Reyering’s misses haunt Cavs

As a member of the Virginia soccer team for three years, Yannick Reyering never missed a penalty kick.

Unfortunately, Reyering hasn’t been as automatic when it comes to kicking field goals for the football team.

Reyering, who has only been playing football for a few months, missed two field goals in Virginia’s loss on Saturday.

After the game, Reyering didn’t have any answers for what went wrong.

“I don’t know,” said the clearly dejected German. “I have to watch the tape and see exactly what caused it. It was clearly a big factor why the game went into overtime and why we lost.”

Reyering’s first miss was a 38-yarder in the third quarter. His second was a 47-yarder early in the fourth quarter. Either kick would have put Virginia up by two scores.

“When you miss one or two, I wish I could go out there a second later and hit another one,” said Reyering, who is 6 of 11 on field goals this season. “But unfortunately that’s not the case in football.”

On the second miss, Reyering’s timing seemed out of sync after a bad snap. However, he refused to divert blame.

“It’s everyone working together,” Reyering said. “It’s not the snapper’s fault. It’s not the holder’s fault. I missed it and we have to see exactly what we need to work on to get it fixed the next time.”

Reyering, who connected on a 23-yard field goal in the first quarter to put Virginia up 3-0, said he’s not about to sulk or let his confidence be affected by one subpar performance.

“I’m not the type of person who will let it impact me in the future,” he said.