The Virginia women’s soccer team returned nine starters this season, but amid a 12-game unbeaten streak and a rise to the top of the national coaches’ poll, a newcomer from Texas has led the attacking charge.
Diana Ordoñez, a 5-foot-11 freshman forward who did not turn 18 until two weeks ago, is among the country’s top scorers with 12 goals in nine appearances. She scored twice Friday — the first coming in the second minute — as the Cavaliers (10-0-2) won at Miami, 3-0.
The U.S. youth international, from the FC Dallas women’s youth program, has scored multiple goals four times.