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Virginia Tech closes out the home portion of the 2015 regular season this weekend with a pair of big ACC matches. On Thursday night, the seventh-ranked Hokies host top-ranked Florida State at Thompson Field at 7 p.m. On Sunday, the Hokies will celebrate Senior Day, as they welcome Pittsburgh to Thompson Field at 1 p.m. The FSU match will be shown on ESPN3.

Entering This Weekend’s Matches

The Hokies enter the weekend 13-2-1 overall and 5-2 in conference action ... Florida State is 13-1-1 on the season and 6-0-1 in ACC play ... Pittsburgh was 10-4-1 overall and 4-3 in conference play entering their match at Duke on Thursday night ... Tech is ranked seventh in the NSCAA poll and fifth in the TopDrawerSoccer.com poll ... Florida State is ranked first in both polls.

Last Time Out: No. 12 Virginia Tech 3, Miami 0

The Hokies returned to Thompson Field for the first time in October and came away with a 3-0 shutout win over Miami on Saturday night ... Alani Johnson scored a pair of goals and Candace Cephers opened the scoring with her fifth goal of the season in the victory.

Thank You, Seniors

Sunday’s match against Pittsburgh will mark Senior Day for the Hokies’ five seniors ... This season’s senior class for the Hokies consists of five players, Ashley Meier, Jordan Coburn, Morgan Conklin, Courtney Stutts and Delia Maresco ... This talented quintet entered the match Thursday night with an overall record of 61-19-5, for a .747 winning percentage ... This group has also made the NCAA Tournament in all three of their previous seasons and 5-2-1 NCAA Tournament record ... This group is the ninth-winningest senior class in Division I this season with 61 victories.

Our Newest Hokie

Head coach Chugger Adair relied heavily on associate head coach Drew Kopp and assistant coach Matt Gwilliam prior to the win over Duke, for a very good reason ... On Friday, Adair and his wife, Shelbylynn, welcomed the birth of their their second child, son Austin Tate Adair ... Shelbylynn is an assistant coach on the Virginia Tech volleyball team.

Chugging Right Along

Virginia Tech head coach, Charles “Chugger” Adair, is now in his fifth season in charge of the Hokies ... He has a 75-27-6 overall record (.722) and a 27-20-3 record in ACC competition (.570) ... A full bio is available on page 4 of this release.

The Hokies vs. Florida State

The Hokies are 0-15-1 all-time against Florida State ... The Seminoles defeated Tech, 2-1, in Tallahassee last season ... Tech is 0-5 in home games in the series and is 0-6 against the Seminoles under Chugger Adair ... Tech is 51-79-15 all-time against schools currently in the ACC and 45-61-12 in ACC games.

The Hokies vs. Pittsburgh

The Hokies are 2-0 all-time against Pittsburgh ... The Hokies defeated Pitt, 4-0, in Pittsburgh last season ... This is the first-ever meeting between the two schools in Blacksburg and Tech is 2-0 against the Panthers under Chugger Adair ... Tech is 51-79-15 all-time against schools currently in the ACC and 45-61-12 in ACC games (Entering Thursday’s match with Florida State).

Hokies in the National Stats

Murielle Tiernan is eighth nationally in total goals ... She is ninth in game-winning goals and goals per game ... She is 23rd in points per game and 30th in total points ... She leads the ACC in all five of those categories ... Jordan Coburn is 25th in assists per game and 30th in total assists ... As a team, the Hokies are eighth in won-loss percentage, 10th in total goals, 13th in scoring offense, 17th in total points and 20th in points per game.

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