2023-11-18 16:16:33
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 5 West Virginia University men’s soccer team begins NCAA Tournament action with a second-round matchup once morest Louisville on Sunday followingnoon. Kickoff from Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium is set for 2 p.m.
Fans are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance by visiting WVUGAME.com or calling 1-800-WVU GAME. WVU student tickets also will be made available at the Mountaineer Ticket Office, located at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. The office, as well as the stadium gates, opens at 1 p.m., on game day. WVU students are admitted for free with a valid WVU Student I.D.
Nick Farrell and Michael Minnich will have the call of Sunday’s contest on ESPN+. The game also can be heard on 91.7 FM (WWVU) in Morgantown, and live stats are available at ncaa.com.
The Mountaineers enter the game as the No. 5 national seed, the highest in program history, with a 14-2-4 record, just one win shy of the WVU record, set in 2006.
Senior Yutaro Tsukada leads the Mountaineers with 27 points on nine goals and a team-high nine assists. Sophomore Marcus Caldeira leads WVU with 12 goals while seniors Sergio Ors Navarro (7) and Luke McCormick (6) have also found the back of the net multiple times for the Mountaineers this season.
Senior Jackson Lee has made 47 saves while playing every minute for the Mountaineers in goal this year while allowing just 1.000 goals per game.
Lee, Tsukada, Caldeira, McCormick and junior Frederik Jorgensen all earned All-Sun Belt honors this season.
Louisville is led by fifth-year head coach John Michael Hayden, who is 46-34-10 during his time with the Cardinals, including 12-5-3 this season. They advanced to the second round by defeating Dayton, 4-3, on Thursday.
Damien Barker John leads Louisville with nine goals while Sander Roed has a team-high nine assists. Both of those players were named to the All-ACC Second Team.
Alex Svetanoff has played every minute in goal for the Cardinals. He has made 93 saves while allowing 1.73 goals per game and has six clean sheets this season.
For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUMensSoccer on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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