2020 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season

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2020 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season
Atlantic Coast Conference logo.svg
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationSeptember 2020 – November 2020
Number of teams13
2021 NWSL Draft
Top draft pickEmily Fox
Picked byRacing Louisville FC, 1st overall
Regular Season
Season championsNorth Carolina & Florida State
Runners-upVirginia
Season MVPOffensive: Emina Ekic
Midfielder: Jaelin Howell
Defensive: Malia Berkely
Top scorerAmanda West – Pittsburgh[1]
Tournament
ChampionsFlorida State
  Runners-upNorth Carolina
Finals MVPClara Robbins – Florida State
ACC women's soccer seasons
2020 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 Florida State  ‍†‍‡‍y 8 – 0 – 0   1.000 13 – 0 – 3   .906
No. 3 North Carolina  ‍†‍‍y 8 – 0 – 0   1.000 18 – 2 – 0   .900
No. 4 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 5 – 2 – 1   .688 14 – 4 – 3   .738
No. 6 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 5 – 3 – 0   .625 12 – 5 – 2   .684
No. 7 Duke  ‍‍‍y 4 – 2 – 2   .625 12 – 5 – 4   .667
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 0   .500 5 – 7 – 0   .417
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 0   .500 8 – 9 – 0   .471
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 0   .500 6 – 7 – 0   .462
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 3 – 4 – 1   .438 5 – 7 – 2   .429
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 0   .375 11 – 5 – 0   .688
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 0   .125 3 – 10 – 1   .250
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 0   .125 1 – 7 – 0   .125
Miami  ‍‍‍ 0 – 8 – 0   .000 1 – 11 – 1   .115
NC State  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0 – 0   – 5 – 3 – 1   .611
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2020 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 18, 2021; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC
Note: † Due to COVID-19, NC State suspended the 2020 women's fall soccer season. They did participate in the spring season.


The 2020 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season was the 32nd season of women's varsity soccer in the conference.

Florida State and North Carolina shared the regular season title. The Seminoles won the 2020 ACC Tournament over the Tar Heels, 3-2.[2]

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
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
2. ^ NC State decided to opt out of the 2020 season.[3]

Coaches[]

Head Coaching Records[]

Team Head Coach Years at School Overall Record Record at School ACC Record
Boston College Jason Lowe 2 8–8–2 8–8–2 1–8–1
Clemson Eddie Radwanski 10 232–125–35 93–60–22 39–46–8
Duke Robbie Church 20 331–175–66 244–126–55 93–59–31
Florida State Mark Krikorian 16 351–96–33 276–66–30 103–32–25
Louisville Karen Ferguson-Dayes 20 182–161–37 182–161–37 23–27–10
Miami Sarah Barnes 3 71–59–19 11–18–5 5–13–2
North Carolina Anson Dorrance 42 833–68–38 833–68–38 200–26–10
NC State Tim Santoro 8 62–70–14 62–70–14 19–46–8
Notre Dame Nate Norman 3 77–53–16 19–18–2 8–10–2
Pittsburgh Randy Waldrum 3 408–130–33 9–22–4 9–21–2
Syracuse Nicky Adams 2 3–11–2 3–11–2 1–7–1
Virginia Steve Swanson 20 419–157–59 315–94–48 125–44–20
Virginia Tech Charles Adair 10 118–53–20 118–53–20 42–39–13
Wake Forest Tony da Luz 23 308–214–50 263-173-48 87–102–22

Notes

  • Records shown are prior to the 2020 season
  • Years at school includes the 2020 season

Pre-season[]

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the season[]

Further information: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football

On September 4, 2020 the Atlantic Coast Conference announced the fall Olympic sports schedule, which included the schedule for women's soccer. The men's soccer season will begin in September, 2020 instead of the originally planned August, and conclude on November 1. The season will culminate with the 2020 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament, which will have the usual eight teams, but all games will be played at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina.[4]

On January 26, 2021 the Atlantic Coast Conference announced that no league matches will be played in the spring. However, teams were permitted to play non-conference matches, that will count toward their overall records. The winner of the 2020 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament, Florida State, would receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.[5]

Hermann Trophy Watchlist[]

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a preseason MAC Hermann Trophy watch list was released in January instead of August. Eight players from ACC schools were named to the watchlist.[6]

Player Class Position School
Maycee Bell Sophomore DF North Carolina
Emina Ekic Senior MF Louisville
Jaelin Howell Junior MF Florida State
Rachel Jones Junior FW North Carolina
Sophie Jones Sophomore MF Duke
Brianna Pinto Junior MF North Carolina
Alexa Spaanstra Junior FW Virginia
Yujie Zhao Junior MF Florida State


Pre-season poll[]

The 2020 ACC Preseason Poll was be announced on September 8, 2020. The defending regular season champions, North Carolina were voted to repeat their regular season crown. Florida State was voted in second place. The leagues 14 head coaches also voted on a preseason All-ACC team.[7] Full results for the coaches poll and preseason team are shown below.

Pre-season Coaches Poll[]

Predicted finish Team Points (1st place)
1 North Carolina 129 (8)
2 Florida State 123 (3)
3 Virginia 113 (2)
4 Duke 98
5 Clemson 86
6 Notre Dame 79
7 Louisville 77
8 Virginia Tech 64
9 Wake Forest 50
10 Pittsburgh 42
11 Boston College 35
12 Miami 27
13 Syracuse 13

Source:[7]

Pre-season All-ACC Team[]

Position Player Class School
Goalkeeper Gabby Kouzelos Senior Louisville
Defender Delaney Graham Junior Duke
Emily Fox Senior North Carolina
Malia Berkely Senior Florida State
Maycee Bell Sophomore North Carolina
Midfielder Jaelin Howell Junior Florida State
Yujie Zhao Junior Florida State
Emina Ekic Senior Louisville
Brianna Pinto Junior North Carolina
Forward Diana Ordonez Sophomore Virginia
Alexa Spaanstra Junior Virginia

Source:[7]

Regular season[]

Conference matrix[]

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

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

Rankings[]

Main article: 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings

Fall 2020[]

United 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
Final
Boston College
Clemson 3 3 6 4 3 3 5 5 7 6
Duke 7 11 7 5 4 5 6 6 5 5
Florida State 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
Louisville 13 13 13
Miami
North Carolina 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
NC State
Notre Dame 14 14 13 14 12 13 14
Pittsburgh 12 14
Syracuse
Virginia 11 10 10 11 10 10 10 9 9 10
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest

Spring 2021[]

United Soccer[]
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  Pre
Wk 2
Wk 3
Wk 4
Wk 5
Wk 6
Wk 7
Wk 8
Final
Boston College
Clemson 9 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6
Duke 5 5 5 5 7 7 9 8 7
Florida State 1 (28) 1 (31) 1 (33) 1 (30) 1 (31) 1 (33) 1 (32) 1 (28) 2 (1)
Louisville
Miami
North Carolina 2 (1) 2 (2) 2 2 (1) 2 (1) 2 2 2 (2) 3 (1)
NC State
Notre Dame RV RV
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Virginia 8 9 9 10 10 12 12 13 4 (1)
Virginia Tech RV RV
Wake Forest
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
Final
Boston College
Clemson 17 17 17 16 12 11 11 11 11 11 9 9 8 8 8
Duke 11 11 11 11 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
Florida State 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Louisville
Miami
North Carolina 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4
NC State
Notre Dame
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Virginia 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 3 6 5 5 4 3 3
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest

Players of the Week[]

Fall[]

Week Offensive Player of the week Defensive Player of the week Reference
Week 1 – September 15 Marykate McGuire, Duke Kate McKay, Pittsburgh [8]
Week 2 – September 22 Caroline Conti, Clemson Hensley Hancuff, Clemson [9]
Week 3 – September 29 Izzy Brown, North Carolina Maycee Bell, North Carolina [10]
Claire Constant, Virginia
Week 4 – October 6 Emina Ekic, Louisville Alia Skinner, Virginia Tech [11]
Week 5 – October 13 Amanda West, Pittsburgh Caitlin Cosme, Duke [12]
Week 6 – October 20 Clara Robbins, Florida State Kaitlyn Parks, Wake Forest [13]
Alexa Spaanstra, Virginia
Week 7 – October 27 Jenna Bike, Boston College Mattie Interian, Notre Dame [14]
Emily Gray, Virginia Tech
Week 8 – November 3 Tori Powell, Virginia Tech Cristina Roque, Florida State [15]


Spring[]

Week Offensive Player of the week Defensive Player of the week Reference
Week 1 – March 3 Caroline Conti, Clemson Talia Staude, Virginia [16]
Week 2 – March 9 Landy Mertz, Pittsburgh Caitlin Cosme, Duke [17]
Week 3 – March 16 Selena Fortich, Miami Melissa Dagenais, Miami [18]
Week 4 – March 23 Maliah Morris, Clemson Kaitlyn Parks, Wake Forest [19]
Week 5 – March 30 Brianna Pinto, North Carolina Kaitlyn Parks (2), Wake Forest [20]
Week 6 – April 6 Amanda West, Pittsburgh Mia Gyau, Duke [21]
Week 7 – April 13 Megan Bornkamp, Clemson Ruthie Jones, Duke [22]
Week 8 – April 20 Toni Starova, NC State Maria Echezarreta, NC State [23]

Postseason[]

ACC Tournament[]

Main article: 2020 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament
Semifinals Final
      
1 Florida State 4
5 Duke 0
1 Florida State 3
2 North Carolina 2
2 North Carolina 2
3 Virginia 0

NCAA Tournament[]

Main article: 2020 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
Seed School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
1 Florida State BYE W 3–0 vs. Milwaukee - (WakeMed Soccer Park) W 3–1 vs. Penn State - (WakeMed Soccer Park) T 0–0 (5–3 PKs) vs. No. 9 Duke - (WakeMed Soccer Park) T 0–0 (3–0 PKs) vs. Virginia - (WakeMed Soccer Park) T 1–1 (1–4 PKs) vs. No. 11 Santa Clara - (WakeMed Soccer Park)
2 North Carolina BYE W 2–0 vs. Denver - (Sportsplex at Matthews) W 1–0 vs. Washington - (WakeMed Soccer Park) W 1–0 vs. No. 7 Texas A&M - (WakeMed Soccer Park) L 1–3 vs. No. 11 Santa Clara - (WakeMed Soccer Park)
9 Duke BYE W 2–1 (2OT) vs. Arizona State - (Johnson Stadium) W 1–0 vs. Ole Miss - (WakeMed Soccer Park) T 0–0 (3–5 PKs) vs. No. 1 Florida State - (WakeMed Soccer Park)
14 Clemson BYE T 1–1 (5–4 PKs) vs. Rutgers - (Eakes Athletics Complex) T 1–1 (6–5 PKs) vs. No. 3 UCLA – (WakeMed Soccer Park) L 0–1 vs. No. 11 Santa Clara - (WakeMed Soccer Park)
Virginia W 3–1 vs. SIU Edwardsville – (WakeMed Soccer Park) W 2–0 vs. No. 12 BYU – (WakeMed Soccer Park) W 3–0 vs. Rice – (WakeMed Soccer Park) W 1–0 vs. No. 4 TCU – (WakeMed Soccer Park) T 0–0 (0–3 PKs)vs. No. 1 Florida State – (WakeMed Soccer Park)
W–L (%): 1–0–0 (1.000) 4–0–1 (.900) 4–0–1 (.900) 2–1–2 (.600) 0–1–2 (.333) 0–0–1 (.500) Total: 11–2–7 (.725)

Awards and Honors[]

ACC Awards[]

2020 ACC Women's Soccer Individual Awards[24]
Award Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year Emina Ekic – Louisville
Coach of the Year Mark Krikorian – Florida State
Defensive Player of the Year Malia Berkely – Florida State
Midfielder of the Year Jaelin Howell – Florida State
Freshman of the Year Lia Godfrey – Virginia
2020 ACC Women's Soccer All-Conference Teams[24]
First Team Second Team Third Team All-Freshman Team

Sophie Jones, So., M, Duke
Malia Berkely, Sr., D, Florida State
Jaelin Howell, Jr., M, Florida State
Yujie Zhao, Jr., M, Florida State
Emina Ekic, Sr., M, Louisville
Maycee Bell, So., D, North Carolina
Claudia Dickey, Jr., GK, North Carolina
Emily Fox, Sr., D, North Carolina
Rachel Jones, Jr., F, North Carolina
Brianna Pinto, Jr., M, North Carolina
Alexa Spaanstra, Jr., F, Virginia

Makenna Morris, Fr., D, Clemson
Mariana Speckmaier, Sr., F, Clemson
Emily Madril, Jr., D, Florida State
Clara Robbins, Jr., M, Florida State
Cristina Roque, Fr., GK, Florida State
Taylor Otto, Sr., M, North Carolina
Sammi Fisher, Sr., M, Notre Dame
Amanda West, So., F, Pittsburgh
Lia Godfrey, Fr., M, Virginia
Rebecca Jarrett, Jr., F, Virginia
Diana Ordonez, So., F, Virginia

Megan Bornkamp, Fr., D, Clemson
Hal Hershfelt, So., M, Clemson
Courtney Jones, Jr., M, Clemson
Delaney Graham, Jr., D, Duke
Taylor Mitchell, Sr., D, Duke
Jenna Nighswonger, So., M, Florida State
Gabby Kouzelos, Sr., GK, Louisville
Sam Meza, Fr., M, North Carolina
Kiki Van Zanten, So., F, Notre Dame
Emily Gray, Jr., M, Virginia Tech
Hannah Betfort, Sr., D, Wake Forest

Megan Bornkamp, D, Clemson
Makenna Morris, D, Clemson
Jody Brown, F, Florida State
Cristina Roque, GK, Florida State
Kaitlyn Zipay, F, Florida State
Talia Dellaperuta, F, North Carolina
Sam Meza, M, North Carolina
Lia Godfrey, M, Virginia
Samar Guidry, D, Virginia
Tori Powell, F, Virginia Tech
Sophie Faircloth, D, Wake Forest

2021 NWSL Draft[]

Main article: 2021 NWSL Draft
FW Forward MF Midfielder DF Defender GK Goalkeeper
Player Team Round Pick # Position School
Emily Fox Racing Louisville 1 1 D North Carolina
Brianna Pinto Sky Blue 1 3 M North Carolina
Emina Ekic Racing Louisville 1 5 M Louisville
Taylor Otto Racing Louisville 2 11 M North Carolina
Taryn Torres Sky Blue FC 3 23 M Virginia
Alissa Gorzak Chicago Red Stars 4 35 F Virginia
Mariana Speckmaier Washington Spirit 4 39 F Clemson
Tess Boade Sky Blue FC 4 40 F Duke

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