seasons as a program (1993-99).
- The latest start to a Tech season, before the 2020 campaign, goes all the way back to its first year of competition - 1993 under head coach Sam Okpodu. The Hokies opened that year on Sept. 6 with a 4-3 victory at Liberty and won four straight.
Tech in season openers
- Overall, the Hokies are 17-7-3 in season openers and are unbeaten in 11 straight (10-0-1). The Hokies had won nine straight before a 2018 season-opening 0-0 tie to San Diego.
- Under head coach Chugger Adair, the program is 8-0-1 in season openers.
- In nine seasons under Adair, Tech has outscored its opponents 25-2 in season openers.
Season openers away from Blacksburg
- Overall, the Hokies are 10-7-0 in season openers played away from Blacksburg and have a five match winning streak, last winning 1-0 in overtime at San Diego to start the 2017 season.
- Tech has not lost a season opener (home, road, neutral) since a 2-1 defeat at Davidson on Aug. 23, 2008.
- On the road, Tech has an 8-7 mark, while the Hokies are 2-0 at a neutral site
- Under head coach Chugger Adair, the program is 4-0-0 in season openers away from Blacksburg.
- Under Adair, Tech has outscored its opponents 8-1 in season openers away from home.
Tech success under Adair - non-conference
- Tech has lost just 14 non-conference matches under Chugger Adair, 10 of those have been in the postseason - seven in the NCAA Championship and three in the ACC tournament.
- The four losses in the regular season include on the road at Tennessee, Sept. 10, 2017 (3-1), and Alabama, Aug. 30, 2018 (1-0).
- Two of those four losses were in Blacksburg - Ohio State on Sept. 1, 2016 (2-1) and Nebraska on Sept. 9, 2011 (4-3, 2OT).
- In 10 seasons under Adair, Tech is 65-4-6 in non-conference regular-season matches.