2018 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season

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 Pittsburgh fired their coach Greg Miller on November 3, 2017. On December 19, 2017 Randy Waldrum was announced as his replacement. Miami fired their coach Mary-Frances Monroe on January 15, 2018, after 5 seasons as head coach. On February 27, 2018 Sarah Barnes was announced as the new head coach. Barnes was hired from George Washington University. Notre Dame's coach Theresa Romagnolo resigned on January 22, 2018, citing the desire to spend more time with her family. Assistant coach Nate Norman was promoted to head coach on February 20, 2018.

Post-Season Boston College's coach Allison Foley resigned on December 12, 2018 citing the desire to pursue other opportunities.

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 CaptainBoston College Eagles Gaby Carreiro Kayla JenningsClemson Tigers Lauren Harkes Kimber Haley Sam StaabDuke Blue Devils Florida State Seminoles Natalia KuikkaLouisville Cardinals Gabby VincentMiami Hurricanes Sarah Barnes NC State Wolfpack North Carolina Tar Heels Notre Dame Fighting Irish Pittsburgh Panthers Syracuse Orange Virginia Cavaiers Zoe Morse Virginia Tech Hokies Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Pre-season

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

Kayla McCoy, Duke Deyna Castellanos, Florida State Natalia Kuikka, Florida State Emina Ekic, Louisville Julia Ashley, North Carolina Alessia Russo, North Carolina Tziarra King, NC State

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.

Pre-season coaches poll North Carolina – 183 (4) Florida State – 174 (5) Virginia – 173 (2) Duke – 151 (3) NC State – 144 Clemson – 120 Notre Dame – 111 Wake Forest – 104 Louisville – 75 Boston College – 72 Virginia Tech – 66 Syracuse – 40 Miami – 34 Pittsburgh – 23

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Pre-season All-ACC Team Position Player Class School Goalkeeper Mandy McGlynn Junior Virginia Tech Defender Sam Staab Senior Clemson Natalia Kuikka Senior Florida StateMidfielder Sam 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

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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 CollegeClemsonDukeFlorida StateLouisvilleMiamiNorth CarolinaNC StateNotre DamePittsburghSyracuseVirginiaVirginia TechWake Forestvs. Boston College – 1–2 2–1 1–2 – 1–1 (2OT) 1–0 0–2 – 0–7 0–3 – 0–3 2–1vs. Clemson 2–1 – 3–2 0–1 – 1–2 (OT) 1–0 – – 0–2 0–3 0–1 (2OT) 1–3 2–1vs. Duke 1–2 2–3 – – 1–2 0–2 – 1–1 (2OT) 0–2 – 0–4 2–1 0–2 2–3vs. 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 0–2vs. 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 0–1vs. NC State 2–0 – 1–1 (2OT) 1–1 (2OT) 2–1 0–1 – – 2–1 0–6 3–6 2–1 – 2–0vs. Notre Dame – – 2–0 4–0 2–0 – 2–1 1–2 – 0–2 1–5 3–0 2–1 0–1vs. 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 – 3–0vs. Virginia – 1–0 (2OT) 1–2 2–0 0–1 – – 1–2 0–3 0–7 0–4 – 1–0 1–5vs. 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

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Players of the Week

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

Postseason

ACC tournament

NCAA 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.

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 – (Waco, Texas) 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 – (Knoxville, TN) Cary NC State W 1–0 vs. Northwestern – (Raleigh, NC) 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 (%): Total:

Awards and honors

All-Americans

2018 United Soccer Coaches All-Americans First Team Second Team Third TeamSam Coffey - Midfielder - Boston College Kayla McCoy - Forward - Duke Alessia Russo - Forward - North CarolinaEmina Ekic - Midfielder - Louisville Yujie Zhao - Midfielder - Florida State Deyna Castellanos - Forward - Florida StateJuila 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 Award Recipient(s)Offensive Player of the Year Alessia Russo - North CarolinaCoach of the Year Anson Dorrance - North CarolinaDefensive Player of the Year Sam Staab - ClemsonMidfielder of the Year Sam Coffey - Boston CollegeFreshman of the Year Yujie Zhao - Florida State

2018 ACC Women's Soccer All-Conference Teams First Team Second Team Third Team All-Freshman TeamSam 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 Mandy McGlynn, Jr., GK, Virginia TechMariana 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 ForestSandy 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 ForestKayla 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

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.

FW Forward MF Midfielder DF Defender GK Goalkeeper