Game Coverage
Thursday, Aug. 31 | 7pm — Charlottesville, Va.
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Game Coverage
Sunday, Sept. 3 | 12pm — Williamsburg, Va.
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MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin women's soccer team has a pair of top-ranked teams as they travel to Virginia to take on No. 10 Virginia and William & Mary (Receiving votes). The game against Virginia will be streamed live on the ACC Network Extra. Links for live statistics for both games and the live stream for William & Mary can be found on UWBadgers.com. In addition, fans can follow Twitter (@BadgerWSoccer) for live updates during the game.
1. LOOKING BACK: The Badgers went 2-0 on the weekend with 2-0 shutouts over Creighton and Northern Illinois. Freshman Cameron Murtha scored the opening goals in both matches. Sophomores Dani Rhodes and Victoria Pickett had the second goals in the matches.
2. SCOUTING VIRGINIA: Virginia started its season with two 2-0 shutouts and a 2-1 upset of No. 2 West Virginia in double overtime. Megan Reid scored the golden goal in the 106th minute to lift the Cavaliers over the Mountaineers.The Cavaliers had a great 2016 season that saw them go all the way to the third round of the NCAA tournament, where they lost 2-0 to No. 3 Georgetown. Virginia finished No. 11 in the final polls with a 15-5-2 overall record, a 6 -2-2 ACC record and a flawless 11-0-1 home record. Virginia tallied 52 goals on the season while holding opponents to 18 goals on the season. Virginia outdid opponents in shots (395-125), shots on goal (159-59) and corner kicks (143-59). The Cavaliers lost their leading scorer in Alexis Shaffer but return Veronica Latsko and Taylor Ziemer, who each notched eight goals on the season.
3. SCOUTING W&M: The William &Â Mary Tribe, who began the year receiving 18 votes, started the season 4-0 after picking up wins against Boston College, Fairleigh Dickinson, Bucknell and a shutout (2-0) over Providence. William &Â Mary ended the 2016 season with a 10-8-2 record and 4-4-1 record in conference play. The Tribe made it to the Colonial Athletic Association semifinals but fell 3-0 to top-seeded Northeastern. Rachel Moore returns for the Tribe after earning her second NSCAA third-team All-Mid-Atlantic Region honors in her junior season in 2016. She helped William &Â Mary to its NCAA record 36th consecutive winning season with a team-high six goals, five assists and 17 points.
4. HISTORY LESSON: The Badgers trail the all-time series 2-3-0 with Virginia but actually lead the series 2-1-0 in Charlottesville. Wisconsin also trails the series with William &Â Mary 4-7-1 and 1-4-0 in Williamsburg.
5. CAMMIE CAN!: Not many freshmen can come onto the scene and make an immediate difference, but Cammie can. Freshman Cameron Murtha scored her first and second goals of her career last weekend and had the first goal in both games. She had two goals in just five shots and had a .200 shot percentage vs. Creighton and .250 against NIU. She has eight shots on the season and five in the last two games alone.
