2023 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season

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LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 17, 2023 – December 2023
Teams14
2023 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 17, 2023 – December 2023
Teams14
2024 NWSL Draft
Top draft pickUnited States Ally Sentnor
Picked byUtah Royals, 1st overall
Regular season
Season championsFlorida State
  Runners-upNotre Dame
Season MVPOffensive: Onyi Echegini
Midfielder: Ally Sentnor
Defensive: Eva Gaetino
Top scorerOnyi Echegini (Florida State)[1]
Tournament
ChampionsFlorida State
  Runners-upClemson
Finals MVPOnyi Echegini (Florida State)
ACC women's soccer seasons
2023 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 1 Florida State  ‍†‍‡‍y 9–0–1 .95022–0–1 .978
No. 16 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 7–1–2 .80012–4–4 .700
No. 3 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 7–2–1 .75018–4–4 .769
No. 8 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 5–0–5 .75013–2–8 .739
No. 6 Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍y 6–3–1 .65017–6–1 .729
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 4–2–4 .60010–3–5 .694
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 3–3–4 .5008–3–6 .647
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 4–6–0 .4007–8–3 .472
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 3–5–2 .4004–9–5 .361
Duke  ‍‍‍ 2–5–3 .3506–7–3 .469
NC State  ‍‍‍ 2–5–3 .3503–9–6 .333
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍ 2–7–1 .2503–10–4 .294
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 0–6–4 .2003–9–6 .333
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 0–9–1 .0502–14–2 .167
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2023 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Source: The ACC
As of December 5, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll

The 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season was the 35th season of women's varsity soccer in the conference.

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

Florida State successfully defended its regular season and ACC tournament title. They finished 9–0–1 in ACC play and won both of their games in the ACC Tournament. Florida State would go on to win the national championship, and complete an undefeated season. They were the first team to finish undefeated since Stanford in 2011.[3][4]

Stadiums and locations

Team Stadium Capacity
Boston College Eagles Newton Soccer Complex 1,800
Clemson Tigers Riggs Field 6,500
Duke Blue Devils Koskinen Stadium 7,000
Florida State Seminoles Seminole Soccer Complex 2,000
Louisville Cardinals Lynn Stadium 5,300
Miami Hurricanes Cobb Stadium 500
NC State Dail Soccer Field 3,000
North Carolina Tar Heels Dorrance Field 4,200
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Alumni Stadium 2,500
Pittsburgh Panthers Ambrose Urbanic Field 735
Syracuse Orange SU Soccer Stadium 1,500
Virginia Cavaliers Klöckner Stadium 7,100
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 5 23–36–9 23–36–9 4–31–3
Clemson Eddie Radwanski 13 264–142–43 125–77–30 54–55–12
Duke Robbie Church 23 375–189–74 287–140–63 110–65–36
Florida State Brian Pensky 2 202–114–48 17–3–3 8–2–0
Louisville Karen Ferguson-Dayes 22 200–183–41 200–183–41 33–45–11
Miami Sarah Barnes 6 81–90–23 21–49–9 8–37–3
North Carolina Anson Dorrance 45 883–78–42 883–78–42 221–30–13
NC State Tim Santoro 11 83–89–23 83–89–23 25–58–10
Notre Dame Nate Norman 6 114–69–21 56–34–7 26–19–1
Pittsburgh Randy Waldrum 6 444–147–36 45–39–7 21–35–4
Syracuse Nicky Adams 5 103–92–29 16–37–6 3–30–4
Virginia Steve Swanson 23 467–168–67 363–105–56 144–48–25
Virginia Tech Charles Adair 13 148–75–24 148–75–24 55–51–16
Wake Forest Tony da Luz 26 338–234–55 293–193–53 99–116–24

Notes

  • Records shown are prior to the 2023 season
  • Years at school includes the 2023 season

Pre-season

Hermann Trophy Watchlist

The Hermann Trophy preseason watchlist was released on the first day of the season August 17, 2023.[5]

Player Class Position School
Megan Bornkamp Junior DF Clemson
Jody Brown Senior FW Florida State
Leah Freeman GK Duke
Eva Gaetino DF Notre Dame
Lia Godfrey MF Virginia
Taylor Huff Junior Florida State
Sam Meza Senior North Carolina
Cristina Roque GK Florida State

Pre-season poll

The pre-season poll and pre-season all conference teams were voted on by the league's 14 head coaches. The results of the poll were released on August 10, 2023.[6]

Pre-season Coaches Poll

Predicted finish Team Points (1st place)
1 North Carolina 166 (10)
2 Florida State 146 (2)
3 Virginia 139 (1)
4 Notre Dame 134
5 Duke 126 (1)
6 Clemson 104
7 Pittsburgh 103
8 Wake Forest 87
9 Virginia Tech 81
10 NC State 62
11 Louisville 47
12 Syracuse 35
13 Miami 24
14 Boston College 20

Source:[6]

Pre-season All-ACC Team

PositionPlayerClassSchool
Goalkeeper Cristina Roque Senior Florida State
Defender Maycee Bell North Carolina
Megan Bornkamp Clemson
Eva Gaetino Notre Dame
Midfielder Hal Hershfelt Graduate Student Clemson
Sam Meza Senior North Carolina
Ally Sentnor Sophomore
Forward Jody Brown Senior Florida State
Maggie Cagle Sophomore Virginia
Jameese Joseph Senior NC State
Kat Rader Sophomore Duke
Amanda West Graduate Student Pittsburgh

Source:[6]

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 North Carolina NC State Notre Dame Pittsburgh Syracuse Virginia Virginia Tech Wake Forest
vs. Boston College –2–02–06–01–1DNP1–1DNP3–12–0DNP1–12–11–1
vs. Clemson 0–2–0–14–20–30–5DNPDNP2–00–11–51–10–1DNP
vs. Duke 0–21–0–4–01–0DNP1–10–02–12–1DNP1–10–1DNP
vs. Florida State 0–62–40–4–0–20–23–30–51–42–32–3DNPDNPDNP
vs. Louisville 1–13–00–12–0–1–0DNPDNP3–02–31–21–1DNP1–0
vs. Miami DNP5–0DNP2–00–1–1–00–07–2DNP1–21–03–02–0
vs. North Carolina 1–1DNP1–13–3DNP0–1–0–41–1DNP0–20–10–11–1
vs. NC State DNPDNP0–05–0DNP0–04–0–1–02–00–21–24–11–1
vs. Notre Dame 1–30–21–24–10–32–71–10–1–1–1DNPDNPDNP1–3
vs. Pittsburgh 0–21–01–23–23–2DNPDNP0–21–1–0–6DNP1–21–4
vs. Syracuse DNP5–1DNP3–22–12–12–02–0DNP6–0–4–04–02–2
vs. Virginia 1–11–11–1DNP1–10–11–02–1DNPDNP0–4–0–32–0
vs. Virginia Tech 1–21–01–0DNPDNP0–31–01–4DNP2–10–43–0–2–0
vs. Wake Forest 1–1DNPDNPDNP0–10–21–11–13–14–12–20–20–2–
Total 0–6–47–2–12–5–39–0–13–5–22–7–15–0–52–5–37–1–26–3–10–9–13–3–44–6–04–2–4

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
Final
Boston College
Clemson 25 19 11 9 8 8 8 9 7 8 8 7 3
Duke 4 4 10 14 15 16 17 22 23 RV 25т
Florida State 6 2 2 5 4 3 (1) 2 2 1 (8) 1 (7) 1 (8) 1 (8) 1 (8)
Louisville
Miami
North Carolina 2 3 4 3 2 1 (7) 1 (8) 1 (8) 3 3 3 13 8
NC State RV
Notre Dame 3 12 15 11 13 10 10 11 11 12 11 9 16
Pittsburgh 14 21 21 22 RV RV RV 17 18 20 11 6
Syracuse
Virginia 5 5 12 18 20 22
Virginia Tech RV RV RV
Wake Forest RV RV 25 17 RV 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 14 16 9 8 12 10 6 9 5 4 3 3 3
Duke 8 7 10 12 8 7 19
Florida State 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Louisville
Miami
North Carolina 2 3 5 5 4 3 2 2 4 7 8 14 12 11 6 6 6
NC State
Notre Dame 7 10 11 8 16 12 11 11 10 12 9 6 7 6 17 17 17
Pittsburgh 15 14 13 11 15 11 18 14 11 9 13 10 9 8 5 5 5
Syracuse
Virginia 6 6 7 7 10 15
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest 25

Players of the Week

Week Offensive Player of the week Defensive Player of the week Reference
Week 1 – August 22 Taylor Huff – Florida State Savy King – North Carolina [7]
Week 2 – August 29 Sarah Schupansky – Pittsburgh Sam Meza – North Carolina [8]
Week 3 – September 5 Meredith McDermott – Virginia Savy King (2) – North Carolina [9]
Week 4 – September 12 Avery Patterson – North Carolina Halle Mackiewicz – Clemson [10]
Week 5 – September 19 Carina Lageyre – Duke Maycee Bell – North Carolina [11]
Week 6 – September 26 Ally Sentnor – North Carolina Mackenzie Duff – Clemson [12]
Week 7 – October 3 Kiki Van Zanten – Notre Dame Laurel Ansbrow – Wake Forest [13]
Week 8 – October 10 Ellie Ospeck – Notre Dame Ran Iwai – Florida State [14]
Week 9 – October 17 Onyi Echegini – Florida State Makenna Morris – Clemson [15]
Week 10 – October 24 Renee Lyles – Clemson Makenna Morris (2) – Clemson [16]
Onyi Echegini (2) – Florida State
Week 11 – October 31 Emma Hiscock – Louisville Lauren Flynn – Florida State [17]

Postseason

ACC Tournament

Semifinals Final
      
1 Florida State 2
5 Pittsburgh 0
1 Florida State 2
3 Clemson 1
2 Notre Dame 2
3 Clemson 3

NCAA tournament

Seed School Region 1st Round 2nd Round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
1 Florida State Florida State W 5–0 vs. Morehead State – (Tallahassee, FL) W 1–0 vs. Texas A&M – (Tallahassee, FL) W 5–0 vs. Texas – (Tallahassee, FL) W 3–0 vs. No. 11 Pittsburgh – (Tallahassee, FL) W 2–0 vs. No. 7 Clemson – (Cary, NC) W 5–1 vs. No. 3 Stanford – (Cary, NC)
1 Clemson Clemson W 2–0 vs. Radford – (Clemson, SC) W 2–1 vs. Columbia – (Clemson, SC) T 1–1 (5–3 PKs) vs. Georgia – (Clemson, SC) W 2–1 vs. No. 5 Penn State – (Clemson, SC) L 0–2 vs. No. 1 Florida State – (Cary, NC)
3 North Carolina BYU W 3–1 vs. Towson – (Chapel Hill, NC) W 1–0 vs. No. 24 Alabama – (Lubbock, TX) W 1–0 @ No. 4 Texas Tech – (Lubbock, TX) L 3–4 @ No. 6 BYU – (Provo, UT)
3 Notre Dame Florida State W 2–0 vs. Valparaiso – (Notre Dame, IN) L 2–3 vs. No. 8 Memphis – (Fayetteville, AR)
7 Pittsburgh Florida State W 6–0 vs. Ohio State – (Pittsburgh, PA) W 4–3 @ No. 10 Arkansas – (Fayetteville, AR) W 3–0 vs No. 8 Memphis – (Fayetteville, AR) L 0–3 vs. No. 1 Florida State – (Tallahassee, FL)
W–L (%): 5–0–0 (1.000) 4–1–0 (.800) 3–0–1 (.875) 2–2–0 (.500) 1–1–0 (.500) 1–0–0 (1.000) Total: 16–4–1 (.786)

Awards and honors

2024 NWSL Draft

References

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