# 2019 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team

The 2019 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team represented University of Virginia during the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach Steve Swanson, in his nineteenth season. They played home games at Klöckner Stadium. This was the team's 34th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 32nd playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference
The Cavaliers finished the season 17–2–3, 6–0–3 in ACC play to finish in third place. As the third seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Duke in the quarterfinals and Florida State in the semifinals. In the final, they ended up losing to North Carolina. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Radford before losing to Washington State in the Second Round.

## Squad
### Roster

Updated June 26, 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 0 | GK | USA | Laurel Ivory |
| 1 | GK | USA | Michaela Moran |
| 2 | MF | USA | Sydney Zandi |
| 3 | FW | USA | Ashlynn Serepca |
| 4 | FW | USA | Cam Lexow |
| 5 | DF | USA | Lizzy Sieracki |
| 6 | MF | USA | Anna Sumpter |
| 7 | FW | USA | Alexa Spaanstra |
| 8 | DF | USA | Courtney Petersen |
| 9 | FW | MEX | Diana Ordóñez |
| 10 | MF | USA | Taryn Torres |
| 11 | DF | USA | Zoe Morse |
| 12 | DF | HAI | Claire Constant |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | FW | USA | Rebecca Jarrett |
| 14 | MF | USA | Emma Dawson |
| 16 | DF | USA | Phoebe McClernon |
| 17 | FW | USA | Jansen Eichenlaub |
| 20 | DF | USA | Talia Staude |
| 21 | MF | USA | Lauren Hinton |
| 22 | FW | USA | Meghan McCool |
| 23 | DF | USA | McKenna Angotti |
| 24 | DF | USA | Kira Maguire |
| 25 | FW | USA | Alissa Gorzak |
| 26 | MF | USA | Lacey McCormack |
| 28 | GK | USA | Siena Sandridge |
| 29 | GK | USA | Cayla White |

### Team management

| Position | Staff |
| Athletic Director | Carla Williams |
| Head coach | Steve Swanson |
| Associate head coach | Ron Raab |
| Assistant Coach | Jamie Frias |
| Director of Operations | Eilidh Thomson |
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## Schedule

Source:
| Date Time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State |
| Exhibition ||||||
| August 15, 2019* 1:00 p.m. | No. 9 | Illinois | W 2–0 | – | Keystone Soccer Complex Maple City, MI |
| August 18, 2019* 5:00 p.m. | No. 9 | Richmond United U14 Boys | W 3–0 | – | Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA |
| Non-Conference Regular Season ||||||
| August 23, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 9 | UC Irvine | W 7–0 | 1–0–0 | Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA |
| August 25, 2019* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 9 | Liberty | W 6–0 | 2–0–0 | Klöckner Stadium (1,326) Charlottesville, VA |
| August 30, 2019* 5:30 p.m., ACCNX | No. 6 | East Carolina | W 4–0 | 3–0–0 | Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA |
| September 1, 2019* 2:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 6 | No. 12 West Virginia | W 4–1 | 4–0–0 | Klöckner Stadium (1,854) Charlottesville, VA |
| September 5, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 5 | No. 15 Georgetown | W 2–0 | 5–0–0 | Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA |
| September 8, 2019* 12:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 5 | Minnesota | W 2–0 | 6–0–0 | Klöckner Stadium (1,510) Charlottesville, VA |
| September 12, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 4 | William & Mary | W 8–1 | 7–0–0 | Klöckner Stadium (1,234) Charlottesville, VA |
| September 15, 2019* 1:00 p.m., BTN Plus | No. 4 | at No. 8 Penn State | W 2–1 | 8–0–0 | Jeffrey Field (1,039) State College, PA |
| ACC Regular Season ||||||
| September 20, 2019 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 1 | at Wake Forest | T 1–1 $^{2OT}$ | 8–0–1 (0–0–1) | Spry Stadium (1,011) Winston-Salem, NC |
| September 26, 2019 5:00 p.m., RSN | No. 1 | No. 16 Virginia Tech | W 2–0 | 9–0–1 (1–0–1) | Klöckner Stadium (2,415) Charlottesville, VA |
| September 29, 2019 2:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 1 | No. 10 Duke | T 0–0 $^{2OT}$ | 9–0–2 (1–0–2) | Klöckner Stadium (2,048) Charlottesville, VA |
| October 4, 2019 8:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 1 | at Miami (FL) | W 3–0 | 10–0–2 (2–0–2) | Cobb Stadium (700) Coral Gables, FL |
| October 10, 2019 7:00 p.m., RSN | No. 1 | at NC State | T 0–0 $^{2OT}$ | 10–0–3 (2–0–3) | Dail Soccer Field (674) Raleigh, NC |
| October 13, 2019 1:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 1 | at No. 5 Florida State | W 1–0 $^{2OT}$ | 11–0–3 (3–0–3) | Seminole Soccer Complex Tallahassee, FL |
| October 20, 2019 2:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 1 | Notre Dame | W 3–0 | 12–0–3 (4–0–3) | Klöckner Stadium (1,500) Charlottesville, VA |
| October 24, 2019 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 1 | No. 12 Louisville | W 3–0 | 13–0–3 (5–0–3) | Klöckner Stadium (1,968) Charlottesville, VA |
| October 27, 2019 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 1 | Boston College | W 6–1 | 14–0–3 (6–0–3) | Klöckner Stadium (1,804) Charlottesville, VA |
| October 31, 2019 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 1 | at Syracuse | Canceled | 14–0–3 (6–0–3) | SU Soccer Stadium Syracuse, NY |
| ACC Tournament ||||||
| November 3, 2019 5:00 p.m., ACCN | (3) No. 1 | (6) No. 9 Duke Quarterfinals | W 1–0 | 15–0–3 | Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA |
| November 8, 2019 2:30 p.m., ACCN | (3) No. 1 | (2) No. 5 Florida State Semifinals | W 2–1 $^{OT}$ | 16–0–3 | Sahlen's Stadium (1,875) Cary, NC |
| November 10, 2019 12:00 p.m., ESPNU | (3) No. 1 | (1) No. 3 North Carolina Final | L 1–2 $^{2OT}$ | 16–1–3 | Sahlen's Stadium (2,492) Cary, NC |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| November 16, 2019 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | (1) No. 3 | Radford First Round | W 3–0 | 17–1–3 | Klöckner Stadium (894) Charlottesville, VA |
| November , 2019 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | (1) No. 3 | Washington State Second Round | L 2–3 | 17–2–3 | Klöckner Stadium (960) Charlottesville, VA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||

## 2020 NWSL College Draft

| Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position |
| Courtney Petersen | Orlando Pride | 1 | 7 | DF |
| Phoebe McClernon | Orlando Pride | 2 | 14 | DF |
| Zoe Morse | Chicago Red Stars | 3 | 19 | MF |
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## Rankings

Ranking movement Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes. :
| Poll | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Final |
| United Soccer | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 (21) | 1 (28) | 1 (22) | 1 (22) | 1 (19) | 1 (24) | 1 (26) | 1 (27) | 3 | None Released | None Released | None Released | None Released | 9 |
| TopDrawer Soccer | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 |