Virginia Tech Soccer faces ODU in season opener

NORFOLK, Va. – Native excessive faculties aren’t the one ones taking part in below the Friday evening lights now.

Friday was the season opener for the Virginia Tech Hokies – an thrilling one as they begin anew with first-year coach Brent Pry.

Hours earlier than kickoff, followers started to file into the S.B. Ballard Stadium in Norfolk.

The followers have been excited to see what the Hokies have been all about with Brent Pry as their new head coach. He’s accustomed to ODY’s teaching workers, but additionally the numerous Hokie traditions all through the years – traditions that led to many victories just like the notorious lunch pail.

Whether or not on the sphere for a few of Virginia Tech’s largest wins and even by their facet at previous media day occasions, the long-lasting VT lunch pail has withstood the check of time.

“It’s a part of the material to this place and in my thoughts, it’s one thing that’s initiated defensively,” Pry stated.

First launched again in 1995 and developed by former defensive coordinator Bud Foster, it turned the image of the Hokies’ hard-hitting, blue-collar strategy on protection.

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However now below Pry, the hope is to not solely convey it again however to make it a part of the brand new tradition.

“Its primary house is on the defensive facet of the ball however I need that mindset for our whole soccer group. It completely was going to be a part of what we’re doing,” Pry stated.

The Hokies made the announcement earlier this week first dropping a brand new profile image adopted with video snippets, highlighting its significance.

“We’ve carried that reference and what it meant in different methods all through the course of my profession on the defensive facet of the ball so it was naturally going to make its approach again,” Pry stated.

A spirited effort from the Hokies as they revive a decades-old custom.

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