{"id":366010,"date":"2026-10-06T17:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/366010\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T17:00:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T17:00:40","slug":"virginia-hosts-queens-tuesday-night-at-klockner-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/366010\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Hosts Queens Tuesday Night at Kl\u00f6ckner Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. \u2013 The Virginia men\u2019s soccer team (4-5-1, 2-2 ACC) is set to take on Queens (3-6-2, 2-1-2 ASUN) on Tuesday (Oct. 6) at Kl\u00f6ckner Stadium. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. on ACC Network.<\/p>\n<p>How to Follow:\u00a0<br \/>Tuesday night\u2019s match against Queens will be streamed on ACC Network Extra (ACCNX) which is available through the ESPN app and at WatchESPN.com for customers who have the ACC Network as part of their TV subscription. Links to both the broadcast and live stats are available at VirginiaSports.com. Fans can also get updates by following the program\u2019s official Twitter account (@UVAMenSoccer).<\/p>\n<p>For Openers: <\/p>\n<p>Virginia head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/virginiasports.com\/staff\/george-gelnovatch\" title=\"George Gelnovatch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">George Gelnovatch<\/a>\u2019s next victory will mark No. 400 for his career. He would become the fifth active coach in NCAA Division I with 400 career wins joining Sasho Cirovski (Maryland), Dave Masur (St. John\u2019s), Tony Martone (Merrimack) and Mike Noonan (Clemson). He would become the 28th NCAA Division I coach to reach the mark all-time.<br \/>\nThe Cavaliers are set to take on Queens for the first time in series history<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/virginiasports.com\/sports\/msoc\/roster\/player\/marco-dos-santos\" title=\"Marco Dos Santos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marco Dos Santos<\/a> is tied for the team lead with five goals after scoring just one goal in 2025<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/virginiasports.com\/sports\/msoc\/roster\/player\/aj-smith\" title=\"AJ Smith\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AJ Smith<\/a> has surpassed a career-high with five goals as well<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/virginiasports.com\/sports\/msoc\/roster\/player\/brendan-lambe\" title=\"Brendan Lambe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brendan Lambe<\/a> leads the team with a single-season career high five assists<\/p>\n<p>Smith In Form:<\/p>\n<p>Virginia striker <a href=\"https:\/\/virginiasports.com\/sports\/msoc\/roster\/player\/aj-smith\" title=\"AJ Smith\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AJ Smith<\/a> has started all 10 games of the season and already surpassed single-season career highs in goals (5) and points (11).<br \/>\nSmith\u2019s goal tally through 10 games (5) is on the same pace as <a href=\"https:\/\/virginiasports.com\/sports\/msoc\/roster\/player\/nicholas-simmonds\" title=\"Nicholas Simmonds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicholas Simmonds<\/a> (5) 2025 campaign which saw the freshman go on to score 10 goals on the season.<br \/>\nSmith\u2019s 2025 season saw him score four goals and one assist to total nine points over the course of 19 appearances and five starts.<br \/>\nThe Tyler JC product has had a knack for scoring in big moments with five of his 11 career goals coming in postseason play.<br \/>\nSmith\u2019s most impactful postseason moments include scoring the game-winning goal in the 2025 ACC Semifinal as well as a 1 goal\/1 assist performance in a 2-1 win over West Virginia in the 2024 NCAA Second Round.<\/p>\n<p>Noting the 2026 Cavaliers<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/virginiasports.com\/sports\/msoc\/roster\/player\/aj-smith\" title=\"AJ Smith\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AJ Smith<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/virginiasports.com\/sports\/msoc\/roster\/player\/marco-dos-santos\" title=\"Marco Dos Santos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marco Dos Santos<\/a> lead the team with five goals apiece, each surpassing single-season career highs<br \/>\nDos Santos leads the team with 12 points (5 g, 2 a)<br \/>\nFourth-year captain <a href=\"https:\/\/virginiasports.com\/sports\/msoc\/roster\/player\/brendan-lambe\" title=\"Brendan Lambe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brendan Lambe<\/a> leads the team with five assists<br \/>\nVirginia has scored 20 goals on the season coming from eight different goal scorers<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0On the Horizon:<\/p>\n<p>The Cavaliers will be back in action on Friday (Oct. 9) when they host Cal. Kickoff is slated for 6 p.m. at Kl\u00f6ckner Stadium on ACC Network Extra (ACCNX).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. \u2013 The Virginia men\u2019s soccer team (4-5-1, 2-2 ACC) is set to take on Queens (3-6-2,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-366010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}