The Virginia Tech Hokies

Virginia Tech Hokies

The Virginia Tech Hokies are the athletic teams officially representing Virginia Tech in college sports. The Hokies participate in the NCAA's Division I Atlantic Coast Conference in 19 varsity sports. Virginia Tech's men's sports are football, basketball, baseball, cross country, golf, soccer,...

 men's soccer team is a college soccer

College soccer

College soccer is a term used to describe association football played by teams who are operated by colleges and universities as opposed to a professional league operated for exclusively financial purposes...

 program that competes in NCAA Division I and the Coastal Division of Atlantic Coast Conference

Atlantic Coast Conference

The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...

. Their home games are played at Virginia Tech Lacrosse and Soccer Stadium

Virginia Tech Lacrosse and Soccer Stadium

Virginia Tech Lacrosse and Soccer Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia where it is home to the Hokies soccer and lacrosse teams....

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The improved greatly with the arrival of head coach Oliver Weiss

Oliver Weiss

Oliver Weiss is a German-born, U.S.-based soccer coach, working primarily at the NCAA level. He was the head men's soccer coach at Virginia Tech from 2002 through 2009. Virginia Tech has been very successful under Weiss going 68-39-16 in six seasons...

 in 2000. Under Weiss, Tech has made four appearances in the NCAA Tournament (second round in 2003, 2005, first round in 2006, and the semifinals in 2007), the only four in school history.