ACC Champions Prep For Next Tourney
November 19, 2009
The Virginia men's soccer team secured its first ACC Championship since 2004 with wins over Maryland, Wake Forest and N.C. State in the ACC Tournament over the weekend. It's the fourth league title in the tenure of UVa coach George Gelnovatch, who now prepares his team for an NCAA Tournament game at Klockner Stadium on Sunday at 1 p.m. The Sabre caught up with Coach Gelnovatch for a quick interview about his team's chances in the national title hunt.
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Swanson's Club Set To Start Season
August 21, 2009
 The 10 newcomers on the women's soccer 25-person roster indicate one of the team's biggest hurdles for this season. Coach Steve Swanson is quick to recognize the youth of this year's team, but remains optimistic about the outlook for the season. The season opens Friday night at 7 p.m. at No. 6 Penn State.
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Virginia Soccer Off To Strong Start
October 9, 2008
 When Virginia men's soccer coach George Gelnovatch says this year's team is young, he isn't exaggerating for effect. No, not at all. Gelnovatch is starting five freshmen for the first time since ... well, ever. And until Chris Agorsor tore his ACL recently, the Cavaliers were starting six freshmen. With that information alone, one might wonder if Virginia's typical success will be threatened this year. But according to Gelnovatch, what the Cavaliers (6-3-0, 3-0-0 ACC) lack in experience, they make up for in talent.
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Gelnovatch Proud of Team's Season
December 18, 2006
The Virginia men's soccer team has much to be proud of when looking back at the 2006 season. The Cavaliers finished with a 17-4-1 overall record (5-3 ACC) and returned to the College Cup for the first time since 1997. UVa coach George Gelnovatch recognizes the achievements of his squad, but now he must find a way to retool the team - which loses three senior starters and at least two underclassmen - for 2007.
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UVa Looks For Second Win Over UCLA
November 30, 2006
Virginia will be facing a familiar foe on Friday night in St. Louis when it battles UCLA in the semifinal round of the NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament. Just less than three months ago, the Cavaliers hosted the Bruins at Klockner Stadium and emerged with a 1-0 victory on a goal scored by sophomore forward Yannick Reyering in the game's 88th minute. Reyering, however, acknowledges that beating a team a second time is not always easy.
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Cavaliers Eye Title In St. Louis
November 29, 2006
With last Friday's 3-2 NCAA Quarterfinals victory over Notre Dame, the Virginia men's soccer team has advanced to the College Cup (the Final Four, for those of you less acquainted with soccer speak) for the first time since 1997. “It's been a very rewarding year with this group,” Virginia head coach George Gelnovatch said. Can the Hoos bring home the title?
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Soccer Teams Open With Wins
August 25, 2006
A hazy night at Klockner Stadium didn't cloud a pair of season-opening wins for the Virginia soccer teams. The No. 3 men's team dispatched a resolute Davidson club in the evening contest, 1-0, which followed a decisive 6-0 victory for the No. 7 women against Syracuse.
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Men's Soccer Team Has Talent, Experience, Lofty Goals
August 25, 2006
The Virginia men's soccer team is loaded. There is no way around it - the Cavaliers' roster is literally overflowing with talent. In fact, UVa coach George Gelnovatch says “it is among the most talented teams since I've been the coach here.” That, of course, means the expectations are high for the Hoos, who open their season with the Virginia Soccer Classic tonight.
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Women's Soccer Aiming High
August 25, 2006
When the Virginia women's soccer team opens play today with its first ever meeting against Syracuse, it will be akin to firing a gun that doesn't have all the bullets. But despite some missing components, the Cavaliers are still aiming squarely at their long-range target - the National Championship bull's eye.
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2005 Preview: Young Cavs Going for ACC Three-peat
September 2, 2005
Of the 28 players on the Virginia men's soccer roster, exactly two are seniors. Yes, it's another young team for George Gelnovatch, but by now he's used to it. In his 10th year as UVa's head coach, Gelnovatch has watched many of his top players turn pro before reaching their senior year. The difference is he's starting to find greater success despite the turnover.
With similarly youthful squads, Gelnovatch has led the Cavaliers to consecutive ACC championships. He believes this team could make it three in a row, as well as contend for a national title, regardless of its inexperience.
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Can Gelnovatch Cook Up a Championship?
September 3, 2004
With 33 players on his 2004 roster, including 11 returning starters, UVa men's soccer coach George Gelnovatch thinks he might have all the ingredients in place for a championship recipe.
He has a dash of experience, a pinch of talent - make that two or three pinches - and a generous helping of team chemistry. So what is the final ingredient? Simple - finding the perfect lineup. Of course, that's the hard part for Gelnovatch and the Cavaliers, who open a season of high expectations tonight at Klockner Stadium.
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2003 Men's Soccer: A Difficult Path, but the Same Destination
November 21, 2003
Entering the ACC Tournament with a losing record did not sit well with Virginia men’s soccer coach George Gelnovatch. Knowing that his team was in danger of missing the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 23 years, Gelnovatch knew the Cavaliers needed to play great defense and have a few breaks go the Cavaliers way.
Gelnovatch’s squad did just that.
The UVa defense allowed just one total goal in its three ACC Tournament matches, and the Cavaliers won a pair of matches in the penalty kick phase to edge Clemson and Maryland. With the second penalty kick win, over the Terrapins, Virginia was awarded the ACC Tournament title and was automatically given the league’s NCAA Tournament postseason berth.
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UVa Women's Soccer Aiming High in 2003
September 3, 2003
When Steve Swanson took over as the coach of the Virginia women’s soccer team in July of 2000 he said that one of his goals was to recruit the type of players that could get the program in position to compete annually for the ACC title and the NCAA Title.
Four years later, Swanson may be ready to cash in on his prediction as he welcomes back nine starters and 16 letter winners. The team was ranked No. 9 and No. 11 in the Soccer America and Adidas/NSCAA preseason polls, respectively.
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2003 Men's Soccer Preview
August 20, 2003
For the first time in his tenure at Virginia as the men’s soccer coach, George Gelnovatch is faced with two tough questions who will score goals and who will stop the opposing team from scoring goals?
Gelnovatch and his staff will need to answer both questions if the 14th-ranked Cavaliers expect to keep their streak alive of 22 consecutive berths into the NCAA Tournament.
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Great Expectations: UVa Soccer Preview
August 19, 2002
If you were to poll most Division I college coaches from around the country on the definition of a successful season, reaching an NCAA tournament while trampling the competition in an undefeated conference season would ultimately rate as quite successful for most programs. Not for head coach George Gelnovatch and the Virginia men's soccer team.
Last fall, Gelnovatch's dominant Cavalier squad became the first ever squad to sweep its conference foes without allowing a single goal in conference play. The likes of North Carolina and Clemson were simply no match for Virginia in September and October, but in November, something happened to the Cavaliers that happens to so many teams throughout the athletic year: they ran into a roadblock.
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