The Cavaliers had to overcome multiple second-half losses and freezing weather at Penn State last weekend to keep the season alive. With a trip to the College Cup looming, their next game should at least have good weather.
On Saturday at 9 p.m. ET, No. 3 seed Virginia (16-3-3) will face No. 1 UCLA (19-2-1) and the NCAA Women’s League at Wallis Annenberg Stadium in Los Angeles, CA. We will meet in the quarterfinals. soccer championship. The winner advances to the College Cup in Cary, North Carolina.
Virginia has made 29 consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament, making it its 35th appearance, the second-most in NCAA women’s soccer history. This was her UVA’s 9th appearance in her NCAA Quarterfinals, and the Cavaliers are looking to her 5th appearance in the College Cup. Virginia recently qualified for the College Cup in the spring of 2021. He is the only time the Cavaliers have reached a national title game and is arguably the best program to have never won a national championship. In short, Hawes can’t wait to win a national title.
To return to the College Cup, UVA needs to beat the UCLA Bruins on home ground. UCLA made his 26th appearance in the NCAA Tournament and is looking for his 12th College Cup appearance. The Bruins were his four-time All-American runner-up and won his NCAA National Championship in 2013.
UCLA and Virginia have met 11 times, seven of them in the NCAA Tournament. UCLA leads all time series with a 6-3-2, including his 5-1-1 dominance over the NCAA’s UVA. In the final conference of 2017, UCLA beat Virginia 2-1 in the Round of 16.
Both teams had to endure dramatic matches on their respective journeys to the Elite Eight. UCLA beat Northern Arizona in the first round where he beat Northern Arizona 4-1, but in the second he needed a penalty kick to escape UCF. Virginia defeated Fairleigh Dickinson in the first and second rounds, he 4-0, and Xavier 3-1. In the third round on a frosty Sunday night at Penn State, the Cavaliers trailed 1-0 and 2-1 in the second half, but came back and scored equalizers in both innings to keep the game alive. was sent to overtime. Hayley Hopkins notched the game winner in the first overtime to send UVA into the quarterfinals.
Virginia has been field-tested playing in the ACC, proving once again to be the best conference in women’s soccer. Five of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship are members of her ACC. That includes her three teams in Notre Dame, Florida, and Duke, who were responsible for his three losses for UVA this season. UCLA also has experience playing against the ACC this season, as the Bruins took back-to-back wins at Duke and North Carolina on weekends in early September. Virginia also beat the Blue Devils and Tar Heels on the road this season.
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Both teams are extremely talented and well coached. UCLA placed nine of him on all Pac-12 conference teams, including Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year Lily Reale. Virginia has five players earning All-ACC selections, led by Leah Godfrey, who earned First Team All-ACC honors for the second year in a row.
The winners of Virginia and UCLA will face the winners of No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Duke in the semifinals of the NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship.
Women’s Football Championship Quarterfinals Schedule
11/25 7:00 PM: No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 2 Duke
11/26 5:00 PM: No. 1 Florida vs. No. 3 Arkansas
11/26 5:00 PM: No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 2 North Carolina
11/26 9:00 p.m.: No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 3 Virginia
Virginia will face UCLA on Saturday at 9 p.m. and the game will air on ESPN+.
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