No. 10 Pitt Concludes Road Trip at Virginia Friday Night

PITTSBURGH – The No. 10 Pitt men's soccer team concludes its final regular season road trip of the year Friday night in Charlottesville, Va., against ACC opponent Virginia. Kick-off is slated for 7 p.m. on the ACC Network.

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THE SERIES – VIRGINIA

The Panthers and Cavaliers meet for the 13th time Friday. Virginia leads the all-time series 7-4-1, with Pitt winners of the last four contests.
Pitt's first win in the series came Oct. 31, 2018 in the ACC Men's Soccer Championship quarterfinal (2-0). A season later on Oct. 18, 2019, the Panthers upset the Cavaliers 2-0 on the road for the first victory over the No. 1 ranked opponent in program history.
Virginia Head Coach George Gelnovatch and Pitt Head Coach Jay Vidovich have combined for a record of 674-316-117. Gelnovatch is currently 11th among active NCAA D1 Head Coaches in wins (350), while Vidovich is 16th with 324.

SCOUTING THE CAVALIERS

Virginia enters the match with a 5-7-2 overall record and 2-4 conference mark. The Cavs have won each of their last two ACC matches (Boston College - 2-1, NC State, 2-1).
Leo Afonso leads the team with 13 points, having scored six goals and tallying one assist. He also leads the team with 39 shots and 18 shots on goal.
Holden Brown enters as the conference's leader in saves with 57. He is also second in the league in savers per game (4.07) and fourth in save percentage (.750).

WHEN PITT SCORES FIRST

Pitt improved to 7-0 on the season when scoring the first goal of the match with its 4-0 shutout of Cleveland State.
In the past two seasons, the Panthers are 22-0 when scoring first.
Dating back to 2016 in Jay Vidovich's first season as Pitt's head coach, the Panthers are 47-6 in games they score the first goal.

LAW-FULL-ZEND'S IT IN

Graduate student Jasper Löeffelsend (yas-pur Law-full-zend) finished the 2020-21 season as one of the best passers in the country and is keeping that status this season.
The Cologne, Germany, product is 10thin the nation in assists (7) and fourth in assists per game (.78).
The defender recorded his first assist of the year at West Virginia and followed that match up with two at home vs. Lehigh.
Löeffelsend registered an assist against both North Carolina and Penn State before tallying two at home vs. Cleveland State.
In 27 career games, he is third all-time in career assists with 16.

PITT RANKED NO. 10 IN UPDATED POLL

The Panthers were ranked No. 10 in the updated United Soccer Coaches poll Oct. 19.
This marks the 28th-straight week the Panthers have been ranked.
Of the 28 weeks ranked, 20 have been in the Top-5 and 24 in the Top-10.

PITT STAYS NO. 7 IN UPDATED RPI

Pitt received the ranking of No. 7 in the NCAA's updated RPI poll Oct. 17.
The Panthers are one of three ACC teams ranked in the top-10, with Clemson at No. 4 and Notre Dame at No. 10.

UP NEXT

Pitt returns home for the final two regular season matches of the season.
The Panthers host UMass Monday, Oct. 25 with kick-off slated for 7 PM on ACCNX.

No. 10 Pitt Concludes Road Trip at Virginia Friday Night

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