2021 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season

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LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 19, 2021 – October 28, 2021
Teams14
2021 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 19, 2021 – October 28, 2021
Teams14
2022 NWSL Draft
Top draft pickJaelin Howell
Picked byRacing Louisville FC, 2nd overall
Regular season
Season championsVirginia
  Runners-upFlorida State
Season MVPOffensive:Diana Ordoñez
Midfielder:Jaelin Howell
Defensive:Emily Madril
Top scorerDiana Ordoñez[1]
Tournament
ChampionsFlorida State
  Runners-upVirginia
Finals MVPClara Robbins (Florida State)
ACC women's soccer seasons
2021 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 8 Virginia  ‍†‍‍y 8–0–2 .90018–3–2 .826
No. 1 Florida State  ‍‍‡‍y 7–1–2 .80021–1–3 .900
No. 5 Duke  ‍‍‍y 7–2–1 .75016–4–1 .786
No. 16 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 7–3–0 .70014–6–2 .682
Clemson  ‍‍‍y 6–3–1 .65012–7–1 .625
No. 14 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 5–2–3 .65012–3–3 .750
No. 25 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y 6–4–0 .60016–6–0 .727
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍y 5–3–2 .60012–6–2 .650
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 4–6–0 .40011–7–0 .611
NC State  ‍‍‍y 4–6–0 .4009–9–2 .500
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 3–6–1 .3507–7–2 .500
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 1–9–0 .1007–10–1 .417
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍ 1–9–0 .1004–12–0 .250
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 0–10–0 .0004–12–1 .265
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2021 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 7, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC

The 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season was the 33rd season of women's varsity soccer in the conference.

Florida State and North Carolina are the defending regular season champions. The Seminoles were the defending ACC tournament champions.[2]

The regular season champions were the Virginia Cavaliers. The Florida State Seminoles won the ACC tournament and the NCAA tournament.

Stadiums and locations

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 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

1. ^ Georgia Tech does not sponsor women's soccer

Coaches

Head coaching records

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school ACC record
Boston College Jason Lowe 3 11–18–3 11–18–3 2–15–1
Clemson Eddie Radwanski 11 244–130–37 105–65–24 44–49–8
Duke Robbie Church 21 344–180–70 256–131–59 97–61–33
Florida State Mark Krikorian 17 364–96–36 289–66–33 111–32–25
Louisville Karen Ferguson-Dayes 21 187–168–37 187–168–37 27–32–10
Miami Sarah Barnes 4 72–70–20 12–29–6 5–21–2
North Carolina Anson Dorrance 43 851–70–38 851–70–38 208–26–10
NC State Tim Santoro 9 67–73–15 67–73–15 19–46–8
Notre Dame Nate Norman 4 83–60–16 25–25–2 12–14–2
Pittsburgh Randy Waldrum 4 419–135–33 20–27–4 12–26–2
Syracuse Nicky Adams 3 91–73–25 4–18–2 2–14–1
Virginia Steve Swanson 21 433–161–62 329–98–51 130–46–21
Virginia Tech Charles Adair 11 126–62–20 126–62–20 46–43–13
Wake Forest Tony da Luz 24 313–221–52 268-180-50 90–106–23

Notes

  • Records shown are prior to the 2021 season
  • Years at school includes the 2021 season

Pre-season

Hermann Trophy Watchlist

The Hermann Trophy Watchlist was released on August 19, 2021[3][4]

Player Class Position School
Megan Bornkamp Sophomore DF Clemson
Sophie Jones Junior MF Duke
Jaelin Howell Senior MF Florida State
Emily Madril Senior DF Florida State
Yujie Zhao Senior MF Florida State
Claudia Dickey Senior GK North Carolina
Rachel Jones Senior FW North Carolina
Lia Godfrey Sophomore MF Virginia
Haley Hopkins Graduate Student MF Virginia
Alexa Spaanstra Senior FW Virginia

Pre-season poll

The 2020 ACC Preseason Poll was announced on September 8, 2021. The defending regular season champions, Florida State and North Carolina were voted in first and second place, respectively. The leagues 14 head coaches also voted on a preseason All-ACC team. Full results for the coaches poll and preseason team are shown below.

Pre-season Coaches Poll

Predicted finish Team Points (1st place)
1 Florida State 167 (11)
2 North Carolina 155 (2)
3 Virginia 148 (1)
4 Duke 129
5 Clemson 124
6 Notre Dame 104
7 Virginia Tech 85
8 Louisville 77
9 Wake Forest 72
10 NC State 71
11 Pittsburgh 57
12 Boston College 45
13 Syracuse 24
14 Miami 16

Source:[5]

Pre-season All-ACC Team

PositionPlayerClassSchool
Goalkeeper Hensley Hancuff Senior Clemson
Defender Maycee Bell Junior North Carolina
Delaney Graham Senior Duke
Midfielder Megan Bornkamp Sophomore Clemson
Sophie Jones Junior Duke
Jaelin Howell Senior Florida State
Yujie Zhao Senior Florida State
Lia Godfrey Sophomore Virginia
Forward Rachel Jones Senior North Carolina
Amanda West Sophomore Pittsburgh
Alexa Spaanstra Senior Virginia

Source:[5]

Regular season

Conference Matrix

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

  Boston College Clemson Duke Florida State Louisville Miami NC State North Carolina Notre Dame Pittsburgh Syracuse Virginia Virginia Tech Wake Forest
vs. Boston College –4–1–4–11–21–0–2–1 (OT)4–13–0–3–01–01–0
vs. Clemson 1–4––4–11–1 (2OT)0–11–23–02–1 (2OT)0–20–8–0–1–
vs. Duke –––0–10–1–2–1 (2OT)0–11–0 (OT)0–50–21–01–1 (2OT)0–2
vs. Florida State 1–41–41–0–0–31–4–2–2 (2OT)–0–50–51–1 (2OT)0–2–
vs. Louisville 2–11–1 (2OT)1–03–0–2–3 (2OT)2–1–3–0–1–24–1–1–2 (OT)
vs. Miami 0–11–0–4–13–2 (2OT)––4–05–02–0–6–15–02–1 (2OT)
vs. NC State –1–21–2 (2OT)–1–2––0–12–12–00–32–11–01–0
vs. North Carolina 1–2 (OT)0–31–02–2 (2OT)–0–41–0–1–2 (2OT)0–1–0–0 (2OT)2–2 (2OT)–
vs. Notre Dame 1–41–2 (2OT)0–1 (OT)–0–30–51–22–1 (2OT)––0–42–1–0–2
vs. Pittsburgh 0–32–05–05–0–0–20–21–0––2–4–2–12–1
vs. Syracuse –8–02–05–02–1–3–0–4–04–2–5–02–12–0
vs. Virginia 0–3–0–11–1 (2OT)1–41–61–20–0 (2OT)1–2–0–5––0–1
vs. Virginia Tech 0–11–01–1 (2OT)2–0–0–50–12–2 (2OT)–1–21–2––4–3
vs. Wake Forest 0–1–2–0–2–1 (OT)1–2 (2OT)0–1–2–01–20–21–03–4–
Total 1–9–06–3–17–2–17–1–23–6–11–9–04–6–05–2–37–3–04–6–00–10–08–0–25–3–26–4–0

Rankings

United Soccer

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  Pre
Wk 1
Wk 2
Wk 3
Wk 4
Wk 5
Wk 6
Wk 7
Wk 8
Wk 9
Wk 10
Wk 11
Wk 12
Final
Boston College RV
Clemson 7 9 15 RV RV 22 RV RV RV RV RV 24 RV RV
Duke 6 5 5 5 4 2 4 4 (1) 8 6 2 (2) 6 4 5
Florida State 1 (11) 1 (26) 1 (32) 1 (29) 1 (32) 1 (33) 1 (33) 1 (29) 1 (31) 1 (31) 3 (5) 2 (2) 1 (29) 1 (25)
Louisville
Miami
North Carolina 3 (3) 2 (4) 2 (1) 2 (2) 2 (1) 4 5 5 3 7 7 7 10 14
NC State RV
Notre Dame RV RV RV RV RV 24 17 15 22 RV RV 16
Pittsburgh RV 20 20 19 RV
Syracuse
Virginia 4 (1) 3 (1) 3 3 (1) 7 7 2 (1) 2 (1) 2 (1) 2 (2) 1 (26) 1 (28) 2 (3) 8
Virginia Tech RV RV RV 19 17 RV RV RV RV RV RV
Wake Forest RV RV RV 25 RV 25

Top Drawer Soccer

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  Wk 1
Wk 2
Wk 3
Wk 4
Wk 5
Wk 6
Wk 7
Wk 8
Wk 9
Wk 10
Wk 11
Wk 12
Wk 13
Wk 14
Wk 15
Wk 16
Final
Boston College
Clemson 8 7 10 23 21 16 18
Duke 7 6 6 5 4 3 6 6 12 10 8 11 12 9 4 6 6
Florida State 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Louisville
Miami
North Carolina 4 4 3 3 2 4 4 4 3 6 5 4 4 14 16 16 17
NC State
Notre Dame 24 22 20 15 13 14 17 25 23 20 22 22 15
Pittsburgh 23 21 22 20
Syracuse
Virginia 3 3 2 2 7 5 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 9 9 9
Virginia Tech 25
Wake Forest 23

Players of the Week

Week Offensive Player of the week Defensive Player of the week Reference
Week 1 – August 24 Amanda West, Pittsburgh Jaelin Howell, Florida State [6]
Week 2 – August 31 Linda Boama, Boston College Claudia Dickey, North Carolina [7]
Week 3 – September 7 Shayla Smart, Wake Forest Claire Constant, Virginia [8]
Week 4 – September 14 Megan Bornkamp, Clemson Emily Madril, Florida State [9]
Week 5 – September 21 Tess Boade, Duke Ruthie Jones, Duke [10]
Week 6 – September 28 Sammi Fisher, Notre Dame Emily Madril, Florida State (2) [11]
Diana Ordoñez, Virginia Alia Skinner, Virginia Tech
Week 7 – October 5 Beata Olsson, Florida State Melissa Dagenais, Miami (FL) [12]
Emily Gray, Virginia Tech Avery Patterson, North Carolina
Week 8 – October 12 Jameese Joseph, NC State Eva Gaetino, Notre Dame [13]
Week 9 – October 19 Jameese Joseph, NC State Maria Echezarreta, NC State [14]
Alexa Spaanstra, Virginia
Week 10 – October 26 Tess Boade, Duke (2) Emily Royson, Duke [15]
Diana Ordoñez, Virginia (2)
Week 11 – November 2 Caroline Conti, Clemson Ashley Naylor, Notre Dame [16]

Postseason

ACC Tournament

Semifinals Final
      
1 Virginia 1
5 Clemson 0
1 Virginia 0
2 Florida State 1
2 Florida State 2OT
6 Wake Forest 1

NCAA tournament

Seed School Region 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
1 Florida State Florida State W 3–0 vs. South Alabama – (Tallahassee, FL) W 5–1 vs. No. 25 SMU – (Tallahassee, FL) W 1–0 vs. No. 19 Pepperdine – (Tallahassee, FL) W 1–0 (OT) vs. No. 9 Michigan – (Tallahassee, FL) W 1–0 vs. No. 5 Rutgers – (Santa Clara, CA) T 0–0 (4–3 PKs) vs. No. 13 BYU – (Santa Clara, CA)
1 Duke Duke W 1–0 vs. Old Dominion – (Durham, NC) W 1–0 vs. No. 18 Memphis – (Durham, NC) W 7–1 vs. St. John's – (Durham, NC) L 1–2 vs. No. 12 Santa Clara – (Durham, NC)
1 Virginia Virginia W 6–0 vs. High Point – (Charlottesville, VA) W 2–0 vs. Milwaukee – (Charlottesville, VA) L 0–1 vs. No. 13 BYU – (Charlottesville, VA)
2 North Carolina Virginia L 0–1 vs. South Carolina – (Chapel Hill, NC)
3 Notre Dame Rutgers W 3–0 vs. SIU Edwardsville – (Notre Dame, IN) T 0–0 (4–3 PKs) at No. 24 Purdue – (Fayetteville, AR) L 2–3 at No. 7 Arkansas – (Fayetteville, AR)
Clemson Virginia L 0–1 vs. Alabama – (Clemson, SC)
NC State Florida State W 2–0 at South Florida – (Tampa, FL) L 0–3 vs. No. 19 Pepperdine – (Tallahassee, FL)
Virginia Tech Rutgers W 3–0 vs. Ohio State – (Blacksburg, VA) L 0–3 at No. 7 Arkansas – (Fayetteville, AR)
Wake Forest Florida State W 3–0 vs. Harvard – (Winston-Salem, NC) L 0–2 vs. No. 9 Michigan – (Ann Arbor, MI)
W–L (%): 7–2–0 (.778) 3–3–1 (.500) 2–2–0 (.500) 1–1–0 (.500) 1–0–0 (1.000) 0–0–1 (.500) Total: 14–8–2 (.625)

Awards and honors

2022 NWSL Draft

References

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