Canes To Host the Hokies at Cobb
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami soccer team is set to host Virginia Tech Sunday at noon at Cobb Stadium.
The match will be broadcast live on ACC Network Extra and can be found HERE, while live stats for the action are available HERE.
As is the case with all home matches, entry to the Sunday contest is free to all fans. UM special edition sunglasses will be handed out to the first 150 fans and will be available at the marketing table, which will also have team posters.
The matchup will mark the 18th time the Canes have faced Virginia Tech, with the Hokies leading the overall series 9-4-4. When the teams last met Oct. 23, 2016, the Hurricanes earned a double overtime victory over No. 25 Virginia Tech, 2-1.
In the match, junior midfielder Lauren Markwith earned her first career assist in the 102nd minute setting up Gracie Lachowecki for the match winning goal. Overall, eight current Canes saw action in the contest, with redshirt senior goalkeeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce and senior defender Maisie Baker going the distance.
The Canes enter this season’s affair with a 3-5-2 overall record and 0-2-0 mark in the ACC, reaching extra time in four of the last six contests. First-year head coach Sarah Barnes’ side has outscored its opponents by an 8-2 margin in the first half and have outshot them 69-31.
Overall, 11 different Hurricanes have registered at least one point this season, with freshman forward Gudrun Haralz leading the team with eight points (three goals and two assists). In the last four contests, senior midfielder Jamie Brunworth has notched two goals and an assist to lead the charge for the Canes’ attack.
Tech is 4-2-3 on the season, most recently falling in its ACC opener, 4-0, against No. 7 Florida State. Karlie Johnson leads the Hokies with four goals on the season and eight points, while Mandy McGlynn has recorded four clean sheets in goal. In 2017, Virginia Tech finished 7-6-5 (1-5-4 ACC).
Following Sunday’s contest, Miami will return to Cobb Stadium Saturday at 7 p.m. against Syracuse.
The University of Miami – Coral Gables Campus has introduced an updated parking policy for the 2018-19 school year. Enforcement is now extended to seven days a week, 8 a.m. to just 11 p.m. PayByPhone and additional pay stations are available across all campus parking lots and garages to facilitate visitor parking.
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