The 2024 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team represented the University of Virginia during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach Steve Swanson, in his twenty-fifth season. They played home games at Klöckner Stadium. This was the team's 39th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 37th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Cavaliers began the season unranked in national polls and won all seven of their non-conference games. They were ranked twenty-first before their match up with number three , which they won 2âÂÂ1. That was the only goal Virginia allowed during non-conference play. They did not play another power five or ranked team during non conference. They finished their non-conference slate ranked fourth in the national polls. They started ACC play ranked second and won their first match against Miami. However, they lost their next four straight games, with three of those games being against ranked opponents. The streak started with a loss to unranked Wake Forest before losses to number sixteen Notre Dame, number four North Carolina and number two Duke. They finished the streak ranked twenty-fifth. The Cavaliers won their next two games before losing at number twenty-two Florida State. They fell out of the rankings after a defeat of Clemson. They finished the ACC season with a victory over rivals and twelfth ranked Virginia Tech.
The Cavaliers finished the season 13âÂÂ5âÂÂ1 overall and 5âÂÂ5âÂÂ0 in ACC play to finish in ninth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament. This was the second consecutive season they did not qualify for the ACC tournament. They received an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament, where they were the fourth seed in the Southern California Bracket. They defeated in the First Round before falling to fifth-seed in the Second Round.
The Cavaliers finished the season 8âÂÂ3âÂÂ6 overall and 3âÂÂ3âÂÂ4 in ACC play to finish in seventh place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament. This was the first time the team did not qualify for the ACC tournament since its inception. It was also their first time not making the NCAA tournament since 1993, breaking a streak of twenty-nine straight tournaments. Their eight total wins were tied for the lowest in program history with their 1986 campaign and their three conference wins were their lowest since 2003.
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|- !colspan=6 style=""| Exhibition
|- !colspan=6 style=""| Non-conference Regular season
|- !colspan=6 style=""| ACC regular season
|- !colspan=6 style=""| <span style="color:#FFFFFF;">NCAA tournament</span>