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Virginia women’s soccer advances to College Cup semifinals with 1-0 upset of TCU

Senior defender Lizzy Sieracki scored her first goal of the season. (Matt Riley/University of Virginia Athletics)

As an elite national program, Virginia typically faces high expectations entering the NCAA women’s soccer tournament. This season, though, the Cavaliers were in the unusual position of being unseeded and largely overlooked.

On Sunday in Cary, N.C., they continued an unexpected postseason run by upsetting fourth-seeded Texas Christian, 1-0, and advancing to the College Cup semifinals for the first time since 2014.