2024 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season

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LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 15, 2024 – October 31, 2024
Teams17
2024 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 15, 2024 – October 31, 2024
Teams17
Regular season
Season championsDuke
  Runners-upWake Forest
Season MVPOffensive:Karlie Lema
Midfielder:Maggie Graham
Defensive:Cameron Roller
Top scorerKarlie Lema (California)[1]
Tournament
ChampionsFlorida State
  Runners-upNorth Carolina
Finals MVPTaylor Huff (Florida State)
ACC women's soccer seasons
2024 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 3 Duke  ‍†‍‍y 9–0–1 .95018–3–1 .841
No. 2 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y 7–2–1 .75016–4–4 .750
No. 13 Florida State  ‍‍‡‍y 7–2–1 .75015–2–4 .810
No. 1 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 7–3–0 .70022–5–0 .815
No. 7 Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍y 6–2–2 .70014–6–3 .674
No. 6 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 5–1–4 .70014–4–4 .727
California  ‍‍‍y 5–4–1 .55013–6–2 .667
No. 4 Stanford  ‍‍‍y 5–4–1 .55016–5–2 .739
Virginia  ‍‍‍y 5–5–0 .50013–5–1 .711
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 4–4–2 .50012–5–2 .684
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 3–5–2 .4009–6–3 .583
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 2–5–3 .3507–6–5 .528
SMU  ‍‍‍ 2–6–2 .3006–9–2 .412
Clemson  ‍‍‍ 2–7–1 .2506–8–3 .441
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍ 1–6–3 .2505–8–4 .412
NC State  ‍‍‍ 1–6–3 .2504–10–4 .333
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 0–9–1 .0506–10–2 .389
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2024 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 10, 2024
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC

The 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season was the 36th season of women's varsity soccer in the conference. This was the first season where seventeen teams compete in the conference, after the additions of California, SMU, and Stanford on July 1, 2024.[2]

Florida State were the defending regular season and ACC tournament titlists. 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]

The Duke Blue Devils finished as regular season champions with a record of 9–0–1. They were unable to prevail in the ACC tournament as third-seed Florida State won its fifth consecutive tournament title. The ACC sent nine teams to the NCAA tournament and Duke and Florida State both earned first seeds. Six of the final eight teams, and all of the final four teams were from the ACC. North Carolina prevailed over Wake Forest in the final.[5] This was the second straight year and third time in the last four years a team from the ACC has won the National Title.

Stadiums and locations

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

Coaches

Head coaching changes

Two ACC teams entered the season with new coaches:

  • Boston College fired head coach Jason Lowe after five season with the team.[6] Chris Watkins was hired as his replacement on December 14, 2023.[7]
  • North Carolina was set to be led by Anson Dorrance but Dorrance announced his retirement just four days prior to the season beginning on August 11, 2024. Damon Nahas was selected to be the interim head coach.[8]
  • Miami fired head coach Sarah Barnes after six season with the program.[9] Ken Masuhr was hired as the new head coach on December 5, 2023.[10]

Head coaching records

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school ACC record
Boston College Chris Watkins 1 79–33–16 0–0–0 0–0–0
California Neil McGuire 18 222–174–47 178–105–41 0–0–0
Clemson Eddie Radwanski 14 282–146–48 143–81–34 61–57–13
Duke Robbie Church 24 381–196–77 293–147–66 112–70–39
Florida State Brian Pensky 3 224–114–49 39–3–4 17–2–1
Louisville Karen Ferguson-Dayes 23 204–192–46 204–192–46 36–50–13
Miami Ken Masuhr 1 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
North Carolina Anson Dorrance 46 896–80–50 896–80–50 226–30–18
NC State Tim Santoro 12 86–98–29 86–98–29 27–63–13
Notre Dame Nate Norman 7 126–73–25 68–38–12 33–20–2
Pittsburgh Randy Waldrum 7 461–153–37 62–45–8 27–38–5
SMU Nicole Nelson 3 21–10–6 21–10–6 0–0–0
Stanford Paul Ratcliffe 22 431–101–46 376–67–39 0–0–0
Syracuse Nicky Adams 6 105–106–31 18–51–8 3–39–5
Virginia Steve Swanson 24 475–171–73 371–108–62 147–51–29
Virginia Tech Charles Adair 14 155–83–27 155–83–27 59–57–16
Wake Forest Tony da Luz 27 348–237–60 303–196–58 103–118–28

Notes

  • Records shown are prior to the 2024 season
  • Years at school includes the 2024 season

Pre-season

Hermann Trophy Watchlist

The Hermann Trophy preseason watchlist was released on August 15, 2024.[11]

Player Class Position School
Elise Evans Junior DF Stanford
Jasmine Aikey MF
Taylor Huff Senior Florida State
Jordynn Dudley Sophomore FW
Giana Riley Junior

Pre-season poll

The pre-season poll and pre-season all conference teams were voted on by the league's 17 head coaches. The results of the poll were released on August 8, one week prior to the season starting.

Pre-season Coaches Poll

Predicted finish Team Points (1st place)
1 Florida State 255 (15)
2 Stanford 235 (2)
3 Notre Dame 211
4 North Carolina 187
5 Clemson 186
6 Virginia 177
7 Duke 175
8 Pittsburgh 168
9 Wake Forest 160
10 Virginia Tech 116
11 California 111
12 NC State 85
13 Louisville 80
14 Boston College 50
SMU
16 Miami (FL) 44
17 Syracuse 22

Source:[12]

Pre-season All-ACC Team

PositionPlayerClassSchool
Goalkeeper Teagan Wy Junior California
Defender Elise Evans Stanford
Heather Gilchrist Florida State
Midfielder Jasmine Aikey Stanford
Deborah Abiodun Sophomore Pittsburgh
Lia Godfrey Senior Virginia
Taylor Huff Senior Florida State
Leah Klenke Junior Notre Dame
Forward Maggie Cagle Virginia
Jordynn Dudley Sophomore Florida State
Kat Rader Junior Duke
Sarah Schupansky Senior Pittsburgh

Source:[12]

Regular season

Conference Matrix

The table below shows head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team played ten matches. Each team did not play every other team. DNP indicates teams that did not play each other.

  Boston College California Clemson Duke Florida State Louisville Miami North Carolina NC State Notre Dame Pittsburgh SMU Stanford Syracuse Virginia Virginia Tech Wake Forest
vs. Boston College –DNP2–07–01–00–00–3DNP1–22–2DNP1–0DNP1–3DNP1–2DNP
vs. California DNP–DNP2–1DNP2–12–31–01–35–20–12–32–3DNPDNPDNP2–2
vs. Clemson 0–2DNP–3–13–00–01–26–01–0DNP4–1DNPDNPDNP1–02–1DNP
vs. Duke 0–71–21–3–DNP1–3DNP2–3DNP3–3DNP0–31–4DNP1–3DNP0–2
vs. Florida State 0–1DNP0–3DNP–DNP0–12–4DNPDNP1–71–1DNP1–50–43–24–1
vs. Louisville 0–01–20–03–1DNP–DNP5–00–10–03–1DNP1–0DNPDNP5–1DNP
vs. Miami 3–03–22–1DNP1–0DNP–DNPDNPDNP0–03–31–01–33–10–0DNP
vs. North Carolina DNP0–10–63–24–20–5DNP–DNPDNP0–1DNP1–00–12–3DNP0–1
vs. NC State 2–13–10–1DNPDNP1–0DNPDNP–1–1DNPDNP2–01–13–00–03–0
vs. Notre Dame 2–22–5DNP3–3DNP0–0DNPDNP1–1–2–3DNP0–30–30–12–0DNP
vs. Pittsburgh DNP1–01–4DNP7–11–30–01–0DNP3–2–DNP1–10–3DNPDNP2–0
vs. SMU 0–13–2DNP3–01–1DNP3–3DNPDNPDNPDNP–2–11–42–11–02–1
vs. Stanford DNP3–2DNP4–1DNP0–10–10–10–23–01–11–2–DNPDNPDNP1–0
vs. Syracuse 3–1DNPDNPDNP5–1DNP3–11–01–13–03–04–1DNP–DNP1–03–0
vs. Virginia DNPDNP0–13–14–0DNP1–33–20–31–0DNP1–2DNPDNP–0–13–0
vs. Virginia Tech 2–1DNP1–2DNP2–31–50–0DNP0–00–2DNP0–1DNP0–11–0–DNP
vs. Wake Forest DNP2–2DNP2–01–4DNPDNP1–00–3DNP0–21–20–10–30–3DNP–
Total 4–4–25–4–12–7–19–0–17–2–12–5–31–6–37–3–01–6–35–1–43–5–22–6–25–4–10–9–15–5–06–2–27–2–1

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
California RV 18 17 25 RV
Clemson 5 RV RV 25
Duke 24 RV 8 3т 3 2 1 (6) 1 (8) 1 (8) 1 (8) 3
Florida State 1 (8) 1 (8) 1 (8) 3 (2) 3 2 7 6 22 22 17 6 13
Louisville
Miami
NC State 25
North Carolina 8т 5 5 2 10 8 4 3 2 (2) 4 4 8 1 (8)
Notre Dame 15 14 9 9т 13 16 13 17 13 12 7 13 6
Pittsburgh 7 7 RV RV RV
SMU
Stanford 2 2 2 1 (6) 1 (8) 1 (8) 6 9 7 6 12 14т 4
Syracuse
Virginia RV 21т 7 4 2 14 19 25 25 23 24 RV RV
Virginia Tech 21т RV 21 RV 21 18 19 12 7
Wake Forest RV RV 18 RV RV 13 5 4 3 2 2 3 2

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
Wk 17
Final
Boston College
California 22 13 10 10 25
Clemson 6 16 13 11 18
Duke 21 21 8 5 3 1 1 2 2 5 5 3 3 3
Florida State 1 1 1 4 3 3 7 4 12 7 6 4 4 1 1 17 17 17
Louisville
Miami
North Carolina 13 9 4 2 8 6 2 2 1 6 5 8 9 4 4 2 2 1
NC State
Notre Dame 12 20 17 13 11 16 9 9 8 11 7 10 13 14 14 6 7 7
Pittsburgh 3 6 19 16 16 13 16 15 13 8
SMU
Stanford 2 2 2 1 1 1 6 7 5 5 9 11 15 15 15 7 4 4
Syracuse
Virginia 23 22 5 3 2 8 10 10
Virginia Tech 20 24 24 22 8 8 8
Wake Forest 20 20 22 15 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 2

Players of the Week

Week Offensive Player of the week Defensive Player of the week Reference
Week 1 – August 20 Taylor Huff – Florida State Tatum Galvin – Virginia [13]
Week 2 – August 27 Olivia Thomas – North Carolina Victoria Safradin – Virginia [14]
Maggie Cagle – Virginia
Week 3 – September 3 Giovana Canali – Miami (FL) Allie George – Virginia Tech [15]
Week 4 – September 10 Karlie Lema – California Cameron Roller – Duke [16]
Week 5 – September 17 Caiya Hanks – Wake Forest Jasmine Aikey – Stanford [17]
Lauren Hargrove – Virginia Tech
Week 6 – September 24 Emily Colton – Wake Forest Trinity Armstrong – North Carolina [18]
Week 7 – October 1 Linda Ullmark – North Carolina Malia McMahon – Notre Dame [19]
Leah Freeman – Duke
Week 8 – October 8 Mia Oliaro – Duke Claireese Foley – Miami (FL) [20]
Emily Murphy – Wake Forest
Week 9 – October 15 Maggie Graham – Duke Erynn Floyd – Louisville [21]
Week 10 – October 22 Ellie Hodsden – Notre Dame Emile McCartney – Miami (FL) [22]
Leah Klenke – Notre Dame
Week 11 – October 29 Jordynn Dudley – Florida State Lauren Hargrove (2) – Virginia Tech [23]
Wiebke Willebrandt – Boston College

Postseason

Awards and honors

References

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