Friday, September 30
Pittsburgh, Pa.
7 PM
Pitt
vs
Virginia
No. 10 Panthers Set To Welcome Virginia To Ambrose Urbanic Field Friday Night
9/29/2022 10:46:00 AM | Men's Soccer
PITTSBURGH – The No. 10 Pitt men's soccer team (5-2-1, 2-1-0 ACC) opens up a three-game home stand Friday night as they welcome the Virginia Cavaliers (6-3-0, 2-1-0 ACC) to Ambrose Urbanic Field for an ACC showdown. Pitt will be looking for their fifth home win of the season Friday as they have been one of the best teams in the nation on their home turf over the past three seasons.
FOLLOW ALONG
# TEAM RECORD %
1. Georgetown 34-2-5 .890
2. Missouri State 31-3-2 .889
3. Pitt 28-3-2 .879
4. New Hampshire 26-2-4 .875
5. Yale 13-1-2 .875
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FOLLOW ALONG
- Friday night's contest will be live on ACC Network Extra and can be found online HERE.
- Live stats for Friday's game can be found HERE.
- Live updates throughout the game will also be posted on Twitter by following the Pitt men's soccer account @Pitt_MSOC.
- This meeting marks the 14th all-time between the two programs with the Cavaliers owning the 7-4-2 advantage in the series.
- The Panthers are 4-0-1 in the last five games in the series as they earned a 2-2 road draw in Charlottesville last season. Valentin Noel netted both goals for the Panthers in the tie.
- The Cavaliers are 3-1-1 all-time in games played in Pittsburgh against the Panthers.
- The Cavaliers won the first five games in the all-time series but Pitt is 4-2-2 against Virginia in the last eight games.
- Virginia enters Friday's match with a 6-3 overall record and a 2-1 ACC mark. The Cavaliers have won two straight including a 1-0 road win over #3 Syracuse last time out.
- The Cavaliers are led offensively by Leo Afonso who has a team-high five goals (three game-winners), one assist and 11 points on a team-high 40 shots. Kome Ubogu also has recorded five goals while Daniel Mangarov has two goals and two assists in eight matches.
- In goal, Holden Brown has started all nine matches for Virginia and holds a 1.22 goals-against average and .633 save percentage while securing an ACC-leading five cleansheets on the year.
- The Pitt program has turned into a fixture in the national polls since head coach Jay Vidovich took over the program seven years.
- Pitt is ranked No. 10 in the latest United Soccer Coaches Top-25 Poll, No. 10 in the TopDrawerSoccer Top-25 Poll and No. 12 in the College Soccer News Top-30 Poll.
- Pitt has been ranked in all seven United Soccer Coaches Polls this season.
- Overall, Pitt has been ranked for 37 straight weeks in the United Soccer Coaches Poll. The streak of being ranked is currently the longest in the NCAA.
- Pitt has earned a top-10 ranking in 32 of those 37 straight weeks.
- Pitt has been ranked No. 1 in the poll for eight weeks since the poll started in 1996.
- The Panthers have been one of the best teams in the country on their home turf over the last four seasons as they own a 28-3-2 record at Ambrose Urbanic Field.
- Pitt held a 19-match home winning streak from Oct. 7, 2019 to Nov. 10, 2021, which at the time was the longest streak in the ACC and second longest unbeaten streak in the nation.
- Head coach Jay Vidovich is 34-16-4 at home in his seven seasons at Pitt.
- Since the start of the 2019 season, Pitt has outscored its opponents 100-32 at home including a 16-4 advantage this season.
- The Panthers win percentage (.879) at home over the past four seasons is the best in the ACC and third overall in the NCAA.
# TEAM RECORD %
1. Georgetown 34-2-5 .890
2. Missouri State 31-3-2 .889
3. Pitt 28-3-2 .879
4. New Hampshire 26-2-4 .875
5. Yale 13-1-2 .875
UP NEXT
- Pitt returns home Friday, Oct. 7 as they welcome #17 Clemson to Ambrose Urbanic Field for a 8:00 pm ACC match. Friday's top-20 matchup will air on ACC Network.
- Friday's match will be the ninth meeting between the two squads all-time with the Tigers owning the 6-2 series advantage.
- Pitt won the last meeting between the two teams last year 2-0 in Clemson as Bertin Jacquesson scored one of the two goals for the Panthers in the win.
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