#11 Pitt Drops Road Contest At Virginia Friday, 2-1

Friday, October 13

Charlottesville, VA

7 PM

Pitt

5-4-3, 2-2-2

Virginia

7-3-3, 3-2-1

Pittsburgh

Virginia

#11 Pitt Drops Road Contest At Virginia Friday, 2-1

10/13/2023 9:37:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score Box Score Season Stats

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA– The Pitt men's soccer team (5-4-3, 2-2-2 ACC) fell on the road Friday night to the Virginia Cavaliers by the score of 2-1. Freshman Albert Thorsen scored the lone goal of the match for the Panthers in the loss.

ESSENTIAL GAME INFO
Pitt starting XI: Cabral Carter, Jackson Gilman, Raphael Cilli, Albert Thorsen, Guilherme Feitosa, Joao Souza, Mateo Maillefaud, Luis Sahmkow, Filip Mirkovic, Mathys Lefebvre, Michael Sullivan
UVA starting XI: Joey Batrouni, Will Citron, Aidan O'Connor, Austin Rome, Paul Wiese, Reese Miller, Albin Gashi, Umberto Pela, Daniel Mangarov, Mouhameth Thiam, Stephen Annor
Records: #11 Pitt (5-4-3, 2-2-2 ACC) | Virginia (7-3-3, 3-2-1 ACC)
Location: Klöckner Stadium | Charlottesville, VA
Attendance: 2,551

SCORING INFO

Pitt Goal: Albert Thorsen (4)
Virginia Goal: Mouhameth Thiam (3), Stephen Annor (8)
Virginia Assists: Paul Wiese (5), Umberto Pela (1), Reese Miller (2), Mouhameth Thiam (4)

HOW IT HAPPENED – FIRST HALF

The Panthers got on the board first in the eighth minute as Guilherme Feitosa sent a ball to Luis Sahmkow that a Virginia defender deflected over to Albert Thorsen who buried the ball into the left corner from in tight. The goal was Thorsen's fourth of the season
The Cavaliers responded with a goal of their own in the 18^th minute as Mouhameth Thiam got on the other end of a cross into the box and beat Cabral Carter to the left corner
In the 23^rd minute, Stephen Annor got in behind the Pitt defense and raced in but Carter came out to challenge and forced the shot to dribble just wide of the left post
Virginia made it 2-1 in the 28^th minute as Stephen Annor collected a cross inside the box and buried the ball into the right corner
In the 43^rd minute, Massimo Murania got free at the top of the box and ripped a shot that just missed the right corner of the Virginia goal

HOW IT HAPPENED – SECOND HALF

Pitt had a great chance in the 60^th minute as Feitosa ripped a hard shot on the free kick from the top of the box but the UVA keeper poked the ball over top the cage and out of play
In the 63^rd minute, Joao Souza sent a great cross to the left side of the box where Abdoulaye Toure volleyed a shot towards the right corner that was stopped but the Cavaliers' keeper
Pitt had a pair of free kicks from just outside the box in the final 15 minutes but both attempts, one by Jackson Gilman and the other by Thorsen, were blocked by the UVA wall and cleared out as the Cavaliers hung on to the 2-1 home win

MATCH STATS

For the match, Pitt held the 13-10 lead in shots while the corner kicks were tied, 5-5
Souza led all players with three shots while off the bench Toure and Murania each had two shots in the loss
In goal, Carter made one save in the loss for Pitt

MATCH NOTES

With the loss, Pitt is now 4-10-2 all-time against the Cavaliers. Virginia has won three straight in the series and owns a 6-3-1 record against Pitt in Charlottesville
Pitt scored first in the match and lost for just the third time since 2019
Thorsen collected his fourth goal of the season and career in the loss

UP NEXT

The Panthers return home Tuesday, Oct. 17 as they welcome cross-town rival Duquesne to Ambrose Urbanic Field for a non-conference battle. Tuesday's City Game between the two squads will kick at 7:00 pm and air live on ACC Network Extra.