Head Coach:
Dave Lombardo, 23rd JMU
season, 273-172-32; 30th career season, 351-207-40
This Season: 2-2-0 overall, 0-0-0 in Colonial Athletic
Association
Last Season (2011): 8-8-3 overall,
5-5-1 (tied sixth regular-season) in CAA
Last Week:
JMU dropped a 1-0
decision at Penn on Aug. 29 in
the Dukes' only action last week.
This Week:
Virginia Nike Classic, Charlottesville, Va.
Where: Klöckner
Stadium | Directions
Admission: UVa
Ticket Web Page | $9 Reserved; $7 Adults; $5 Youth (18 & Under); $5
Seniors (60 & Over)
Parking:
Free | Parking
Map
JMU First Round
Opponent: Richmond
When: Friday,
Sept. 7, 2 p.m.
Multimedia: Live
Stats (GameTracker)
JMU Second-Round Opponent: Virginia
When:
Sunday, Sept. 9, 2:30 p.m.
Multimedia: Live
Stats (GameTracker)
Scouting
Richmond:
Richmond has a 1-4 record that includes losses
to Top 25 teams Wake Forest (4-1) and Virginia Tech (2-0), an overtime defeat
at Longwood (2-1) and a road loss at CAA preseason favorite William and Mary
(3-0). UR's only win came at home
against Villanova (3-1) in its home opener on Aug. 31.
The Spiders were picked by league
coaches to finish second behind Dayton in the 16-team Atlantic 10 Conference.
Junior All-America forward Becca
Wann, the 2011 A-10 Offensive Player of the Year, has yet to play with the
Spiders as she is with the U.S. Under-20 Team at the Under-20 World Cup in
Japan. The U.S. meets Germany in the
championship match on Sept. 8.
The Series with
Richmond:
JMU leads
the series 13-7-1 and has won the
last two meetings, including a 2-0 win in 2011 in Harrisonburg. The Spiders, however, won the two previous
meetings. That included a 3-0 Spiders'
victory at JMU in 2009 and a 2-1 win in Richmond in 2008.
JMU vs. Richmond All-Time
JMU leads the series
13-7-1.
Home: 7-1-1
Away: 5-3-0
Neutral: 1-3-0
Date, Result, Score, Site, Postseason
Note
9/24/96, W, 4-0, A
11/7/96, W, 3-0, Wilmington, N.C.,
CAA Quarterfinals
9/16/97, W, 2-1, H
11/5/97, W, 1-0, H, CAA Quarters
9/8/98, L, 1-2, A
11/5/98, L, 0-2, Virginia Beach,
Va., CAA Quarterfinals
10/19/99, W, 3-0, H
11/3/99, L, 1-2, Virginia Beach,
Va., CAA Quarterfinals
10/4/00, L, 2-3, A
10/2/01, W, 1-0, H
9/1/02, W, 5-1, A
11/17/02, L, 0-1, Charlotte, N.C.,
NCAA Rd of 32
9/5/03, T, 1-1, 2 OT, H
8/27/04, W, 1-0, A
8/26/05, W, 3-2, H
9/5/06, W, 4-2, A
9/9/07, W, 1-0, H
8/24/08, L, 1-2, A
8/22/09, L, 0-3, H
8/20/10, W, 2-1, A
9/4/11, W, 2-0, H
Scouting
Virginia: The seventh-ranked (NSCAA) Cavaliers take a
5-1 record and a five-game winning streak into a game vs. George Mason in the
Sept. 7 opening round of the Nike Classic.
Virginia opened the season with a 3-1 home loss to Penn State and then
shut out its next four opponents (Radford 5-0, Liberty 3-0, UNC Wilmington 2-0
and 23rd-ranked Texas 3-0) before allowing a goal in a 2-1 win at Southern
Methodist on Sept. 2.
Virginia was picked to finish fifth
in the 11-team Atlantic Coast Conference, as voted by the league's coaches.
Virginia head coach Steve Swanson and Cavalier sophomore midfielder
Morgan Brian have missed UVa's early-season matches due to the Under-20 World
Cup in Japan. Swanson, the U.S. Under-20
coach, has guided the team to the championship match vs. Germany on Sept. 8.
The Series with
Virginia:
Virginia
leads the series 16-1-2 and has won the last eight meetings. The teams last met in 2005, when Virginia won
1-0 in Harrisonburg.
JMU vs. Virginia All-Time
Virginia leads the
series 16-1-2.
Home: 1-6-1
Away: 0-10-1
Neutral: 0-0-0
Date, Result, Score, Site, Postseason Note
10/3/90, L, 0-2, A
9/24/91, L, 1-2, H
10/13/92, L, 1-2, A
9/21/93, L, 1-3, H
9/14/94, L, 0-1, A
9/13/95, L, 1-2, H
9/18/96, T, 2-2, OT, A
10/7/97, T, 1-1, OT, H
11/15/97, L, 1-3, A, NCAA Rd of 32
9/5/98, L, 2-3, 2 OT, A
9/10/99, W, 2-1, H
11/14/99, L, 1-3, A, NCAA Rd of 32
10/14/00, L, 0-3, A
10/13/01, L, 1-4, H
10/15/02, L, 3-7, A
10/7/03, L, 0-1, H
10/12/04, L, 0-5, A
11/12/04, L, 0-6, A, NCAA Rd of 64
8/31/05, L, 0-1, H
Road Stretch Continues: JMU's Aug. 31 game at Penn was the
first of four straight road matches for the Dukes. Following games in the Sept. 7 and 9 Virginia
Nike Classic, JMU travels to Navy for a Sept. 14 contest.
After a Sept. 16 home game vs.
Charlotte, the Dukes are back on the road at Old Dominion on Sept. 20 and at
William and Mary on Sept. 23.
Four Opponents Projected for NCAA
Field: Four JMU opponents are
projected to be among the 64 teams in the 2012 NCAA Tournament field, according
to the website TopDrawerSoccer.com. The weekly rankings
are a running attempt to project the postseason NCAA Tournament qualifiers,
including every automatic conference berth.
JMU regular-season opponents on the
Week
4 rankings, released Sept. 3, are
#11 Virginia (Sept. 9)
#15 Georgetown (Aug. 24)
#41 William and Mary (Sept. 23)
#55 Navy (Sept. 14)
National Rankings: Two of the Dukes' regular-season
opponents and one preseason opponent are ranked or are receiving votes in the
latest national polls.
JMU Opponents in the National Polls (Sept. 3/4)
School, Game Date, Site (Result), Ranking*
Virginia Tech, Aug. 9 (preseason), away (L 0-1), 11 | 13
Georgetown, Aug. 24, home, (L 0-1) 23 | 19
Virginia, Sept. 9, away, 9 | 7
*NSCAA
| Soccer
America
In the Region: Four of the Dukes' opponents are ranked or
receiving votes in the Sept. 4 Mid-Atlantic
Region Top 10 (NSCAA). Ranked are William and Mary (#2), Penn (#6), North Carolina Wilmington (#4)
and Hofstra (#8),
JMU opponents ranked in other
regions include Georgetown (#1 in
Northeast), and Virginia (tied #4 in
Southeast).
Earlier Notes
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