CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 9 Virginia field hockey team (3-2, 0-0 ACC) opens conference play at No. 21 Boston College (2-4, 0-0 ACC) on Friday, Sept. 16 at 4 p.m. in Newton, Mass.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
- The match will stream online on ACCNX through the ESPN app. It is available through participating TV providers that carry ACCN
- Live stats be available
- Links are posted on VirginiaSports.com
NOTING THE CAVALIERS
- The Cavaliers remained at No. 9 in this week’s NFHCA Coaches Poll. The team entered the season at No. 12 in the poll
- Virginia is coming off a 3-2 loss at No. 1 Northwestern
- Virginia snapped the Wildcats’ streak of three-straight shutouts, including a 2-0 win against Duke and a 6-0 victory against BC
- Senior Cato Geusgens scored Virginia’s second goal. It was her first goal since her freshman season. The back converted a penalty corner in the fourth corner to pull the Cavaliers to within a goal
- Senior Laura Janssen scored Virginia’s first goal of the game. Janssen has five goals in five games and has scored in every contest except against Temple
- Janssen has already matched her offensive output of last season when she scored five goals in the season. Her best offensive season was her sophomore year (2020-21) when she scored nine goals in 18 games
- Janssen has 26 career goals and 55 career points
- Janssen’s 1.0 goals per game is tied for 10th in the NCAA and tied for fourth in the ACC
- Sophomore goalkeeper Tyler Kennedy matched her career high with eight saves at Northwestern. It was the third time in her career she logged eight saves in a game including in the season-opener at Penn State
- Kennedy is second in the ACC with a .719 save percentage
- Virginia’s two losses this season have been by a single goal. Last season, all nine of UVA’s losses were by one goal including a 1-0 loss in overtime to Boston College in the regular season
- In the spring of 2021 (the second half of the split COVID season), UVA went 3-4, with the final three of those losses coming by one goal, including two overtime losses. UVA’s last 14 losses have all been by one goal
- This is the 50th season of Virginia field hockey. Field hockey was one of three women’s sports to begin at UVA in 1973-74 along with basketball and tennis
NOTING BOSTON COLLEGE
- Boston College opened the season with a 5-0 win against Providence before dropping their next three games
- BC picked up a 2-1 win in a shootout last Friday at Penn before falling 3-1 against Saint…