Men’s Soccer: Virginia gets two goals from Reese Miller, beats Saint Joseph’s, 5-0

Virginia dominated possession and shot attempts in its game with Colgate last weekend, but couldn’t convert its plethora of opportunities in what turned into a 1-0 loss.

“That was a lesson learned from the Colgate game,” coach George Gelnovatch said after the ‘Hoos (2-1-0) blasted Saint Joseph’s (0-2-0), 5-0, Thursday afternoon at Klöckner Stadium.

UVA got on the board 10 minutes in, when Triton Beauvois made his way into a dangerous area on the outer edge of the penalty box and lofted a cross into Reese Miller, who finished his chance from inside six yards for the 1-0 lead.

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In the 24th minute of play, the Cavaliers won a free kick in the center of the field 10 yards from the penalty area. Danny Mangarov curled his attempt into the area where it found the head of Nick Dang, who nudged it past the goalkeeper to double the Virginia lead.

UVA would take a 2-0 advantage into the halftime break.

“We got our goals in the first half to take the sting out of the game and then just wore them down,” Gelnovatch said. “In the first 20 minutes of that second half, it was pass, pass, pass. We put a couple of fresh guys in and, goal. That broke them, and then the fourth one came.”

The Cavaliers broke through again in the 71st minute when grad transfer Hayes Wood ran onto a long curling ball down the sideline from Paul Wiese that was left by Kome Ubogu.

Wood slipped the ball past the goalkeeper to notch his first goal as a Cavalier, tilting the game heavily in Virginia’s favor at 3-0.

Less than two minutes later, UVA increased its advantage once again when Umberto Pelà lofted a pass beyond the Saint Joseph’s back line, where Miller sidestepped the goalkeeper to score his second of the match.

Max Talley put the finishing touch on the game as the sophomore midfielder registered his first collegiate goal on a perfectly placed shot from outside the box to secure a 5-0 win for the Cavaliers.

“This game was important coming off the Colgate game,” Gelnovatch said. “I haven’t experienced a game like that in a long time, so it was important to get back out here and really go through the same exercise and learn from it. So, when we run into that again, we know how to deal with it.”