Virginia coach Steve Swanson said his team’s ugly 4-0 blowout loss at #22 Florida State on Thursday is all on him.
“I need to take full responsibility for the result tonight,” said Swanson, whose Cavaliers (10-5-0, 3-5-0 ACC) was down 3-0 at the half, and really never was in the game. “It is pretty clear we were not prepared to play at the level we needed to for this match. That is completely on me. Florida State is a very good team, and they won every phase of this match, and the score reflected that. Full credit to them.”
Florida State (9-2-2, 4-2-1 ACC) got on the board in the 19th minute, scoring off a corner kick. Ran Iwai served the ball to the back post, where Taylor Huff headed it down and into the middle of the goal.
The ‘Noles doubled the lead in the 23rd minute off a penalty kick that was awarded after UVA keeper Victoria Safradin came off her line and clipped the Seminole attacker near the left edge of the 18-yard box as she slid in an attempt to collect the ball. The penalty was upheld upon review, and Solai Washington hit the shot to the bottom left. Safradin guessed right and got a hand on the ball but was unable to keep it out of the net.
The third goal came in the 34th minute as the initial attack by Florida State was broken up, but the ball was knocked into the air and not cleared, resulting in a header from Jordynn Dudley back toward Wrianna Hudson inside the six. Hudson volleyed it in for the 3-0 lead.
A long ball ahead from Carissa Boeckmann led to the fourth goal as she found Giana Riley approaching the box. Riley slowed things up as she approached the box with a defender tracking back with her. The Seminole then worked her way to her right, getting around her defender to create space and took a shot that hit the right post and deflected in goal.
Virginia returns home to play its final regular-season home game next Friday (Oct. 25) against Clemson. Kick is set for 7 p.m. at Klöckner Stadium.
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