2020 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team

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2020 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer
Florida State Seminoles alternate logo.svg
NCAA Tournament, Runner-Up
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 2
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 2
2020 record13–0–3 (8–0–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mike Bristol (12th season)
  • Morinao Imaizumi (8th season)
Home stadiumSeminole Soccer Complex
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
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 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team represented Florida State University during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 26th season of the university fielding a program. The Seminoles were led by 16th year head coach Mark Krikorian.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021.[1][2]

The Seminoles finished the fall season 11–0–0, 8–0–0 in ACC play, to finish in first place. As the first seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Notre Dame, Duke, and finally North Carolina to claim the championship. The Seminoles did not play any additional games in the spring season and entered the NCAA Tournament as the ACC's automatic qualifier because they won the ACC Tournament. They were selected as the first overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and defeated Milwaukee in the Second Round and Penn State in the Third Round. They advanced past Duke in the Quarterfinals and Virginia in the Semifinals on penalty shootouts. However, their shootout luck ran out in the Finals, where they fell to Santa Clara to end their season. Jaelin Howell went on to win the Herman Trophy.[3]

Previous Season[]

The Seminoles finished the season 18–6–0, 8–2–0 in ACC play, to finish in second place. As the second seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Clemson in the first round before losing in overtime to Virginia in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated South Alabama, Brown, and USF, before losing to UCLA in the quarterfinals.

Squad[]

Roster[]

Source:[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Puerto Rico PUR Cristina Roque
2 FW United States USA Jenna Nighswonger
4 MF United States USA Kristina Lynch
5 DF Sweden SWE Linn Bogren
6 MF United States USA Jaelin Howell
7 MF Japan JPN Ran Iwai
8 FW United States USA Lauren Flynn
10 FW Jamaica JAM Jody Brown
11 MF United States USA Kirsten Pavlisko
12 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Heather Payne
13 FW United States USA LeiLanni Nesbeth
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF United States USA Kaitlyn Zipay
16 DF Canada CAN Gabby Carle
17 DF United States USA Malia Berkely
20 FW United States USA Kristen McFarland
21 MF China CHN Yujie Zhao
22 DF United States USA Alyssa Conarton
24 FW United States USA Makala Thomas
25 MF United States USA Emily Madril
26 DF United States USA Clara Robbins
45 GK United States USA Brooke Bollinger

Team management[]

Position Staff
Athletic Director David Coburn
Head Coach Mark Krikorian
Assistant Coach Mike Bristol
Assistant Coach Morinao Imaizumi
Director of Operations Nathan Minion

Source:[5]

Schedule[]

Source:[6]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
ACC Regular season
September 17
8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 2 Notre Dame W 5–0  1–0–0
(1–0–0)
Seminole Soccer Complex (298)
Tallahassee, FL
September 20
1:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 2 Louisville W 1–0  2–0–0
(2–0–0)
Seminole Soccer Complex (331)
Tallahassee, FL
October 1
8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 2 at Virginia Tech W 4–0  3–0–0
(3–0–0)
Thompson Field (124)
Blacksburg, VA
October 4
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 2 at Wake Forest W 4–0  4–0–0
(4–0–0)
Spry Stadium (100)
Winston-Salem, NC
October 15
6:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 2 at Pittsburgh W 4–1  5–0–0
(5–0–0)
Ambrose Urbanic Field (50)
Pittsburgh, PA
October 18
3:30 p.m., ESPN2
No. 2 at No. 11 Virginia W 4–3  6–0–0
(6–0–0)
Klöckner Stadium (188)
Charlottesville, VA
October 29
4:00 p.m., ACCRSN
No. 2 No. 5 Duke W 1–0  7–0–0
(7–0–0)
Seminole Soccer Complex (284)
Tallahassee, FL
November 1
3:00 p.m., ACCRSN
No. 2 No. 3 Clemson W 2–0  8–0–0
(8–0–0)
Seminole Soccer Complex (400)
Tallahassee, FL
ACC Tournament
November 10
12:30 p.m., ACCN
(1) No. 2 vs. (8) No. 12 Notre Dame
Quarterfinals
W 2–0  9–0–0
Sahlen's Stadium (217)
Cary, NC
November 13
5:30 p.m., ACCN
(1) No. 2 vs. (5) No. 6 Duke
Semifinals
W 4–0  10–0–0
Sahlen's Stadium (277)
Cary, NC
November 15
Noon, ESPNU
(1) No. 2 vs. (2) No. 1 North Carolina
Finals
W 3–2  11–0–0
Sahlen's Stadium (320)
Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
May 1, 2021
3:00 p.m.
(1) No. 1 vs. Milwaukee
Second Round
W 3–0  12–0–0
WakeMed Soccer Park (144)
Cary, NC
May 5, 2021
3:00 p.m., NCAA Livestream
(1) No. 1 vs. No. 9 Penn State
Third Round
W 3–1  13–0–0
WakeMed Soccer Park (185)
Cary, NC
May 9, 2021
1:00 p.m., NCAA Livestream
(1) No. 1 vs. (9) No. 8 Duke
Quarterfinals
T 0–0 (5–3 PKs) 2OT 13–0–1
WakeMed Soccer Park (164)
Cary, NC
May 13, 2021
6:00 p.m., ESPN2
(1) No. 1 vs. No. 13 Virginia
Semifinals
T 0–0 (3–0 PKs) 2OT 13–0–2
WakeMed Soccer Park (2,166)
Cary, NC
May 17, 2021
5:30 p.m., ESPN2
(1) No. 1 vs. (11) No. 10 Santa Clara
Finals
T 1–1 (1–4 PKs) 2OT 13–0–3
WakeMed Soccer Park (5,000)
Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings[]

Fall 2020[]

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
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United Soccer[7] 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1

Spring 2021[]

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
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Final
United Soccer[7] None Released 1 (28) 1 (31) 1 (33) 1 (30) 1 (31) 1 (33) 1 (32) 1 (28) None Released 2 (1)
TopDrawer Soccer [8] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

References[]

  1. ^ "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  2. ^ "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021". SI.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  3. ^ "Jaelin Howell Wins MAC Hermann Trophy". Seminoles.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  4. ^ "2020-21 Soccer roster". Florida State University Athletics. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  5. ^ "Soccer Staff Directory". seminoles.com. Florida State University. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  6. ^ "2020 Women's Soccer Schedule". seminoles.com. Florida State University. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  8. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
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