Virginia women’s soccer continued its out-of-conference campaign Thursday night against Charlotte at Klöckner Stadium. The Cavaliers (4-0-0, 0-0-0 ACC) remained undefeated, beating the 49ers (3-2-0, 0-0-0 AAC) by way of a fourth consecutive shutout.
Though typically a stalwart holding down Virginia’s back line, it was senior defender Kiki Maki who scored the match’s first goal in the 39th minute. Graduate forward Linda Mittermair delivered a strike into the box off a corner kick, and Maki, lurking behind the 49er defense, did the rest of the work.
Another standout from the first half was sophomore forward Sophia Bradley’s showing off her one-on-one dribbling and passing abilities, consistently creating chances for the Cavaliers at the net. Bradley flashed her ball-handling when she nutmegged a Charlotte defender along the goal line, drawing oohs and aahs from the Cavalier faithful and forcing a corner kick…