Virginia, which is ranked in the Top Five in all the polls and was playing at home, needed OT to beat Longwood, a team with one win playing its first season above D-II, 1-0. So, on the surface it seems like UVa had a terrible game. And, in terms of finishing, they did. But, check out how dominant UVa was - the Longwood 'keeper, Matt Van Oekel, is gonna be boring his grandkids talking about this game, you can bet on that. Virginia out shots Longwood 28-1. That's not a misprint. The Cavs had TWENTY SEVEN more shots. For shots on goal, it was 11-0 in favor of UVa, obviously. Corner kicks were 21-0. So, it would appear Longwood bunkered in and played for the tie! Even so, the Cavs gotta finish some of those damn chances. The game ended when fifth-year senior Matt Oliver converted a cross from Hunter Freeman - who now has 14 assists on the year, tops in D-I, 5:10 into the first OT. UVa is now 12-2, Longwood 1-13. http://virginiasports.collegesports.com/sports/m-soccer/stats/2004-2005/14.html
Longwood got a similar result against a now underachieving George Mason earlier in the season. 2-1 off of a severely tipped shot that left the Mason 'keeper with no chance. After that it was all GMU with the Patriots outshooting LU 24-7 and having a 9-2 edge in CKs.