2018 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season

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2018 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season
Atlantic Coast Conference logo.svg
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 16, 2018 – December 2, 2018
Number of teams14
2019 NWSL College Draft
Top draft pickSam Staab
Picked byWashington Spirit, 4th overall
Regular Season
Season championsNorth Carolina
Runners-upDuke
Season MVPOffensive: Alessia Russo
Midfielder: Sam Coffey
Defensive: Sam Staab
Top scorerSam Coffey – Boston College[1]
Tournament
ChampionsFlorida State
  Runners-upNorth Carolina
Finals MVPDallas Dorosy – Florida State
ACC women's soccer seasons
2018 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 North Carolina  ‍†‍‍y 10 – 0 – 0   1.000     20 – 4 – 2   .808
No. 10 Duke  ‍‍‍y 8 – 1 – 1   .850     16 – 4 – 2   .773
No. 11 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 7 – 3 – 0   .700     16 – 5 – 1   .750
Boston College  ‍‍‍y 6 – 3 – 1   .650     14 – 5 – 1   .725
Louisville  ‍‍‍y 6 – 4 – 0   .600     12 – 7 – 0   .632
No. 25 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 6 – 4 – 0   .600     12 – 9 – 0   .571
No. 1 Florida State  ‍‍‡‍y 5 – 4 – 1   .550     20 – 4 – 3   .796
No. 21 Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍y 5 – 5 – 0   .500     11 – 8 – 3   .568
No. 25 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y 4 – 6 – 0   .400     9 – 9 – 2   .500
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 4 – 6 – 0   .400     8 – 10 – 0   .444
No. 22 NC State  ‍‍‍y 3 – 5 – 2   .400     11 – 7 – 4   .591
Miami  ‍‍‍ 3 – 6 – 1   .350     6 – 9 – 3   .417
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 0 – 10 – 0   .000     4 – 12 – 1   .265
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 0 – 10 – 0   .000     3 – 15 – 0   .167
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2018 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 4, 2018; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC

The 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season will be the 30th season of women's varsity soccer in the conference.

The Duke Blue Devils the defending regular season champions. The North Carolina Tar Heels are the defending ACC Tournament Champions.

Changes from 2017[]

Pre-Season
  1. Pittsburgh fired their coach Greg Miller on November 3, 2017.[2] On December 19, 2017 Randy Waldrum was announced as his replacement.[3]
  2. Miami fired their coach Mary-Frances Monroe on January 15, 2018, after 5 seasons as head coach.[4] On February 27, 2018 Sarah Barnes was announced as the new head coach. Barnes was hired from George Washington University.[5]
  3. Notre Dame's coach Theresa Romagnolo resigned on January 22, 2018, citing the desire to spend more time with her family.[6] Assistant coach Nate Norman was promoted to head coach on February 20, 2018.[7]
Post-Season
  1. Boston College's coach Allison Foley resigned on December 12, 2018 citing the desire to pursue other opportunities.[8]

Teams[]

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 Wolfpack Dail Soccer Stadium 3,000
North Carolina Tar Heels Fetzer 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

Personnel[]

Team Head coach Captain
Boston College Eagles United States Alison Foley [9] Gaby Carreiro
Kayla Jennings[10]
Clemson Tigers United States Eddie Radwanski [11] Lauren Harkes
Kimber Haley
Sam Staab[12]
Duke Blue Devils United States Robbie Church [13]
Florida State Seminoles United States Mark Krikorian [14] Natalia Kuikka[15]
Louisville Cardinals United States Karen Ferguson-Dayes [16] Gabby Vincent[17]
Miami Hurricanes United States Sarah Barnes [18]
NC State Wolfpack United States Tim Santoro [19]
North Carolina Tar Heels India Anson Dorrance [20]
Notre Dame Fighting Irish United States Nate Norman [21]
Pittsburgh Panthers United States Randy Waldrum [22]
Syracuse Orange England Phil Wheddon [23]
Virginia Cavaiers United States Steve Swanson [24] Zoe Morse[citation needed]
Virginia Tech Hokies United States Charles Adair [25]
Wake Forest Demon Deacons United States Tony da Luz [26]

Pre-season[]

Hermann Trophy Watchlist[]

Prior to the season, seven ACC women's soccer players were named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watchlist.[27]

Pre-season poll[]

The ACC women's soccer pre-season poll was determined by a vote of all 14 ACC women's soccer head coaches. The poll was voted on as teams began their pre-season training during the first week of August. The coaches also voted on a pre-season all-ACC team. Results were released on August 6.[28]

Pre-season Coaches Poll[]

  1. North Carolina – 183 (4)
  2. Florida State – 174 (5)
  3. Virginia – 173 (2)
  4. Duke – 151 (3)
  5. NC State – 144
  6. Clemson – 120
  7. Notre Dame – 111
  8. Wake Forest – 104
  9. Louisville – 75
  10. Boston College – 72
  11. Virginia Tech – 66
  12. Syracuse – 40
  13. Miami – 34
  14. Pittsburgh – 23

First Place Votes shown in ()

Source:[28]

Pre-season All-ACC Team[]

Position Player Class School
Goalkeeper Mandy McGlynn Junior Virginia Tech
Defender Sam Staab Senior Clemson
Natalia Kuikka Senior Florida State
Midfielder Samantha Coffey Sophomore Boston College
Ella Stevens Junior Duke
Emina Ekic Sophomore Louisville
Taryn Torres Sophomore Virginia
Forward Kayla McCoy Senior Duke
Deyna Castellanos Junior Florida State
Alessia Russo Sophomore North Carolina
Tziarra King Junior NC State

Source:[28]

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.

  Boston College Clemson Duke Florida State Louisville Miami North Carolina NC State Notre Dame Pittsburgh Syracuse Virginia Virginia Tech Wake Forest
vs. Boston College – 1–2 2–1 1–2 – 1–1 (2OT) 1–0 0–2 – 0–7 0–3 – 0–3 2–1
vs. Clemson 2–1 – 3–2 0–1 – 1–2 (OT) 1–0 – – 0–2 0–3 0–1 (2OT) 1–3 2–1
vs. Duke 1–2 2–3 – – 1–2 0–2 – 1–1 (2OT) 0–2 – 0–4 2–1 0–2 2–3
vs. Florida State 2–1 1–0 – – – 1–0 1–0 1–1 (2OT) 0–4 0–4 – 0–2 0–3 1–2
vs. Louisville – – 2–1 – – 0–3 5–1 1–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2
vs. Miami 1–1 (2OT) 2–1 (OT) 2–0 0–1 3–0 – 2–0 1–0 – 2–3 0–1 – 2–0 –
vs. North Carolina 0–1 0–1 – 0–1 1–5 0–2 – – 1–2 0–3 1–7 – 0–2 0–1
vs. NC State 2–0 – 1–1 (2OT) 1–1 (2OT) 2–1 0–1 – – 2–1 0–6 3–6 2–1 – 2–0
vs. Notre Dame – – 2–0 4–0 2–0 – 2–1 1–2 – 0–2 1–5 3–0 2–1 0–1
vs. Pittsburgh 7–0 2–0 – 4–0 2–0 3–2 3–0 6–0 2–0 – – 7–0 2–0 –
vs. Syracuse 3–0 3–0 4–0 – 1–0 1–0 7–1 6–3 5–1 – – 4–0 – 3–0
vs. Virginia – 1–0 (2OT) 1–2 2–0 0–1 – – 1–2 0–3 0–7 0–4 – 1–0 1–5
vs. Virginia Tech 3–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 – 1–2 0–2 – 0–1 – –
vs. Wake Forest 1–2 1–2 3–2 2–1 2–0 – 1–0 0–2 1–0 – 0–3 5–1 – –
Total 6–3–1 6–4–0 8–1–1 5–4–1 6–4–0 3–6–1 10–0–0 3–5–2 4–6–0 0–10–0 0–10–0 7–3–0 5–5–0 4–6–0

Rankings[]

United Soccer[]

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
Main article: 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings
  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 RV 11 11 8 11 19 20 22 RV
Clemson RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 23 25 RV
Duke 3 11 12 14 13 12 15 17 11 10 5 8 9 10
Florida State 10 6 4 3 2 7 10 10 13 14 9 7 5 1 (34)
Louisville RV 24 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
Miami
North Carolina 6 4 3 2 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
NC State 20 16 13 13 17 16 21 23 RV RV RV RV RV 22
Notre Dame 14 20 RV RV
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Virginia 8 7 6 6 5 4 6 8 6 6 11 11 12 11
Virginia Tech RV 21
Wake Forest RV RV RV RV RV RV 25

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

Players of the Week[]

Week Offensive Player of the week Defensive of the week
Week 1 - Aug. 21[29] Maisie Whitsett, Louisville Julia Ashley, North Carolina
Mandy McGlynn, Virginia Tech
Week 2 - Aug. 28[30] Kia Rankin, NC State Brooke Heinsohn, Duke
Week 3 - Sep. 4[31] Yujie Zhao, Florida State Nonie Frishette, Wake Forest
Week 4 - Sep. 11[32] Rebecca Jarrett, Virginia Brooke Bollinger, Florida State
Brianna Westrup, Virginia
Week 5 - Sep. 18[33] Rachel Jones, North Carolina Taylor Otto, North Carolina
Week 6 – Sep. 25[34] Jenna Bike, Boston College Alexis Bryant, Boston College
Mariana Speckmaier, Clemson
Week 7 – Oct. 2[35] Alessia Russo, North Carolina Mandy McGlynn (2), Virginia Tech
Week 8 - Oct. 9[36] Sam Coffey, Boston College Alexis Bryant (2), Boston College
Sandy MacIver, Clemson
Week 9 – Oct. 16[37] Taylor Racioppi, Duke Sydney Wootten, NC State
Week 10 - Oct. 23[38] Deyna Castellanos, Florida State Natalia Kuikka, Florida State
Brooke Bingham, North Carolina
Week 11 – Oct. 30[39] Mariana Speckmaier (2), Clemson Phallon Tullis-Joyce, Miami

Postseason[]

ACC Tournament[]

Main article: 2018 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament
Semifinals Final
      
1 North Carolina 1
5 Clemson 0
1 North Carolina 2
7 Florida State 3
7 Florida State 3
3 Virginia 1

NCAA Tournament[]

Main article: 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament

An NCAA record 10 ACC teams were selected to the 2018 Women's Soccer Tournament. Additionally, two teams received No. 1 seeds and five total teams were seeded.[40]

Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
1 Tallahassee Florida State W 1–0 vs. Loyola Chicago – (Tallahassee, FL) W 3–1 vs. South Florida – (Tallahassee, FL) T 1–1 (5–4 PKs) vs. USC – (Tallahassee, FL) W 1–0 vs. Penn State – (Tallahassee, FL) W 2–0 vs. Stanford – (Cary, NC) W 1–0 vs. North Carolina – (Cary, NC)
1 Cary North Carolina W 4–0 vs. Howard – (Cary, NC) W 4–1 vs. Kansas – (Cary, NC) W 3–0 vs. Virginia Tech – (Cary, NC) T 2–2 (4–2 PKs) vs. UCLA – (Cary, NC) W 1–0 (OT) vs. Georgetown – (Cary, NC) L 0–1 vs. Florida State – (Cary, NC)
3 Washington D.C. Virginia W 2–0 vs. Monmouth – (Charlottesville, VA) T 0–0 (4–2 PKs)vs. Texas Tech – (Washington, D.C.) L 1–2 vs. Baylor – ()
4 Stanford Boston College L 1–4 vs. Hofstra – (Chestnut Hill, MA)
4 Washington D.C. Duke W 1–0 vs. Rutgers – (Durham, NC) W 3–0 vs. Lipscomb – (Washington, D.C.) L 1–4 vs. Georgetown – (Washington, D.C.)
Stanford Clemson L 1–2 vs. Ole Miss – (Clemson, SC)
Stanford Louisville L 1–2 vs. Tennessee – ()
Cary NC State W 1–0 vs. Northwestern – () T 1–1 (5–4 PKs) vs. Santa Clara – (Cary, NC) L 0–5 vs. UCLA – (Los Angeles, CA)
Chapel Hill Virginia Tech W 1–0 vs. Texas – (Austin, TX) W 1–0 vs. Arkansas – (Cary, NC) L 0–3 vs. North Carolina – (Cary, NC)
Tallahassee Wake Forest W 1–0 vs. Ohio State – (Winston-Salem, NC) T 2–2 (6–5 PKs) vs. West Virginia – (Morgantown, WV) L 0–1 vs. Penn State – (Morgantown, WV)
W–L (%): 7–3 (.700) 4–0–3 (.786) 1–5–1 (.214) 1–0–1 (.750) 2–0 (1.000) 1–1 (.500) Total: 16–9–5 (.617)

Awards and Honors[]

All-Americans[]

2018 United Soccer Coaches All-Americans[41]
First Team Second Team Third Team

Samantha Coffey - Midfielder - Boston College
Kayla McCoy - Forward - Duke
Alessia Russo - Forward - North Carolina

Emina Ekic - Midfielder - Louisville
Yujie Zhao - Midfielder - Florida State
Deyna Castellanos - Forward - Florida State

Juila Ashley - Defender - North Carolina
Natalia Kuikka - Defender - Florida State
Sam Staab - Defender - Clemson
Taylor Otto - Midfielder - North Carolina

ACC Awards[]

2018 ACC Women's Soccer Individual Awards[42]
Award Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year Alessia Russo - North Carolina
Coach of the Year Anson Dorrance - North Carolina
Defensive Player of the Year Sam Staab - Clemson
Midfielder of the Year Sam Coffey - Boston College
Freshman of the Year Yujie Zhao - Florida State
2018 ACC Women's Soccer All-Conference Teams[42]
First Team Second Team Third Team All-Freshman Team

Sam Coffey, So., M, Boston College
Sam Staab, Sr., D, Clemson
Kayla McCoy, Sr., F, Duke
Deyna Castellanos, Jr., F, Florida State
Yujie Zhao, Fr., M, Florida State
Emina Ekic, So., M, Louisville
Emily Fox, So., D, North Carolina
Taylor Otto, R-So., M, North Carolina
Brianna Pinto, Fr., M, North Carolina
Alessia Russo, So., F, North Carolina
Amanda McGlynn, Jr., GK, Virginia Tech

Mariana Speckmaier, So., F, Clemson
Taylor Racioppi, Sr., F, Duke
Ella Stevens, Jr., M, Duke
Jaelin Howell, Fr., M, Florida State
Natalia Kuikka, Sr., D, Florida State
Phallon Tullis-Joyce, R-Sr., GK, Miami
Julia Ashley, Sr., D, North Carolina
Tziarra King, Jr., F, NC State
Ricci Walkling, Jr., M, NC State
Phoebe McClernon, Jr., D, Virginia
Bayley Feist, Sr., M, Wake Forest

Sandy MacIver, Jr., GK, Clemson
Miranda Weslake, R-Sr., F, Clemson
Malia Berkely, R-So., D, Florida State
Brooklynn Rivers, Jr., F, Louisville
Courtney Petersen, R-Jr., D, Virginia
Dorian Bailey, Sr., M, North Carolina
Karin Muya, Gr., F, Notre Dame
Alexa Spaanstra, Fr., F, Virginia
Taryn Torres, So., M, Virginia
Kelsey Irwin, R-Jr., D, Virginia Tech
Peyton Perea, Sr., M, Wake Forest

Kayla Duran, Fr., D, Boston College
Delaney Graham, Fr., D, Duke
Sydney Simmons, Fr., M, Duke
Jaelin Howell, Fr., M, Florida State
Yujie Zhao, Fr., M, Florida State
Brianna Pinto, Fr., M, North Carolina
Rachel Jones, Fr., F, North Carolina
Rebecca Jarrett, Fr., F, Virginia
Alexa Spaanstra, Fr., F, Virginia
Emily Gray, Fr., M, Virginia Tech
Giovanna Demarco, Fr, M, Wake Forest

Draft picks[]

Main article: 2019 NWSL College Draft

The ACC had 9 players selected in the 2019 NWSL Draft. This was the most selections in the draft from a single conference. The ACC had three players selected in the first round, three in the second round and three in the fourth round.[43]

FW Forward MF Midfielder DF Defender GK Goalkeeper
Player Team Round Pick # Position School
Sam Staab Washington Spirit 1 4 DF Clemson
Julia Ashley Sky Blue FC 1 6 DF North Carolina
Dorian Bailey Washington Spirit 1 8 MF North Carolina
Betsy Brandon Houston Dash 2 16 MF Virginia
Bayley Feist Washington Spirit 2 17 MF Wake Forest
Kayla McCoy Houston Dash 2 18 FW Duke
Alexandra Kimball Utah Royals FC 4 32 MF North Carolina
Sabrina Flores Sky Blue FC 4 34 DF Notre Dame
Kaycie Tillman North Carolina Courage 4 36 MF Florida State

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