Pilots vs. Virginia Tech, Friday 11/20, Merlo Field

#2 Seed Portland vs. #3 Seed Virginia Tech

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Because it's never too early to start talking about the next game.

The Hokies beat Murray State 2-0 and Dayton 3-1 to reach the Sweet 16. They were forced to travel to Dayton for those games, so they may have a bit of a chip on their shoulders. They have an overall record of 16-7-0 (6-4-0 in the ACC)... against ranked opponents they have wins over North Carolina and Wake Forest (twice) and losses to Stanford, Florida State (twice), and Boston College.

It'll be on live TV!!! Here are the game details:

Portland (20-1-0) advances to the third round for the 10th consecutive season and will host third-seeded Virginia Tech on Friday, Nov. 20 at 7 p.m. live on Comcast SportsNet Northwest. The Hokies were 3-1 winners over Dayton on Sunday. Tickets will go on sale Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 11 a.m. through all Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.com, over the phone at 1-800-745-3000, or in-person at the Pilot Box Office.

They beat NC? Was it a fluke or should I be really worried? Well, we are in 3rd round... of course I should be nervous!!!

When was the last time we played Virginia Tech?

ktinpurple wrote:
When was the last time we played Virginia Tech?

Never

That's a long time.

The only common opponent I see is Miami. We beat them 2-0 and they beat them 2-1. They must be twice as good as UNC as they beat High Point 2-0 (oh yeah, they did beat unc in the reg season too)

Well that's discouraging... We finally got to the round of 16, and our next opponent is a university that is literally nationally known for its Women's soccer... (I was not encouraged by the Wikipedia article about the University of Portland which mentioned Women's soccer in the very first freaking paragraph ).

Oh well, this year's VT team is pretty strong... we've beaten a few great teams, and put up a heck of a fight for most of the others. Maybe we'll surprise you! If not, I guess there is no shame in losing to a team with a tradition like Portland. Especially since we're so new to this sport (or rather new to the idea of serious competition in this sport).

It's on TV up there??? Man, we have to watch our games in 300x200 15 fps crappy webcasts... I bet our Comcast Sportsnet will carry reruns of Redskin's Nation or something... :p

Telionis wrote:Well that's discouraging... We finally got to the round of 16, and our next opponent is a university that is literally nationally known for its Women's soccer... (I was not encouraged by the Wikipedia article about the University of Portland which mentioned Women's soccer in the very first freaking paragraph ).

Oh well, this year's VT team is pretty strong... we've beaten a few great teams, and put up a heck of a fight for most of the others. Maybe we'll surprise you! If not, I guess there is no shame in losing to a team with a tradition like Portland. Especially since we're so new to this sport (or rather new to the idea of serious competition in this sport).

It's on TV up there??? Man, we have to watch our games in 300x200 15 fps crappy webcasts... I bet our Comcast Sportsnet will carry reruns of Redskin's Nation or something... :p

We are a tiny school, but it's fair to say that Women' soccer is the #1 sport on campus. We have hopes for our Basketball team this year, though.

My robot MAX and I were rooting for you guys a couple of weeks ago when you played FSU in the tournament.
FSUfan wasn't happy.



The Hokie cap stays in the closet this week, though.



we aren't sure if it will be on TV or not. Normally it's through stretchnet, but the NCAA's says we can't do that.

We got the Denver game on CCTV through the conference, but several people told me they couldn't get the UW game. That stuff might get clarified later in the Week.

Once is a while, the tournament games get picked up by Comcast NW, or a local channel. but I don't know...

I'll be watching it at Merlo under the canopy in my fur lined seat, catching the replays on the flop-down screens.

Here is Virginia Tech's regular season record, including the ACC tournament and its NCAA tournament games:

8/23/2009 vs. High Point 7-15-2 W 2-0
8/28/2009 at. Villanova 11-6-5 L 1-2
8/30/2009 vs. #Lehigh 9-4-5 W 1-0
9/4/2009 vs. #VCU 6-11-2 W 4-3
9/6/2009 vs. #Stanford 22-0-0 L 0-5
9/11/2009 vs. UNC Greensboro 13-7-0 W 4-0
9/13/2009 vs. College of Charleston 12-7-2 W 3-0
9/20/2009 vs. Davidson 12-9-1 W 3-2
9/24/2009 vs. *Clemson 3-15-0 W 2-1
9/27/2009 at. *North Carolina St. 8-9-2 W 3-0
9/30/2009 at. *Virginia 10-5-6 W 2-1
10/4/2009 vs. *North Carolina 19-3-1 W 1-0
10/11/2009 at. *Maryland 14-5-2 L 1-3
10/14/2009 vs. Longwood 9-8-1 W 3-0
10/18/2009 vs. *Boston College 17-3-2 L 0-1
10/22/2009 at. *Wake Forest 15-5-2 W 4-3
10/25/2009 at. *Duke 8-8-4 L 1-4
10/30/2009 vs. *Miami (Fla.) 8-10-1 W 2-1
11/1/2009 vs. *Florida St. 18-4-1 L 1-2
11/4/2009 vs. #*Wake Forest 15-5-2 W 1-0
11/6/2009 vs. #*Florida St. 18-4-1 L 0-2
11/13/2009 vs. #Murray State 11-9-2 W 2-0
11/15/2009 at. Dayton 16-1-5 W 3-1

I just realized we have something besides next week's game we share with V Tech.

We both have a Paplin school of business. Same family, too.

Pamplin, I believe.

Geezaldinho wrote:I just realized we have something besides next week's game we share with V Tech.

We both have a Pamplin school of business. Same family, too.

fixed, dammit

Hey, Telionis, welcome to PilotNation.

I'm wondering if there's a VT women's soccer blog we could visit. I found the Virginia Tech fan blog, but I don't know if your women's soccer fans use it.

PilotNation people, I think you'll enjoy the opening paragraph from the VT fan blog:

"Thanks for visiting VirginiaTechFan.com. This site is run purely by Virginia Tech fans who like to share their opinions, thoughts, emotions, and internet tips with other Hokies. We are VT alums who are passionate about Hokie sports, whether its Virginia Tech Football, Virginia Tech Basketball, Virginia Tech Baseball, or even sports like Virginia Tech Softball, Soccer, Women's Basketball, and others if we're in the mood."

I suspect it is 97% VA Tech Football!

I noticed that the Portlandpilots.com article had this quote, for you out of towners

Portland (20-1-0) advances to the third round for the 10th consecutive season and will host third-seeded Virginia Tech on Friday, Nov. 20 at 7 p.m. live on Comcast SportsNet Northwest.