2019 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season

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The 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season was the 31st season of women's varsity soccer in the conference.

LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 2019 – December 2019
Teams14
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2019 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 2019 – December 2019
Teams14
2020 NWSL College Draft
Top draft pickCourtney Peterson
Picked byOrlando Pride, 7th overall
Regular season
Season championsNorth Carolina
  Runners-upFlorida State
Season MVPOffensive: Deyna Castellanos
Midfielder: Deyna Castellanos
Defensive: Malia Berkely
Top scorerMeghan McCool – Virginia[1]
Tournament
ChampionsNorth Carolina
  Runners-upVirginia
Finals MVPEngland Alessia Russo – North Carolina
ACC women's soccer seasons
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2019 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 2 North Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍y 9–0–1 .95024–1–2 .926
No. 7 Florida State  ‍‍‍y 8–2–0 .80018–6–0 .750
No. 9 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 6–0–3 .83317–2–3 .841
No. 25 Louisville  ‍‍‍y 5–3–2 .60013–5–2 .700
No. 17 NC State  ‍‍‍y 4–2–4 .60012–7–4 .609
No. 18 Duke  ‍‍‍y 3–1–6 .6009–4–7 .625
Clemson  ‍‍‍y 5–5–0 .50011–7–2 .600
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 4–4–2 .50011–8–2 .571
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍y 4–4–2 .50012–5–2 .684
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 2–6–2 .3005–10–3 .361
Miami  ‍‍‍ 2–7–1 .2505–9–2 .375
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 1–6–3 .2506–8–4 .444
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 1–7–1 .1673–11–2 .250
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 1–8–1 .1508–8–2 .500
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2019 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 10, 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC
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The North Carolina Tar Heels were the defending regular season champions. The Florida State Seminoles were the defending ACC tournament champions.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

More information Team, Stadium ...
Team Stadium Capacity
Boston College Eagles Newton Soccer Complex 2,500
Clemson Tigers Riggs Field 6,500
Duke Blue Devils Koskinen Stadium 7,000
Florida State Seminoles Seminole Soccer Complex 1,600
Louisville Cardinals Lynn Stadium 5,300
Miami Hurricanes Cobb Stadium 500
NC State Wolfpack Dail Soccer Field 3,000
North Carolina Tar Heels Dorrance Field 5,025
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Alumni Stadium 2,500
Pittsburgh Panthers Ambrose Urbanic Field 735
Syracuse Orange SU Soccer Stadium 5,000
Virginia Cavaliers Klöckner Stadium 8,000
Virginia Tech Hokies Thompson Field 2,500
Wake Forest Demon Deacons Spry Stadium 3,000
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1. ^ Georgia Tech does not sponsor women's soccer

Coaches

Coaching changes

Pre-Season
  • Boston College's coach Allison Foley resigned on December 12, 2018, citing the desire to pursue other opportunities.[2] Jason Lowe was named as her replacement on January 9, 2019.[3]
  • Syracuse coach Phil Wheddon resigned on October 26, 2018, citing the desire to pursue other opportunities.[4] Nicky Adams was hired as his replacement on February 25, 2019.[5]

Head coaching records

More information Team, Head coach ...
Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school ACC record
Boston College Jason Lowe 1 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
Clemson Eddie Radwanski 9 221–119–34 82–54–21 34–41–8
Duke Robbie Church 19 322–171–59 235–122–48 90–58–25
Florida State Mark Krikorian 15 258–60–30 258–60–30 95–30–18
Louisville Karen Ferguson-Dayes 19 169–156–35 169–156–35 18–24–8
Miami Sarah Barnes 2 66–50–17 6–9–3 3–6–1
North Carolina Anson Dorrance 41 809–67–36 809–67–36 191–26–9
NC State Tim Santoro 7 50–63–10 50–63–10 15–44–4
Notre Dame Nate Norman 2 66–45–14 8–10–0 4–6–0
Pittsburgh Randy Waldrum 2 403–120–30 4–12–1 7–15–1
Syracuse Nicky Adams 1 87–55–23 0–0–0 0–0–0
Virginia Steve Swanson 19 402–155–56 298–92–45 119–44–17
Virginia Tech Charles Adair 9 106–48–18 106–48–18 37–35–11
Wake Forest Tony da Luz 22 302–206–46 257-165-44 86–96–19
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Notes

  • Records shown are prior to the 2019 season
  • Years at school includes the 2019 season

Pre-season

Hermann Trophy Watchlist

The ACC had 12 players named to the MAC Hermann Trophy preseason watch list.[6][7]

More information Player, Class ...
Player Class Position School
Malia Berkely Junior MF Florida State
Deyna Castellanos Senior FW Florida State
Emina Ekic Junior MF Louisville
Jaelin Howell Sophomore MF Florida State
Laurel Ivory Junior GK Virginia
Sandy MacIver Senior GK Clemson
Phoebe McClernon Senior DF Virginia
Taylor Otto Junior FW North Carolina
Brianna Pinto Sophomore MF North Carolina
Alessia Russo Junior FW North Carolina
Alexa Spaanstra Sophomore FW Virginia
Yujie Zhao Sophomore MF Florida State
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Pre-season poll

The 2019 ACC Preseason Poll was announced on August 8, 2019. The defending regular season champions, North Carolina were voted to repeat their regular season crown. Florida State was voted in second place, even though they received two more first place votes than North Carolina. The league's 14 head coaches also voted on a preseason All-ACC team.[8] Full results for the coaches poll and preseason team are shown below.

Pre-season coaches poll

More information Predicted finish, Team ...
Predicted finish Team Points (1st place)
1 North Carolina 188 (6)
2 Florida State 185 (8)
3 Virginia 163
4 Duke 155
5 Clemson 121
6 NC State 109
7 Wake Forest 106
8 Louisville 99
9 Notre Dame 88
10 Boston College 87
11 Virginia Tech 85
12 Miami 39
13 Pittsburgh 29
14 Syracuse 16
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Source:[8]

Pre-season All-ACC Team

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PositionPlayerClassSchool
Goalkeeper Mandy McGlynn Senior Florida State
Defender Malia Berkely Redshirt Junior Florida State
Emily Fox Junior North Carolina
Midfielder Jaelin Howell Sophomore Florida State
Yujie Zhao Sophomore Florida State
Emina Ekic Junior Louisville
Brianna Pinto Sophomore North Carolina
Forward Mariana Speckmaier Junior Clemson
Deyna Castellanos Senior Florida State
Tziarra King Senior NC State
Alessia Russo Junior North Carolina
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Source:[8]

Regular season

Conference matrix

The table below shows head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team plays 10 matches. Each team does not play every other team.

More information Boston College, Clemson ...
  Boston College Clemson Duke Florida State Louisville Miami North Carolina NC State Notre Dame Pittsburgh Syracuse Virginia Virginia Tech Wake Forest
vs. Boston College –2–1–5–42–10–43–02–0–2–1–6–12–13–3 (2OT)
vs. Clemson 1–2–4–12–11–03–2 (2OT)1–0–0–12–3 (OT)1–4–1–3–
vs. Duke –1–4–1–01–1 (2OT)–0–0 (2OT)1–1 (2OT)1–1 (2OT)–1–40–0 (2OT)0–0 (2OT)2–3
vs. Florida State 4–51–20–1––0–32–0––0–10–11–02–31–2
vs. Louisville 1–20–11–1 (2OT)––0–13–01–00–0 (2OT)–0–33–0–1–2
vs. Miami 4–02–3 (2OT)–3–01–0–2–3–3–03–3 (2OT)1–23–02–0–
vs. North Carolina 0–30–10–0 (2OT)0–20–33–2–0–10–31–3––0–2–
vs. NC State 0–2–1–1 (2OT)–0–1–1–0–0–32–12–3 (OT)0–0 (2OT)1–1 (2OT)1–1 (2OT)
vs. Notre Dame –1–01–1 (2OT)–0–0 (2OT)0–33–03–0–0–40–33–0–2–3 (2OT)
vs. Pittsburgh 1–23–2 (OT)–1–0–3–3 (2OT)3–11–24–0–1–1 (2OT)–1–03–2 (2OT)
vs. Syracuse –4–14–11–03–02–1–3–2 (OT)3–01–1 (2OT)–––1–2
vs. Virginia 1–6–0–0 (2OT)0–10–30–3–0–0 (2OT)0–3–––0–21–1 (2OT)
vs. Virginia Tech 1–23–10–0 (2OT)3–2–0–22–01–1 (2OT)–0–1–2–0–0–1
vs. Wake Forest 3–3 (2OT)–3–22–12–1––1–1 (2OT)3–2 (2OT)2–3 (2OT)2–11–1 (2OT)1–0–
Total 1–8–15–5–03–1–68–2–05–3–22–7–19–0–14–2–44–4–22–6–21–7–16–0–34–4–21–6–3
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Rankings

United Soccer

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  Not ranked previous week
Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings
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Boston College RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
Clemson RV RV 19 20 10 9 8 9 17 15 22 25 RV RV
Duke 8 10 12 11 8 10 10 11 9 9 9 12 12 18
Florida State 1 (33) 1 (26) 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 6 7
Louisville RV RV RV RV 20 22 19 16 14 12 14 22 23 25
Miami
North Carolina 2 2 1 (24) 1 (29) 4 4 3 (2) 3 (3) 3 (1) 3 3 3 2 (8) 2 (1)
NC State 21 17 14 RV RV RV RV RV 23 RV 17
Notre Dame RV RV RV
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Virginia 9 6 5 4 1 (21) 1 (28) 1 (22) 1 (22) 1 (19) 1 (24) 1 (26) 1 (27) 3 9
Virginia Tech 25 RV 23 16 18 16 23 20 RV 25 RV RV RV
Wake Forest 23 RV 25 RV RV RV
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Top Drawer Soccer

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  Increase in ranking
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  Not ranked previous week
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Boston College 21 18 19 23 RV
Clemson RV RV RV 22 RV 23 20 20 17 18 16 20 19 21 17 18 18 18
Duke 17 17 22 18 16 15 12 11 12 10 11 11 18 20 16 17 17 17
Florida State 1 1 1 7 7 6 6 4 4 6 5 6 6 5 5 4 5 5
Louisville 25 RV 16 10 8 9 15
Miami
North Carolina 3 3 3 2 1 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2
NC State 21 21 20 16 23 RV RV RV 24 24 24
Notre Dame RV RV RV
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Virginia 5 5 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 9 9 9
Virginia Tech RV RV RV RV 20 16 13 19 18 19 17 21 20 22
Wake Forest RV RV 25 20 21
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Players of the Week

More information Week, Offensive Player of the week ...
Week Offensive Player of the week Defensive of the week Reference
Week 1 – Aug. 27 Amanda West, Pittsburgh Maycee Bell, North Carolina [9]
Week 2 – Sep. 3 Diana Ordoñez, Virginia Hannah McLaughlin, Clemson [10]
Week 3 – Sep. 10 Nicole Kozlova, Virginia Tech Laurel Ivory, Virginia [11]
Week 4 – Sep. 17 Emina Ekic, Louisville Mandy McGlynn, Virginia Tech [12]
Maliah Morris, Clemson
Week 5 – Sep. 24 Tziarra King, NC State Maycee Bell (2), North Carolina [13]
Week 6 – Oct. 1 Deyna Castellanos, Florida State Laurel Ivory (2), Virginia [14]
Week 7 – Oct. 8 Bridgette Andrzejewski, North Carolina Mandy McGlynn (2), Virginia Tech [15]
Week 8 – Oct. 15 Mackenzie Pluck, Duke Laurel Ivory (3), Virginia [16]
Week 9 – Oct. 22 Meghan McCool, Virginia Amaia Peña, Pittsburgh [17]
Week 10 – Oct. 29 Meghan McCool (2), Virginia Emily Fox, North Carolina [18]
Week 11 – Nov. 5 Deyna Castellanos (2), Florida State Lulu Guttenberger, NC State [19]
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Postseason

ACC tournament

Main article: 2019 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament
Semifinals Final
      
1 North Carolina 3
5 NC State 0
1 North Carolina 2(2OT)
3 Virginia 1
2 Florida State 1
3 Virginia 2(OT)

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
More information Seed, Region ...
Seed Region School 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
1 Florida State Florida State W 2–0 vs. Lamar – (Tallahassee, FL) W 2–0 vs. Brown – (Tallahassee, FL) W 2–1 vs. South Florida – (Tallahassee, FL) L 0–4 vs. UCLA – (Tallahassee, FL)
1 North Carolina North Carolina W 5–0 vs. Belmont – (Chapel Hill, NC) W 1–0 vs. Colorado – (Chapel Hill, NC) W 4–0 vs. Michigan – (Chapel Hill, NC) W 3–2 vs. USC – (Chapel Hill, NC) W 2–1 vs. Washington State – (San Diego, CA) T 0–0 (4–5 PKs) vs. Stanford – (San Diego, CA)
1 Virginia Virginia W 3–0 vs. Radford – (Charlottesville, VA) L 2–3 vs. Washington State – (Charlottesville, VA)
Florida State Clemson T 0–0 (5–4 PKs) vs. Vanderbilt – (Clemson, SC) L 0–5 vs. UCLA – (Los Angeles, CA)
Florida State Duke W 4–0 vs. Utah – (Durham, NC) L 0–1 vs. Wisconsin – (Los Angeles, CA)
Stanford Louisville W 1–0 vs. Lipscomb – (Louisville, KY) L 0–4 vs. BYU – (Provo, UT)
Stanford NC State W 3–0 vs. Navy – (Raleigh, NC) W 2–1 vs. Arkansas – (Provo, UT) L 0–3 vs. BYU – (Provo, UT)
Virginia Notre Dame W 1–0 vs. Saint Louis – (Notre Dame, IN) L 0–1 vs. South Carolina - (Columbia, SC)
Virginia Virginia Tech L 0–1 vs. Xavier – (Blacksburg, VA)
W–L (%): 7–1–1 (.833) 3–5–0 (.375) 2–1–0 (.667) 1–1–0 (.500) 1–0–0 (1.000) 0–0–1 (.500) Total: 14–8–2 (.625)
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Awards and honors

All-Americans

More information First Team, Second Team ...
2019 United Soccer Coaches All-Americans[20]
First Team Second Team Third Team

Malia Berkely, DF, Florida State
Emily Fox, DF, North Carolina
Brianna Pinto, MF, North Carolina
Alessia Russo, FW, North Carolina

Mandy McGlynn, GK, Virginia Tech
Deyna Castellanos, MF, Florida State
Emina Ekic, MF, Louisville

Maycee Bell, DF, North Carolina
Tziarra King, MF, NC State
Meghan McCool, FW, Virginia

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ACC Awards

Source:[21]

More information Award, Recipient(s) ...
2019 ACC Women's Soccer Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year Deyna Castellanos – Florida State
Coach of the Year Anson Dorrance – North Carolina
Defensive Player of the Year Malia Berkely – Florida State
Midfielder of the Year Deyna Castellanos – Florida State
Freshman of the Year Maycee Bell – North Carolina
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More information First Team, Second Team ...
2019 ACC Women's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team Second Team Third Team All-Freshman Team

Malia Berkely, RedshirtJr., D, Florida State
Deyna Castellanos, Sr., M, Florida State
Jaelin Howell, So., M, Florida State
Yujie Zhao, So., M, Florida State
Emina Ekic, Jr., M, Louisville
Emily Fox, Jr., D, North Carolina
Brianna Pinto, So., M, North Carolina
Alessia Russo, Jr., F, North Carolina
Tziarra King, Sr., M, NC State
Meghan McCool, Sr., F, Virginia
Mandy McGlynn, Sr., GK, Virginia Tech

Delaney Graham, So., D, Duke
Ella Stevens, Sr., M, Duke
Gabrielle Kouzelos, Jr., GK, Louisville
Maycee Bell, Fr., D, North Carolina
Lotte Wubben-Moy, Jr., D, North Carolina
Phoebe McClernon, Sr., D, Virginia
Diana Ordóñez, Fr., F, Virginia
Courtney Petersen, R-Sr., D, Virginia
Alexa Spaanstra, So., M, Virginia
Taryn Torres, Jr., M, Virginia
Madison Hammond, Sr., D, Wake Forest

Olivia Vaughn, Sr., F, Boston College
Brooklynn Rivers, Sr., F, Louisville
Lulu Guttenberger, R-So., D, NC State
Krissi Schuster, Sr., D, NC State
Ricci Walkling, Sr., M, NC State
Taylor Otto, R-Jr., M, North Carolina
Sammi Fisher, Jr., M, Notre Dame
Eva Hurm, Jr., F, Notre Dame
Amanda West, Fr., F, Pittsburgh
Laurel Ivory, Jr., GK, Virginia
Kelsey Irwin, R-Sr., D, Virginia Tech

Sam Smith, Fr., F, Boston College
Hal Hershfelt, Fr., M, Clemson
Maliah Morris, Fr., F, Clemson
Sophie Jones, Fr., M, Duke
Heather Payne, Fr., D, Florida State
Jenna Nighswonger, Fr., F, Florida State
Jameese Joseph, Fr., F, NC State
Maycee Bell, Fr., D, North Carolina
Isabel Cox, Fr., F, North Carolina
Amanda West, Fr., F, Pittsburgh
Diana Ordóñez, Fr., F, Virginia

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2020 NWSL Draft

Main article: 2020 NWSL College Draft
FWForward MFMidfielder DFDefender GKGoalkeeper
More information Player, Team ...
PlayerTeamRoundPick #PositionSchool
Courtney PetersenOrlando Pride17DFVirginia
Tziarra KingUtah Royals18FWNC State
Phoebe McClernonOrlando Pride214DFVirginia
Bridgette AndrzejewskiHouston Dash218FWNorth Carolina
Zoe MorseChicago Red Stars319MFVirginia
Mandy McGlynnSky Blue320GKVirginia Tech
Ella StevensChicago Red Stars324FWDuke
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