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Rebecca Jarrett Suffers Season-Ending Knee Injury
The No. 3 Virginia Cavaliers women’s soccer team will be without one of its best players for the remainder of the 2021 season.
Senior forward Rebecca Jarrett suffered a season-ending knee injury, confirmed by UVA women’s soccer head coach Steve Swanson. The injury occurred in practice last week in the days prior to the Cavaliers' match against Santa Clara last Thursday. Jarrett had surgery on Wednesday.
"The best thing that we can do if we have feelings about her, which we all do, is player for, play hard for her," said Swanson.
Jarrett has been out for Virginia’s last two games against JMU and Santa Clara, but she is still the team’s second-leading goal scorer with three goals, second-leading point scorer with nine points, and is tied for the team-lead in assists with three on the season.
"She is such a core piece of the heart of this team and I think she is so individually connected with each and every person on this team and we have a team of 34 people," said goalkeeper Laurel Ivory.
Jarrett’s last game was a fantastic performance against George Washington on August 29th. Jarrett recorded two goals and one assist and led Virginia to a 6-1 victory.
Jarrett has been a key contributor and leader for the Virginia women’s soccer program for several seasons. In the 2020-21 season, Jarrett started 20 games and was named to the All-ACC second team and the College Cup All-Tournament team.
Virginia has the depth and talent on its roster to be successful even without Jarrett, but the Cavaliers will certainly miss Jarrett immensely as they make another run at a national championship this season.
The Hoos will face a tough test against No. 14 Penn State on Thursday night at Klockner Stadium.